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California peeps

raven-blackbird — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:02:53 GMT

Did you get the awesome light show last night???.....it went on and on here, plenty of thunder, lightning and rain..........we needed the rain............raven

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gardensla — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:10:05 GMT

Incredible. We're under a flash-flood watch for tonight. Supposed to start up again around 6pm.

Weird weather is the new normal, I guess.

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1jenniferjuniper — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:18:15 GMT

Yes,I enjoyed the steady rain yesterday , we need it badly. It was a good thing for the fires that were burning out of control too. I cancelled plans that involved freeway driving as I heard lots of sirens and know all too well how Ca. peeps drive in the rain LOL!

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raven-blackbird — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:19:58 GMT

Crazy huh.......but it was the most lightning I have ever seen, and all night long.........I think we're past the flood warnings, but they started up at 4pm yesterday and went all night long.........we needed that rain though.......................................raven

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raven-blackbird — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:22:28 GMT

LOL.........no we are NOT known for our ability to drive on wet anything.......shoot we are a bit like turkeys when it does rain.......everyone stands there looking up..........hey what's that........dunno.........you ever seen that before............I think....maybe.....but it was a long time ago........what is it..............................raven

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Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:23:31 GMT

Raven, I didn't know you lived in So Cal ..... or if I did, I forgot !!!

Tink

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gardensla — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:27:17 GMT

I live on the east side; we're under a flash flood watch until Monday at 9pm. Forecast says to expect nearly 1/2 inch of rainfall ovenight with a 50% change of more tomorrow.

Amazing.

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raven-blackbird — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:29:20 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Raven, I didn't know you lived in So Cal ..... or if I did, I forgot !!!

Tink

I'm cental............just over the ridge from you...............................raven

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hennypenny — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:39:58 GMT

Yesterday it was about ninety and we had tons of thunder but only ten minutes of rain.They said we would have rain last night but none. Today is hot again and still no rain. I am hoping!!!!

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raven-blackbird — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:45:52 GMT

@hennypenny wrote:
Yesterday it was about ninety and we had tons of thunder but only ten minutes of rain.They said we would have rain last night but none. Today is hot again and still no rain. I am hoping!!!!

hennypenny........yesterday, here, it was beautiful and clear......I could see very detail of our mountains.......then 4pm rolls around and so does the wind......big bad wind and tons of black coulds.......the the lightning, thunder and rain started and went on just about all night long.......it was still wet out there this morning...............and HOT..............and MUGGY...........we don't do muggy here..........we do hot.........we do cold.........no muggy................raven

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SusieQ_2 — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:57:43 GMT

Here's my take on rain in So Cal.

When it rains for less than a half hour it's a sprinkle. After a half hour it becomes a light rain. After it rains for an hour it's a storm and more than an hour is a downpour. Once it lasts for more than an hour we see STORMWATCH on the local news and where the latest rock and mudslides have taken place.

Yesterday was surely a nice change of pace and the rain continued for hours. I felt like one of those movie characters whose spaceship lands and they step out to see their new environment. That's how foreign rain has become here!

I hope the rain helped contain the fire in the Cajon Pass that jumped the freeway and caught multiple cars on fire. I haven't been watching the news much this weekend but that looked really scary on Friday. Hundreds of people evacuated from their cars and taken down the mountain. I've never seen anything like it. Normally they close the freeway ahead of the fire but this one was fast!

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evelyner — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:18:25 GMT

No rain today, just hot and humid,

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hennypenny — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:33:02 GMT

Raven, that must have been so exciting!

Yesterday, we had our ten minute shower and then went to a French festival in the park where it was in the nineties. There is a creek in the middle of the park and the festival was on both sides. when we crossed the creek it was as dry as a bone.

We are getting a tiny breeze off the ocean, but it feels like Mexico city at 4pm before it rains each day in the summer.

I keep checking the radar and hoping to see something coming our way.

I am so happy that some people are getting a good dose.

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Say Nay — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 23:00:03 GMT

Our thunder and lightening happened midday. Lightening strikes caused a bunch of blackouts. I think we had about an inch and a quarter of rain. Last night was quiet. Now it's raining again. Strange weather in San Diego.

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Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 23:27:13 GMT

@evelyner wrote:
No rain today, just hot and humid,

Ditto over here .... Tink

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raven-blackbird — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:51:22 GMT

@hennypenny wrote:
Raven, that must have been so exciting!
Yesterday, we had our ten minute shower and then went to a French festival in the park where it was in the nineties. There is a creek in the middle of the park and the festival was on both sides. when we crossed the creek it was as dry as a bone.
We are getting a tiny breeze off the ocean, but it feels like Mexico city at 4pm before it rains each day in the summer.
I keep checking the radar and hoping to see something coming our way.
I am so happy that some people are getting a good dose.

it was pretty.........lite up the whole night sky..........we got a warning on the televsion that we have more on the way and will go through the 19th.............as long as it brings water, I'm good with it..........................raven

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hennypenny — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:47:46 GMT

It looks like there might be some weather coming our way. On the radar it looks like it is approaching Oxnard and we are starting to get winds up here. Have my fingers crossed! It is getting quite dark and cloudy too. looked at my post and it says spoiler, but dont know why????

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hennypenny — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:49:23 GMT

It is raining!!!!!!!!

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raven-blackbird — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:54:55 GMT

@hennypenny wrote:
It is raining!!!!!!!!

woooooooooohooooooooooo you got rain.......that means it's headed my way...........................raven

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september — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:57:33 GMT

From 5:30 am...we had almost 3 hours of thunder, lightening, rain...in other words...serious weather! Then some intermittent rain since then, which may continure for a while.

I love it...all the dust has been washed away, and it smells so fresh and clean.