It's raining in Los Angeles

[Asimovian]

The forecast shows that it is going to rain steadily -- and hard, at times -- from today through Friday. There are apparently even going to be thunderstorms.

I predict the following:


My one-mile commute to work tomorrow will take an inordinate amount of time due to the horrendous driving that will result from the wet streets.
The first three people I encounter in the office building will complain about how horrible it is outside. Included in the assessment will be the fact that it's a "miserably cold" 60-degrees out.
I will, despite actual efforts, be unable to avoid at least one newscast covering "Storm Watch 2010."
The above "Storm Watch 2010" coverage will include at least four field reporters in various, meaningless locations pointing out that -- wait for it -- it's raining where they are. Same newscast will also include several gratuitous shots of cars driving through large puddles at big intersections.
Someone who does something stupid will require rescuing from a flood control channel.
I will forget my umbrella somewhere inconvenient.


Have a lovely week, LA!

[not_alice]

Don't forget the "percent of rain of a normal season so far" stats as well as the number of feet of fresh snow at the closest ski resorts!

[Rigamarole]

This could work in my favor. I'm starting a new semester this week and classes are in terribly short supply due to the budget cuts, meaning I couldn't enroll for any of the ones I really need to count toward my major.

But if you show up on the first day they usually let in a few adds, and people who are enrolled but don't show up get dropped. And people don't like to come to class when it's raining.

(honestly I'm sure it will still be very, very bad. I just hope it's slightly less bad because of the weather)

[picunurse]

As I've said before, if you want to snarl traffic in LA, throw a glass of water on the freeway, if you want to shut down the city, make it a Slurpee

[blondebear]

I will, despite actual efforts, be unable to avoid at least one newscast covering "Storm Watch 2010."Does KFI still have their "Super Duper Double-Dippler Doppler Radar"?

[The Hamster King]

Water is falling from the sky! Ahhhhhh! It's the end of days!

[Moirai]

All kidding aside, the areas that burned in the last couple of years could be proper fucked by all this rain. We desperately need the snow pack, but a lot of people could see their homes buried in mud and debris (or 100 feet down a hill from where it was when the woke up in the morning).

This could be the biggest series of storms we've had in years- should be fun. Mental note- stay the hell away from the 405 this week...

:cool:

[Telemark]

My one-mile commute to work tomorrow will take an inordinate amount of time due to the horrendous driving that will result from the wet streets.
Do you really drive 1 mile? Why not walk, he asks, expecting derisive laughter from the Angelenos?

[Johnny L.A.]

Don't forget the "percent of rain of a normal season so far" stats...

'However, it will not alleviate the drought.'

[pbbth]

Do you really drive 1 mile? Why not walk, he asks, expecting derisive laughter from the Angelenos?

I can understand driving a mile to work. Depending on the city there may not be sidewalks or safe walking conditions in that 1 mile distance or there might be a place where you have to cross a highway or something. Here in NY you can walk everywhere but that isn't the case all over the country.

[TruCelt]

Reading this I heard a voice in my head screaming dramatically "They're out of Brie cheese!!1!"

[Asimovian]

Do you really drive 1 mile? Why not walk, he asks, expecting derisive laughter from the Angelenos?I've done it a couple of times. The downside is that I sweat easily, and I found out quickly that I really don't like getting to my desk to start the day after having sweated. Seems silly, but I'd just rather drive and get my exercise other ways.

And I will be very grateful this week that I now have a car in addition to the motorcycle. I have found that I strongly dislike negotiating rush hour traffic in downtown LA on the bike, and even moreso in the rain (having almost dropped the bike twice in one day under such circumstances).

ETA: blondebear, I don't listen to KFI, sorry! My thoughts always run to the KROQ clip of someone calling in and shouting, "OH MY GOD IT'S RAAAAAAAAINING!"

[Icarus]

Same newscast will also include several gratuitous shots of cars driving through large puddles at big intersections.

To be fair, much of LA does not have adequate street drainage. Those intersections can fill up very quickly and pose a serious hazard to anyone driving (don't even try to walk across those streets, you'll end up washed to the sea).

On a happy note, after years of leaking, my new roof was installed just 2 weeks ago!

[DMark]

That same rain is heading directly to Las Vegas - and weather forecasters are saying that if it really does come here as predicted, that could be 25-50% of our annual rainfall in one week!

To let you know how people here react - last week we had a grand total of 5 minutes of fairly heavy rain. I was teaching a class in college and the minute the rain started hitting the roof, as if possessed, my students all stood up and walked to the windows to look out at the rain.
I told that to friends in Illinois and NYC and they laughed and laughed - the idea of getting excited and stopping everything to look at rain?!
But hey, it's a big deal here.
Plus, these are the same students who, when it "drops" below 60 degrees, start wearing parkas, shawls, gloves and warm boots. You would think they lived in the Tundra.

And yes, I predict "breaking news" stories:
1. Flash flood warnings all over the Vegas Valley.
2. A helicopter shooting live footage of some idiot standing on his car roof after driving into a river of water.
3. Accidents all over metropolitan Las Vegas, closing freeways and boulevards, due to drivers not aware that rain equals slick roads and even SUVs can't stop on a dime when traveling 50 mph.
4. Reminders to turn off your garden sprinklers during rainy days.

[RandMcnally]

Vegas can be absolutely gorgeous in the rain. I remember one time a few years ago, if you looked at Sunrise Mountain, the little mountain off the the left north of Nellis looked amazing.

But yeah, I hate the rain. It's raining in Solvang right now and I'm disappointed because I was going to go for a walk today.

[Lucky 13]

I had to go to the Dr. earlier to get blood drawn, and did not appreciate having to get out of bed on a rainy day, but I would have to miss work otherwise (LA County employees get MLK Day off.) When I came home, I found one of the trees in the backyard being whipped around by the wind, and my sister's dog charging at it like it was threatening him and he was going to kick its butt. :)

[Silver Tyger]

Not only is it pouring, it's frikking windy. I don't mind the rain - a coat and hat and I'm good to go, but I hate the wind.

Actually since I have to walk to classes AND food, I kinda do mind the rain.

[pudytat72]

And the homeless people who live in the storm drains in Las Vegas are going to have to move out.

In San Diego, they call it "rayne"- it happens so infrequently they forgot how to spell it.
As a joke, I bought my sister a rain gauge-she gets so excited to check it after it "raynes" .

[Tapioca Dextrin]

Water is falling from the sky! Ahhhhhh! It's the end of days!

Worse, it rained on celebrities (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQjEXAqbdJM) :rolleyes:

[Runs With Scissors]

To let you know how people here react - last week we had a grand total of 5 minutes of fairly heavy rain. I was teaching a class in college and the minute the rain started hitting the roof, as if possessed, my students all stood up and walked to the windows to look out at the rain.

I was born in Phoenix and I relate to that so well.

And after 20 years in Portland...I *still* love watching rain.

What I really love is sitting outside watching it it. The bummer, though, is that once it gets warm enough to sit on my back patio under cover and watch the rain...it stops raining for three months.

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

Burst waterpipe or volunteer artesian well across the street from my house

Link (http://s494.photobucket.com/albums/rr308/DeathB4D_Calf/?action=view&current=0118101329.jpg)

[Pleonast]

We're supposed to get 2 inches a day for at least 4 days. Not many places in the US have the infrastructure to manage that well.

[Lamar Mundane]

We're supposed to get 2 inches a day for at least 4 days. Not many places in the US have the infrastructure to manage that well.

I'm pretty sure that just about anywhere outside of the Southwest would have no trouble handling that. Things would get a little soggy but no too bad. Anyone in hurricane country has seen more rain than that in one day.

[silenus]

I wonder if my school is going to be hit by mudslides. We had quite a burn-off up the hill due to arson last year, and now 4 storms in a row. Good thing my classroom is buffered by a ringroad and a drainage ditch.

The cats are not at all happy with the weather. The kitten is psycho and the girls are skittish. They refuse to move away from us, which is sweet, but makes getting things done a pain. The lights have been flickering, so I brought in the camping lanterns in case the power takes a dump. Tomorrow's drive to work is going to be...interesting.

[Mahaloth]

My wife tells me about this.

Why does life change so much in LA if it rains? We live in Michigan and it rains quite a bit more than LA, though not all the time. When it rains....well, nothing happens, really.

I guess the roads are slightly slicker, but not by a lot.

What's up?

[mhendo]

My wife is extremely happy right now.

She loves the rain, and one of the few things she dislikes about living in San Diego is how little rain we get. The city averages under 10 inches a year, and last year we only got about two-thirds of that. She's been sitting on the couch most of the afternoon, reading and looking out at the rain.

My sister, who lives in Australia, expressed considerable jealousy when i told her about our dry climate. She lives in an area where the average annual rainfall is 66 inches, and where they got 100 inches in 2009. They had three calendar months last year (February, March, and November) with 20-inch rainfall totals. On November 7, they got 14.6 inches in a day.

[Happy Scrappy Hero Pup]

1. Nobody is used to it.

2. Northern areas with sand and salt and plows and such pull oil out of the roads. In LA, there's none of that, so the roads are noticeably slicker than in the Northeast.

I actually scoffed heartily when I moved here and people freaked the hell out over the rain. Now, I still scoff, but just healthily. LA drivers are still selfish, undereducated chumps. At best.

[Lamar Mundane]

1. Nobody is used to it.

2. Northern areas with sand and salt and plows and such pull oil out of the roads. In LA, there's none of that, so the roads are noticeably slicker than in the Northeast.

I actually scoffed heartily when I moved here and people freaked the hell out over the rain. Now, I still scoff, but just healthily. LA drivers are still selfish, undereducated chumps. At best.

Northern areas don't do anything when it rains. They just let it drain off. I really find it bizarre that people drive worse in rain. Driving into a flash flood, yes, but normal traffic in the city? Bizzare.

[Rick]

ETA: blondebear, I don't listen to KFI, sorry! My thoughts always run to the KROQ clip of someone calling in and shouting, "OH MY GOD IT'S RAAAAAAAAINING!"Just follow Kevin and Bean's advice about driving in the rain: Leave late, and drive twice as fast. That was you are out in the rain for less time and therefore safer. :D

To be fair, much of LA does not have adequate street drainage. Those intersections can fill up very quickly and pose a serious hazard to anyone driving (don't even try to walk across those streets, you'll end up washed to the sea).Remember this fact boys and girls: It is impossible to tell the depth of a puddle from the top.

Burst waterpipe or volunteer artesian well across the street from my house

Link (http://s494.photobucket.com/albums/rr308/DeathB4D_Calf/?action=view&current=0118101329.jpg)OMG! Water is rising from the ground and falling from the sky, we are doomed. Doomed I say.
Run! Head for the hills!

[movingfinger]

Today has been absolute hell for me. I drove clear to Long Beach to buy some stuff at Trader Joe's and the parking lot was at least THREE inches deep in rainwater! And I discovered I have a hole in my right shoe! And when I got home I found the terrible winds had blown over a potted plant on my porch! And I am all out of celery seed!

I just cannot take much more of this!

[Johnny L.A.]

Just follow Kevin and Bean's advice about driving in the rain: Leave late, and drive twice as fast. That was you are out in the rain for less time and therefore safer. :D
That's the advice I always give! :D (Though I like the leaving late part. I might have to steal that.)

Remember this fact boys and girls: It is impossible to tell the depth of a puddle from the top.

'Farmer, I thought you said that puddle wasn't very deep!'

'Only comes up to here on mah ducks!'
I just cannot take much more of this!

Look at the bright side. Had the lot not been flooded, you wouldn't know about the hole in your shoe!

[Maggie the Ocelot]

My wife tells me about this.

Why does life change so much in LA if it rains? We live in Michigan and it rains quite a bit more than LA, though not all the time. When it rains....well, nothing happens, really.

I guess the roads are slightly slicker, but not by a lot.

What's up?

Because, we don't normally have inclement weather of any type. I mean seriously. It's kind of wet in the winter and spring, and kind of hot in the middle of the summer, but that's as extreme as it gets. Other than that, it's temperate year-round and weather isn't a factor in what we do, what we wear, etc. (Example: my heaviest jacket is denim.) So when we *do* have to deal with weather, it freaks us out a little bit because it is so abnormal.

[Icarus]

My wife tells me about this.

Why does life change so much in LA if it rains? We live in Michigan and it rains quite a bit more than LA, though not all the time. When it rains....well, nothing happens, really.

I guess the roads are slightly slicker, but not by a lot.

What's up?

If you live and drive in Michigan you have experience with slick roads. People in LA do not. So there is that, simple lack of experience.

Also, because there is little rain over the year, the road oil builds up over a longer period of time than in areas with more frequent rain. So when it does rain the roads may be measurably slicker than in rainy areas, at least until the rain washes them clean. So there is that too.

Also, the flash flood effect. Deep torrents of fast moving water on normal city streets and highways. Michigan is mostly flat, LA is canyons and valleys. So there is that too.

But, there is also the moron effect. For some unknown reason, when it is raining, some people drive in a way that they never would when it is dry and sunny. It's kinda like the tourist effect, when in an unfamiliar situation some people get stoopidy.

[kayT]

Other things that happen in the rain:
--You find out your roof leaks. It has not rained in a year (literally, in some spots) so how would you know?
--You discover that your windshield wipers have glued themselves to the windshield and created a permanent curve which utterly fails in its task of wiping your windshield (thus accounting for a bit of the terrible driving).
--As mentioned upthread, all the oil that has been desposited on the streets is still sitting there, waiting to make the street as slick as snot. Much like driving on snow and ice, as I recall.
--You discover that your only shoes that are not sandals have dried out and cracked from being out in the rain the last time (a year ago).

Just a note about the dangers: we live at the bottom of a fairly tall hill, and there are no storm drains anywhere until the one right outside our house, so the curb water quite often gets up above the curb and goes very fast. A few years ago a woman up the hill was getting into her car when she slipped and slid under her car, and was pinned against the rear tire. She very nearly drowned and would have if some men across the street had not come to her rescue. A little worse than running out of Brie (not brie cheese, by the way; just brie.)

On the other hand, this stuff only happens about once every three years, and the rest of the time we live in paradise. So, never mind.

[tdn]

Included in the assessment will be the fact that it's a "miserably cold" 60-degrees out.

A few weeks ago I was in Florida with family. We decided to spend a day at the zoo. For most of that time, we were outside. Everyone kept complaining about the cold. Mom said her toes went numb. Everyone (but me) was bundled up like we were on an Arctic expedition. When we got back to the car everyone wanted something hot to drink. Thank God my brother in law packed us a thermos full of coffee! They stood shivering together, cheeks all rosy.

When I got in the car, I checked the temperature. It was 56.

Come on, people! Four of the five of us lived a significant portion of our lives in Rochester, NY. And before that, Iowa.

Wimps.

[Astroboy14]

My dog made me literally LOL yesterday. I got home from work and took him out for a walk, and he stopped dead in his tracks with a completely genuine look of WFT?? on his face.

He had a hard time grasping the concept of a bath from the sky!

[Moirai]

Fracking TORNADO warnings for Orange County this afternoon! WT unholy F is going on around here?!?

Surf's up too- cowabunga, dude! :cool:

[Moirai]

Also, they are clocking wind gusts of over 72 mph in Newport Beach along the coast. FYI, sustained winds of 74-95 mph is a category 1 hurricane... just sayin'...

:eek:

[RandMcnally]

Fracking TORNADO warnings for Orange County this afternoon! WT unholy F is going on around here?!?

Surf's up too- cowabunga, dude! :cool:

More than a warning, there actually was a tornado (http://www.thedailysound.com/012009Weather) in Goleta.

Disasters in California: Earthquakes, fires, flash floods, mudslides, and now, tornadoes.

[mhendo]

We had some pretty fierce winds here yesterday, to go along with the driving rain.

Our neighborhood lost power just before 2 p.m., and got it back about four hours later.

[RandMcnally]

We had some pretty fierce winds here yesterday, to go along with the driving rain.

Our neighborhood lost power just before 2 p.m., and got it back about four hours later.

A couple of days ago, when this weather started, I went out and bought some candles and flashlights, and I put those and the matches in a container in an easily findable place.

[silenus]

We've had power flickers around here, but no serious outages yet (knock wood!) We've moved the camping lanterns inside, just in case. All you coastal Dopers just hunker down and ride it out. We don't want to lose any of you.

Tornadoes are a violation of my contract. I just might sue. :D

[RandMcnally]

Tornadoes are a violation of my contract. I just might sue. :D

Seriously. I pay way too much money in rent to have to put up with this! The city owes me money.

[Asimovian]

Best of luck to all of the mandatory evacuees this morning. Sounds like it's going to be quite the day. The news this morning was saying that once today's rain starts hitting around noon, there are areas that could get over an inch per hour, which, for LA, is a ridiculous amount of rain.

Everybody just hang on.

[Astroboy14]

Clouds are starting to roll in down here.

Luckily I remembered my umbrella today!

[Maggie the Ocelot]

NVM, posted it in the other thread, didn't mean to spam.

[Moirai]

Okay guys, looks like it's starting to get nasty down here in coastal South County.. woo hoo! ;)

Everybody back up your computer, make sure your candles and batteries are handy, and curl up for a long-assed day indoors!

8 inches of rain expected this afternoon/evening- damn...

[Asimovian]

Reporting from downtown LA, here. Just ducked across the street for some lunch. It isn't coming down yet -- still at the drizzle stages. But the drizzle actually stung because of how hard the wind was pushing it. Some odd angles for rain here in LA, I will say that. It's going to be a fun afternoon. I am *so* glad I am not part of the commute these days.

[Johnny L.A.]

Every time I read the title of this thread I hear Joe Friday.

'This is the City. Los Angeles, California. It was Tuesday, and it was raining in Los Angeles...'

[Oredigger77]

Every time I read the title of this thread I hear Joe Friday.

I get "It never rains in California but girl, don't they warn ya, it pours man it pours"

[Drunky Smurf]

*snip*
I predict the following:


*snip*
Someone who does something stupid will require rescuing from a flood control channel.
*snip*


Have a lovely week, LA!

Haha I saw on the news this morning that some jerk kid down here in San Diego decided to "swimming" in one and had to be rescued.

(He may not have actually tried to go swimming in the channel, maybe he "accidentally" fell in, but I like to think he was just that stupid.)

More than a warning, there actually was a tornado (http://www.thedailysound.com/012009Weather) in Goleta.

Disasters in California: Earthquakes, fires, flash floods, mudslides, and now, tornadoes.

Bolding mine:

Shouldn't that read "...and now, new and improved with tornados."

Also I'm not calling that slight gust of wind from your link a tornado. I'd call that "a kitten sneezed". According to the link a basketball hoop fell over. I grew up in the south western part of Oklahoma right in tornado alley. If at least one persons house was not picked up and thrown at least one mile down the road then it was not considered a tornado. At worst when you went to the store someone might comment, "It's a bit breezy out today."

[Maggie the Ocelot]

Also I'm not calling that slight gust of wind from your link a tornado. I'd call that "a kitten sneezed". According to the link a basketball hoop fell over. I grew up in the south western part of Oklahoma right in tornado alley. If at least one persons house was not picked up and thrown at least one mile down the road then it was not considered a tornado. At worst when you went to the store someone might comment, "It's a bit breezy out today."


And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I don't live in Oklahoma.

[RandMcnally]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I don't live in Oklahoma.

On the plus side, a 4 bedroom house is like, thirty bucks.

[aruvqan]

I wonder if my school is going to be hit by mudslides. We had quite a burn-off up the hill due to arson last year, and now 4 storms in a row. Good thing my classroom is buffered by a ringroad and a drainage ditch.

The cats are not at all happy with the weather. The kitten is psycho and the girls are skittish. They refuse to move away from us, which is sweet, but makes getting things done a pain. The lights have been flickering, so I brought in the camping lanterns in case the power takes a dump. Tomorrow's drive to work is going to be...interesting.

max and the typhoon (http://www.bookcase.com/~claudia/doug-max.htm) ... kitteh vs tropical storm

[vivalostwages]

I had to drive to Pasadena in the middle of the day on the 18th, and I'm amazed that I wasn't killed on the way there or back by freaking morons who can't slow down a tiny bit in this rain. I got soaked head to toe because umbrellas are useless when it's windy.

I was at work today close to Pomona and there were tornado warnings in the area which were lifted later.

Why can't we get all the water we need over a period of months instead of in just a few days?

[Polycarp]

I get "It never rains in California but girl, don't they warn ya, it pours man it pours"


Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before. :)

[Rick]

So I get home tonight and find the wife was a candlelight dinner for me. Not romance, power failure.
The whole neighborhood is black.
Oh well I need to catch up on my sleep anyway.

[aceplace57]

Well, at least the rain should help lessen the drought. I've hear CA has been getting desperate for water.

[kayT]

Sadly, when it rains like this it all runs off into the ocean and does not help with our drought.

[movingfinger]

True. Most of our water comes from snow melt from the Sierra. Fortunately the snowpack is reasonably healthy so far.

[kaylasdad99]

Where on the internet can I go to find out how much rain has fallen during this storm? Is there a site that does real-time snapshots of this?

[silenus]

So I get home tonight and find the wife was a candlelight dinner for me. Not romance, power failure.
The whole neighborhood is black.
Oh well I need to catch up on my sleep anyway.

Ditto this. The power went out 15 minutes before dinner was to come out of the oven. Luckily we have gas appliances, so out came the camping lanterns. Dinner by lantern-light, then sipping the good stuff while listening to the wind and the rain. Power came back about an hour or so later. I have to remember to reset the clock on the microwave. All the others in the house are self-setting.

[Astroboy14]

Our power hasn't gone out, but apparently we may get GRAUPEL!! (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/21/week-wet-weather-may-get-even-weirder/) :eek:

[Dallas Jones]

Where on the internet can I go to find out how much rain has fallen during this storm? Is there a site that does real-time snapshots of this?

This site will show you the actual radar map for the LA area. You can click on the map of US radar sites at the top of the picture if you want to switch to another area.

The radar map updates every 5 minutes and you can watch the progression of the storms through your area. You can also animate the map.

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=SOX

If you poke around you can find statistics on rain amounts.

Holy crap! It looks like it is raining like hell!

[RainGrowsBrite]

My coworker and I were running an errand at lunch and almost had to pull over on the way back. We couldnt see a thing. There are floods all thru out the Mira Mesa (central San Diego)areas, I can attest to that much. There are trees down everywhere too. Including a couple of cars smashed by some on the street of my office building... now thats a bad day at work!

I'm a little worried about about my house as we're up on a steep grade... so, here's hoping everything holds up so I can enjoy my weekend in Vegas!

[mhendo]

My coworker and I were running an errand at lunch and almost had to pull over on the way back. We couldnt see a thing. There are floods all thru out the Mira Mesa (central San Diego)areas, I can attest to that much. My wife and i were in San Marcos yesterday, and drove back home (to San Diego) about 3.00 p.m. Later in the evening the news reported flooding around Mira Mesa, and on I-15 south around the 52, so we were happy that we left before the worst of the rain.

[Skara_Brae]

My wife and i were in San Marcos yesterday, and drove back home (to San Diego) about 3.00 p.m. Later in the evening the news reported flooding around Mira Mesa, and on I-15 south around the 52, so we were happy that we left before the worst of the rain.

They showed Pacific Beach on the news, and people were attempting to drive throught there even though their headlights were totally submerged. :confused:

[RainGrowsBrite]

My wife and i were in San Marcos yesterday, and drove back home (to San Diego) about 3.00 p.m. Later in the evening the news reported flooding around Mira Mesa, and on I-15 south around the 52, so we were happy that we left before the worst of the rain.


Yep... we drove thru a few questionable flooded areas hoping we wouldnt show up on the news sitting on top of our cars. I'm not looking forward to my drive home tonight after work!

That being said, I can deal with a few days of "crazy" weather a year. Luckily for San Diego we didnt have any hugely devastating fires this year which will help with our levels of destruction.

[Moirai]

My MIL has a basketball hoop in her pool, our fence almost ended up in the neighbor's driveway, and the steeple at our church was toppled by wind. :eek: They interviewed my dad (church trustee on the scene) on channel 7 in LA- his grandsons thought it was so cool!

:cool:

[Moirai]

I heard on CBS radio this morning that this series of storms dropped more rain in less than a week than we had ALL OF LAST YEAR. :eek: Last year's grand total was 7 inches, and I think we got that in the first two days.

[maladroit]

link to pic of graupel, new term to me.

http://addins.kttc.com/blogs/weather/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/danterriblock_graupel.jpg

[silenus]

Well, it stopped raining.




And started snowing!!!

[RainGrowsBrite]

graupel huh? looks more like some one up above has challenged us to a snow ball fight!

[blondebear]

A bit further south, one of the benefits of the storm (if you like sushi): free maguro at the beach. (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/22/beachcomber-grabs-bluefins-stormy-surf/)

[Moirai]

Well, it stopped raining.




And started snowing!!!

Yeah, we got stuck in a bloody hailstorm picking up our son at school... sheesh!