[Jim W N]

Was that year of the January/Feb floods and non stop rain of 1997?

Probably.

[jimtorr]

How about the rains of 1993? In early December Lake Shasta and all the N of Cali was bone dry. When I flew into SFO on Dec 26, I think it was, the rains began. “Experts” said it would take years of normal rain to refill the lake.

By the first of April, the flood gates on top of Shasta dam opened up for emergency water discharge.