Rain, Rain, Rain....

[BIG JOE]

Wow, Joe, i was just in madera on friday. I think i got outta there just in time. You guys had this going on last year to didn't ya'? I seem to remember some snow in bakersfield round this time, had everyone in a panic. Caltrans was shutting down the 58 and the grapevine. And I was right in the middle of it. I think i just missed it this time, I'm in Dallas, and it's 65 degrees here today. Dry as a bone too. Do you have a boat w/a powerstroke too?, You might need one before it's over!

I think it was the same thing last year and, Ya you did just beat it... again. A friend was guna leave for Denver on Saturday.. saw what was coming.. left Friday. Talked with him today, they just made it.. started snowing as they got over Raton.

Looks like the brunt of it for tonight, is going to hit the Grapevine & Tehachapi passes. More rain here tomorrow tho.

Yamaha on the boat.. but a PSD to pull it with.. does that count ??

 

[bigrigr]

long as the superduty floats! Batten down the hatches n keep ur knickers dry, it'll all be over soon. Or at least we'll always say it should've been.

 

[JRNOLL]

It has been raining all night here in Bakersfield and sometimes light and sometimes heavy.
There are some roads closed and some intersections that have water rearend deep on a tall Indian. I - 5 is closed just south of town do to flooding this is before the Grapevine.
This info just came off the radio we have here at work. With this weather, Please be Careful. Merry Christmas. Joe

 

[JRNOLL]

UPDATE: I-5 is open they( the radio station ) made a mistake. One of the roads going to I-5 is flooded.

 

[BIG JOE]

Still @ .08 per hour, all night here in the Hanford area too. Ponding basins & Creeks are beginning to overflow, roads closed here'n there.

We're at 185%, of our normal rainfall.. This could get even.. More Interesting.. Nation Wide as this system moves east, but the L.A. area is beginning to "Slip & Slid" away.


SlowDown, Be Safe.. out there Folks.

 

[BIG JOE]

Lil' break in the action here. Quit raining for now, more to come tomorrow PM.

So far, in three days, we've gotten 3.6 inches.. for us, thats a bunch. Mammoth Mountain, in the Sierra's.. got 13' (yes Feet) of snow.

SoCal is git'n it now.. as many of you may have seen on the news. Could get Ugly.

 

[02SilverStroke]

Looks like you guys in Callyfornia are going to be growing webbed feet before long. Hopefully it will stop soon. I know you all are thinking "where was all this rain during the wildfires". Here in the DFW area, we set a record high temperature yesterday at 79. There was one town west of Fort Worth that hit 88. But then there's a cold front coming and the high on Christmas will be 49.

 

[powerboatr]

Hey Joe
need a life boat yet???
I was just watching the news and boy o boy

be safe

 

[BIG JOE]

Hey Joe
need a life boat yet???
I was just watching the news and boy o boy

be safe

No, not yet... but I Did put sum Squirt Cheeze, a box o'crackers anda case of Keystone's in our Boat... jus in case

we're supposed to get more rain tonite... but the no rain today... gave everything a chance to soak in some.. 'round here.

We're in the middle of the San Joaquin valley... so no mud slides. I sure wouldn't wana be near L.A. though.. or in the foothills.

On Edit: Now they're talking possible Thunder Storms, Tonight & Tomorrow.

 

[WD40]

It got up to 76 or 78 here today and that's not in Texas.

Doug