A rather amazing weather image ...

[Trajan]

No less than FIVE active weather cells trudging through the State of California ....

I am not sure if this link works for everyone ....

http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full.php

There is a loop image available as well ... Yikes .... The entire state is getting whacked .... head to toe ...

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I hate to say it but some people will die tonight

mostly south of the border, but they will.

[calimary]

7. Aw damn - you're probably quite correct, unfortunately.

God - I didn't even think of that part of it. But I'd bet it's fact, soon if not already.

Damn.

We've so desperately needed the rain here in So Cal especially. LA Times had "permanent drought" stories several years ago. And we need the rain, but now it's too much. The ground has reached saturation. All the rest is overflow and flood waters. We had a tree fall over on a hill about a half-block up, earlier this evening. It fell on a power line. Took out the whole block for hours. And that's probably only the beginning. The hillsides are so thoroughly waterlogged that they can't hold anymore and there will be mudslides. Friends of mine are in the evacuation-warning areas. Ick. As is, one of the crew guys told me they had crews out all over town so they didn't know how long it would take this crew up the block to complete repairs. A "few hours" he said. It's back on now (of course! I can post again!) but the whole block was dark. Our dog did NOT like it at all. She was really spooked.

I don't know if it's been noticeable around you but every conversation I hear is, of course, about the weather. BUT - one aspect in particular: many different versions of "I've never seen it this rainy for this long and I've been here fill-in-the-blank years". My son's band - older ones are 20 - say they can never remember seeing it rain so steady for this long, in their whole lives.

And driving in the rain in L.A. is no fun, especially lately, with all those new hidden potholes in the puddles. And some of 'em are damn deep. Rule of thumb around here, around now: DO NOT drive over puddles. DON'T assume they're just shallow little nothings. They might be a foot deep. Gee - wonder why nobody's repairing the roads anymore like they used to, 'eh teabaggers?

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. First death reported

in Las Flores Colonia...

a thirty year old


Lluvias en Tijuana provocan alud; muere una mujer

Precipitación pluvial cae desde el lunes; autoridades declaran alerta

Antonio Heras, corresponsal
Publicado: 22/12/2010 12:27
Tijuana, BC. Norma Arredondo, una mujer de 30 años de edad, se convirtió en la primera víctima de las lluvias que azotan a Tijuana.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/12/22/lluvias-en-tijuana-provocan-alud-muere-una-mujer

Yep, I knew it.

We are watching for a possible landslide in front of Fashion Valley here, I had to take the long way home.

Oh and the San Diego River is as high as I have ever seen it behind my home. Took piccies... I need to go check when they expect the crest to happen and at what height.

Good news, it has reached maximum crest, ironically when I took the photos...

[Obamanaut]

9. A safe prediction. It's a daily occurrence. Pretty much everywhere. nt

[rufus dog]

2. just started raining hard again in OC

Coming up from the south, we get about 15 inches a year, have had about 6 in my neighborhood in the last week.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. That is a great image.

I have the looping image for the whole country available on my desktop. I can see the weather right now, anywhere in our country!

It is very cool.

Thanks for posting...

On edit:

Here's the address for the looping image, for the whole country:

http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

[Trajan]

6. Yeah .. You can see everything with this page ...

Pretty cool .... awful weather smackdown, though ...

[msongs]

4. in riverside 6 inches of rain since saturday and some mountain areas are pushing 20 with more later

[msongs]

5. turn on the loop n we are just getting into the big orange blob east of LA lol nt

[mahina]

8. We are getting frikken soaked over here and it's heading your way.

We had our first day of a bit of sunshine in what seems like forever today after raindrops the size of golfballs came down for so long there were waterfalls running between houses in my Mom's neighborhood. Her house flooded and we had to move her out.

I love rain but DAMN.

There is moss growing on stuff in my house! Sheesh!

More coming...sorry brah, get out the buckets.

[Little Star]

11. Yeah, well it ain't lookin so great in Maine & NH either......

I opened your link and scooched my way over to New England.
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