Have we had ENOUGH rain yet??

**jobob** · 12-31-2005, 02:51 PM

For those in other parts of the country the Russian River runs through Sonoma county and meets the sea at the small town of Jenner.

And it floods pretty much everytime there's a major rainfall.

**yellow** · 12-31-2005, 03:02 PM

Oy! You Kalifornians! The weather must explain this as well.

Mad chihuahuas!

(For those of you that don't know, I was a Kalifornian until about 2.5 months ago!)

Seriously, I have been following your trials and tribulations via the 'net, fondly remembering the events of New Years Eve 1996-97, a night I barely made it home due to flooding.

...yellow, now in the land of mixed rain and snow...

**SadieKate** · 12-31-2005, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by yellow

Oy! You Kalifornians! The weather must explain this as well.

Mad chihuahuas!

You sure this isn't an April Fool's Day article gone astray?

**cindysue** · 12-31-2005, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by yellow

Oy! You Kalifornians! The weather must explain this as well.

Mad chihuahuas!...

oh that is hilarious. ...some guy broke into a woman's house and added "erotic indian art" to her computer? Pleazzzze!

**yellow** · 12-31-2005, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by cindysue

oh that is hilarious. ...some guy broke into a woman's house and added "erotic indian art" to her computer? Pleazzzze!

The chihuahua bit made us laugh harder...I can just picture the officer's face as he was rushed by the pack. "Stop! Police! Off! Off you viscious mongrels!" DH said, "What, he didn't shoot them? He must really have been under attack."

But yeah, you're right, the computer bit seems a bit far fetched!

Oh, and nothing so strange EVER happens in Utah...

Anyhoo, back to the subject: weather!

**Trek420** · 12-31-2005, 03:29 PM

jobob "And it floods pretty much everytime there's a major rainfall."

and yet people continue to build there...who knew it floods each year?

nothing strange in Utah? Oh I don't know

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6687167/

**yellow** · 12-31-2005, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Trek420

nothing strange in Utah? Oh I don't know

Brings to mind Bill Murray yelling "Cats and dogs!!! Living together!!!" (Was that Ghostbusters?)

For kicks we like to go to the cemetery here in the city (Salt Lake) and review all of the wives listed on the more prominent tombstones. Quite entertaining.

Now BACK TO THE WEATHER!

**Dogmama** · 01-01-2006, 05:39 AM

All of you people be careful. I'm watching the news and it is awful. Be sure to wear your "swimmies" when you're cycling!

**Deanna** · 01-02-2006, 10:51 AM

Hubby and I managed to get out on the tandem for a bit on Saturday to survey some of the damage. We ended up doing about 44 miles of out and backs--riding the roads until we reached a flood/closure that we're not crazy enough to go through. The water is the highest I've seen it, and while
the water level on the Russian River isn't as high as it got in the last big floods, there seem to be a lot more road closures then before. The Laguna de Santa Rosa, which is normally a wide, low wetland is over it's banks in many areas. There's really no where for anymore water to go, so lets hope the rain really does let up this week.

**wabisabi** · 01-02-2006, 01:08 PM

This was certainly a New Year's to remember! Up here on the North Coast we were (maybe still are--there is still no radio or TV) cut off both north and south on 101 and on 299, the other road out, by landslides. On Saturday morning we had a sudden huge gale, with winds reported up to 80mph, suddenly blow through. There are thousands (really) of trees knocked down. Our electricity went off Saturday morning and stayed off through yesterday evening, with some of my neighbors still without power. I went for a walk with my dog in our community forest and in a brief walk on a dirt road came across maybe six big redwoods down across the road, and I could see a lot more in the forest. Staying warm was a challenge, although it was a fairly warm storm, still, at night it gets cool. All the rivers flooded, and the tide was reportedly 11 ft high on Saturday.

I did learn a fews things:
that it is possible to use a slightly older gas stove by lighting it with a match, even when the electricity goes out, and if you have a gas water heater (and water) you can actually take a nice hot bath!

that there are hand cranked cell phone chargers that you can buy
some of those emergency crank radios don't work too well

those corporate radio stations really suck (with almost no acknowledgement of any local disasters that are happening)

that it can be incredibly restful to be removed from radio, tv and internet distractions

I am using my I-don't-know-where-it-comes-from wireless internet connection at the moment, as my cox cable is completely down, and none of the local radio stations are back up yet

A cycling group friend had a party yesterday, and, since they had power, we all were happy to attend! We all had some time off and planned to ride as often as possible, but there was rain constantly, so few of us did any riding, and were all bemoaning this. Today is fairly clear, but I am feeling a little under the weather.

It will be a while before things are back to any sense of normalcy.

**velodrome.co.nr** · 01-03-2006, 03:46 AM

Originally Posted by Trekhawk

hey velo - hows the snow going over your way? Saw on the news that England had a big dump of it.

more like a few inches, the country goes mad with the tiny snowflakes so it was nothing really
nice with it being christmas etc

**Lise** · 01-03-2006, 04:16 AM

Thinking of you gals (and your guys & gals) in California...NPR keeps me posted on the rain and flooding. My heart and thoughts are with you.

Lise

**caligurl** · 01-03-2006, 08:46 AM

i got rained on yesterday!

when i got up to workout.. it was decent outside (well.. what i could tell with it still being dark!) then while i'm eating breakfast i keep hearing this rumbling... i thought it was trucks coming across they street (they are building a house... destoying my view

) finally i realize that's not trucks.. it's WIND! i was soooo bummed.. i'll ride in wind.. but these gusts were awful! then later after i got done eating my lunch i realized the gusts seemed to have stopped (but it was still a strong steady wind)... well... i got dressed and headed out on my bike! i started noticing the sky getting darker over by my house.. but blue sky (and a rainbow) where i was headed! niiiiiiiiiiice tail wind going up to my turn around point! then i had to turn around.... i was in my baby (granny) gear going DOWNHILL! and still only going 8-9 mph!

i got back across the highwy... turned right to get a few extra miles riding around the streets of the neighborhood.. and no sooner than i did that then it started raining.... not so bad it was cool and raining on my.. but it rained on ruby!

i called hubby and he said it had been raining by our house for a while (i realized that as the streets were all wet!) dumb weather! but at least i got a ride in!

**SadieKate** · 01-04-2006, 10:38 AM

Whispering this in case I might jinx something, but the entire skyline out my west-facing office window is clear blue. I almost forgot what it looked like.

Got the lights charging at home. Night ride, here I come! Wonder how much of campus is still flooded?

Just something interesting . . .

The Sacramento Valley area is historically a giant seasonal flood plain flowing into a huge delta that is home to the world's farthest inland deep water port. West of Sacramento there is now an artifically controlled flood causeway with weirs that are opened to release water from the big rivers before they top their levees. "It's 40 miles long, nearly 10 miles wide in places, and covers roughly 59,000 acres." Just try to visualize how much water it takes to fill this thing in 24 hours. Well, it happened and there is quite a current flowing into the Delta, so there is continual outflow.

NY's Eve, they opened the weirs. In about 24 hours, the water rose from a few puddles to about 2 feet below the bridge deck. I wish I could find current photos for you all. Every morning I cross this long flat bridge (Interstate 80) over this awesome body of water. We have had massive damage in other areas of the state with incredible photos. Usually, we only see photos as rivers go over their banks and cause damage, but I find the causeway impressive because of its operation and how it protects us, not to mention the benefit it has been for fish and fowl. However, I have to say that if we get another storm with heavy rain and high winds, I'm staying home. The wind drives water across the bridge deck and the powers-that-be close the bridge. I could be stranded away from my puppydog as there only a few ways to get from Sacramento to Davis, and all require crossing the rivers or flood plains. Anyway, thought some of you might find this interesting.

http://www.watershedportal.org/news/news_html?ID=214

**Embellina** · 01-04-2006, 05:24 PM

Wow, I'm very impressed!

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