West Coast Rain
 

Yikes! How are all the West Coast Pellis doing with all of this rain?

We are used to it. We ignore it. We pretend it's not raining. California is not so used to it as we are. Weather events are getting....interesting. Longstanding meteorological records broken. And, even with all the rain we get here and the snow in the mountains, we sometimes must alternate landscape watering days. To preserve water.

I recently visited Lake Quinault. Saw the world's biggest Sitka Spruce (58-foot circumference, 191 feet tall) and learned the average annual rainfall there is 12 feet. There is a reason Seattle is called the Emerald City. Springtime all year.

Rain, but La Nina / warm, so ski season is starting poorly.

It's not over.

Up here in Auburn, north of Sacramento by about 35 miles, it's not a problem.

This was what I emptied out yesterday morning.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1703261275.JPG
That was a 24 hour total.
I haven't looked at how full it is this morning yet, but I imagine it's about the same as it rained a lot and hard last night.

We've had about a third of an inch of rain since yesterday. Right now it's clouds and blue skies and fifty degrees.

Last night's total:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1703261742.JPG
The grass will green up for Christmas after all this watering.

I have the headwaters of a small stream starting in my backyard.

Not kidding.

IT RAINS EVERYDAY IN SEATTLE.

please do not move here, we're full

I'm glad youse guys are OK. Some of the pics are scary. My hometown lies in the bend of the Passaic River and it is prone to flooding. The last storm flooded a section the small rt 20 going through Paterson and last night some of it had frozen over. What a mess that is.

From the ironically named Little Falls NJ

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nj-flooding-passaic-river-flood-wanye-paterson-little-falls

Pretty much done here for now. The storm is in AZ.

Ventura County northwest of L.A. got the worst of it. This is where the flooding was and the pics you see on the news.

The rain is glorious here in pnw. Trees are happy.

What with the dark clouds I don't like it getting dark at 2pm.

What I don't like at all are the new hot dry summers.

We got it pretty good in Castaic where we back up to the mountains. Maybe around 3 inches total. Looks to be clear for now until next Saturday when we'll get a little more.

At least they didn't shut down the Grapevine, that causes a real mess in town.

Rain, wind, fire & smog are the seasons in SoCal.
Breaking News @ 6; about 6 helicopters will go see if Pacific Palisades or San Clemente had more earth movement
This is the nice season until the smog, wind & fire season come.

You have to enjoy the feeling of stepping on and popping a slimy slug between your toes.

Pic from the dining room window. It’s going to be a beautiful Christmas!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1703292090.jpg

I haven't noticed any unusual rainfall amounts here at all...

♪♪ It never rains in California..♪♪

Beauty shot!