gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Zeno's Paradox)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2010-01-20 12:50 pm
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We needed this, but it is an awful mess

Working our way into a third year of drought, California was hoping and praying for significant rainfall. Well, we got it. Three storms have hit the Bay Area head on this week before heading off to (hopefully) supercharge the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains (our main source of year-round water.) These storms have it all, high winds, torrential downpours, lightning, and just now, hail. The SFGate has a good round up of the events. I heard from the driver covering my route, he's getting 70mph gusts in the San Joaquin Valley. Suddenly, cabin fever doesn't seem like such a bad thing.

When I heard the hail start, I grabbed my camera (which really needs a new battery) and got a couple of pictures.

Well, hail!



The drain is overwhelmed

Yup. Rainy Season


We've been lucky and haven't lost power. So far.
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[personal profile] claidheamhmor 2010-01-20 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Looks really nice! I love rainstorms...

[identity profile] murphymom.livejournal.com 2010-01-21 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
We lost power at school at 12:30 - it was still off when I left at 4:00. Two full class periods with no power...oy!

[identity profile] supersniffles.livejournal.com 2010-01-21 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so very glad I haven't had to work the Maintenance Dispatch Desk the last 2 days. It's been psychotically busy!

[identity profile] kat-box.livejournal.com 2010-01-21 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Doug, I think this can be safely filed under "be careful what you wish for..." LOL Cool pics, and glad to hear you're up and about. :)

[identity profile] fusijui.livejournal.com 2010-01-21 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That is some pretty tropical-downpour-looking rain! Hope some of it reaches the mountains in solid form.