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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:37 PM Feb 2019

Rainy and Windy!

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Rainy and Windy! (Original Post) yuiyoshida Feb 2019 OP

Don't you guys need rain? What happened to the drought conditions? We hate... TreasonousBastard Feb 2019 #1

We get our water from the snowpack More_Cowbell Feb 2019 #2

I am San Jose area, hasn't hit us yet, but am expecting it soon. Wind is picking up still_one Feb 2019 #3

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. Don't you guys need rain? What happened to the drought conditions? We hate...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:40 PM

Feb 2019

rain, too, but we hate it more when our wells run dry.

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)

2. We get our water from the snowpack

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:46 PM

Feb 2019

Right now the ground's pretty saturated and many rivers and reservoirs are ready to overflow.

Of course, rain here is better than no rain at all. But the water that sustains us throughout the dry summer is from Sierra snowpack.

still_one

(92,187 posts)

3. I am San Jose area, hasn't hit us yet, but am expecting it soon. Wind is picking up

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 09:01 PM

Feb 2019

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