West Coast Monsoons....was: Re: [Shotimes] Wiper Problems

[Bob]

The difference in 86 was that water was pouring through the slats in my
backyard fence two feet up the fence.  When that happens again, I'll know we
hit the 1986 mark!

	-- Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of George Fourchy
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:01 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: West Coast Monsoons....was: Re: [Shotimes] Wiper Problems
>
>
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:09:15 -0600, K. Angermeier wrote:
>
> >The weather channel is calling
> >for what looks to be some nasty flooding in your neck of the woods.
>
> Yep...it's a mini-Katrina in some parts of the North Bay...the
> Russian River floods
> at 32 feet, and it is at 40 feet now, and expected to go to 45
> feet by tomorrow
> noon.  The Napa River affects the wine country cities...Napa,
> Healdsburg, St.
> Helena, and others, and they are or were flooded up to 3 or 4
> feet deep on the
> streets.
>
> We are fine...no flooding here (the Rhododendrons in the terraces
> are grinnning from
> ear to ear).  But I-80 didn't do too well...in the middle of
> Fairfield, it (just the
> freeway and the adjacent offramp) is about 4 feet deep across all
> the westbound
> lanes....right where we got off to have pizza last summer.  There
> aren't too many
> alternate routes around that spot, and traffic is a mess. It's
> backed up about 20
> miles, and there is nowhere to pump the water....it will have to
> go down by itself,
> they think.
>
> I'm sure glad _I_ don't work for CalTrans!!!
>
> They're saying this is a 50-100 year winter.  We had one in
> 1986...this one might
> surpass that one.  The wet spots in the north bay have had up to
> 20 inches of rain
> in one week, from Christmas to now.
>
> George.....had to have flood insurance on the last house.....never again!!
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