Pacific Storm Soaks Calif., Ariz., Nev.

KSAT.com ^ | December 29, 2004

[B4Ranch]

Pne local forecaster just said that we are probably going to get another 3 days of light snow....about 10 inches a day.

[HiJinx]

I drove from Phoenix to Prescott today and every desert wash was full with rushing water. I don't recall seeing that before.

I do, but it was nearly 30 years ago. I'm not ready to say this signals an end to our drought, but it's certainly a break.

[SuziQ]

Maybe this will help fill up the reservoirs that have been low for the last few years.

[TERMINATTOR]

Yes the rain is much needed. If your neighborhood's getting washed away, you might have a different opinion though. ;^)

[SuziQ]

If your neighborhood's getting washed away, you might have a different opinion though. ;^)

I can understand that. Don't John and Cindy McCain live in Sedona?

[A CA Guy]

I'm within a few miles of Knotts Berry Farm and we got some 3 inches an hour rainfall here in the last few hours.

Among the most heavy I've EVER felt come down on the roof here in California.

I feel bad for people who's houses are directly on cement slabs or over the end of hills. Could be very bad today.

[HiJinx]

Yes, they have a ranch on the road between Sedona and Cottonwood. I think that's AZ Hwy 89A. I don't think the rain had much if any impact along that stretch of terrain.

Oak Creek runs south and east from Sedona and 89A leaves Sedona to the south and west.

[Arizona Carolyn]

No, because the rain and snow isn't falling where we REALLY, REALLY need it -- Colorado, Wyoming, Utah... some, but not nearly enough. If this storm had hit 300 miles farther north it would have done a world of good for the lakes and rivers.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Nope -- on the wrong river -- the Verde. They are actually having to let it out instead of being able to save it... sort of like all the rain in California running into the ocean.

[Atlas Sneezed]

now that we're allowed to water our lawns, we don't have to...

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What is no longer prohibited is now involuntary.

[TERMINATTOR]

I suppose it's possible that McPain might get sucked through the turbines at a power plant. Thanks for brightening up my day!

[Timeout]

Santa Cruz - San Jose is waterlogged

I've never seen storms like those we had in Santa Cruz in 1982/83.
Here's the Santa Cruz river:

But the picture doesn't begin to tell the story. All day and night those waters carried whole redwoods down from the mountains and into Monterey Bay. Once in the bay those huge trees got caught in the current and were pulled back toward Aptos. I remember standing on the bluffs watching 20-ft waves beating up against the houses on the beach...with those enormous trees tangled in the waves. To make matters worse, the houses were backed up against the bluffs...where mudslides had slimed down into the back of the houses. (It was after that storm that the huge boulders were moved in to protect many of the local beaches.)

I've thought about that scene many times this week watching the tsunami destruction. I now live in hurricane country, but I've never witnessed anything like that storm. (One compensation: it dropped 19 feet of snow in Tahoe...good skiing right into June.)

[SuziQ]

Thanks for brightening up my day!

Glad to oblige! Happy New Year! ;o)