Posted on 01/15/2010 11:55:12 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
California will be hit hard by an onslaught of major storms next week. This is a big deal, folks. Something we haven't seen the likes of in quite some time.
Powerful ocean storms are going to play tag with tropical moisture all week long, and quite a bit of that moisture will be pumped into the West Coast. California will probably get the worst of it, but the storms will produce rain all the way to British Columbia.
Along the California coast and all windward-facing slopes, rainfall totals could easily exceed a half foot by the end of the week. That means serious flooding is likely, and there is a high probability of destructive mudslides.
Along the coast, storms will produce high winds and pounding waves that can cause significant damage to oceanside 
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It is if you’re japanese or inuit, I reckun. GreenPeace approved. lol :-)
More tarp spending?! No!!
/jk
But, but, but . . . ;-)
Sadly, an unfathomable surge of rainfall will not solve California’s drought of common sense.
Are the Chargers playing an NFL game at home this weekend? Outside or under a dome?
Hard to ‘go Galt’ in LA.
I could not agree more! LA's in a desert and we've had persistent drought conditions for several years now. This is a blessing, especially the prospects for a heavy snowpack in the Sierras.
These periodic El Nino events are part of the normal long-term weather cycle in California. Since they are inevitable people who live in the region should be prepared for them. John Steinbeck wrote that in dry periods the natives complained it would never rain again! And when the gullywashers arrived they complained it would never stop raining.
The last one I recall was in '83 and it was a wall-banger! It knocked down piers all along central and southern CA and high tides and extremely heavy surf demolished beach-front buildings. I recall watching waves crashing well over the top of a 15-foot seaside embankment near San Luis Obispo. Exciting! The power was off so often that winter I thought of going into business selling Coleman lanterns with Tiffany shades.
Excessive rainfall? Pppffffhht! We broke the 1886 all time wettest year record last year in our state. Ruined a lot of crops. A lot.
Uh oh. Looks like I better get used to walking the dogs in the rain the next couple weeks. Otherwise, hunker down. I am just a few miles NE of the Moss Landing lab, BTW.
We just had the same type of storm system in SE Alaska Please take it seriously. Get lanterns candels, batteries, flash lights, matches, lots of canned soups/meals, propane bottes and cook burner. Kerosine heater if you don’t have a wood stove. Enough to heat a room for over a week. Plus lots of vitamin C and take it daly. You will be glad you did. Get all your laundry done. scrub your tub and then fill it with clean water. Put a few drops of clorine in it.
The El Nino of 97-98 was a monster in SoCal, and helped me to launch my rain gutter business.
Hi Ernest! Weather service says 8 to 12 feet of snow will fall on the Eastern Sierra crest between Sunday night and Thursday morning. Also calling for 4 to 6 feet of new snow in the town of Mammoth Lakes.
You’ve covered all the bases that I’ve been doing for 30 years up here. Last year, when I turned 63, I said I’ve had enough, I’m too old for this, and installed a huge 18,500 watt generator that can run all three dwellings here, kicks in automatically. It’s fabulous. It’s so neat to be sitting in the hottub and have “Sparky” kick in when the power goes off.
And just last month I installed a really state-of-the-art woodstove insert. It’s a miracle. Keeps the house warm all night. I’ve recently sold many cords of firewood to neighbors, but have kept about 8 or 10 for our own use. Stocking up on food tomorrow.
Glad you survived. And I hope everyone on this thread takes your advice.
Wish I could. I’ve sold a lot of it lately. In fact, it paid for my new woodstove insert.
Don’t need the whaleoil.........18,500 Watt generator. But I never turn down alcohol from handsome gentlemen such as yourself.
Well, I won’t be in SoCal to endure the storms. I’m in Texas now. Our adverse weather here has had more to do with cold temps, than rain, lately. The temps went down to 17 degrees about a week ago (which is tough for a SoCal boy!).
I take it by your handle that you’re in the Foothills? That’s my old hood. I hope the Foothill Blvd bridge over the Tujunga Wash holds up when the mud flows come, and that the neighborhood doesn’t flood.
Stay safe.
No domes out here for the Pro Teams...rarely rains you know!
Watch where the Jet stream is going.
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