Well, whaddya know...it's raining!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Well, drizzling is more like it now...

Just a gentle little pattering coming down...

First precipitation we've seen in months...

What a good thing this is...

Kind of cozy feeling on a Friday evening...

I'm staying in tonight...

How about all of you?


:grouphug:

[martymar64]

1. I wish it was raining here

It would match my mood, feeling a little down today and coming down with a cold to boot.

When I see your posts, it reminds me how much I miss the beach (former Venice/SaMo resident).

Enjoy the rain!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear martymar64...

I'm sorry you're down tonight...

Plus coming down with a cold...how unfair life can be...

The beach is most likely cold and chilly right now...

I am enjoying the rain...

Hope you feel better very soon!

:hug:

[martymar64]

5. Thank you!

Every little kind word counts!
Little Vivien Leigh once said, "Tomorrow is another day."

[Auggie]

2. A gift from the north...

We had our gloomy day most of Thursday up in the Bay Area.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Winebrat...

I've been expecting it for the last day or so...

It was supposed to arrive yesterday...:shrug:

But at last it's here...

I am so ready for this gloom and precipitation!

Thank you for the gift...

:hug:

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. My dear Ms. Peggy,

It's not wet yet in Canyon Country. Ms. OR refuses to believe the forecasts until the gutters start to run. The yard could use a good soaking, and it's a nice change from the summer glare, but rain could slow up my work on the Cougar. Anyways, It's nice that it is cool, and I have split some wood for the fireplace just in case it gets cool this evening.

I'm starting to think of hot apple cider with cinnamon sticks. A little bit O fall in SoCal, eh?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Opposite Reaction...

It passed you by? I hope you'll get some too...

It's tinder dry out there...

Should be a lot cooler tonight!

It feels so damn good to me...

Hot apple cider w/cinnamon sticks would hit the spot...enjoy!

I'm ready for fall........

:hug:

[Gold Metal Flake]

10. I think it's yet on it's way.

We were just lightly drizzled on while walking the dogs. Here is our NWS alert. I think we've been bumped to orange! (Growing up in Houston, we would have called this kind of report "Tuesday")


O.exb.klox.ff.a.0008.070922t0400z-070922t1900z/
/00000.0.er.000000t0000z.000000t0000z.000000t0000z.oo/
Cuyama valley-
Los angeles county coast including downtown los angeles-
Ventura county interior valleys-ventura county coastal valleys-
Santa barbara county mountains-ventura county mountains-
Los angeles county mountains excluding the santa monica range-
Santa clarita valley-
234 pm pdt fri sep 21 2007

Flash flood watch in effect from 9 pm pdt this evening through saturday morning in and near the 2006 and 2007 burn areas...

The National Weather Service in los angeles/oxnard has expanded the flash flood watch to include all the 2006 and 2007 burn areas of santa barbara...ventura...and los angeles counties.from 9 pm pdt this evening through saturday morning

Showers and isolated thunderstorms associated with a cold low pressure system will move over the burn areas tonight into early saturday. Although most areas can expect less than half an inch of rain...isolated thunderstorms could generate rainfall rates up to an inch per hour.

Potential for debris flows in drainages... Roads... And residences in and directly below the burn area.

A flash flood watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.

Residents or persons with interests in and below the burn areas should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take protective action should flash flood warnings be issued.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Good luck with that...

Hope your home isn't right below a burned area...

Take care of yourselves...:hug:

[Thirtieschild]

8. Enjoy your rain. Wish I was there.

That's what I call a soft, gentle Georgia rain. They are what I miss most living out here on the almost-desert.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear Disorganized...

I am enjoying it, thanks!

I can just hear it over the soft noise of my computer...

I can bet you miss it...the desert is known for its flash floods...

I just hope this keeps up and soaks us really well...

:hi:

[xchrom]

12. didn't last for 1/2 an hour here in oakland. phuewie.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear xchrom...

That's unfortunate...

We need it so badly...

Hope the next storm is bigger...

:hug:

[xchrom]

17. we do need it -- and i'd like a break from watering.

although it will spoil my fall rose blooms.

[LaraMN]

13. I love the rain!

It was raining here this morning. I was disappointed when the sun came out; the rain is very soothing, and storms are exciting.

I'm staying in as well. The kiss are in bed. I am relaxing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear Lara!

Well, I am glad to hear it, all of it!

Relaxing is just what I'm doing too....

Well, in a minute, I'm getting out of here to finish making dinner...

I love the sun...but now it's time for the rain...

:hug:

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. Your "kiss" are in bed???

Maybe you should join him.

:D

:hi:

[LaraMN]

20. Damn it! Wishful thinking!

:rofl:

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. That was a classic typo...

:rofl:

On edit: At least it isn't Gene Simmons.

:scared:

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. Hasn't rained in Chicago for more than a week...

Cannot remember the last time. A month or so ago, we had a storm of the decade (or some such nonsense). Lots of trees and branches down and much damage.

Now the leaves are turning prematurely because the trees are not getting enough moisture. We've had days of high humidities without a cloud in the sky.

I wouldn't mind a bit of rain and it sounds like you need it, too.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear greatauntoftriplets...

We really do need it!

Last winter we had the smallest amount of rainfall since records were kept...

I am glad for the rain now...

Hope you get some soon, too...

:hug:

[UrbScotty]

22. My dear CaliforniaPeggy!

As Judge Judy would say, don't pee on my foot and tell me it's raining!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My dear ih8thegop!

Ahem!

Since I am very much female, that would be almost impossible for me!

And even if I could....I wouldn't!

Now it's pouring outside...I love it!

:hug:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

24. Hi Peggy

The weather is unpredictable here in Australia

It was dark and overcast this morning but the sun is shining this afternoon

Glad you are enjoying the rain. I like rain too

When I lived in SE Asia as a child, one of my teachers told me that she used to love standing in the rain and tasting the raindrops. She said that she wouldn't dare do that now because of all the pollution

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My dear socialdemocrat!

I hear that your weather is unpredictable...

I love the rain, esp. when I can stay in...

It's kind of strenuous going out in it...

Yeah, I wouldn't want to drink the raindrops now either! :scared:


:hug:

Nice to see you, sweetie...

[huskerlaw]

25. Yeah, it is!!!

HARD!

We've had absolutely pounding falling-in-sheets rain for over 20 minutes straight here in the Valley.

I hope nobody's house falls down the hillside! :scared:

But in the meantime, this is GREAT! :D

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear huskerlaw!

I doubt anyone's house will fall down the hillsides...

They were built with the instability of the ground in mind, you know!

I love the rain, esp. when I can stay in, and be cozy!

:hug:

[huskerlaw]

28. This is true.

I'm foreseeing some rather nasty mudslides though.

Especially if it's raining like this up by the Hollywood sign, where they had the 2 fires earlier this year.

I haven't seen anything even remotely like this since I left Nebraska!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. Yes, the fires do change the equation!

Maybe they had the foresight to spread some fast-growing grass seed up there...

I know that's been done in the past to help hold the ground...

Welcome to SoCal winter!

Hopefully this will continue and make up for last winter...

[huskerlaw]

30. Well, in the very least...

hopefully this will make things slightly less tinder-dry, so we can avoid nasty fires once the Santa Ana's kick up.

I'm game for a wet (relatively) winter. A little green would look nice!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. I think we'll have lots of green...

Time will tell about the Santa Ana's...

We can always hope!

[Pushed To The Left]

32. It's coming down very loudly out here in Santa Ana! n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear Pushed To The Left!

Good!

You guys need it too!

Enjoy, and stay safe, OK?

:hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

33. Raining off and on here, too, CP!

And I like it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear Whoa_Nelly!

That's good, sweetie!

I like it too...

We've been dry waaay too long...:hug:

[Gold Metal Flake]

36. Raining last night and much of the day. Clearly out of character, people were driving carefully.

Man, we need more days like this.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Maybe everyone's so astonished that it slowed them down?

The rain has stopped here, now...

Looks like it's clearing in the west!

Time to get out and shop for dinner!

[JackBeck]

38. We woke up to rain, as well.

And we had plans to go to Six Flags, so we scrapped those.

Now it's just plain muggy outside and in.

We're staying in tonight and watching movies.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear JackBeck...

Your plans sound excellent!

Our rain is done, and I've been out shopping...along with everyone else!

The sky is brilliant...

I'm thinking I'll get out to the beach and get some better photos than I did the other night...

Enjoy your movies!

[Parche]

40. Rain

I have lived in Oregon all my life....and I dont like the rain!!
"Rainy days and Mondays always get me down"
"
:hi:


"There are many things up there, evil and hungry, awesome and splendid. And gentle things, too. Merciful things like rain."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. My dear Parche!

Oh, no wonder you don't like the rain, sweetie...

I probably wouldn't either, if I lived there...

I need the sun a lot...

Lovely quote!

:hug: