2 January 08
Storm on the Way
They say this series of three storms may be as bad as anything since 1995. On Friday it’s predicted to rain 1/2 inch per hour. The question is, how long for? And with what strength winds?
I moved back to California in 1996. I remember huddling in our cabin in Santa Barbara, on the mountainside, as El Niño demolished Route 154 above us. If this is going to be worse, I’m worried.
But there are no mountains to fall on us, or for us to fall down on. It’s just us: the floodplain with levees. The water runs south from here, said the landlord yesterday. If it didn’t, we’d be in trouble…
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Oh gosh, take care of yourselves! Sorry your new year is starting in this rather worrying way, but wishing you a good one anyway.
Thanks, Jean. The cat spent most of the night under the bed; a huge tree limb just missed the lab here at work this morning… and the water continues to rise. The horses in the paddock across from me are struggling to stay out of the water.