O M G !! ITS....(GASP) R A I N I N G!!!

[yuiyoshida]

https://twitter.com/SFist/status/649302056042385408

[KamaAina]

1. O M G !! The forecast was for showers AFTER 11 PM TONIGHT!

Guess who didn't bring his rain jacket based on that?

[yuiyoshida]

5. maybe you can find one of those

simple plastic ponchos that are sold around the city, that are probably selling like hot cakes today!

[KamaAina]

6. In north San Jose?

I can't find anything around here! I have to brown-bag my lunch like in high school!

[yuiyoshida]

9. Awwwwwww well, run into a cheap cafe

ask for one of their cheap plastic table coverings, cut a hole in the middle, instant Poncho!!

[KamaAina]

16. All there is around here is a McDonald's and a Denny's

hence, the can of hot and spicy Hormel chili (with Tabasco) I just polished off (it was on special at Safeway )

[yuiyoshida]

17. Safeway might have those

Ponchos...and that Chili sounds yummy..well, with that in you, the water will steam the second it hits your skin!!

[KamaAina]

19. Safeway run was yesterday

more "Sad Jose" awfulness: it's downtown. I can only go there because it's right near the light rail on my way home. All there is near me is a FoodMaxx (el cheapo, bag-your-own version of Lucky); it isn't on the way home, and on weekends it's mobbed with moms with their carts piled to the roof. And, of course, they never have enough checkers. Give me The City's ridiculous rents any day (I pay $1375 for a rather tacky one-bedroom, and that's a thundering bargain down here as well!)

[yuiyoshida]

20. omg..you pay more rent then me!

My one bedroom Granny with Utilities comes out to 1250 a month around...

[KamaAina]

21. NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[yuiyoshida]

24. Some guy in Atlanta is reading this right now and saying...

"Y'all are totally nuts for payin fer those prices!!!!! "

Yes, the streets in California are paved in GOLD!

[KamaAina]

26. Well, I am, anyway

You, at least, have amenities. Actually there are neighborhoods in the ATL that put Sad Jose to shame, like Little Five Points and Virginia Highlands.

[yuiyoshida]

30. Everyone, unless you live in

Alaska or Hawaii, has better rent prices than California!

[KamaAina]

32. Actually I was paying quite a bit less in Honolulu

although it was a studio.

[Bubzer]

50. Some of the 1 br apartments in the seattle area are going for as much $1,620!

From what I've heard from friends in Washington, they are having an explosion in cost of living rates for some reason.

[yuiyoshida]

56. Well...at least I can say

I can see the Pacific Ocean from my front door, though it is a mile away!!

[japple]

52. Not sayin' yer nuts or anything, but we've have had 4" of rain this week in N. Georgia and

most of the food we eat is grown on our own land. But this was cotton-growing heaven at one time, so who knows what is lurking beneath the surface of our soil. Hey, it's all good, as they say~~~

[Snotcicles]

53. Wrong I'm in Detroit. nt

[question everything]

2. Hope it cools the fires

We have not heard much recently about the fires, what it the 24/7 Pope, Congress, candidates..

[yuiyoshida]

15. Haven't kept up with the fires...

Hopefully they are out...

[upaloopa]

3. Sunny and no clouds in Santa Barbara

We only have high wind warnings for today
Surfs up!

[yuiyoshida]

7. I so miss Santa Barbara

I miss the great beaches in VENTURA too!

[gregcrawford]

66. I remember playing V-ball on East Beach 40 years ago...

... and More Mesa was always fun! OOPS! TMI?

[yuiyoshida]

67. All these years later the beaches are still

Brown in SB from the oil spill and I bet you can still get tar on the bottom of your flip flops after a day at the beach.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. It snowed here. :)

[yuiyoshida]

8. ooh my you can keep that, thank you!

on second thought, pack that stuff up and ship it to us, we can use the water! Southern California too!

[malaise]

36. I saw that

How early is that snow?

[Blue_In_AK]

40. It's a little early,

but not unprecedented. I just saw a photo on FB that someone took of the snow on this date in 2012, which just happened to be a snowfall season record-breaker. We could be in for another one, what with El Niño and all. Fairbanks got it much worse than us...they even had to cancel school today, and many up there are without power.

[kpete]

10. send it south

please, kp

[yuiyoshida]

12. Just for once it be nice to get a major storm

that would rain over NorCal and SoCal..we so need the water!!! What's it been? 5 year drought? Yikes.

[Hepburn]

13. Amen!!!

102 degrees at the Long Beach airport the other day??? Wow! We need the rain and a break in the heat. Today is not too bad and yesterday was OK...but the last few weeks? OMG!

[msongs]

11. satellite shows a classic pineapple express setup, if it was january you would be swamped nt

[yuiyoshida]

14. Yes but we have not had decent rain for

I think its been 5 years!

[KamaAina]

23. Actually it rained a lot in December a couple of years ago

while I was in Hawai'i. I chuckled when I saw online reports of flooding on 101. Then when I came back -- doodley-squat. Perhaps I should start a GoFundMe to get me back there.

[yuiyoshida]

27. Does go FUnd me now pay out in

Gallons?

[KamaAina]

33. No. The idea is, send me to Hawai'i and it will rain

in California.

[yuiyoshida]

35. I need to go too...

Have some relatives to look up and hug.

[randome]

18. I see 2 dudes walking with umbrellas. That doesn't prove anything.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[yuiyoshida]

22. True...you just

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happened to spot Mary Poppin's two brothers on their way to GOLDEN GATE FIELDS for a spectacular day of Horse Racing!!!

[Prism]

25. $1 Sundays!

Beer, dogs, parking, and admission? Yes, yes. I haven't been in ages, even though it's half a mile from me. You've just reminded me to nab an excursion.

[yuiyoshida]

29. I would go for just the beer and Hotdogs

someone needs to hit up Safway this week!

[Prism]

31. They've been selling Punkin Ale, and I'm curious

Beer and hot dogs are the only reason I go to GG. No idea how to bet on a horse race. We always take $20 to gamble and promptly lose it all after doodling on the forms. It's a great time though.

[Prism]

28. Chili weather!

I'm glad I'm skedaddling early out of work in about an hour. Avoiding all that traffic mess. Chili, blanket nest, netflix!

It's funny. I moved here six years ago tomorrow. The first two winters were completely terrible with the rain. I was biking to work and ending up completely soaked for three months straight each winter. I thought, screw this, next winter I'm getting a car. I bought one, and it never rained since. Maybe if I sell my car, the soaking winters will return?

Right now, I'm looking at an Epic pamphlet that just came with discounted season passes for Tahoe. I love skiing, but this past winter especially was terrible. I can't decide. To nab a pass or not? They say the Hell Nino is coming, but . . .

[yuiyoshida]

34. Yeh it is...

I won't tell you about my Seafood chowder, that I had saved up for a day like today, nabbed from Fisherman's Wharf and a very famous restaurant that I broke out today, just for days like this...


Note to Tourists This is the go-to spot for the best Seafood in the city!

[Prism]

38. This is going on my yelp list

Been trying to find really good chowder, but East Bay hasn't really done it. Scoma's, eh? I will scribble this down =)

[yuiyoshida]

39. There are two locations

One in Sausalito



and one at Fisherman's wharf!


http://www.scomas.com/menu/

[Prism]

41. Thank you so much for this =) n/t

[yuiyoshida]

44. BON APPETIT!

[mountain grammy]

51. I haven't had seafood chowder from Fisherman's Wharf in 10 years..

way overdue for a SF trip.

[yuiyoshida]

55. eating some right now,

even thawed out its beyond yummy!

[RussBLib]

37. how much rain have you had this year?

this is like the 3rd or 4th bout of rain I've heard of in the last few months.

[yuiyoshida]

42. We have had a drought for five years...

Pretty damn dry....


To nudge California out of drought territory, it will take almost double the amount of rain that falls in a normal year during the upcoming rainy season that starts in less than two weeks, according to a recent analysis prepared by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologists.

http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20150920/how-much-rain-will-it-take-to-end-californias-drought

[Oilwellian]

43. I saw that earlier, yuiyoshida

I have an uncle who lives further North of SF and I know he's hoping it slides up his way. If I were experiencing California's drought, I'd probably play in the rain when it finally came.

[yuiyoshida]

45. I would love to sneak out the back door

and dance in the tiny back yard, but if I did, a dozen neighbors would call the Police and say there was a crazy woman, dancing in the rain... I don't want to invite that!!!

[RoccoR5955]

46. Good...

Would you care for some of our NY rain? We are supposed to get a plethora of it next week.

[yuiyoshida]

47. Yes Please...and

I would like a Maine Lobster as well. Please add it to my Bill.

[RoccoR5955]

48. Sorry, I'm not a Maniac.

But I'll see if we can get some blowhards to blow that hurricane your way!

[yuiyoshida]

49. wait! Wait!

Okay how about this.. a bag of Wise Potato chips



And some Freihofer's Chocolate Chip Cookies!

[Gothmog]

54. I remember how happy I was when we got rain during the Houston drought

[yuiyoshida]

59. Yup..

If it didn't rain today, the ground would still be awash in GIANTS FANS TEARS.

[Dont call me Shirley]

57. Put out the fires, but no flooding!

[yuiyoshida]

58. The flooding will come when El Nino

rears its ugly head.

[Dont call me Shirley]

60. They state and individuals need to start planting native grasses right away.

[yuiyoshida]

62. Like

Rice for Rice Paddies?

[Dont call me Shirley]

63. Yummy, I love good rice!

[yuiyoshida]

65. Me and you both!

[C Moon]

61. Congrats! Only dumb heat...again...again...again in Southern California. :(

[yuiyoshida]

64. Ya know it only rained for like a half hour at most

Then moved on...I remember when It would rain for a week. That has not happened in 5 years !

[C Moon]

70. Yuck! I hate that! I just saw they're saying we're expecting a tad of rain this Sun or Mon...

woo hoo!

[libodem]

68. Praise the Goddess

And Mr Goddess, too.

[yuiyoshida]

69. And all the

thousand of Shinto gods that hide out here near Nihonmachi! (Japantown)

[libodem]

71. Absolutely