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Journeyman

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3. Less opportunity to capture it, however, in the lowlands. . .

Reply to C Moon (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2015, 03:24 AM

Mar 2015

It plays havoc in the hills, but until we can develop the means to absorb it more efficiently here in the city, we need it in the hills and mountains so we can detain it behind the dams and percolate it into the aquifers.

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Southern California South Bay: the rain at 11pm. Wow! That was awesome! [View all] C Moon Mar 2015 OP

Orange County got a good one Control-Z Mar 2015 #1

Heavy fog AKA bleeding damp here in SF. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #2

Less opportunity to capture it, however, in the lowlands. . . Journeyman Mar 2015 #3

+1 C Moon Mar 2015 #4

Oh, yeah -- every drop we get these days is welcome. Did you see the "snow" in Huntington Beach?... Journeyman Mar 2015 #5

Crazy weather. A couple weeks ago HB was sweltering in the high 80's. SunSeeker Mar 2015 #7

And the article with those pictures says it'll be 80 again by the weekend. . . Journeyman Mar 2015 #8

Sweltering in the high 80's? In a couple of months we'll be begging for that kind of cold front.... Lochloosa Mar 2015 #10

Yeah, but you'll have the bugs and humidity to distract you from the heat. SunSeeker Mar 2015 #11

The bugs are why we have shotguns down here.. Lochloosa Mar 2015 #12

So will we in So Cal: it starts heating up in late March more than I like. C Moon Mar 2015 #14

Yes! C Moon Mar 2015 #13

Talked to my sis in San Diego today and she got caught out in gully buster.. kind of! Cha Mar 2015 #6

Thanks! I've never heard the term gully buster? But it sounds like a downpour. C Moon Mar 2015 #15

It poured for a while in north central NM, too Warpy Mar 2015 #9

How's the drought situation? I read in the L.A. Times last year that NM was doing vy bad. C Moon Mar 2015 #16

We are. The snow Friday-Saturday and last night's rain helped a little Warpy Mar 2015 #17