Um... Any Fellow Californians Feeling The Storm Right About Now ???

[WillyT]

It was raining like hell a while ago, then the wind really came up;



There's just a windy break right now, but here's the second wave about to hit.



Yowza... all sorts of wonderful noises outside in the dark.

:hide:

Stay safe, y'all.

:grouphug:

[Bicoastal]

1. As my name would suggest, I know both LA and NY fairly well.

And it's 17 degrees out here in Brooklyn. No sympathy.

[WillyT]

3. Cold I Can deal With, But Not This...

:scared:

[nonconformist]

6. 16 degrees in Kentucky

fucking BRRRR.

[Chovexani]

9. Poor you

I was talking to my mom in Flatbush and she was so cold she was sitting in front of the heater with my cat on her lap.

[SusanaMontana41]

43. Sheesh!

You both get sympathy from me. Not that cold here in Montana, but getting there.

[nadinbrzezinski]

77. You know what worries me is not the temperature, but the

hurricane force winds, and the flooding.

I am sure you've got both coming.

:eyes:

[Webster Green]

2. Yep!...We're waiting for the second wave to hit now..

I'm 15 miles from the coast. I've got a generator standing by just in case. With lots of rain and high winds, we're almost sure to lose electricity from PG&E.

[WillyT]

8. Where Are You ???

I used to live\work\play up on the Mendocino Coast (Village of Mendocino) and I had a front row seat to many a winter storm. Sometimes the power would be knocked out for days.

:hi:

Stay dry and safe!

[Webster Green]

18. West Sonoma County..

Guerneville. We're keeping an eye on the Russian River, though I'm above the flood zone.

We got about 2.5 inches of rain today.

[WillyT]

20. Oh Yeah... I Lived In Guerneville While I Was Attending Empire College In Santa Rosa

Loved the place, but it gets screwed almost every winter. The Safeway there doubles as a disaster relief center from what I remember.

:hi:

[Le Taz Hot]

39. I've got 3 cords of seasoned dry wood

and lots of candles and oil lamps. We're ready!

[featherman]

4. About as far north as you can get and still be in CA

Siskiyou County, just south of the Oregon border. And yes, the second wave has begun and I expect we'll lose power tonight. predicting blizzards with 3-5 feet of snow in and around my area.

[WillyT]

12. Yep... Their Saying The Sierra's Could Get Up To 10 Feet In This Thing !!!

:wow:

[tblue]

21. If I was a skier, I'd be happy as a pig in slop.

Too bad I'm not. But I like 'weather.' We don't get much out here in the Bay Area.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

5. That last peg, Yikes! What are the wind forecasts?

[WillyT]

10. Up To 50 mph In The Valley, Gusts Possible To 75 mph...

100 mph in the Sierras, with gusts to 150 on the crest of the Sierras.

Rather exciting, in a pants pooping kinda way.

:shrug:

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

14. Not much fun, Stay safe.

[Le Taz Hot]

40. "Rather exciting, in a pants pooping kinda way."

:spray:

[Faux pas]

98. LOL better get out the Depends. I don't ever remember it being

that bad wind-wise in Calif. 80-100 is almost normal here on the Oregon coast. Weather is an exciting thing when you lived in SoCal almost your whole life.

[puerco-bellies]

7. I just went out to wheel my rock saw in to my garage

And then down to the corner market for a pint of Ben & Jerry's. You can smell the coming rain. The cloud cover is still some what broken up but theyseem to be present from low to high. The funny thing is that it seems warmer tonight then it has in a long time.

I'm in Manhattan Beach (So Cal)

Edited to include location

[nikto]

11. At this exact moment in the San fernando Valley...

...it's dry as a bone.

Storm'l probably hit during the night
or early morning down here, I suppose.

I wish the rains would wait until 5 pm friday,
then me and a buddy could squeeze a quick golf game in.

Doubt it, though.

[Nailzberg]

13. Woo-Hoo! Time to wax the skis!

Might as well hit Mammoth next week since the writers have me jobless.

[XemaSab]

15. It was clear and starry a few hours ago

but now the clouds are moving in.

It's not windy here either. :shrug:

[Hekate]

34. I thought it was supposed to hit here about midnight, but there's nothing yet

The projected totals in the mountains and foothills are downright scary -- up to 10 inches. That's saturation -- if I lived in La Conchita I'd be heading for an out of town friend to stay with.

But it's nearly 2 a.m. and no raindrops on Goleta just yet.

Stay safe and dry all you folks who are already experiencing the deluge.

Hekate

[cboy4]

16. It's supposed to get really bad starting around 5AM according

to the news.

CBS13 is cutting in during every Letterman commercial and is planning to start the sunrise news early at 4am.

Good thing we haven't had a lot of rain up until now, or we'd be dealing with a lot of flooding.

[sandnsea]

17. Nothing here yet

I'm up there to the left of Eugene. I heard we were going to get bad winds, but I had no idea the storm front looked like that. Yikes!!

:scared:

[WillyT]

22. Yeah... It's Like A Giant Fist Ready To Deliver A Big Punch !!!

:scared:

[Omphaloskepsis]

24. Eugene is fine and surprisingly warm.

Good luck if you are out on the coast.

[cboy4]

19. LATEST

[cyclezealot]

23. Great News

Lets up we can get the Lake Mead reservoir up to 50% capacity.

[Swamp Rat]

25. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO/Water vapor image

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/weus.html



Water vapor loop:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/weus/loop-wv.html

Pacific conus image:



HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
700 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008

CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-041500-
SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE-
EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
700 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
LATE TONIGHT BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO MOST AREAS AS WELL AS RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED AT THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL BRING WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS.

* BLIZZARD WARNING..........SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH WIND WARNING.........SEE WWUS76 KSTO - NPWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN.. FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE SERIES OF POWERFUL STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. IT APPEARS SNOW LEVELS
WILL BE NEAR 5000-6000 FEET FRIDAY...THEN DOWN TO 3500 TO 4500 FEET
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL FEET OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
SIERRA CASCADE RANGE COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AT TIMES IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES BETWEEN
FRIDAY AND SUNDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEY
WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.

* BLIZZARD WARNING..........SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

* HIGH WIND WARNING.........SEE WWUS76 KSTO - NPWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
$$
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=sto&zone=CAZ017&pil=XXXHWOSTO&productType=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook

[WillyT]

26. Man... That First Image Almost Gave Me An Acid Flashback !!!

:hippie:

Hey Swampy!!!

:bounce::hi::bounce:

[Swamp Rat]

28. Hang in there!

:hi: :grouphug:

[Swamp Rat]

27. Wind speeds 12:29 AM PST Fri Jan 04 2008

Beale Air Force Base, CA Radar:

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=bbx&product=N0V&overlay=11101111&loop=no

Base Velocity

This display of radial velocity represents the overall wind field. Green colors indicate wind moving toward from the radar with red colors indicating wind moving away from the radar. The maximum range of this product is 124 nm (about 143 miles) from the radar location. Learn more about Base Velocity images.

[VOX]

29. L.A. Times is calling for 5" of rain in the city, 10" in the mountains through Sunday...

And that's a lotta H2O on a reclaimed desert in such a short period of time.

[Raine]

30. Nothing yet

I'm in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County along the coast.

[melody]

31. Winds coming up here on the SoCal high desert, but we're used to wind

Gusts up 70 mph aren't too unusual. Everything will be okay -- just tie down loose stuff.
We need the rain, though I'm worried about everyone in the canyons and other fire areas.

[caligirl]

32. I'm 8/10ths of a mile from the beach, lots of rain, wind, choppy surf

Saw two surfers and a wind surfer at steamers lane today. More surfers were arriving at 3 pm but the water looked to choppy to get any decent surfing in. wind was cold and pretty heavy. otherwise the rain sounds like a trickle outside now.

[Garbo 2004]

33. Yeah, wind is kicking up in Sacramento. Surrounded by trees. Not going to be a restful night. nt

[WillyT]

35. Be Careful Of Those Limbs !!!

There's a reason they call 'em "widow-makers".

Stay safe!

:hi:

[fed-up]

36. 10 more minutes til daylight to check out damage-not sure if I want to go outside tho!

have you been up all night?

still very, very, very windy and NOISY!

rattled windows, rattled nerves...

[Garbo 2004]

59. No kidding. Nature took care of that palm tree on the front lawn I'd been thinking of taking out.

It used to make me nervous whenever I saw it whipping around on windy days. Fortunately it fell away from the house. But it's blocking the sidewalk. I checked to make sure no one was under it.

The wind gusts through the trees sound almost like a small jet is passing through.

[artemisia1]

37. It's really going here in Sacramento now.. /eom

[Le Taz Hot]

38. Not yet but 70MPH winds are supposed to start up this evening

AND it's supposed to rain for the next 7 days AND I my roof is leaking. This is going to be on of those "Well, shit!" weeks.

[RL3AO]

41. Very strong wording from the NWS in Reno

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
410 AM PST FRI JAN 4 2008

<snip>
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE SIERRA PASSES. ATTEMPTING TO
TRAVEL IN THE SIERRA WILL PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK! EXTREMELY HIGH
SNOWFALL RATES WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ROAD CREWS AND
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO KEEP ROADS PASSABLE AND TO ASSIST STRANDED
VEHICLES. IF YOU DO ATTEMPT TRAVEL IN THE SIERRA YOUR CHANCES OF
BEING STRANDED FOR MORE THAN A FEW HOURS IS VERY HIGH. REMAIN
INDOORS DURING THIS BLIZZARD...EVEN A SHORT WALK OUTDOORS COULD BE
DEADLY AS YOU WILL BECOME DISORIENTED IN THE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
WITH ZERO VISIBILITY.

[fed-up]

44. lost power and post-strongest winds are now beginning to move into the Interior Valley

So far power has gone on/off 3 times

made coffee and nuked oats

walked dog and almost got blown away

no visible damae on my block

lots of small limbs down

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=95928

Nowcast as of 7:26 am PST on January 4, 2008

Now
The strongest winds are now beginning to move into the Interior Valley...and will be moving into the Sierra Nevada later this morning and into the afternoon. Sustained winds are exceeding 40 mph over much of the valley and will continue for several hours. Wind gusts over 60 mph have occurred around Redding and Red Bluff and will likely move into the southern Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valley through noon. Bands of moderate to heavy precipitation will be spreading over the area through the morning. A strong cold front is moving onto the north coast and will be moving eastward across the area today. Moderate to heavy precipitation will continue over the interior of northern California ahead and along the cold front. Snow levels range from 3500 to 4000 feet in Shasta County...and may begin to lower behind the cold front this afternoon. Snow levels over the Sierra Nevada will range from 5500 to 6000 feet.

[XemaSab]

56. Ooooh... that is strong wording

:scared:

[kineneb]

68. translation: Stay off Hwy 50 and I-80, you dipwads!

If you get stuck, we won't be able to help you until next spring, when we dig out your frozen body.

[Iggo]

42. I live in Whittier.

This morning at sun-up, the northeastern sky was perfectly clear and the southwestern sky was like a huge black wall and moving in. This may get nasty...for SoCal, anyway. (Beats fire, though.)

[LeftyMom]

45. Power is going on and off and lots of trees and limbs in the road.

I got wood for heat (thank goodness I have a fireplace) and sandwich goodies so I can eat something with no power, but for some crazy reason the grocery store didn't stock emergency candles or lighters, so on lunch I'm going to grab those and more flashlights.

And that's in town. This storm is nasty.

[slackmaster]

46. Not a drop yet in San Diego

It will probably hit hardest just in time for rush-hour traffic this afternoon.

[nadinbrzezinski]

79. don't remind me, I have things that need to be done,

like yesterday

[warrior1]

47. Hell ya

I'm scared!!

[donsu]

48. RSOE has a long, descriptive account of Calif.'s wild weather - Wow!

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng


Up and down the state, residents braced themselves for potentially devastating arctic storms that hovered off the coast early Friday. The front was expected to lash California with fierce winds, heavy rain and paralyzing snowfall with forecasters warning the extreme weather would last through the weekend. Home owners rushed to fill sandbags to protect houses lying beneath fire-ravaged hillsides in Southern California, while Northern California residents scurried to stock up on last-minute provisions as the first-and likely weaker-wave of rain, wind and snow began hitting the state Thursday.

In the eastern Sierra ski town of Mammoth Lakes, resident Barbara Sholle went to the local Vons supermarket after receiving a call from the town's reverse-911 system. She waited an hour to pay for her groceries amid a crush of residents. "People were waiting in line for shopping carts," she said. A storm that was expected to pound Southern California with 4 inches of rain in the valleys and 9 inches or more in mountain areas worried residents living in areas burned by last fall's wildfires. "The last rain we had, it all went under my foundation and I don't like that. It was flowing under my house," said Cindy Darling, a receptionist at the Lake Arrowhead Chamber of Commerce who got sandbags from the local fire department to put above her house. "Everything up here's on a hill, so you have to do something."

The storm system, which began dumping rain and snow Thursday in parts of Northern California, brought high wind warnings along the coast and gusts of up to 50 mph at Sacramento International Airport, according to the National Weather Service. Power outages, damaged electrical lines and downed trees were reported in the Sacramento area by Thursday night. Nearly 2,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers to the north and east of Sacramento were without power as a result of 20 outages, spokeswoman Susan Simon told the Sacramento Bee. Ocean tides were expected to swell to 30 feet, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to caution boaters to remain in port. The U.S. Forest Service issued an avalanche warning for Mount Shasta, in the Cascade Range in far Northern California, while the weather service issued a rare blizzard advisory for the Sierra Nevada. "If you don't have to go out this weekend, it might be a nice weekend to stay at home after the holidays," said Frank McCarton, chief deputy director of the California Office of Emergency Services.

The state plans to activate its emergency operations centers in Los Alamitos and Sacramento on Friday and has been coordinating with the California National Guard, the Coast Guard and local authorities. Riverside and San Bernardino counties have deployed swift-water rescue teams in case torrential rains bring flash floods and mudslides. In Truckee, north of Lake Tahoe, the American Red Cross planned to open a shelter Friday for motorists stranded by the snow. The weather service was forecasting snow levels dropping to 4,000 feet along the western Sierra, with 10 feet of snow possible at elevations above 6,500 feet. The forecasts failed to deter one group from attempting to ski all California ski resorts in just four days. Two skiers, a snowboarder and a ski biker have completed runs on 18 of the state's 28 resorts since Jan. 1.

"They are not putting it on hold," said Julia Vitarello, spokeswoman for the group Across the Atlas. "The idea is to work through it and make it work." Wind gusts forced some Tahoe-area ski resorts to shut down some or all of their ski lifts on Thursday, and gusts in some areas were expected to top 100 mph Friday and Saturday. "We'll operate as much of the resort as we're able to," said Russ Pecoraro, spokesman for Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe. In the Sacramento Valley, power crews prepared for wind gusts up to 65 mph, the strongest in a decade. The National Weather Service issued a high-wind advisory through Friday afternoon, with hurricane-force gusts expected to pummel communities along the northern coast. Residents in low-lying areas of the Central Valley were warned to get sandbags and expect 3 to 6 inches of rain, enough to swell creeks to flood stage.

The rain is not expected to overwhelm the state's major rivers, in part because upstream reservoirs are at low levels after last year's dry winter and spring, said Don Strickland, a spokesman for the California Department of Water Resources. The heaviest precipitation—and possibly the most rain Southern California has seen in three years—was expected Friday night and Saturday. Some south-facing slopes could get downpours totaling 15 inches, including some areas particularly prone to mudslides after wildfires)
-----------------------

[LeftCoast]

49. SF's getting hammered right now

Worst storm I've seen hit us in years. Very strong winds and lots and lots of rain. Hope the power stays on!

[LeftCoast]

52. The whole house is shaking with some of these gusts!

Local TV news reporting 120 traffic accidents around the Bay Area. Glad I'm warm and dry and at home - even if the house is shaking from time to time. :)

[cally]

54. My house is shaking in Marin

Also, I'm keeping a nervous eye on the marsh since it's the highest I've ever seen it. :scared:

[LeftCoast]

64. Hope you're well above flood level!

We're on a hill, so we miss the floods, but the wind really pounds the house.

[Retrograde]

62. same here in Palo Alto

I'm sitting here watching the trees whip around in the wind. If/when it lets up I may walk down the block to check on the creek. I remember years with heavy rains, but not this much wind. The cat is not happy.

Local news just announced "don't even think about going to the Sierras".

[LeftCoast]

65. Power just came back on. Was out for an hour.

I can hear sirens going, etc. Yeah, travel right now wouldn't be a good idea. :)

[EFerrari]

82. Out by Ocean Beach, our power was out from 4 amish to about 1pm.

Lots of stuff down. And at about 7 am, a bunch of sirens. I hope everyone is all right.

[Ignis]

67. A storm drain is blocked and our parking lot just flooded.

Everyone's running out to move their cars.

This is crazy. Wet, and crazy.

[Occulus]

50. Ooh, look at that big, ugly spiral pattern off WA and OR

If that were more organized, it would look a little like a hurricane. I imagine that's a typical pattern for this time of year, but still... brr

Stay safe and warm!

[Kajsa]

51. Stay warm and safe, Willy!

This goes out to all our NorCal DUers.

It hasn't hit OC yet.

The forecasters were wrong here, we missed the
one last night but the biggest one is coming tonight
through tomorrow.

:grouphug:

[The Straight Story]

53. Windy as hell here in Bakersfield

and loving it :)

[Hell Hath No Fury]

55. Hey Willy!

:hi: :loveya:

Things in my neighborhood started hitting the fan this morning around 5:00 am. Lots of rain and wind -- it hasn't stopped yet. Lost power briefly at home, saw a pole transformer blow up in front of me while at a fourway stop, lots of smaller street trees down on 3rd Street, and power was out for a bit when I got to work. Sitting in my loaded truck at a stop, I was rocking back and forth like a very l-a-r-g-e person was jumping up and down on my hood -- the wind is pretty wicked!

I am sooo worried about Golden Gate Park, and especially the newly-refurbished Conservatory of Flowers. :( These storms are terribly hard on the park -- we lose so many of the old trees to the wind.

Talked to Mom this morning -- she is okay, just rain on the Valley floor for now, but they are worried about mudslides from the Angora fire. She is hunkered down for the duration.

Stay safe up there and keep us posted!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

60. JAY-SEZ it is windy!

I am sitting on the fourth floor of a brick building that is one city block long and I am actually feeling the building move with the bigger wind gusts!! :crazy: We have two, long banks of skylights and I am waiting for one of them to blow in -- I have been hearing debris hitting them HARD for over two hours now.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

74. Rockin' and rollin' at the Pyramid!

Just heard from a friend that her office in the Transamerica (aka pyramid) building is closing down for the rest of the day -- the building is getting battered and swaying like crazy. The buildings here are built to move during an earthquake, so high winds can really set them off.

I was on one of the upper floors of the Pyramid during a mild windstorm and the elevator bank area was creaking and groaning up a storm -- there was a definite sensation of the building swaying underfoot.

[RadiationTherapy]

57. Selfishly hoping the storm holds on and helps drought stricken NORAZ with some snow and rain.

Good luck with whatever falls from the sky.

[Desertrose]

86. No kidding! I hear you...

I'm just south of you and the clouds are rolling in this evening, I sure hope we can get some nice snowpack on the Peaks....its been too many years without much.

Hopefully the rain will soak in a bit before it all hits the washes here.

:hi: Welcome to DU!
DR

[AlCzervik]

58. zomg i swear my roof is going to come off!

my asshole neighbor put a big pile of trash out a few days ago and it's blowing all over the street and like an idiot i keep going outside to clean it up so it doesn't block the storm drain.

[Garbo 2004]

61. Wind gusts reported interior NorCal this morning:

030 AM PST FRI JAN 4 2008

...WIND GUSTS REPORTED OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH 10 AM...

SITE WIND GUST TIME
SUGARLOAF RAWS..................78 MPH..............651 AM
PIKE COUNTY LOOKOUT RAWS........67 MPH..............710 AM
SACRAMENTO INT'L AIRPORT........66 MPH..............753 AM
MARYSVILLE......................61 MPH..............802 AM
SACRAMENTO EXEC AIRPORT.........69 MPH..............825 AM
BLUE CANYON.....................65 MPH..............828 AM
BEALE AFB.......................69 MPH..............828 AM
ELK GROVE.......................71 MPH..............838 AM
SUISUN CITY.....................60 MPH..............838 AM
STOCKTON........................60 MPH..............838 AM
REDDING.........................82 MPH..............849 AM
CHICO...........................66 MPH..............855 AM
EAGLE PEAK RAWS.................65 MPH..............915 AM
LYONS VALLEY RAWS...............73 MPH..............917 AM

[Ladyhawk]

63. Yeah, sounds like there's a miniature jack hammer hacking away...

...at the apartment. My parrot is a little freaked out.

[kineneb]

66. interior coastal range-Lake Co.: serious rain, winds have gone down

It has been raining fairly solidly since yesterday. The winds came up after midnight and seem to have stopped for the moment. Nothing else to report. Clear Lake has quite a way to go before we have to worry about flooding.

Snow level might be a problem for the higher areas tomorrow. Would not recommend using Hwy 29 over Mt. St. Helena, if at all possible. Hwy 175 near Hopland is flooded.

[AlCzervik]

69. wind is still pretty bad here.

[kineneb]

70. we live near the bottom of Clear Lake's "bowl"

within walking distance of the lake, so are somewhat sheltered from some of the higher winds.

Noon- another wave of rain and wind is picking up.

Having grown up in Redding, hard rain seems normal.

[AlCzervik]

71. i don't mind the rain, we could use it, the wind--not so much.

[Throd]

72. VERY VERY windy in El Dorado Hills right now

[sakabatou]

73. Rain, rain go away

Come again another day

[RL3AO]

75. 163 mph wind gust on Ward Mountain

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/rev/remotedata/ward.php

[nadinbrzezinski]

76. Not yet... but I expect it to be a doozy, just from them maps

[SoCalDem]

78. Nothing here, yet.. I WANTS MY RAIN..DAMMIT

They promised us rain..and I want it..NOW and all weekend too, and then none on Monday..(my husband does not like to drive in rain with all the weirdos who freak out when there's a puddle)

[proud patriot]

81. There is a lot of Rain on it's way

I just hope the wind isn't as bad for you as it was up here .

[Bigmack]

95. In the Sandy Eggo desert we got .01". nt

[proud patriot]

80. Crash ..Boom ...Crack.... Thump

I'm in Coco county

Well I finally got some sleep .. Part of our fence went down
and we have a widow maker hanging 50ft ubove our front yard .

Hi WillyT and All My California Buds :grouphug:

[Le Taz Hot]

83. Kick

The is going to be a pretty significant story.

[AlCzervik]

84. Woo hoo the power is back on! YAY!!!

[proud patriot]

85. Wow the rain stopped just in time

We are getting a break .. Thank goodness

[Emit]

87. In Reno, it's rained all day, turning to snow about 4 pm -- been snowing since

We've had steady snow since, with just a bit of reprieve a while ago when I saw some stars peaking through the clouds. From the looks of the satellite pic you posted, we're in for another round soon. Some reports on line are indicating that we're having thunder and lightening mixed with snow. I can hear all kinds of bumps and thuds outside, but I can't tell if it's wind or thunder. Power is off and on. If it goes off for an extended period, I'll venture out to go get my elderly mother who lives down the hill from us. We can all bundle together under blankets by the fire.

[bridgit]

88. No, calm just now, likely calm before the storm...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7315308&mesg_id=7316776

[artemisia1]

89. A young woman just missed getting severely injured or killed

A young woman just missed getting severely injured or killed at the office I work at in Sacramento. A couple of hours after I posted in this thread about the wind picking up, she passed through our parking lot to deliver printouts to our dept. and boom, just seconds after she passed, a HUGE tree limb blew across and landed on the path where she had just been. Needless to say, after I reported that, we were instructed to stay indoors and when the wind let-up, allowed to go home.

[Tiggeroshii]

90. True story

I heard car alarms go off from the thunder earlier.

[WillyT]

91. Where Are You ???

Northern CA... Southern CA...

:shrug:

[Tiggeroshii]

94. Southern Cal

[Nikki Stone1]

92. The storm got me up

Hence, my posting on DU. :D

[slackmaster]

93. It's been picking up all morning in San Diego

The garlic cloves I planted on New Year's Eve are coming up!

B-)

[nadinbrzezinski]

96. Finally got here last night, we are in between... rain

[artemisia1]

97. Another one is coming on Monday.... /nt

[shanti]

99. hey willyT!

it's SUNDAY, and i JUST got back online :woohoo: my comcast broadband has been out since now *major withdrawals!* that was one HELL of a storm. i'm a native and don't remember a storm this bad. one whole side of my "good neighbor" fence went down...time to deal with the insurance company:(

[WillyT]

100. Hey shanti !!!

Yep... I was off-line for a good 14 hrs. What's weird, is that while our block has power now, the block across the street still does not.

A neighbor ran an extension cord form his attic, to his bud's house across the street. Attic, to pine tree, to house.

Now THAT is being a good neighbor, LOL!!!

Glad you are back with us, and safe.

Cheers!

:hi: