sanmar
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posted on October 16, 2004 06:16:21 PM
I know this isn't an ebay thread, but the forecast is for rain tomorrow!! The last time we had a measureable amount over 1/10 of an inch was March 26th!! This not the Sahara Desert, its Santa Barbara County, CA!! It is calling for possibly a 10th of an inch.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
[ edited by sanmar on Oct 16, 2004 06:18 PM ]
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 16, 2004 06:19:20 PM
It's raining pretty hard in SLO right now. Sanmar is about 30 miles south of here.
Lucy
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sparkz
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posted on October 16, 2004 06:26:50 PM
Lucy...Get outside now and point that storm towards Visalia!! We've been waiting since April and I don't want it to get sidetracked. It's supposed to ge here around midnight. As soon as it leaves, the big one from Alaska is supposed to hit.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 16, 2004 06:33:08 PM
Sparkz,
Okay, done. I set up a big fan on the porch and it's aimed right-atcha! 
Can I take off my raingear now?
Me
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 16, 2004 06:33:43 PM
Ummm... big one from Alaska? How big?
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tomwiii
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posted on October 16, 2004 06:39:37 PM
Here's Ralphie's...
DISCO WEATHER FORCAST JUST FOR...U:
http://tinyurl.com/6gj9x
 
FLIP-FLOP...FLIP-FLOP...FLIP-FLOP:
http://www.seanbonner.com/flipflop/
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sparkz
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posted on October 16, 2004 06:39:39 PM
It's supposed to be a very cold, wet one that will bring the snow level down to 5000 feet and give us up to an inch of rain on the valley floor. Your cousin's gonna have to wait awhile to do me in, as this one will settle the dust he's been kicking up in the walnut orchards
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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Roadsmith
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posted on October 16, 2004 09:22:44 PM
Okay, now--Sparkz! When the storm comes your way, aim your fan toward Riverside County please. We should get snow up here in our mountains at 6,000 feet. It would be grrrreat. We got a few drops in July, and, farther back, a few drops in May. That's it. I hear that El Nino is a-comin' and not a moment too soon.
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Andy Rooney on "cripes":
My wife's from the midwest. Very nice people there. Very wholesome.
They use words like 'Cripes' 'For Cripes sake.' Who would that be; Jesus Cripes? The son of 'Gosh' of the church of 'Holy Moly'? I'm not making fun of it. You think I wanna burn in 'Heck'?
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sparkz
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posted on October 16, 2004 09:42:21 PM
Will do Roadsmith. If the forecast is half way correct, there should be plenty to go around from the one coming in from Alaska. Would you believe it, there are firefighters in Yosemite trying to get a handle on a forest fire. By this time tomorrow, the fire will be out and their worst problem will be frostbite.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 16, 2004 09:53:21 PM
I hope it doesn't fizzle out like so many of them do.
Lucy
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sparkz
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posted on October 16, 2004 10:25:21 PM
It's been so dry this summer that anything will be welcome. The smoke from the fires in Northern California is seeping into the valley. A small drizzle would improve the air quality 100% A light rain would make everyone happy. A downpour would have people dancing in the streets. A couple of feet of snow in the Sierras, Arnold would have to call out the National Guard to restore order.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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sanmar
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posted on October 17, 2004 12:00:07 AM
At 9:15 we ha a 3 minute down pour, then it fizzled out. By 10:00 the street was drying up. Foprecast: Maybe some more between now & Tuesday. Well at least we had a "Rain"
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
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CBlev65252
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posted on October 17, 2004 06:48:14 AM
I will happily sent our wet cold weather anyone's way! Nothing like 40 degree temps, dreary clouds and rain to put you in a mood. But then, what can I expect? I live in Cleveland. Right classic?
Cheryl
. . .if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend.. . - War and Peace, Tolstoy
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Roadsmith
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posted on October 17, 2004 09:32:22 AM
HO! LY! COW! Thanks, Sparkz, and others for your kind thoughts about sending the rain our way. Up here in our mountains (above Palm Springs), it's been POURING since about 2 a.m., still going strong at 9:30 a.m. and no end in sight. I was going to water some of our pine trees today, so this will give me more time to take Ebay photos.
This is verrrrry welcome rain. ~Adele
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Andy Rooney on "cripes":
My wife's from the midwest. Very nice people there. Very wholesome.
They use words like 'Cripes' 'For Cripes sake.' Who would that be; Jesus Cripes? The son of 'Gosh' of the church of 'Holy Moly'? I'm not making fun of it. You think I wanna burn in 'Heck'?
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sanmar
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posted on October 17, 2004 11:45:27 AM
Well, our total rainfall was less than a tenth of an inch. People outside of CA do not realize that the Central Coast is almost a desert. About 12 inches of rain per year, most in Jan. Feb. & March.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
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MAH645
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posted on October 18, 2004 07:01:12 PM
Right now it's raining so hard here that the groundhogs are washing away.
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sparkz
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posted on October 18, 2004 07:36:40 PM
Lucy...We had a pretty fair amount of rain Sat night and yesterday. It partially rained out the local swap meet. Only the die hards stayed. Late tonight and all day tomorrow and tomorrow night are supposed to be really wet. We might even get 3 feet of snow in the Sierras out of this system. Just wanted to alert you, if you and Sanmar havn't heard, your area is under a flood watch now. They expect this system do dump 1-3 inches of rain on you, and the burn areas will become a problem for those in the path. Possibly up to 5 inches at the higher elevations, thanks to our friends in Alaska who decided to end our drought and send some of their surplus to us
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 18, 2004 07:48:52 PM
Sparkz,
Flood watch? Where? It's dry as can be here right now. Gorgeous sunny mid-70's day today with fluffy-puffy white clouds in the sky.
I did kinda like that rain yesterday and the day before. My car's nowhere near as dirty-dusty as it was...
However, here's the forecast: Tuesday: Showers in the morning with a steady rain developing in the afternoon. The rain will be heavy at times. Thunder possible. High 61F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall may reach one inch.
Okay, one inch. That will flood the intersection a block away from me. Guess I better plan to stay home! Didn't want to go out anyway.
I do hope the Sierras get some good precip. It's been so dry there.
Lucy
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sparkz
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posted on October 18, 2004 08:00:59 PM
Lucy,
Your forcast sounds about like ours, only the NWS wasn't quite as gentle in the wording. More like a threat. The frogs will even be looking for a dry place to hide. The difference here, is there are high winds to go along with the storm. The main concern in your area are the localities downhill from the last two big fires. They are concerned with debris and mudslides and the flash flods that tend to occur in these areas. Portions of L.A. and San Diego counties are in the same boat. Last night there was a flash flood warning in S.D. I havn't checked on it today. Just so you have an inner tube and a bottle of two buck chuck, you'll be able to get through it
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 18, 2004 08:06:25 PM
Sparkz,
Can you post a link to the NWS info you're talking about? I'm not concerned about mudslides as I'm in the middle of town. The nearest hill is the one west and behind Madonna Inn, which is probably 1/2 mile away.
I just hope it's a doozer of a storm. We surely do need the water in our reservoirs.
As far as the Two-Buck, I'm well supplied! Also, today I sent out all my stuff from auctions that closed out last night. So I can just hang out right here, snug and warm.
Lucy
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Roadsmith
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posted on October 18, 2004 08:42:17 PM
Pouring again here, tonight, for the third full day in a row. Our trees are soooo happy. Our forecast (So. Calif.) is for rain through Wednesday, sunny by Saturday. Perfect. And a good excuse to stay indoors with two-buck and a nice (indoor) fire.
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Andy Rooney on "cripes":
My wife's from the midwest. Very nice people there. Very wholesome.
They use words like 'Cripes' 'For Cripes sake.' Who would that be; Jesus Cripes? The son of 'Gosh' of the church of 'Holy Moly'? I'm not making fun of it. You think I wanna burn in 'Heck'?
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sparkz
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posted on October 18, 2004 08:42:32 PM
Lucy,
Looks like they cancelled it for you sometime in the last couple of hours, but it's still in effect for Sanmar. Here's the link, be sure to check it often when the rain starts. It will update automatically:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/
Edited to add: Click on any part of the map to get the latest NWS forcast for that point. When you do, check the red Hazardous weather outlook and short term forecast links that appear on the forecast page.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 18, 2004 08:51:13 PM
Well, piffle... No red stuff for SLO. And here I was hoping we'd finally get a decent rain storm. 
Hope you get some water over your way, Sparkz.
Me
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sparkz
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posted on October 18, 2004 09:19:00 PM
here's the link for the Vandenberg radar. Click on it after about 10:00 AM tomorrow. You'll be able to see what's about to hit ya:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p37cr/si.kvbx.shtml
When you see green and yellow, break out the umbrella. When you see red, break out the 2 buck chuck
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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parklane64
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posted on October 19, 2004 10:39:29 AM
Right now, it is raining pretty good here. Sparkz, most people don't know what it's like here when it doesn't rain for six or eight months. Folks, the valley is dusty, extremely dusty. The dust collects on electrical transformers and wires for all that time. Then, when it rains, it virtually always starts out as a drizzle that slowly moistens that dust, turning it into a great conductor. The first good rain of the season is ushered in every year by power outages throughout the San Joaquin Valley as transformers randomly go kablooie. If the storm is highly ionized lightning has a tendency to hit the transformers before they spontaneously erupt.
Dust and fog are terrible here if you have any type of respiratory illness. The dust carries a fungus with it commonly known as Valley fever. Valley fever is especially virulent towards people of Filipino or African ethnicity. When the tule fog develops it rises off of the ground and carries all of the pesticides and defoliants applied in the preceding season. Nasty, nasty, nasty, air filtration systems are big sellers in this area.
On the plus side, fruits and vegetables are plentiful and reasonably priced. Until recently we had one of the lowest costs of living in the state. Which was good because unemployment is usually between 15 and 20 per cent. Just don't breath deeply.
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Hebrews 13:8
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sanmar
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posted on October 19, 2004 10:45:34 AM
Just returned home from a visit with my Retinologist, (macular degeneration) A little mist in the air, had to run wipers on the slowest setting. Really cool in the coach, hate to have to turn on the furnace this early in the season.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 19, 2004 10:48:20 AM
Hi all,
The rain started at 10:00, not bad yet but getting stronger.
Parklane's right about the Valley weather and the power outages. No matter how much they try to keep them washed there are still problems. The really big transformers on the high voltage lines are hot-washed on a regular schedule. I don't know about the smaller ones.
Oh, BTW, this IS eBay related - I got off my duff early to go mail a package so I wouldn't get caught in the rain!
Lucy
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sparkz
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posted on October 19, 2004 11:59:16 AM
That rain we had Sunday morning was enough to knock out power to about 5000 people around the county. Also, the first rain of the season loosens up all the oil cars have leaked on the roadway for severaal months. The roads become extremely slick and the accidents skyrocket. We're getting a pretty good amount now. Hopefully, we'll get a real downpour this afternoon. Lucy, click on the first link I posted and then click on SLO county. They've issued a flood statement for your county as well as a high surf advisory.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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Roadsmith
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posted on October 19, 2004 12:15:15 PM
And pouring now for the 4th day in a row, here in So. Cal. No danger of mudslides here in our mountain community, thank goodness. Gloomy outside, but we did need that rain!
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Andy Rooney on "cripes":
My wife's from the midwest. Very nice people there. Very wholesome.
They use words like 'Cripes' 'For Cripes sake.' Who would that be; Jesus Cripes? The son of 'Gosh' of the church of 'Holy Moly'? I'm not making fun of it. You think I wanna burn in 'Heck'?
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OhMsLucy
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posted on October 19, 2004 12:37:50 PM
Hi all,
Sparkz, thanks for the links. Actually, it's raining now but not all that hard.
The burn areas they talk about are north of Santa Barbara. Both sides of Hwy. 101, from just south of the Gaviota tunnel, past Refugio and El Capitan beaches. For several miles there's hardly any vegetation left. That could get pretty bad as far as flooding and mudslides. There are a couple of camping places that are in very low spots.
Secondary benefit is because it's overcast the light's very good for taking eBay pics!
Me
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