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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas
I totaled up the rain fall pictures I've taken of our rain gauge after each rain for the season.
So far we're at 17.00". We have another .5" from this storm though so that total will be going up.
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Wow. We're at 5 1/8" so far this year. To be average, we should probably be nearly 7 1/2". Hopefully, this year is better than last year. Last year, we had a nasty drought. Cali has been hammered by drought for a LONG time. I know that this current weather sucks, but hopefully, the silver lining is some relief from the drought.
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Originally Posted by Eric Hahl
I hate rain and I live in the Pacific NorthWET!
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Yep, you're in the wrong place. The only places that might be worse would be the Amazon or living under water.
You know what's really interesting. According to the Internet, Seattle, Tacoma and Portland all get 36-40" of rain per year on average. Galveston (on the coast), Houston (45 miles inland), and Austin (150 miles inland) get ~60", 50", and 36-40" of rain per year. And I consider Austin, "dry".
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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
The storms you are having we get a few days later. We have been very dry so far this spring. We would welcome some of the rain. Our thunderstorms that form the storms you keep getting form right over I-35 and drop rain east of I-35 and that part of the Oklahoma is drought free.
Rain always seems to be too much or too little is various parts of the country.
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Yep Last year we were super dry at our place, but the kids, 110 miles away had plenty of rain (less than usual, but still plenty). We're doing OK so far this spring. We haven't been super wet, but we've got lots of green stuff and growth.
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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
Here in New Zealand we have whole neighbourhoods that have flooded. People drowning in their attics and ceiling spaces, and these towns haven't flooded in 180 years.
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Wow, crazy. Welcome to the new norm where no one knows what is going to happen.