Storm excitement in CA

Full brunt hit us a few hours ago. Seems now to have mellowed. I might call it, even, balmy, at the moment, last time I opened the door and looked out.

What has me worried is that we are supposed to get a year's worth of rain in five days. If they are right, we could be the next Haitians.

from the corner of my eye. Not only do I have friends and family in those parts, it's headed this way. Liable to be a shitload of snow next week...

Hoping safety for you all.

etu :D

Changed to, "we are".

Spent all of last night re-aligning four satelite earth stations for clients that have 24/7 coverage. The rain hadn't started heavy yet but the 50MPH winds were pushing the dishes all over the place. Some were actually the fault of the installation guys not securing the base mounts properly and were pulled loose. Most of the heavy rain has now moved through and will get some slack time before the next and supposedly biggest one comes in tomorrow. Gotta get my rest now as tomorrow holds more delightful weather. We need the rain so I'm not going to complain.

Best wishes for you and everyone else impacted by the storms!!

The four years I was stationed Riverside and at Edwards, were fairly quiet weather-wise. The worst I remember was waking up one Sunday morning in winter 1982 to three inches of water standing on my patio and two inches of snow on the doorstep.

Had the water on the patio been an inch deeper, I would have stepped into it as I rolled out of bed.

All the best to you and yours. Hope your job is still there...with some insurance-paid OT, if you want it.

I haven't seen a west coast forecast in a couple of days, but the last one had east-bound low pressure cells lined up across the Pacific. I reminded me of the equatorial Atlantic in September, when tropical fronts march west from Africa.

Good luck.

I went in at regular time.
Lage blue hozes snaked around building 1st floor, that run outdoors to their van with a pump.

I live in apt building and we have these guys in to suck out water from plumbing damage or water heater leaks.

There was a whole fleet of them plus guy with wireless headpiece wandering around, directing it all. News van was still there.

It was really weird to the inside of the company featured on the news.

Before the regular people got in, they were mostly done, and except for leaving a few huge blower fans running on a carpted area, few signs of them most of the night.

We're up and running with little damage it appears!