[Grampa Dave]

I think that we are over 6 inches. It has rained continually since mid morning.

Downtown Napa is on a flood watch at this moment inspite massive amounts of money spent to prevent this.

The good news is the lack of high tides now. They will happen tomorrow morning about 10 am.

We are up on the east hills. If we get flooded by the Napa River, you guys are in trouble too. We have the age old problem of being about mid hill. So a lot of water comes rushing down the hill. If your French Drains and special creek lanes don't work, you can be in real trouble. So far all have worked.

Stay safe Carry and Tubebender stay dry!

[tubebender]

Just checked my 2 dollar rain gage and we have only had 1.7 inches here in south Eureka but places like Honeydew probably had 10 to 15 inches. They can have 200 inches a year there and most of it drains into the Matole thank goodness or the Eel river valley would be a lake for a quarter of the year. Where were you two when the Mother of all Floods hit the north third of the state in 1964 ?

I just saw a shot of SF on the weather channel and it looked like the lights were out. I have to put in my 5 hours a week at the family business today. It allows me to rest up from the chores of retirement.

[Carry_Okie]

We are now at 7.3 inches for this storm. It's windy now, but not raining. Just oiled the boots for the day.

We live about 300' (80' elevation) from the crest of the hill on hard sandstone that doesn't perc very well. It drops off steeply just below the house. There are about a 1,000 feet of steep-walled drainages on the property that I have been in the process of rehabilitating. So far, so good. I'll use yesterday's dump as a diagnostic and go about doing what I can to refine things for tonight's freight train. Shovel time!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Been cloudy all day but no rain yet!

Please send some of your abundance south to us!