[jyl]

Well, it actually has been raining like crazy this winter in NoCal. 29 inches this winter so far, about 140% of normal, and March had more days of rain (25 in SF) than any year since 1904 (reords kept since 1850). 8 inches of rain in March. Seems like the rain started in late Nov or early Dec and there's hardly been a 3 day period without rain since then.

We've had hail in Berkeley and snow in Marin. We're starting to get mudslides, this first couple weeks of the kids' soccer have been cancelled, and its going to be a heck of a fire season this summer.

On the flip side, the ski season has been great and California has stored up enough water to get through 2 years of drought.

I'm now commuting between Portland OR and Berkeley CA - and the weather is lots nicer in Portland.