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Going to be a bad fire year. All the moisture will cause massive under growth. Then become thick tinder come July or sooner I hope CalFire is ready ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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Well, I’m sitting here in the dark wondering how long my outage will be. Some have gone for days and even weeks. A heavy squall just rolled through and blew us out. | |||
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With all the erosion from the rain probably a good summer to go panning for gold. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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No power outage here, but it’s been raining here in San Diego all day. This season has been something different – in spades. I hope that you’re not literally in the dark. I keep a Streamlight Siege Coyote lantern on hand for such occasions. Serious about crackers. | |||
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Of course not! I have my candle lantern fired up, a Surefire in my hand. Already burnt through first set of batteries. Also my emergency power supply is ready for recharging devices. | |||
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The wind today was nuts. Whitecaps in the bay. Ferry service stopped. Trees down. Windows falling out of skyscrapers. The office, way up in the sky, sounded like it was under train tracks due to the wind whipping around the building and rattling everything. Elevators went goofy due to the seismic sensors getting moved just enough. Briefly lost power at home mid afternoon. Lines are down all over and there aren’t enough fire trucks and utility guys to respond. Good times. | |||
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So, has power been restored for you yet? flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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^Yes, the power came back after about 4-1/2 hours. I had been right in the middle of a small woodworking project. Had to finish the last hole with a hand-chuck and a flashlight. Some 200,000 lost power in the Bay Area last night. This latest onslaught was supposed to mostly hit southern CA, but we definitely got our share yesterday. | |||
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On our news I saw all that wind and rain in SF. Some woman with an umbrella turned inside-out. My first thought was "The sidewalks are finally getting a good scrubbing." Silver linings and all... Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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We had a good thunderstorm yesterday here in Modesto with constant thunder and some great downpours. One of the storms last week really put on a good lightning show. I do like rain…This message has been edited. Last edited by: thumperfbc, | |||
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God has to flush the toilet once in a while. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Another overturned big rig yesterday, this time on the SF Bay Bridge. I think that's the 3rd one this year, all different bridges in the Bay Area. Getting hard to keep track. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes![]() |
Whereabouts are you? We’ve had rain on and off since Monday night. ______________________________________________ "If the truth shall kill them, let them die.” Endeavoring to master the subtle art of the grapefruit spoon. | |||
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“frat downpours” ??? Serious about crackers. | |||
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Doh. Fixed. | |||
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Free radical scavenger ![]() |
No, atmospheric rivers are not sensationalism. They just usually hit right HERE where no one lives, and you don't hear about on "the news". We have a NOAA weather station and satellite. Combined with the orographic effect (mountains), it averages to 168 inches of rain per year (up to 40 inches/month during wet season), but the rain and storms went cardinal South this year. In winter of 2007, a storm came through that knocked out all wind gauges along the Olympic coast, except for in Westport, Washington where a wind speed of 133 MPH was recorded. The power was out 9 days and nights, and my water and septic system run off electricity. Trees were falling and snapping everywhere. That storm led to the funding of the study that helped lead to the term "atmospheric river". So, my sympathy and understanding to the SIGforum members in California who experienced our winter this year. I think it is rather natural. | |||
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Thank you. Intellectually I knew that this weather couldn't be that unique, but I had no idea where it had been making landfall previously. I love the greenery when driving through the PNW and fog/wet doesn't bother me as I grew up in San Francisco...but this does give me a bit of pause when looking for places along to coast to visit No, Daoism isn't a religion | |||
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A big part of any discussion regarding the weather is creating and using catchy names. The news is very good at creating common usage terms and labels, thus Rain Train, Atmospheric River, Pineapple Express hits the right note to get people's attention if not ratchet up the anxiety and urgency. El Nino and La Nina were commonly used but, the majority of people couldn't explain what any of it meant but, they were quick toss those names around. PAY ATTENTION WATCH THIS SO UNUSUAL OMG While this Winter has been unusual in the intensity and volume of rain/snowfall, it is a return to 'normalcy'. California has had drought conditions for 8 of the last 12 years, thus it's very easy for a generation to view the current conditions as biblically unusual and beyond whatever they've experienced. Instead you look back at weather readings over the last 100-years and such weather intensity and concentration usually occurs every 8-10 years, flooding in low-laying areas aren't uncommon. | |||
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Didn't you get solar for your home, or was that someone else in NorCal that was doing that. | |||
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Pick up a couple of these inflatable solar lanterns. Easy to use and not as sooty as candle lanterns....I have't used one of those since the 80's ![]() They're waterproof so, take it in shower when power is out and doesn't generate heat like a candle, place it anywhere or, hang. | |||
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