We're getting wind gusts up to 50 mph right now in the Santa Cruz mtns

[Shine]

No rain yet, but it's comin'... There's another front moving in fast.

We've already gotten over 3 inches of rain today alone. :woohoo:

I DO love a good storm. :bounce:

[Ravenseye]

1. I love windy storms

I'd be out on my porch. ;)

[Shine]

3. We just came in from outside. We were running around in the street.

We've got a humungous eucalyptus tree on the corner of our property that sounds like the ocean when the wind rushes through it. There's also lightening, though we've heard no thunder yet. Our power keeps flickering, too.

It's all very exciting and the kids are TOTALLY hyper.

I'm trying to mellow them out for bedtime and the wind isn't exactly helping, although I do love the wind, too.

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. I've got two crooked willow trees in my back yard

that sound quite eerie during a good wind. Oddly, perhaps, it's kinda cool to fall asleep to. Last night would've been like that if I hadn't had a Vicodin in me. :silly:

[Shine]

6. Yeah, between the ocean sound of the trees and the wind chimes

it is cool to fall asleep to, but I'm usually too wound up by the wind to get very relaxed. It takes me a while....

btw, I could do a commercial for Vicodin. I love that shit. Are you doing OK? What's happening?
:hug: for you, OR.

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Nothin' special

I frequently have some lower back pain at night from sittin' in this furshlugginger chair so much. Last night it flared up, so I popped a Vike to help me sleep.

[Shine]

23. I gots to get me a prescription of that stuff.

:evilgrin:

hang in there, bud.

Hey, I hear there's some sort of baseball season opening thing going on soon this week, right?

Do you happen to know anything about that? ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. I've read rumors

But they were on the internets, so I don't pay attention.

[KitchenWitch]

2. You do not get many storms there do you?

[Shine]

4. Yeah, in the winter we can get some real doozies, esp in the mtns.

Earlier in Jan. we got something like 8 inches of rain over 3 days. I love it when it gets wild and windy, though. Throw some lightening and thunder in and I'm a very happy girl.... :bounce:

So dramatic!


:hi: I guess you're up and running again, eh? Welcome back to cyberspace!

[KitchenWitch]

36. Yes, happy to be back.

[In_The_Wind]

7. I love watching storms!

[Shine]

8. Cool shot, Joan!

when I was in high school, I was always so into the weather and knew the forecast so they used to call me the "weather lady", LOL.

I actually came to UC Santa Cruz originally to study meteorology and earth science. Then I discovered how much math and science that would mean and changed over to Politics. Hahaha. :D

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

9. I thought you'd like it.

I've been called Bird Goddess, Bird Whisper and Weather Witch.
Among my other weather related talents, I can usually tell the temperature is within a degree or two.

[Shine]

10. I bet you and I would get along GREAT if we ever met in person.

I can tell you're a kindred spirit. :pals:

[In_The_Wind]

13. I'm going to be out there for a short visit this summer!

You never know what'd happen if we got together! :pals:

[Shine]

16. That's right! You're doing your Warrior Woman Road Trip.

that's so awesome, Joan. Can I just live vicariously through YOU?? :)

C'mon out to the beautiful central Californian coast! Santa Cruz is very hip. You'd fit in just fine.

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

32. Of course you can live vicariously through me. I'm taking my laptop.

I've decided that my 1st trip out there should be on 4 wheels instead of 3. I just can't seem to downsize enough. I know I'd get bored going from one hotel to the next every night so I'm going to camp a lot of the nights along the way.


:pals:

[SmileyBoy]

11. Oh yeah, wind gusts of 50+ are fine and dandy when the temp is 75...

Howzabout stepping into Flavor Country sometime and experiencing a real MANLY treat??

50+ MPH winds with an air temperature of -25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO MAKING THE WIND CHILL 70+ DEGREES BELOW ZERO!!!

Yeah baby... That's right...

[Shine]

12. LOL!

I feel for ya, bud.

warm and windy vibes from California.....
:hug:

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Hi Shine

We're getting crazy gusts east of the Caldecott tunnel too -- I just went out to batten the hatches.
We haven't had much rain YET!
:woohoo:

[Shine]

19. Hey you! Yup, there's another front coming in. Hang in there.

Yikes, our power keeps flickering.

It better not go off anytime during "24" tonite or I'm gonna be pissed. :grr:

[BrotherBuzz]

15. LOL It's blowing stink out in the valley and raining like mad

Believe it or not, I was reading your post when I heard a huge crash and went outside to find a big limb (14 inches) fell from my old maple tree. Woohoo, I've made a dent in firewood needs for next year!

[Shine]

20. Wow, that's weird sychronicity, eh?

it's just starting to sprinkle now, but the winds are still pretty intense. Our wind chimes are going crazy....

Hope your maple survives OK. :hi:

[BrotherBuzz]

24. I really think it was a huge cell that moved through

First the winds and horizontal rain, followed by a huge downburst for fifteen minutes (everything but the lightning and thunder) then it moved on leaving us with just gusty winds and light rain.

Poor old maple tree was planted by my great grandfather for my grandfather many, many, years ago. PG&E gave it a death blow topping/pruning fifty years ago and it's never regained it's health. Nevertheless, it's a good wood supply for many years to come and it's good juju burning wood your ancestors planted.

[Shine]

28. Good ju ju, indeed. Cool story, BrotherBuzz!

How special to have the blessing of the maple tree on your land.
:thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. It's not too windy here in SoCal, my dear Shine.....

But it is raining, hard from time to time......

I love the sound of the rain on my roof!

I don't think we've had three inches yet....but we most likely will by the time this storm exits.....

:loveya: :hug:

[Shine]

21. I hear there's another storm tracking for Thursday.

time to batten down the hatches....

:hug:

I just want my hubby home safely. He had to work late tonite....

[Porcupine]

22. Pounding rain in Chico. Hard as I've ever seen it rain.

Major amounts of water coming down making crazy. I've got buildings failing all over town. Tomorrow will NOT be fun.

[Shine]

25. Yeah, it's starting to hit here, too.

It's a wet and wild doozy of a storm. Wahoooo!

What buildings are "falling down all over town"?

Hang in there, Porcupine. Stay safe. Good luck!

:hi:

[Porcupine]

29. Roofs leaking, walls leaking, yards wandering into kitchens

Storefronts dripping water onto prom dresses. I do property management maintenance. It's YeeeeeHaa time for me.

Damn the torpedos and hand me a can of Blackjack wet patch.

[huskerlaw]

27. The rain just let up

a little in downtown LA...just in time for me to drive home. :bounce:

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. KRON just reported winds of 71 mph

at SFO earlier tonight.

[Shine]

31. Holy shit!

wouldn't wanna be in an airplane tonite. :scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. I didn't hear the guy say if they diverted any flights

Although I can't see the wind being much better in Oakland, and I dunno if San Jose or Sacramento could handle the extra traffic.

But, jeebus, yeah — that'd be rough to take off or land in. :scared:

[REP]

34. 70+ in Mountain View

Still, nothing compared to the storms I grew up with (supercell thunderstorms in the Midwest).

[XemaSab]

35. Rainy in Redding

Not as hard as it gets, but certainly as steady as they come.

[fleabert]

37. that was quite the storm here too!

I am surprised we didn't have more trees come down, we did lose power for a bit last night. No worse for the wear, thank goodness.

[skygazer]

38. Tornado alert between here and Sacramento

I'm not sure of the town - something City. Heard it on the radio on my way home from my mammogram (figures - my relationship goes kaput and I have to have my boobs squeezed on the same day :wtf: ). One actually had touched down and they were telling people to get under cover. Wow!

[BrotherBuzz]

39. North of Rio Vista and eight miles south of me...

in Solano county moving east...weird and conflicting for me with blue sky to the west but dark, dark, and boding stuff to the east. Thunder is pushing my poor Border collie over the edge and she is clinging to me like glue.