Batten Down The Hatches Again, California !!!

[WillyT]

Stay safe!

:hi:

[Auggie]

1. Flood warnings in North San Francisco Bay n/t

[WillyT]

22. Yep... Marin And Sonoma Counties...

:wow:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. AGAIN???

Good grief.

Well, maybe I'll escape it this time.....SoCal looks clear .........so far. :scared:

It looks like lots of snow in the Sierras, which is where our water comes from...

That at least is good news...

[Sonoman]

7. mucho rain-o here-o.

And the ceiling is high, rain cold as all get-out.

We will have flooding by morning, I am pretty sure.

Sonoman

[Webster Green]

20. This pattern is similar to 2006. Could get dicey.

I got flooded out of a place in Monte Rio that New Years Eve. I'm still on the Russian River, but up high.

It's pouring here now.

Howdy neighbor! :hi:

[Sonoman]

23. Man, I rember that.

I was living on a steep hillside in Marin and I could hear the water running down the hill at night. It rained every day for a month, if I recall.

Howdy back at'cha, WG. I have been following your health woes.

Sonoman

[Webster Green]

25. Not me, man.

The health woes I have, I don't discuss here. You must be thinking of someone else.

Stay warm and dry!

[Sonoman]

47. It is good to be wrong...

I am quite good at it.

We have been standing on the veranda - loaded - and watching the wind and rain shift.

Sonoman

[WillyT]

24. I Lived In Guerneville And Santa Rosa For A Couple Of Years !!!

Loved it!

But I remember the flooding.

:scared:

:hi:

[Webster Green]

26. Yeah, I love it here.

Really beautiful, and one of the more civilized places on the planet. :smoke:

[alfredo]

46. I remember a harp builder from there. The flooding

wiped him out.

He came up with a computer program (in Basic) for determining string size for nylon stringed harps. You plug in note and length and it will tell you the correct gauge. You could design a harp from the strings/stringband out using his program.

[RKP5637]

27. The Russian River has always amazed me, a sometimes seemingly innocent

and pleasant looking river rising many many many many feet ...

[Webster Green]

31. It can come up surprisingly fast.

I spent from Tuesday till Saturday (New Years Eve 2006) renting a large van and storage locker and moving all my shit. My neighbors were chuckling at me till about Friday afternoon. By Saturday they were scrambling to save their stereos and TeeVees.

I had been online looking at the river levels and the storms coming in, and ignored a bunch of old-timers telling me to relax. I left three pieces of furniture up on the kitchen counters, and the river came up to about 3 inches below that stuff. I didn't lose a thing, but the apartment was completely trashed with 4 feet of river silt in it.

[RKP5637]

39. I was at Fife's in Guerneville years ago and I recall well being amazed at

the flood markings for the height of some of the floods throughout the years. Yeah, the worst part is the river silt. Glad to hear you're on higher ground now. That must be a relief with all of this rain going on.

[femrap]

43. You're smart....

don't try to outwit Mother Nature. She always wins. I remember driving across the Golden Gate during one of those rainstorms...and the bridge was swinging in the air. There is nothing like CA rain.

I miss N. CA very much....even the rains.

Be safe. I'm sure you have candles, etc.

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. No we won't

will come in overnight.. and after it is gone it will be cold, by so cal standards.

[Sonoman]

3. We may be in trouble here.

There has been so much water lately and now this.

I have this big old Mercedes and the fog/weather lights weren't helping a bit, tonight. Some of the low-water bridges I drove across looked as if they could be underwater any time, now.

Sonoman

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Please don't take any unneccessary risks, my dear Sonoman...

:hug:

[Sonoman]

12. Me?....risks?.....

Hey, Columbus took a chance...

Check my sig line, Dearest One. It is my mantra.

Sonoman

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. I always remember what he said:

"It sure looks flat..."

Your sig line scares me...

[Auggie]

11. I start worrying about mudslides...

ground is very saturated

[Sonoman]

18. I am at the foot of the hills.

Thankfully, they are covered in vineyards and have a good bit of erosion controls in place.

Sonoman

[WillyT]

14. Yeah... That First Map Shows Marin And Sonoma Counties Under Flash Flood Watch...

Be careful, and stay safe.

:grouphug:

:hi:

[Duer 157099]

4. Yep, it's been raining up here (nor cal) for the past couple hours

I love it. But then, it's not flooding here and I'm inside where it is warm and dry.

[pscot]

6. The north coast is getting it tonight

[EFerrari]

8. Damn. Lots of wind, some rain here.

But our road is fixing to be washed out at the least provocation. :(

[uppityperson]

9. We're getting it here in WA and OR first, will pass it south later when done with it.

WInter!

[eleny]

10. Gad-Zooks!

[RandomThoughts]

13. Not sure what the weather is like in California.

I not in the south west.

[Webster Green]

33. I can assure you that it's raining like a mofo.

Seriously.

[Tumbulu]

15. My sheep are in the "sacrifice" paddocks to protect the

pasture plants, and they are royally irritated. Hay is awful compared to greens. I am sick of slugging it around in the mud and my barn is flooded so I can't even feed them undercover.

We need the rain, I am grateful for it, but sure wish that we get enough of a break that I can do some more work to prevent the barn from flooding more!

And the high winds are scary as well. I am so grateful that I have a house to go into.

[upi402]

29. Sam Seder just did a grat weather report spoof on 'climate change deniers'

Good on KO for putting Sam on! It was funny and soooo very true.

I sometimes wish I'd have followed my heart and bought a farm. Sounds like a fair dose of struggle though.

[Journeyman]

16. We should be so lucky that it lives up to expectations. . .

and perhaps we'll get a few more equally so large in the next few months. . .

[Mz Pip]

17. Oh Geez,

My son and his GF are here from NYC. They flew out before that big mess but they are now worried that all the delayed and rescheduled flights won't get them back in time for their jobs. They are flying out on Friday morning and have to be at work on Sunday.

Today we went to Occidental. Had a lovely lunch at the Union Hotel in the rain. Lots of pretty countryside in the rain. Drove home in the rain. Tomorrow we will go wine tasting in the rain. Have barbecue in the rain when we get back. This is the hand we've been dealt so we're trying to make the best of it.

[golddigger]

19. Here in Oregon, it hasn't stopped raining all day.

feeling waterlogged.

[stevedeshazer]

28. No offense, but Oregon is laughing at you.

We call it winter.

[uppityperson]

36. +1. It is one variation on our winter indeed. Maybe I'll get snow tonight

am just high enough that I might, otherwise the Great Pacific NorthWet lives up to its name.

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. You did read of the DEAD people last storm RIGHT?

and the hotel that was evacuated down from where I live by swift water rescue.

O'ver here IS A DESERT. Jesus there are days.

For the record a 30 something in Tijuana and three dead in California as well.

You may laugh all you want. Me this time WILL throw the ropes onto the truck.

[Sal Minella]

38. Oregon has two seasons -- Winter and August. I remember. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

30. no rain in LA yet

[Brother Buzz]

32. Northern California is going to be COLD after this storm passes through

Goodbye Pineapple express. Thirties, I understand.

I just hauled a bunch of choice Almond up to the house, and closer to the stove, in anticipation.

[femrap]

44. I moved to CA

from Ohio....and I would always laugh when it went into the 30's....I'd get out a jacket while everyone else would freak.

I never complain as long as the temp stays above 20 degrees.

I'd love to be in the 30's. I so miss CA.

Be safe.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. This will be fun

I just went to the store tonight, instead of waiting until tomorrow.

We have a severe warning already in place. YAY we might get some snow in Julian though. We are suckers to go play in the snow.

Oh and it is as far south as Mission Hills already. San Fran looks UGLY.

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. Nice collection of graphics.

Thanks for saving me the trouble of having to find them.
( We have friends and family in Cal.and Western Wa.)

[WillyT]

41. From Intellicast

Link: http://www.intellicast.com/

:hi:

[salinen]

42. Ugh!

Here on central coast and almost all big storms wipe out the power. So we sit here, with candles, huddled, for sometimes days. All the stuff in the fridge turns into a science project. It's kinda cool.

[proud patriot]

45. windy here too