Weird weather in California

[Kathi]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/11/us/weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
- It hasn't rained much in California in recent years. But when it does rain, it apparently pours, as the state's residents are finding out Thursday.

From Crescent City to San Diego, plus many points inland, the Golden State is expected to be inundated with precipitation and hit with potentially perilous winds in spots. Forecasters expect some higher elevations north of San Francisco to get 10 inches of rain, a gushing fit for a tropical island, let alone a state that is almost entirely experiencing exceptional drought.

Given all the problems this drought has caused -- draining reservoirs, threatening farmers, driving up food prices -- most any wetness is welcome.

But when it comes down so much, so fast, it can be dangerous.

 

[TOG]

I thought it never rained in southern California.

The TOG​

 

[reba]

We do not have 12 inches of rain for the year yet in my part of CA

 

[jay55]

Sounds like a problem with global warming, maybe global cooling, and climate change. At any rate, and, whatever it is, it is all our fault.

 

[jasonc]

Sounds like a problem with global warming, maybe global cooling, and climate change. At any rate, and, whatever it is, it is all our fault.

solution: move man from that state. leave no one behind. the liberals can be sent to some forest and hug trees. no home for them or cutting any tree down.

 

[Kathi]

solution: move man from that state. leave no one behind. the liberals can be sent to some forest and hug trees. no home for them or cutting any tree down.

reba did you hear that?

 

[jasonc]

I wonder what the natural state of California is. I don't have to go that far back to see what my county and or state looked like. here for reading pleasure. and this woman is saved and also is my wife's oldest aunt and the home still stands. one hundred years ago that area was a marsh.

http://insidevero.com/2014/12/04/otter-pelts-provided-income-for-local-couple/

 

[reba]

Dont even get caught thinking about touching an otter here in CA..

 

[Kathi]

Dont even get caught thinking about touching an otter here in CA..

I think they are adorable.

 

[reba]

they stole the abalone

 

[Kathi]

they stole the abalone

Oh please share...there has to be a story behind this :erm

 

[jasonc]

Dont even get caught thinking about touching an otter here in CA..

that area hasn't been a marsh like that since I remember. I know that back behind that house and the sons(the sons live behind that home) is still a marshy area. I have pics of my fil at age 9 hunting in that area. I didn't know that he lived there as well and hunted the turtles in those pics with a 22.

 

[KevinK]

I'm in San Mateo. Woke up a couple hours ago to no power. Posting from my iPhone. They said it could be days.

 

[Kathi]

I'm in San Mateo. Woke up a couple hours ago to no power. Posting from my iPhone. They said it could be days.

Been there done that.We were without Power too yesterday.I am sorry.It was only 3 hours for me.

 

[KevinK]

The radio said that power has been restored to all but 1600 customers. Well, lucky me!