Like the announcer this morning that said, "Next - we're tracking a monster
storm that threatens to dump snow on the entire country and ruin the travel
plans of millions"?
Like that?
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach
> On Dec 24, 2014, at 18:38, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Many folks seem to have short memories when it comes to weather. It's made
> worse by the likes of the Weather Channel whose ratings depend on hyping
> every possible storm event as doom and gloom.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>> On 12/15/2014 12:54 AM, Moose wrote:
>> On 12/14/2014 6:23 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>>>> Just wait until you see what arrives on Tuesday. It's going to
>>>>> rain here in Phoenix from
>>>>> Tuesday until Friday, then there's a strong storm arriving next
>>>>> weekend.
>>> ... California is in for an extreme soaking this week, with San
>>> Francisco receiving as much as 1.50". As though things there were not
>>> bad enough.
>>
>> Your numbers make no sense to me. "The 3.4 inches that fell in downtown
>> San Francisco registered as the 11th wettest day in the city dating back
>> to 1849, according to Jan Null of Golden Gate Weather Services.
>> <http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27123422/storm-delivers-impressive-rain-totals-bay-area>"
>> <http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27123422/storm-delivers-impressive-rain-totals-bay-area>
>>
>>
>> That makes 1.5" over a few days sound pretty moderate, no? We were in W
>> Marin and SW Sonoma this weekend. It's glorious to see the hills and
>> fields turning vivid greens. Cattle that were wandering blasted fields
>> and eating imported hay are now feasting on fresh grass.
>>
>> Thursday's storm was indeed intense and, as usual, several roads in that
>> area were flooded. By early afternoon today most were open. These are
>> all roads that flood regularly in wet winters - nothing new. SF, on the
>> other hand, is a hilly city surrounded by ocean on three sides, and gets
>> little flooding even in such very heavy rain. Same thing here we are,
>> the water runs down hill to the bay.
>>
>> Rainy Day Moose
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