I AM SO TIRED OF ALL THIS DAMN RAIN!!!!!!!

[Shine]

:mad:

We're getting yet another deluge, here on the CA central coast...

ENOUGH, already!

:rant:

Shine needs some SUN!

[LynzM]

1. Hugs to you, Shine

With a name like yours, can't you take care of the rain? ;)

Seriously, I hope you get some sunshine soon! I don't do well without it, either. How long has it been grey and rainy?

[Shine]

3. Thanks, girlfriend.

:hug: We've had 26 rainy days out of the last 30 or so. It's getting ridiculous....

My powers are great, but they're not THAT great! heheh. ;)

[LynzM]

5. Oh my, that's ridiculous.

Wow. Geez. When I first moved to Germany, we had 22 days in a row with rain. I hear that... :hug:

Maybe now's the time to break out your secret magic decoder ring, you think? ;)

[Shine]

6. Honey, I've tried it all....

:eyes:

;)

[LynzM]

8. LOL

Ok, should I come out there and we can have a bottle of wine and some rain-dancin'? That'd at least make lemonade out of lemons, or what have you! :bounce:

[Shine]

10. Make that SUN-dancing! heheheh.

sounds good to me, girl! :pals:

:hug:

[LynzM]

12. Excellent...

Just gimme.... I dunno, 10 minutes to pack, an hour to the airport, 6 hour flight, and we shall have ourselves a par-tay!! :bounce: Dammit, somebody needs to invent transporters already! *grumble*

:hug:

[Shine]

14. It's fun having friends all over the place, isn't it?

:hug: Thanks for being one of mine. :pals:

[LynzM]

16. You bet, dude....

I've got a small pile of people out in California who I want to visit, so one of these years I'll be headed out that way!

You're welcome, and thanks to you, for the same! :pals:

[Shine]

32. Keep me posted...

I could show you a good time here in Santa Cruz...
:hi:

I laughed at the image of your "small pile of people out in CA". Funny.... ;)

[Mz Pip]

2. Most rainy day record for March

So it's April now. Quit it already.

Really sick of it, too. It's getting depressing.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Shine]

7. Yup, you're right.

:hi:

[Sequoia]

52. Yes, northern California.

I just want to stay home. Too much RAIN. GO AWAY. GO TO ARIZONA, TEXAS...JUST GO FOR NOW. PLEEEEEZE.

[Mz Pip]

58. I went to Arizona

for 4 days to get away from this. It was warm, sunny and sad to say extremely dry. They had 140+ days without rain! No lovely desert blooms this year.

Still I enjoyed the warmth. Right now I have a turtleneck sweater on and a fleece vest. It isn't really that cold today but psychologically it feels like 40 degrees. Normally, I don't mind rain but this is getting to be depressing.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Sequoia]

60. I moved away from Santa Monica for this!!!!

If anyone tells me how clean and beautiful it is up here I'm gonna punch them out. How the heck can I see anything through a veil of rain?! Santa Monica is so way beautiful too.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. We were lucky in So Cal....not much rain this year

but it is in the forecast for tomorrow night and Tuesday. Last Tuesday was the only day where it rained all day this year...otherwise it has only been showers for an hour or two then it clears up..or if it rained, it rained in the middle of the night

[Shine]

9. Yup, we've got rain forecast all tonite, tomorrow AND Tuesday.

plus MORE supposedly on the way by the end of this week!

:banghead:

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Weather dude last night said

he could see "no end in sight."

Which means we're all gonna DIE! :scared:

[Shine]

13. LOL!!

Yikes! :scared:

In other words, time to start building the Ark II?

"no end in sight"??! Seriously, he said that?

Screw that. :nuke:

[Fox Mulder]

15. This guy has already started building it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4853890.stm

[Shine]

20. Bizarre.

well, it takes all kinds....

:eyes:

:hi: Fox! Long time no see...

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. He meant in the foreseeable future

according to the Super-Duper Hell Yeah Doppler Fuckin' Radar Thing.

[Shine]

25. Greeeaat.

should we synchronize our watches?
:eyes:

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Nah, just put on one o' these

:tinfoilhat:

To deflect the radar signal, don'cha know.

[Shine]

31. Good idea!

you first.
;)

[Sequoia]

54. I think I heard that.

It was on Channel 2 or 4 (Bay area). The weather guy just looked at the satellite picture and just sighed real big..."here we go again....no end in sight..." I'm sure.

[0007]

17. Send some of it to us.

[Shine]

21. Believe me, I wish I could.

it's all relative, huh?

:hi:

[Kali]

19. Send it to me

we haven't had any to speak of since september. Just duck down so it will come to AZ. Thanks.

[Shine]

23. Sigh...if ONLY I could control the weather, then everybody would be happy

:D

[Floogeldy]

22. THE TREES NEEDED A DRINK OF WATER, ASSHOLE!

}(

[Shine]

24. No need for name-calling.

:spank:

[Floogeldy]

26. Harder.

:evilgrin:

[Shine]

28. LOL!

You're wacky. :crazy:

[petronius]

27. There was sun for, like, half an hour earlier today

Did you miss it? :shrug:

[Shine]

30. I saw it and enjoyed it, it's true.

I just want to see it more consistently, that's all.

I'm cranky tonite, friends, sorry about that. It'll pass...just like the rain.

:hi:

[petronius]

33. Rainy weather is a good time to be cranky

When you're in a bad mood on a sunny day every one tells you to "cheer up and enjoy the sunshine!", and then you have to punch them...

[Shine]

34. Exactly right, petronius.

and with a name like Shine, there sometimes tends to be the assumption that I'm always in a good mood, which I'm not. Hell, who is?

:hi:

[petronius]

37. My wife's greatest pet peeve

is people who go around telling other people to cheer up - she can actually get quite eloquent on the subject.

Personally, I've been enjoying a good solid grumpy-mood for most of the weekend - foul moods are at least as fun as cheery moods (and I don't think those perpetually cheery folk are entirely trustworthy...)

[crispini]

35. Send it to us.

We're still low....

[Shine]

48. If only I could...

:(

[FunkyLeprechaun]

36. April Showers bring

May Flowers....

May flowers bring..

MY BIRTHDAY (May 16th)!!

[Shine]

49. I certainly hope this rain is long gone by May.

:hi:

[skygazer]

63. My daughter's favorite joke when she was 8

If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?

(scroll down for answer)



































PILGRIMS!!!! :bounce: :bounce:

[Whoa_Nelly]

38. Steadily raining inland, too

Gonna rain more off and on all week.....

[huskerlaw]

39. I was in Sac this weekend

and OMG the RAIN! Like, it didn't stop! Well ok, so it didn't rain ALL day on Saturday, but Friday? Cripes.

Speaking of which, as I was landing at the Sac airport, we flew over what I assume was the Sac river and the fields around it were so flooded that it looked like rice patties. Yikes.

Meanwhile, down here in SoCal, we seem to have had the perfect amount of rain. The hills are SO green. As we were landing in Burbank, the people in the row behind me on the airplane said it looked like we were in Ireland. Seriously, bright green hills. Weird.

[laheina]

42. Those prolly were rice patties :)

There are lots of them out by the airport.

[huskerlaw]

43. Oh thank goodness!

I kept asking people if that's what they were and every last one of them looked at me like I was insane, said something sarcastic about California's infamous rice crop, and then said something about the large amount of rain they've been having.

I thought I was going nuts, cuz they looked purposefully flooded. Good to know that NorCal's not going to need an ark and that I'm not insane. ;)

[Sequoia]

55. Just come on over to Somona County buddy

We're ark ready. The rain just sits or stands everywhere because it has no where to go. I repeat: No where to go.

Oh my God...the sun just came out....no, rats, gone now.

[huskerlaw]

56. Uck, sorry...

I'm back in LA now, and if it makes you feel any better, we've just joined your rain-soaked misery. There was just enough rain to trigger a mudslide or two last night and we're supposed to get an inch per hour all night and into tomorrow. Bleh.

Meanwhile, the hills around LA really are a gorgeous shade of green...

[Sequoia]

57. Green in El Lay

My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be.
Her hills and her valleys are calling to me.
Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland.
The land of the old folks is calling to me.

[XemaSab]

75. Some of them are rice paddies

But between the airport and the city of Sacto is the Yolo bypass, which handles floodwater from the river, and YES there was a LOT of water moving through the bypass on Saturday.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. Send some down to SoCal.

Starbucks Anarchist hates the sun! :D

[hfojvt]

41. best I can do

wishful thinking


"Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smile's returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right"

[DS1]

44. Hey, it could be nothing but fires

Hell, we had a "PLEASE don't toss your smokes out the window" media blitz here in Mass

[azmouse]

45. Please send the rain to AZ by overnight express.

I'll happily pay the postage! :)

[AirmensMom]

46. Aw, I'm sorry.

Close your eyes and feel the sunsine I'm sending you. There's a double dose coming your way. :hug:

[Shine]

51. Awww, you sweetie, you...

thanks! :hug:

[Dukkha]

47. We got a tornado watch right now here in central Ohio

and our rain season is just beginning :-(

I was just in San Francisco too and it rained half the time I was there.

[realisticphish]

50. Tell me about it

yesterday...fucking incredible weather. Campus was beautiful. But today? fuck no. Drizzling, and i swear a saw a penguin in the Olentangy

[Beaverhausen]

53. Me too. My ceiling leaks when it rains hard

My landlords are idiots. I'm moving soon but damn...it won't stop raining here. It isn't supposed to rain in April in SoCal, damn it!

[Book Lover]

59. When I saw your thread, I knew you lived on the coast!

Devil Slide's going to be closed for days, I hear.

[derby378]

61. Could you send some of it to Hondo, Texas?

We need it here in D/FW, true, but they need it worse than we do!!

[NV Whino]

62. Ditto!

[tyedyeto]

64. You're getting the rain now, so that when I come to CA next month

it will be all sunshine-y again!

[Shine]

65. UPDATE: It's Tues. am and it's STILL RAINING!!

We're getting really heavy rains as I type this. The ground is so saturated that mudslides are getting to be a serious potential problem. Yesterday trees came down on Hwy 17 and crews had to close it in both directions for several hours while they were cleared away. Somebody on the south end of the county had their neighbor's yard slide into their kitchen yesterday. There are slides up and down the Big Sur coast...It's getting ugly..

And there's NO end to this weather pattern for the next 10 days!!! :banghead:

[huskerlaw]

66. Same here!

There was already a mudslide on Laurel Canyon...and yes, it's supposed to rain pretty much every day for the next 10 days.

Fucking hell. x(

[Shine]

71. Yeah, it sucks.

We had 26 days of rain in March. We're now on Day 4 of rain for this month.

I am seriously starting to get that condition called SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder. :(

[laheina]

67. As much as I love the rain,

I'm starting to watch the rivers. I thought that we were safe, at this point, but I really hope that Sac doesn't flood this year.

We may need an ark after all. :P

[Shine]

72. Good luck up there, laheina!

yeah, this is nuts.

I said the same thing, upthread, about needing to build another ark and somebody responded with a link for an article about a guy who REALLY is building one. Check upthread, if you're interested...

:hi:

[laheina]

79. My husband told me about that.

Some people have too much time on their hands. And what it cost!

Of course, if he needs it, it will be money well spent. :D

[skygazer]

68. It really is unbelievable

I live on a hillside and we've had several small slides into the road below. I don't expect my house to be sliding away at any point - I think it's anchored pretty well - but I must say it makes me feel a little funny.

I'm thankful that it's my day off and I don't have to be out in this stuff. I'd write a letter of complaint if I could think of who to send it to.

[Shine]

73. I know, we can complain and bitch, but it doesn't really help, does it?

:grr:

The rains this morning are just unreal. It's been constant and heavy all morning long!

Be safe and cozy out there, skygazer! :hug: :loveya: I'm glad you don't have out in this, either.

Are you wearing your sweats again? LOL. :pals:

[In_The_Wind]

69. Hey! Don't go slip sliding away!

Maybe if everyone wishes real real hard ~~~~~~~~~

Y'all can send the rain where it's needed. ;)

[Shine]

74. If only wishing made it so....

I've tried it ALL, girlfriend, and it's not working.

We're having a deluge here today. It's crazy.

:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

70. Yeah it is getting VERY OLD

having gray skies and rain nearly every day this late in the season. I don't dare go to the top of the yard because the ground is so saturated that I'd probably slide back down hill on the mud. I'm tired of shoveling and sweeping mulch back into the flower beds after it floats over the bed borders because the soil can't percolate the water anymore. The nearby open space hills are sending off little mudslides to the road and the county has dropped Jersey Barriers at the base to keep it at bay. I feel for the people who live adjacent to it.

Let me join you: :banghead:

[Shine]

76. It's been non-stop and heavy all morning long!

unbelievable. There are puddles of water in the front lawn. The ground is completely saturated and we've got 10 MORE days of this?!?

:banghead:

Good luck up there, Gormy Cuss! :hi:

[XemaSab]

77. I saw a LOT of small slides

in Sonoma, Mendo, and Lake counties...

The ground is soaked!

[Shine]

78. Yup, around here, too. We're at TOTAL SATURATION levels....

:scared:
my hubby has to drive over Hwy 17 everyday for work in this crap.

[mvd]

80. Send some here to southeastern PA

We had storms last night, but had a dry February and a drier March. :hi:

[Shine]

81. Friend, believe me, I wish I could!!

it's all relative, isn't it?

:hi: