I'm kinda worried about skygazer and shine

[Oeditpus Rex]

Not only do they not have any capital letters, there've been wind gusts of 92 mph recorded in sky's neck o' the woods, and shine's stomp is locally well-known as a Nasty Place to Be in a Storm Like This.

Please to vector your Teh Longue Vibe-O-Tronic Phaser Units toward Kollyforniya's Central Coast. 'Tis fugly out there. :scared:

[lost-in-nj]

1. aye aye

Capt.....
My Vibe-O-Tronic Phaser is aimed westward!!!!
Hope they are both ok....... and anyone else out there.....


lost

[Shine]

2. We're OK, but damn, this storm is intense!!!

According to our rain guage, in less than 24 hrs we've gotten 5 inches of rain!! :wow:

Plus, the winds are unbelievable right now. We're getting gusts up to 60mph, at least.

Our next door neighbor's fence was blown over and there's tree debris from our 75 ft eucalyptus all over the street.

Yup, it's pretty exciting 'round here, but the family is cozy and safe by the fire. Kids are still on winter break til Monday and MrShine is working from home today. I'm so glad he decided NOT to try driving over Hwy 17 on a day like this.

It's definitely the worst storm we've had up here in 2+ yrs. I'm lovin' it! :bounce: :D

Thanks for thinking of us, Oedie! :hug: Has anyone heard from skygazer? She's in the Los Gatos area...

:hi:

[malta blue]

5. Glad to see you are well my friend.

:hug:

Sending good vibes out to skygazer....

:hi:

[Shine]

6. They just had a special emergency broadcast on the radio

telling us that there are flash flood warnings in effect for our entire area for the next 4 hrs.

In the meantime, I just checked the rain gauge again and we've gotten yet another inch of rain in the past 3 hrs, with more heavy rain happening as I type.

That's almost 6 inches of rain in about 27 hrs!

Damn, at the rate we're going, we could easily hit 10+ inches of rain by the time the weekend is done.

:hi: Thanks for the good vibes, sweetie. Happy New Year to you, too! :hug:

[puerco-bellies]

27. Hi Shine!!!

Sorry I did not get to have coffee with you last month. I popped my shoulder on the very first wave I caught. I waited around at a cafe for a hour or so and it seemed like I really injured myself. Seeing as my surf trip was moot I gassed up the van and headed home that Monday.

[Shine]

29. Oh, I just saw your other post and responded to it! LOL!

sorry about your shoulder, that sucks. :hug: Take care and maybe we'll get to meet sometime down the road.

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. It was Los Gatos where the 92 mph gusts were reported

per KPIX. That's when I went, "OMD! Sky!" :scared:

They were also talking about the San Lorenzo River area, and I flashed back to the flood of... crap, '84?... and thought of you. More :scared:

We don't get so much of it, being a bit inland. Still, I'm surprised we haven't lost power and that my teevee antenna's still standing. But apparently the worst of it has blown through.

:hug:

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Shine!

Your area and Marin are seeing the highest totals. SFGate chart has Ben Lomond at over 7.5 inches already.

This is a wild one even over here in the East Bay. It's trash day and the full buckets are getting knocked over by the wind. The empty ones are being pushed down the street.

Stay warm and dry. :pals:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Trash day here, too

And, o' course, the idjits left my containers with the lids open. x(

Maybe they were thinking if they were filled with water they'd be less likely to go scamperin' down the street.

I donned my rain gear and poured out the water, then dragged 'em leeward. That was my Big Adventure for the day.

[Shine]

22. Our neighbor's OTHER fence just blew over!

they're gonna be bummed. That's the second fence today they've had blow over just since this morning.
They're flying back from FL tomorrow night. Welcome home.

Yeah, I'm sure we're over 7+ inches o' rain here, already. We'll probably hit 10+ by the time the w/e is over. It's still coming down torrentially, as I type this....plus the winds are outrageous!

It's amazing we haven't lost power yet. We've had flickers, but that's about it. Knock on wood.... :D

:hi: :hug: Happy New Year, gf! :pals:

[laylah]

20. Shine

do you mind telling me where you might be from Philo? Wanting to know if I should check in on my niece. Stay safe!

[Shine]

24. I'm in the Santa Cruz mountains, in Scotts Valley

I'm pretty sure Philo is up near Mendocino, which is about 4+ hrs north of us. The whole northern and central part of the state is being slammed by this one right now, so you might want to check in on her.

:hi:

[LaurenG]

3. No problem, I've got vibes to spare

Are you in the middle of it too? And what about KW?

[KitchenWitch]

10. Right now the storm is hitting northern California

but the system is heading down here (SoCal) probably late this afternoon. I guess the canyon and mountain areas are going to be hit with the nasty winds, we will have some wind with about 4-5 inches of rain through the weekend.

We are in a "bowl" so other than flash floods, we will be safe. (I think we are safe from the water coming in the house here...as we are at a higher elevation than the street.)

[XemaSab]

15. It was just sprinkiling until about an hour and a half ago

It's raining pretty heavily, but doesn't seem too windy so far. :shrug:

[Shine]

26. Just wait....

the winds here are unreal...but then we're in the foothills of the SC mountains, afterall....

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Kitchy won't get it until sometime tonight

And it might lose a bit of strength by then.

We're getting a lot of wind and rain where I am, but nothing like the San Francisco Peninsula and North Bay.

[AlCzervik]

4. it is still really windy here, it was supposed to die down a bit but it hasn't.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

8. California is just not having a good time of it this year

Damn. :scared: Wishing everyone who lives in that region the best.

On edit, technically last year, too. :P

[KitchenWitch]

9. Yes, awful awful weather

It is heading down here later today.

[MsKandice01]

11. I'm in San Jose...

And it's insane!! My son's school was shut down due to power outages so I had to go pick him up on my lunch break and take him to my in-laws. The wind is intense.

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Teh Nooz was saying there were like 2,400 customers without power

in Sanno Zay already last night.

Whaya guys got for a power grid up there? Tin cans and string? :D

[LeftyMom]

13. Lovely weather we're having, isn't it?

:wow:

[Call Me Wesley]

18. Good vibes coming!

I'm glad we're protected by something called 'Teh Alps.' ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Teh Alps aren't the mountains with the biggest tits in the world

but I suppose they'll do in a pinch.

[Call Me Wesley]

21. You're right.

But we got teh Matterhorny!


However, I might prefer this one:
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11069221/Parysa_Bras_Matterhorn.html

which were worn by these:

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. Is that the international hairdressers' expedition?

Proust, in his first book, wrote about, wrote about...

[Call Me Wesley]

31. Well, it failed.

There was a lot of bitching in the tents.

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. I think that all Alp-climbing people in this country

are sick and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired! I'm certainly not! And I'm sick and tired of being told that I am!

[Call Me Wesley]

33. Forbidding. Aloof. Terrifying.

Well there he goes. Harry Bagot. He must have let himself down a bit on the climbing, alps are not very popular around here, but never mind, a good try.

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Yes... yes... yes... yes... yes... yes.. yes... what?

Size eight.

[Call Me Wesley]

35. Look.

Do you want the little hamster to live or not?

Don't make me start a sad thread ... :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. You're right

I guess I'd better go and play the mouse organ.

[Call Me Wesley]

37. Shut up!

Shut up, you American. You always talk, you American. You talk and you talk and say 'This is a mouse organ, not an electric organ' and 'Really, it's a mouse organ!' Well, you're busted, so shut up!

This is a mouse organ:

[puerco-bellies]

23. Vibes to everyone, may all stay safe warm and dry.

DU'ers or not.

[Shine]

28. Hey buddy!

sorry we never got the chance to hook up and meet. Hope you had a prosperous trip up here and got some good waves in, too. :hi:

maybe next time....

[puerco-bellies]

30. See my responce to you farther up the thread.

My shoulder is still pretty f'd up. I told Ali about the surf in your neck of the woods and we will head up your way when the water warms up a bit (she hates cold water), and I heal up a lot.