California storm is a good one...

[C Moon]

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We really need(ed) this storm.
I live near San Pedro, California, and the rain has been constant since 7:30-8am (it's now 2:30) and showing no signs of stopping.
It hasn't been pouring the whole time, instead has been a steady rainfall with moments of hard rain.

I feel for the folks who live near the hillsides that have fire damage, though.

For the past several years, each time we got rain, it would rain for about 3 hours and move out. This is the first all day rain I can recall in many years...I actually couldn't tell you when we last had rain like this.

A friend of mine on FaceBook (an actual friend, not just digital), called it "Moisturegeddon"—because So Cal drivers are so horrible in the rain. It was a pun on the 10 freeway closure a few years ago that was being called Carmageddon (I was corrected, it was the 405 fwy)

[BootinUp]

1. Their predicting mud-slides then?

Houses sliding down hills is not good.

[C Moon]

4. I don't know about houses sliding, but their have been homes affected by mudslides yes...

and a major road (PCH) in Malibu was partially closed due to mudslides.

[Hekate]

10. Mostly it's below burn areas, though sometimes just soil saturation will do it

California ecology is very interesting -- especially if you live here!

[Anansi1171]

2. Bands of gentle rain here in San Diego.

Hope all in the foothills stay alert and evacuate even if just a voluntary order has been issued.

[JI7]

3. i'm in a nearby area and enjoying it

hopefully people in certain areas are prepared to deal with any problems .

[olddots]

5. don't watch the news

Its Storm Watch 2014. Rain A Geddon !!! Now here is Biff with a chanel 7 update .

[C Moon]

8. Oh. I just edited my post to point out my friend was calling it Moisturegeddon...

maybe he wasn't so original :O

[upaloopa]

9. Well if we don't dry up and blow away we will get

washed out to sea or covered in mud slides or burned to the ground or earthquaked to pieces.

[C Moon]

15. :D I love the term "earthquaked" ...I mean, I hate the word, but I like it...never mind.

[dhill926]

22. haha…ain't that the truth...

price we pay for living in paradise….

[Le Taz Hot]

6. Raining in Central California as well.

We've got a break in the storm at the moment but it's supposed to continue off and on through the night. This is exactly the type of rain we need -- slow and steady to start replenishing the aqueduct.

California seriously needs to look at putting a moratorium on new buildings. We just don't have the water to continue with never-ending growth.

[CreekDog]

20. most water use in the state is for agriculture

[C Moon]

50. Saw a show saying almond trees are the biggest water hogs. But how many almond growers are there...

compared to all the other agriculture?

[Cleita]

7. I know. I had to use an umbrella today for the first time in

years. It was covered with dust.

[abelenkpe]

26. Today I realized we have no umbrellas

Coulda used one....

[Cleita]

29. Usually the retailers put them out when it rains.

I was out shopping today and none of the stores had any out. Maybe they don't have any in stock because of the years of drought. Don't know where you can get one.

[C Moon]

51. :D only in California.

[KingCharlemagne]

11. As a farm boy who long ago learned the value of long, slow soakers, I am very

happy for my brothers and sisters who farm in central California and the San Joaquin Valley. This drought was starting to assume near-Biblical proportions.

I hope this rain tapers off tonight and then we have 2-3 days of no rain (but overcast skies) and then another long, slow soaker. Will greatly help to replenish the water tables.

[Cleita]

13. That's the way the weather is supposed to be here.

Also we need enough winter precipitation to make a good winter snow pack in the Sierras. That's what feeds our rivers, streams and reservoirs throughout the summer, which is very important for the wildlife as well as vegetation. We haven't had that for years.

[JeaneRaye]

21. And in Northern Nevada!

We have also been getting steady rain in Reno all day! I'm with you on your comment on the good it's doing for the Sierra snow pack,too. The Truckee River is the lowest that I've ever seen it, bears are coming down from the mountains looking for food, reservoirs are only at half their capacity...... Let's hope it stays around for a while longer.

[Cleita]

30. I spent my honeymoon camping along the Truckee river between Truckee

and Tahoe. I haven't been up there in the past decade and it would break my heart to see all that scenic wilderness ruined.

[JeaneRaye]

55. Time for a new trip!

All those campsites are still there and it's still beautiful! The river is not dry, just low. It continued to rain all of yesterday and last night. It's still raining..... here's hoping, it's filling up that old river.

[Cleita]

56. I think I'll try next summer.

[rollin74]

60. all the rain has been nice

but it's one of those odd storms where the temperature actually increased a little as the night wore on, causing snow levels to rise in the Sierra.

I spent quite a bit of time watching the weather radar maps and in places where it had been snowing at 5pm it was back to rain by 10pm. Mostly between about 6,000'-7,200' or so.

If it had been 10 degrees cooler, this would be have been one impressive snow making storm for the area. Though I'm sure it dumped pretty good at around 8,000' and above.

We badly need this precipitation, whatever form it takes

[C Moon]

16. That sounds good to me!

[ChazII]

36. Echoing your comments in the second paragraph.

We need that type of rain here Arizona.

[I_stand_4_oranges]

12. I hope it's a drought-buster..

Stay safe, and enjoy the rain, C Moon

[TheProgressive]

14. What we really need is SNOW in the upper elevations.

Snow pack is needed for the release of water in the spring...

This storm is 'warm' and is only snowing in the upper elevations....

The rain sure is better than a dry winter...!

[AngryAmish]

17. Not in CA, but when a drought ends it is such a relief.

2012 was horrible in Chicagoland. Yes, the fairways were mostly rocks ( I had a lucky 380 yard drive!) but when the rain finally comes it is a relief .

[PasadenaTrudy]

18. I need to take my dog out!

I wish it would let up for ten minutes! She hates getting wet, and won't pee in the cold rain.

[C Moon]

19. Same issue here. :)

[JI7]

31. would an umbrella help or she doens't like wet ground either ?

[Galileo126]

23. A slow steady all-day rain in the High Mojave

In the 6 yrs I have lived in the Mojave, I don't think I ever seen a long, steady rain.

Soak it up, baby!!!

[bluesbassman]

24. Nice and steady here in the Bay Area!

Most welcome sight!

[2banon]

40. Hey Neighbor!

Alameda... it's been really, really nice to see and walk in. I'm actually from the north (Sonoma County) when it rains there, it pours... and only traces amount here in Alameda, but this past week has been a really nice change..

[bluesbassman]

43. Hey there!

I'm over the hill in the Tri-Valley. Was just in Alameda yesterday around noon though, it was very nice!

Yeah, this has been a nice bit of weather and I hope it continues for a while. Should be a break for the weekend.

[CreekDog]

57. Most Bay Area cities are well above 100% of normal for this date

doesn't end the drought, but with the storm door open, the chances of having a normal or above normal year look better than in a long time.

[pinboy3niner]

58. L.A. area has now had 7" this year, but experts say we need 30" for significant impact on drought

It doesn't look like we're going to make it.

[CreekDog]

59. we've had big rainfall deficits in the past couple years

30" in LA is about 2 years of normal precipitation.

[mulsh]

25. I live in Oakland and great as this rain is I'm more concerned with snow pack

and our yearly total. This is a very good start I hope it continues.

[2banon]

44. indeed! So nice to see Bay Area Neighbors here!

[deurbano]

27. Eating popcorn here in San Francisco, cozy inside, and my daughter's biopsy results

today were negative! Lucky rain... lucky day.

[C Moon]

32. Congrats on the biopsy results!!!

[deurbano]

38. Thanks! Her chemo ended in Feb., but she kept having metabolic activity on her PET scans...

so finally had to have a biopsy a couple of weeks ago... and it turns out the activity is due to cancer fighting cells left over from the chemo (or something like that)... but PET scans can't discern the difference between that kind of metabolic activity and the kind caused by cancer. Thankfully, biopsies can tell the difference, even though it was scary to hear she needed one. She can finally get her port out and not have all this uncertainty hanging over everything!

[2banon]

41. congrats!

[Politicalboi]

28. Great to have the rain

I remember almost whole months of rain back in the day. Freeways full of water, raining so hard it's hard to see when driving. Also fog up the whazooooo! And that was in SoCal.

[zappaman]

33. Carmageddon was actually the 405

But yeah, we need this!

[C Moon]

45. Whoops! That's correct!

[allan01]

34. thunderstorm warning here in sonora ca

i live several miles from the old rim fire burn area and the officials are concerned about mudslides and other nasty stuff. some folk have felt that this is the end of the drought, wong. grateful for this rain. nws had predicted heavy rainfall am outs with an inch an hour in spots .
http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/US/CA/Sonora.html
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/067.html#WAT
because we are a semi arid state , i feel that the water restrictions should be on permanently.

[yuiyoshida]

35. Love to see San Francisco getting rain

[C Moon]

46. I love SF any way it looks! Great photos!!

[Cha]

37. Glad it's finally Raining.. and hope all are safe.. mahalo C Moon

[XemaSab]

39. 9.44 inches here since Oct 1!

So glad to see it!

[C Moon]

47. Nice! Great news!

[LeftyMom]

52. That's what

[OnionPatch]

42. I've been sitting by the back door just listening.

I'm so loving this, sitting here breathing that fresh, moist air and listening to the water splashing on the deck. Oh how I hope this will usher in some normal rainfall this winter.
BTW, I'm down here in Riverside County.

[C Moon]

48. Me too! I hope we can get back to normal rainfall, and unextended summers. Enjoy!

[tularetom]

49. In a million years or so that water will have percolated down to where it can be pumped out and used

Hope we can all hold out until it gets there.

[JDPriestly]

53. In Southern California, and I planted a few seeds yesterday.

This rain is great and coming at a good time since I plant in pots. Whoo! Hoo! I'm so happy it is raining. Fiinally. Between now and the full moon, if it dries up a bit, i will plant more, especially California Poppy seeds for the Spring and more succulents.

[C Moon]

54. +1

[malaise]

61. Enjoy

Hope there aren't serious mudslides