[A Navy Vet]

"One reason for the increase, AAA said, is the state’s reduced refinery production capacity due to heavy rainstorms in northern California which then trickled down the supply chain,"

WHAT? Heavy rainstorms? I thought we in Cali were in the worst drought in years. I'm in So. Cal so maybe I've missed these "heavy rainstorms" up north - when did they happen? I also thought most of the refineries were in So. Cal. But then what do I know of the oil refining process?

[CA Conservative]

I'm in So. Cal so maybe I've missed these "heavy rainstorms" up north - when did they happen?

We had one bad rainstorm that caused some localized flooding for a day or two during the last week of October. If that was enough to cause a problem in the supply chain, then the chain is about ready to disintegrate completely...