Fellow Californians: Are you ready for the sun???? Jeez.....

[Shine]

On our end, in the Santa Cruz mountains, we've logged in yet another 3 inches of rain in the past 24 hrs and it's still coming down. I love a good storm, but I must say, I'm ready for the sun, after a solid week of rain.

Who's with me?

[Heidi]

1. How about us sun-deprived Swiss?

Where we live, we have no direct sun (because of the mountains) until sometime in March. I'm with ya, gf! :cry:

[Shine]

2. OMG, you have my sympathies.

I was reading recently about some small European town (whose name and country escapes me) that hooked up a bunch of mirrors to catch the sun so that they wouldn't have to deal without it for so long. Very expensive, but clever. They also had the mountain issue going on.

Have you heard of that?

Jeez, March. I can't imagine.....

Hang in there and SHINE ON in whatever way you can!
:hug:

[Heidi]

3. That's in Italy, a village 5 minutes from us.

But they can't raise the money for the project, sadly. :cry:

[texanwitch]

9. Heidi

I would be more then happy to send you some of our Texas sunlight, we have more then enough to
share. :pals:

[hfojvt]

4. even where I am, let it

SHINE.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Shine!

I'm hoping that the sun will come out for you TODAY!

Our rain just started, and we still need it.....so you can have the sun...

We need to stay wet a while longer yet......

Take care!

:loveya: :hug: :pals:

[SoCalDem]

7. Amen..we dfo need it.. and with my new roof, I am happy as a clam

no more kamikaze furniture moving when the ceiling sprang yet another leak:)..I once had to move a huge sofa by myself at 3 am, when I got dripped on:)

The only thing I hate about a lot of rain, is when the brush fires start up and there's tons of new stuff to burn..

Just wish there was some way to capture all the water..

[GOPisEvil]

6. I'll trade ya.

We have too much sun and not enough rain. :(

[bertha katzenengel]

8. It never rains in California!

Laws of nature derived from pop tunes. As valid as Intelligent Design.

Good luck. :)

[mike_c]

10. I'd be happy to just get electricity back....

Been down since Friday night-- PG&E says "hopefully by Wednesday."

[Misunderestimator]

11. My electricity was out for an hour this morning.

Very strange weather for So Cal. I do see the sun... somewhere behind the clouds... I swear I see it.

(On edit... after reading mike-c's post, I'm counting my blessings in the electricity department.)

[Gormy Cuss]

12. I think we should help out our friends in OK and TX

Let's all collect rain from today's storm and ship it FedEx to the parched folks in those states. :P

Here in Contra Costa, we're getting more rain today than we had yesterday. Arrgh!

[spinbaby]

13. We could use some, too

Here in Pittsburgh, we seem to be perpetually overcast from November through March. And today it's POURING. At least it's not snowing. I vote we get together and send all our rain to Texas and Oklahoma.

[Shine]

14. it's STILL raining here.......

it's been steady all day. We're now pushing 4 inches in 24 hrs, about 8 since the weekend started.

the good news is, it matches my lazy mood perfectly.

[skygazer]

15. Hi, Shine

Have you got power? I'm running off a generator here and I honestly don't expect to get power back any too soon. It went out at about 6 on Saturday morning (which means I can honestly say that I've had no power all year).

Yeah, I'm sick of it. The whole no power thing isn't that big a hassle for us because we have a generator and a wood stove as well as a propane camp stove to cook on but this rain is just getting out of hand. 17 is a mess - that road is so poorly designed that the water just pools on it in big deep puddles.

Sorry I still haven't gotten the pic up, by the way. The last two weeks have been so crazy at work (I sold so much booze it's ridiculous) and now I'm typing in the dark. ~sigh~ It WILL happen, though, honest!

[Shine]

18. Hi Skygazer!

Yeah, we got power, thank goddess. It flickered a bit on Xmas day, but other than that, we've been fine, just a bit water-logged.

And please, no need to apologize about the pix. No biggie. Just get to it whenever it works, really. It's great you know how to do that stuff, since I'm a bit challenged in that dept.

Happy New Year to you, gf!! :loveya: May this year bring you much Happiness, Fulfillment and Peace. I know it's gonna be a big one for you, with your daughter getting married.

Did you find a red dress yet for the wedding, mother of the bride??? :)

xo,
Shine

[Ladyhawk]

16. SAD has set in. Seriously.

The weather, a hard drive crash and rampaging blood glucose have me physically and emotionally sick today.

Where the hell is the sun?

[Shine]

19. It's shining SOMEwhere, my friend.

it's in times of darkness we're called to remember the LIGHT.....

SHINE ON, from my heart to yours....

:hug:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. We've had three days of rain all year in So Cal

and the forecast for the rest of the week is high 70's. I can't complain.

[Shine]

20. Yeah, it's all relative, ain't it?

I complain when I forget how truly fortunate and blessed my life is.

:)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. Well yeah

but I'm not in the mountains where the risk of slides exists...so you've got a bit more to be concerned about anyway...hope it lets up soon for you