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WOW, HEAVY RAIN!

Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:06:21 GMT

SF Bay Area, we sure are getting the rain where I am!

It came down most, if not all, of the night and it's sure heavy now.

I hope other areas of CA are getting a good drenching.

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Dell1 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:13:12 GMT

@Noel7, Sacramento news station is saying my town has received ½" so far. More expected tomorrow also.

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corita — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:20:21 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
SF Bay Area, we sure are getting the rain where I am!
It came down most, if not all, of the night and it's sure heavy now.
I hope other areas of CA are getting a good drenching.

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Your West coast rain has stretched to our area!! Usually very dry Southwest had rain all night and supposedly, the rain will be with us all week! Very different than other years - hope it will help keep the terrible, blowing dust down during the spring!!

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gardensla — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:39:40 GMT

You said it. It's coming down in torrents here in Los Angeles.

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Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:47:49 GMT

Over the weekend my daughter drove from Florida to Va. She was just telling me that she's never seen so much flooding in lower Va!

We had a lot of rain in Va earlier last week. It must be from that.

One reason I love Va (among others) is because the weather is usually middle range (in temps, snow, rain, etc).

I guess we are lucky when we can live in a place where we like the weather and we chose to live there.

Many people live in a place due to work or family or their spouse's work.

I try not to take things (including that) for granted.

I have friends who have horse farms in Georgia. The flooding has been terrible there. Trying to keep the horses from going crazy (not able to ride them) due to the heavy rain and the other animals dry is a challenge on it's own. They take in horses that are close to dead and bring them back to life. A wonderful purpose in life, right?

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Laura14 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:49:14 GMT

Are you guys out of your drought yet? I remember when we were thinking Atlanta was about to be out of drinking water a few years ago because we were so dry and then we got a couple hurricanes and we shut up about it. Stay safe but I'm glad you're getting some relief.

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mousiegirl — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:10:52 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
SF Bay Area, we sure are getting the rain where I am!

It came down most, if not all, of the night and it's sure heavy now.

I hope other areas of CA are getting a good drenching.

@Noel7 Same here. I love it, the pups don't.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:12:46 GMT

Hey Noel! Hope all is well there.

We're currently having big, beautiful, fluffy snow! Yay! You know how I love winter and, so far this winter, it's almost been like what we had for - well, forever, until the last ten years or so.

I love those big fluffy flakes. They are so beautiful and they fall in this really fluffy pile.

Stay safe.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:08:08 GMT

It's raining now but not pouring buckets or anything.

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Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:11:07 GMT

@Dell1 wrote:
@Noel7, Sacramento news station is saying my town has received ½" so far. More expected tomorrow also.

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Hi @Dell1 That's really good news, your area was drier than ours.

Happy New Year to you

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Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:12:02 GMT

@corita wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
SF Bay Area, we sure are getting the rain where I am!
It came down most, if not all, of the night and it's sure heavy now.
I hope other areas of CA are getting a good drenching.
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Your West coast rain has stretched to our area!! Usually very dry Southwest had rain all night and supposedly, the rain will be with us all week! Very different than other years - hope it will help keep the terrible, blowing dust down during the spring!!

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Oh, good, Corita!

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Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:13:11 GMT

@gardensla wrote:
You said it. It's coming down in torrents here in Los Angeles.

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I'm really glad to hear that. I said yesterday I was hoping it would reach down in the southern part of the state.

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Puzzle Piece — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:14:57 GMT

It's finally raining. For how long, well, who knows. Whatever it drops it is welcome.

Hi Noel

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Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:15:11 GMT

@Laura14 wrote:
Are you guys out of your drought yet? I remember when we were thinking Atlanta was about to be out of drinking water a few years ago because we were so dry and then we got a couple hurricanes and we shut up about it. Stay safe but I'm glad you're getting some relief.

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They say the effects of the drought won't be over even with a heavy El Nino rain season this year. It will take several years to get back to normal. Sigh...

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Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:16:20 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Hey Noel! Hope all is well there.

We're currently having big, beautiful, fluffy snow! Yay! You know how I love winter and, so far this winter, it's almost been like what we had for - well, forever, until the last ten years or so.

I love those big fluffy flakes. They are so beautiful and they fall in this really fluffy pile.

Stay safe.

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That's good news, CB! Thanks, you, too

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Puzzle Piece — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:17:40 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
@Laura14 wrote:
Are you guys out of your drought yet? I remember when we were thinking Atlanta was about to be out of drinking water a few years ago because we were so dry and then we got a couple hurricanes and we shut up about it. Stay safe but I'm glad you're getting some relief.
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They say the effects of the drought won't be over even with a heavy El Nino rain season this year. It will take several years to get back to normal. Sigh...

Whoever they are and what their agenda is.........The snowpack is above normal and the dams, reservoirs, lakes are filled.

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Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:17:50 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
It's raining now but not pouring buckets or anything.

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I'm glad you're getting some rain, I know you said your area doesn't always get rain. We've had that happen a lot lately, too.

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Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:20:47 GMT

@Puzzle Piece wrote:
It's finally raining. For how long, well, who knows. Whatever it drops it is welcome.
Hi Noel

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Hi LR

Unfortunately, the reservoirs up here aren't filled, but I think the snow level is doing pretty good.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:23:51 GMT

I cannot speak to the mountain rainges in S. CA, but up here in the Sierras they have gotten more snow already than they got in the last couple of years, so that's good.

Obviously, it's not yet enough to make as much of a difference as it needs to make but I have hopes for a nice winter once again, like we used to have every year. Last year the ski resorts only got a couple good weeks. Of course, that's not all of what it's about but they need this as much as the rest of us do.

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Noel7 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:31:46 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
I cannot speak to the mountain rainges in S. CA, but up here in the Sierras they have gotten more snow already than they got in the last couple of years, so that's good.

Obviously, it's not yet enough to make as much of a difference as it needs to make but I have hopes for a nice winter once again, like we used to have every year. Last year the ski resorts only got a couple good weeks. Of course, that's not all of what it's about but they need this as much as the rest of us do.

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@chickenbutt

Tahoe also came through for the skiers. So many small businesses were hurt in recent years by the lack of snow.

I follow the Yosemite Instagram feed and have been getting beautiful photos daily of the snow there.