Posted on 01/08/2016 1:57:11 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
I live in N Nevada. Most of the ski resorts opened at least 1 week earlier than they anticipated. There is lots of snow at Squaw Valley & other Sierra Nevada resorts.
Temp overnight here was 27, with more snow -90% chance- due tomorrow. With 4 years of drought, we need every drop of moisture.
I remember Jan of 1980. Prediction? 1/2 inch of rain in LA on one day.
10 days & almost 3 inches later, it finally stopped raining.
Well, yeah, it hasn’t rained in southern California for so long that drivers have forgotten what rain is.
I used to ski Heavenly, Squaw and Sugar Bowl. After 4 years of draught, it is a good start. Let’s hope it continues.
We had a nice break yesterday ,, more on the way tonight or sooner, clouds are pretty dark outside.
about 2 inches in 4 days here so far this week.
The last major drought 75-78 was over in 6 weeks.
El Nino is just starting on us! More chains of storms are on the way—wait til you see houses floating down river to the sea? Bridges wasked out, dams failing, dead bodies! It will be Biblical! It will be enough to force Brown back into the priesthood! It will rain way into march and April. Then—by May—talk of Droughts will be a sick joke.
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