Are there any Californians here?

[Ecumenist]

Especially northern and Central. The reason I ask is because I want to find out how you're all feeling about the unending storms and what you all feel is going to happen. I don't know how much more we can take of this and perhaps, we should put our hearts and minds together to see if we can work together to pray, send energy, put all our hopes, dreams and wishes into somehow modifying this deluge.

I am wondering if this is a climactic change. I'm beginning to feel that this as if I've somehow moved to the Seattle area. :grouphug:

[Cleita]

1. I guess you weren't here for the El Nino and La Nina storms

three years in a row. That was truly scary because the storms were so intense and rain pounded so furiously causing all kinds of mud and landslides. We live on a hill and had to pin burlap all over the slopes to try to hold the land in place as well as sand bag the road.

This truthfully has been much milder, except that our interim rivers (usually bone dry) are filling up and actually starting to flood. Also, there is some concern about our levees that need repairing too. However, after three or four years of drought (can't really remember) this ground soaking is welcome. It means fewer fires in the hot dry months of summer and fall.

The hills are so much prettier too when they are green instead of the desert appearing brown. When the sun comes out, I'll take some pictures and post them. You'll see it was all worth it.:-)

[Ecumenist]

2. Uhh, yeah, I have been. Born and bred

Where in the state are you? I'm up north in Sacramento and we live in an area that floods ALOT. I spoke to a woman at the local FEMA office in Roseville and she told me that yesterday morning, they got a call from some muckety-muck who told her that the 30 day model for the central and north state was no letup in sight, from the unrelenting rain that is. From what she was told, they are expecting, if everything keep on track, catastrophic flooding sometime later in this month and well into May and early June,due to the saturated soils and the added stress of the spring thaw melting the record snow pack in the northern and central Sierra Nevada.

[sofedup]

3. now that's scary...

...30 more days of rain will cause big problems. I'm "up the hill" from you. Mudslides will be a problem up here as well as some flooding.

[Ecumenist]

6. Sofedup, Are you in Placer county ?

:hi: if you're up in either Placer, Eldorado, Amador or Calaveras, there have been horrible flooding with so much more to come. I think that we do indeed need to pray.

[sofedup]

10. not Placer county, El Dorado

I agree about the prayers. There is brilliant sunshine as I write this, but the ground is soaked and supposedly another storm is coming in soon. My husband and I drove to Eureka last weekend (couldn't delay until sunny weather)and there were flooded pastures and small slides everywhere- that was before the most recent storm. :hi:

[Ecumenist]

12. Wow, you're right up the street, so to speak..

I'm in North natomas, northeast of Arco, thanks to my beloved husband... I didn't want to rent here but it works for his job, (alot of travel up north and west). Not too sure about my situation in about 4 to 6 weeks. I'm about 4 miles from garden highway and the Sacramento/American river confluence. I do, however, feel that we're okay for now due to being NORTH of the freeway and slightly uphill. I do not feel good about the coming spring thaw, especially from Shasta and the areas surrounding and above you.

[sofedup]

14. we are in the same area

I think we went near where you live last weekend when we went toward Woodland on hwy.5- isn't that the general area? Isn't the snow pack above normal this year? I haven't lived through a bad winter in this area before so I don't know what to anticipate- I do hope you'll be OK. I don't understand all the residential construction in the Sacto area when the flood-control issues have not been dealt with adequately.

[Ecumenist]

15. Yep, you went right past me...

I am not too far from the airport and in fact, I'm about 2.5 miles from I-5. This, Sofedup, isn't good. Not at all. We're getting copious amounts of precipitation late in the season, in the form of rain and snow. Even if it stopped raining tomorrow, it would still be a dicey spring and subseuent thaw.

[Ecumenist]

13. Tell me about it.

We're building a home in Tehama county and I made a point of looking for a geologically stable hill, out of any known floodplain and that's exactly what we got.

[Cleita]

4. I live in San Luis Obispo County near Pismo Beach.

I understand you levees need improvement too. Has Governor A-S done anything yet?

[Ecumenist]

7. Not a damn thing...

not a cotton picking, scum sucking thing and it wouldn't surprise me that they, (this government) allows this anticipated disaster to happen to get back at us as a sane, progressive state and the idiot I laughingly refer to as the governor. Let's face it, this bunch couldn't competently find their own behinds with a flashlight,a tutor and written instructions. The levees in the southern area of the county are failing in a spectacular way and there are real flooding issues but so far, at least to my knowledge, there have only been a few residences affected, mostly farms. HOWEVER, this is an ongoing and according to the lady at FEMA, a worsening situation. There is a dam in Tuolomne county that is failing and there is a rush to shore it up. This is not going to be pretty and I think that there needs to be a dedicated group in this forum that prays to get this world calmed down, (getting rid of bush and company is a GOOD START). In spite of what that study said the other day, prayer does work especially when it's concentrated and directed.

[crikkett]

9. well that's another story...

.. the only radar I have is on the NOAA website.

[yellowdawgdem]

5. I'm in Northern California

I'm about an hour north of San Francisco, and yes there has been alot of rain. Alot. It does, actually, feel like Seattle in many ways, as it has rained for nearly the whole month of April. I feel lucky to not live in a flood zone, although I guess everything could become a flood zone at some point. Maybe we should start praying and sending light for the rain to cease already, and to minimize any potential damage.

[crikkett]

8. I too think like we're getting Seattle's rain - but feel the spring coming

We had a reservoir raise 1ft over a 24-hr period last week. But I'm not too worried. It's only just now getting too wet, and the season is changing. '97 and '95 were wet, wet, wet, and COLD too, and everything broke. People told me about rain at the end of May in past years.

Anyone remember when the 3-story house fell into the sinkhole in SF in the winter of 95-96? An entire house, plus a tractor and a car (if I remember correctly), fell into the most gigantic sinkhole right on TV. The house's owner was out of town, thank goodness. That was shown on the TV news lead-ins for an entire year!

xo,
c

[sofedup]

11. was that a very nice house...

...in Presidio Heights or some such posh neighborhood? I remember the event but not the year (I'm a Bay Area transplant).

[crikkett]

16. you got it, that was it.

Happened my first winter back.