Rain

Sneaks · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: Rain

OK, Northwestern ladies and gentlemen. You've had your fun at our expense, so you can stop exporting Seattle weather down to San Diego.

16+ inches of rain so far (normally under 10" all year), F1 tornado in Fallbrook, over 30" of rain in the LA basin, mudslides everywhere. Lake Hodges, formerly at 17% capacity, up 40 ft., now at 100% capacity and planning to open for recreational use after a 4 year ban. Two more days and 4" of rain predicted, and that's just this storm!

What's next? Snow? Drive through Latte kiosks? Arghhhh

The only bright side is that our local weather talking heads are ecstatic. Most were in high school when we had the last severe weather.

lyle-t · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject: weather wise HEE HEE

Whoo Slow down there on that kind of talk Rolling Eyes

, It is all you Californians coming up to Washington that have changed the weather!!! Wink

They have brought the warm sunny weather up here with all there hi teck companies moving this way and that makes it so the rain has to go someplace where there is an opening. Guess where that would be?? I cannot remember when we have had so many 90 and 100 degree days in western Washington and I have lived here over 60 years. Just look at this Month! Warm sunny days week after week and not enough snow to open the ski resorts. Now if we could get Red Fox and some of his cronies to move down here it might even up and be back to normal Shocked

C-Hawk · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:43 pm Post subject:

Sneaks-
Only 16"? Heck we got 35"+ here in Santa Barbara so far, and La Conchita is on slide watch again. But, like you said, the lake is FULL.
It rained hard and the wind blew all night last night. The sun sure look good this morning, but they say it is only a teaser, more rain on the way---- WOW ----it just opened up again!! And man is it coming down.

Sealife · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:45 pm Post subject:

We've had so much rain, I think the Coast Guard is going to start training for crossing the bar like they do on the Columbia, except they are going to do it on the Santa Clara River, that dumps into the ocean here in Ventura. Never seen so much flow coming down. Normally it's just a trickle, but now we have to look out for logs, etc. just like up in Seattle!!
Cut it out, you guys!! Cry

El and Bill · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject:

It' s even raining over here Nelson -- most rain ever recorded in a Nevada winter!! The wildflowers are exploding, and when the sun finally comes out it will be one of the best flower years in a generation. Our desert is green with grass!!

B~C · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:

Man, I see on the news where you folks are getting hammered.....it has been absolutly beautifull up here......does this mean that your regularly scheduled brush fires will be canceled? those always make for interesting news

Sneaks · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject:

C-Hawk · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject:

Ken-
We're going to send the brush fires up to you, just like we did the earthquake a couple years ago. Shocked

TyBoo · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject:

B~C · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject:

those fires may go nicely with the drought we're enjoying now....HEY, how are you folks set for volcanic activity? St Helens is poofing out steam and ash on a regular basis still.

It's looking like a no show on the smelt, those sand shrimp work pretty good though

Cheers · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject: Rain - Snow - Volcanos - Fires

Sneaks -

You can have all that stuff... Laughing

Sealife · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:25 am Post subject:

Who says Southern California doesn't have four seasons? Hell, we got shake & bake, and mud & flood!!

B~C · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:51 am Post subject:

yous got five seasons if you count riot season ...flood, mud & blood

El and Bill · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject:

Still raining in Nelson -- got frogs hopping through the cactus. And, Sneaks, we don't let on what kinda grass we're growing in these hills -- last guy to check up on us is still walking barefoot and scalped somewhere east of Techaticup.

Bob Cat · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject:

Hi, Y'all

I've dug out from my shelter here in West L.A. and suggest to all those interested to look west and imagine how beautiful the islands will be when we finally get a chance to take an up-close look in the Spring!

Best regards,
Scaley