Reply #69: Out here in Goleta we could see the Santa Ynez Mts all frosted yesterday, gone today. Heavy rain... [View All]

[Hekate]

I have a bucket out in the yard that's really filling up. I finally dunked a yardstick in it this afternoon and came up with 7 inches. My gods that's a lot in a short period of time for this region. On the one hand, we desperately need the rain, on the other hand the land can't take too much all at once or the hills get slippery.

I know there's flood warnings for the burn region, but I am hoping the soot gets washed away in the forest. Twice since the Zaca Fire went out we've had winds blowing from over the mountains that dumped untold quantities of fine black soot all over the place.

The mountains looked gorgeous yesterday. We stood across the street with our neighbors and just admired the view while they took photos. My friend who lives in the mountains off Paradise Rd phoned to tell me there were big fluffy flakes falling.

There are small inland counties in Northern California where they get lots of snow. Some of them spend fully half of their public works budgets on snow removal. Mount Baldy in SoCal has good skiing.

But for us it's a real novelty.

Hekate