Ahhh, California is much drier now. The river's are still running super high, though. I took a ride down the San Luis Rey river bike trail and was amazed to see how much water was headed to the ocean. Thanks to the Pineapple Express, SoCal has had up to 20 inches of rain in the past two weeks. More than Seattle or Portland!

Veronica, you're definitely right about wider tires having more gripping power. I've never had a problem riding on wet pavement with my mountain bike (it has city slicks). However, I doubt I'll be able to find 27's for my road bike. I'm really short, 5'1'' on a good day, so I ride 650's on my road bike. The widest tires I've seen for me are 23's.

-Shimpie