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SO CAL IS EXPECTING RAIN!!

Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:43:16 GMT

We are now 7 inches below the "normal" precipitation for this point in the season, so I'm happy to get whatever we get!!

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cerb — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:58:49 GMT

I live in the Inland Empire of So Cal, and I'm hopeful that the rain's coming too

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hennypenny — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:58:52 GMT

Hope I can get to farmer's mkt and home before it starts. I am not going to mind getting a bit wet.

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raven-blackbird — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:15:35 GMT

we've already have rain in the Central Valley......yahooooooo.......we need it........................raven

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tucsongal — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:33:47 GMT

Please send it our way. El Niño has been a joke for us.

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Another new name Sue — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:40:09 GMT

Everyone is so excited, talking about it. I hope it's NOT another one of those pretend rainstorms. The kind that leaves it dry under your car, under bushes. Last "storm" one side of my big tree wasn't even wet. Lets hope!

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SusieQ_2 — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:44:45 GMT

I'm in So Cal, and so far what I've read is we're expecting about a half inch. Of course when you're in a drought even dark clouds are exciting!

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esmeraldagooch — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:52:47 GMT

Central Valley, has been raining since yesterday much more in the forcast for the next week. Sandbags are still in front of store doorways here. Good thing since they have been used this year.

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ms traditional — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 02:43:47 GMT

@SusieQ_2 wrote:
I'm in So Cal, and so far what I've read is we're expecting about a half inch. Of course when you're in a drought even dark clouds are exciting!

i am excited by a cloudy day. sheesh. sitting here in LA as those clouds are teasing us - when i was at the supermarket yesterday i saw a lot of soup in shopping carts: good storm food, everybody was thinking, i am sure. i hope we aren't disappointed - AGAIN!

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Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 22:38:20 GMT

I was out running errands earlier & I got sprinkled on by a whole 7 raindrops!!!

Yeee-haaaa !

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shoekitty — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 23:20:01 GMT

Good luck everyone, and I wish you rain, rain, rain!! I am in NoCal, and saw my first rain in a while yesterday. We have been threatened with a storm tonight... but like I said before, I will believe it when I see it.

How can weather forecasts be so off.? Never in my life have I been so disappointed as I have the last couple years. They tell us rain is coming, then they postpone it a day, then another, then another, I don't know who gets the rain, but 95% of the time it is not us.

Hopefilly, the rain will continue as predicted!

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kivah — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 22:45:41 GMT

I'm in Oxnard, CA (southern Calif). I'm on my computer in my living room - in front of my window - getting excited. Yes - it does look like it will rain - don't know how much. I just shut off my sprinklers -- so I could save $$$$$$ on my water bill. I bought flood insurance for the 1st time -- also waiting for El Nino.

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shoekitty — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 22:49:44 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
I was out running errands earlier & I got sprinkled on by a whole 7 raindrops!!!
Yeee-haaaa !

Shoekitty said

@Tinkrbl44That is 7 more than we have seen in a while! LOL! It rained last night, and I had to stop and wonder if I left the bathroom fan on! The sound was so foreign to me! LOL! hahahah.

It is a wonderful sound, just wonderful. Never thought I would feel that way. But after the last 5 years.....

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DiAnne — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 23:29:10 GMT

My daughter lives in Northern California. She said this morning that it has been really windy but no rain.

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Another new name Sue — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:36:41 GMT

Sunday morning, it's coming down! I put out some buckets out, and it must have rained quite a bit in the night as they have measurable water.

I am happy for the trees and shrubs that have been suffering since last spring. Last week I planted some drought tolerant plants and sprinkled fertilizer on the roses and other shrubs. It's wonderful!

Some of you might remember the March Miracle of several years ago. We had no rain, then in March we got hit with a lot of rain. Maybe we'll have another March Miracle. We could use an April Miracle too.