Oh shite - major storms in the West
Mudslides in SF - avalanche in Oregon. a foot of rain in Northern California.
ABC news.
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This won't end well. 
Highway 17 San Jose toward the coast.
Forced into the center concrete divider by a driver who was forced into me.
Ruined a wheel, gash in my dome, blood dripping while I changed tires to the sorry ass spare but didn't hit anyone or anything other than that big concrete divider, which as it turns out is really well designed.
No body damage to the car, little bit to me.
Was only five minutes late to my appointment in Rio Del Mar!
Then spent the rest of the day finding a wheel and tire to match original factory spec.
Stay safe - glad it wasn't worse 
I would not likely have gone into oncoming traffic, but can't be sure. That divider has saved some lives, dozens if not hundreds.
I lost traction and the traction control and my actions probably worked against one another, in the end I glanced the divider with some force, enough to gash my scalp.
But the damage was limited to the wheels, no part of the body of my car hit the concrete.
Post impact I pictured a totaled car with fender and bumper and front end damage. I got off the highway and quickly put the little spare on and drove away, still bleeding from my head wound.
I learned that with the donut spare on, the car doesn't perform well- the traction control constantly engages and I worried that this would be a lasting problem that would need major attention.
I had to drive a couple hundred miles to find a replacement wheel and once I had it on the traction problem was gone.
$120 for the new wheel and tire, $20 more to mount, and you'd never known it happened.
Except the gash.
Drive safely, and check your spare for air pressure (mine was at half the pressure it should have had, the car is 2007 model year)
That sucker was low!
watching a lot of tv and playing facebook games.
Do what DC does, and close EVERYTHING down at the mere mention of a snowflake...
Too much too soon - ah well - stay safe
Seriously, everybody be careful down there. I was hoping you'd get a couple of weeks of gentle rain, not several months' worth in a day.
Snow level went as high as 8000' so it was mostly rain here at Lake Level (Tahoe)...It's been non stop since Friday and still expected to go thru the nite.
The little creek in the meadow at the end of our street is FULL, actually, the whole meadow looks like a moat right about now. It keeps trying to turn into snow but it is a warm storm... if it does finally freeze tonight tomorrow morning will be a PITA
rain+snow=Sierra Cement 
However, the water (in all its forms) is very welcome, I am sure the forest is very happy right about now...
