# The Rain Concept...I Get It! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 10, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062 "2005-01-10T16:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/41 "2005-01-11T07:32:28Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Heh! Youngsters 😃 > > I was thinking of a much older one: > > …it never rains it California > But boy let me warn ya… > > Ir Pours… > > Man it pours > > 😃 Seems I’ve often heard that kind of talk before. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/42 "2005-01-11T10:47:16Z")
I got a nasty gash on my forhead from wrestling with my umbrella on the way to the library today. Santa Cruz is known for it’s epic storms, but it’s just been going on and on since Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/43 "2005-01-11T15:44:21Z")
> [@The Great Zamboni](#): > > I hope it snows in LA 😃 . Be careful, there. If you think the Southern Californians are annoying right now bitching about all the rain, can you IMAGINE how bad it’s going to be if it snows? We’ll be insufferable! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/44 "2005-01-11T16:51:02Z")
This isn’t just whining. We don’t have the infrastructure to handle this. This is getting serious in my area. Several people just died in a mud slide including a family with little kids. My step-sister’s neighborhood was just evacuated. Every highway and road going South or East going out of town is closed for the forseeable future and over 20,000 people cannot get to work or back home. This is fucked. Haj ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/45 "2005-01-11T16:55:01Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Be careful, there. If you think the Southern Californians are annoying right now bitching about all the rain, can you IMAGINE how bad it’s going to be if it snows? > > We’ll be insufferable! > > 😉 [We are!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287853&highlight=freaking+inches)😃 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/46 "2005-01-11T17:20:19Z")
Yeah, I remember that one. But I guaran-ass-tee you that when it snows in the city of San Diego I’m going to be a bitch on wheels. It’s getting serious in San Diego, too. Not so bad as northern areas, but we had a tree fall on the highway, and someone died. There are spinouts everywhere, and some cliffside homes (yes, yes I know) are losing some land and their decks. At this point the water falling just has nowhere to go. While we need the water, we need it in a slower manner. ---
**Author:** ![Of\_Cabbages\_and\_Kings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/49beb7/32.png) [@Of\_Cabbages\_and\_Kings](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Of_Cabbages_and_Kings)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/47 "2005-01-11T18:34:50Z")
Praise Og! It’s sunny again in Mission Viejo! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/48 "2005-01-11T19:29:43Z")
It’s sunny in Santa Monica! Hurrah! Now those of us here in the southland can return to our normally scheduled schadenfreude for the rest of the country’s winter misery! Ahhhhh … . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/49 "2005-01-11T19:29:55Z")
It’s sunny in Santa Monica! Hurrah! Now those of us here in the southland can return to our regularly scheduled schadenfreude for the rest of the country’s winter misery! Ahhhhh … . ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/50 "2005-01-11T21:07:25Z")
We just had a false fire alarm at work (we congregate on the lawn) and I’m happy to say that it’s now only partly cloudy. If I’d had to stand out there in the rain for a false alarm, I’d be back in here bitching like I’ve never bitched before. 🆒 \<---- might need the shades later on ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/51 "2005-01-11T23:50:34Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > This isn’t just whining. We don’t have the infrastructure to handle this. > > This is getting serious in my area. Several people just died in a mud slide including a family with little kids. My step-sister’s neighborhood was just evacuated. Every highway and road going South or East going out of town is closed for the forseeable future and over 20,000 people cannot get to work or back home. > > This is fucked. > > Haj I’ve been out all day but wanted to check the news to see if they got anybody dug out of that mudslide yet. What a nightmare. ☹ You know what else is fucked? We’re still said to be in a drought because the reservoirs for the state supply are located farther north, where rain isn’t falling so much. Why the hell can’t they build some storage here in the south? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/52 "2005-01-12T15:15:43Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > You know what else is fucked? We’re still said to be in a drought because the reservoirs for the state supply are located farther north, where rain isn’t falling so much. Why the hell can’t they build some storage here in the south? We have our own storage in Santa Barbara. We did recently hook up to State Water (don’t get me started on that fucking idiocy) but we don’t use it. After these last couple of weeks, the reservoirs are full to the brim. Haj ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/53 "2005-01-12T19:44:39Z")
That’s good…I just wonder why there can’t be more storage all over the state. From what I’ve heard, most of the state reservoirs are much farther north…but that still seems odd, since the Lake Taho area is covered in snow, which should create quite a bit of run-off. And then there’s the groundwater issue. Ah, well, I can’t figure any of it. And here we’ve had, what?, 20 inches of rain at the beginning of the season, and we’re still due for a drought? Eh? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/54 "2005-01-12T19:46:36Z")
Taho **e**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062/55 "2005-01-13T05:29:53Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > This isn’t just whining. We don’t have the infrastructure to handle this. > > This is getting serious in my area. Several people just died in a mud slide including a family with little kids. My step-sister’s neighborhood was just evacuated. Every highway and road going South or East going out of town is closed for the forseeable future and over 20,000 people cannot get to work or back home. > > This is fucked. > > Haj Yeah, it’s not funny now. Maybe this will be the catylist for the state government to help LA and San Diego figure out a water handling infrastructure. Of course, it could also get into typical government kookiness and lock up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-concept-i-get-it/284062.md?page=2)