Torrential rain in Los Angeles!

[Liberal_in_LA]

It's been pouring for 12 straight hours!

we are not use to wet stuff falling from the skies

[slackmaster]

1. Nothing in San Diego yet, just some wind (probably pre-frontal so it's coming)

:scared:

[itsrobert]

2. Not getting much in Carlsbad

Need to plant some tomatoes.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Indeed!

The first day of spring, and what's it doing?

Behaving like winter, damn it!

I'm really glad I don't have to go out today...

:hi:

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. I went out. Got soaked just getting to car. streets flooded.

[Journeyman]

5. Weird. I'm in Long Beach, haven't seen anything but cold wind and drizzle all day. . .

[Kali]

6. I'll take it (SE AZ)

hope we get some tomorrow (got about a 30% chance - not too good)

[AsahinaKimi]

7. NOW you get it...

Northern California has had it for THREE days now. My clothing is still soaked.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. ahhh...so you sent the clouds our way

[AsahinaKimi]

13. Caught me!!

Yes, I was standing on my roof huffing and puffing the clouds South!! It worked!!
:hi:

[Initech]

8. Um, I live 40 min from LA and it's barely sprinkling here.

I love how the weather gets so blown out of proportion here. :rofl:

[zappaman]

20. Good for you

It's been pouring with heavy winds here in Venice for the last 10 hours or so.
Power just came back on after being blown out an hour ago.
I love how people don't understand that 40 min can make a big difference in weather here.
:rofl:

[Adsos Letter]

9. We've been getting hammered up here in the SF area.

supposed to continue all week up here.

[AsahinaKimi]

18. Hi neighbor!!

San Fran resident here! :hi:

[Adsos Letter]

29. Hi back atcha'!!

Fairfield here! :hi:

[murielm99]

11. Haven't you guys been suffering a drought?

Of course, getting it all at once is no good.

[kestrel91316]

12. We had way too much rain all fall, and then as soon as New Year's rolled around it stopped cold,

right when the rain normally starts in seriousness. And it's been boring, though windy and cold, until now.

Making up for lost time today, that's for sure!

[CommonSensePLZ]

14. Isn't that a seasonal monsoon thing? ~nt

[shanti]

15. it was up here in sac

all thru last night - enjoy! ;-)

[Beaverhausen]

16. We even had one loud boom of thunder earlier!

it pours, man it pours. But we need it, so it's a good thing. Glad I don't have to go out today.

[IcyPeas]

17. and today was the los angeles marathon...

some of the runners apparently thought it was great.... others said they were cold which made them a bit stiff.

I just went out because I absolutely needed milk and there are some traffic lights out and you couldn't drive on the right side of the boulevard due to flooding especially at intersections. but I HAD to go out.....

[Cleita]

19. We already got it here. Hoping that the hillsides hang

in there and aren't too water soaked. My kitty is really in high dander and blames me for not turning the shower off like I do in the bathroom.

[DiverDave]

21. I was thinking the same thing

those houses on the hillsides, course we (the taxpayers) will pay them if they go down.
The loss of life aint funny either, they shouldnt be allowed to build in those places.

Just stay dry you guys.

[K8-EEE]

22. Can't remember the last time it rained like this! nt

[Raine]

24. A solid week before last Christmas it rained

here in coastal Los Angeles County, heavy and continually.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. At the end of december

http://nadinbrzezinski.posterous.com/a-few-more-images

THere are photos there from the great flood of 2010

[PlanetBev]

23. Been pouring in Thousand Oaks for hours

Some thunder and lightening and very windy. There are broken branches all over the streets.

[hfojvt]

25. it's not the water, it's the plutonium in the water

:hide:

[gateley]

34. Bwah! nt

[Raine]

26. A nice refreshing change

I love the rain ... that's why my screen name. :-)

[david13]

27. I'm in Lomita. Mostly light rain. And intermittent. However, I did

go downtown, Philippe's and Echo Park, and it did pour like crazy coming back. Mostly in the south LA area. Then I went to Manhattan Beach, and moderate continuous rain over there.
One thing I have found about Los Angeles, after my 60 odd years here, not always all year, is that different parts of the city get different amounts of rain. It's a big city.
dc

[zappaman]

28. la rain gauge

http://dpw.lacounty.gov/wrd/precip/alert_rain/index.cfm?cont=24hr.cfm

[jillan]

30. Supposed to be hitting Phoenix tomorrow.

[Paradoxical]

31. It's suppose to hit Phoenix tomorrow.

I'm waiting.

[JI7]

32. i wish we got this rain back in february when we had those warm days

at least we do seem to be getting rain these days

[Codeine]

35. Only light rain here in the Inland Empire.

Wonder if we'll get the big stuff?

[IDemo]

40. Inland Empire?

Where is that? I spent my childhood in Orange County, but that was over forty years ago. :hi:

[Codeine]

42. Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Generally the area before you hit the high desert, so basically east of OC.

[IDemo]

46. Are Anza, Idyllwild or Hemet anywhere in that area?

I have relatives there.

[Codeine]

47. Near there.

The IE is pretty much smack in between that area and OC. People in LA and OC probably would consider Hemet and Idyllwild as part of the Inland Empire, but the locals would disagree as that area is trying to hold on to it's rural roots; the IE has tuned into one gigantic housing development for people who can't afford homes nearer the coast.

[calimary]

43. Drive east on the 10. Once you're past downtown, you're on your way.

Includes Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (thanks Codeine :hi: ). Parts east of L.A.-proper. And if you get to Palm Springs you've gone too far.

Flash flood watches issued for Santa Monica, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Mandeville Canyon, Agoura, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Topanga Canyon & Santa Monica Mountains etc. High surf advisory up to 8 feet. Big stuff. Wow - they're talking about an inch-and-a-half to TWO inches of rain per hour. That's a lot for these dry parts. We've been in drought conditions for years now. Snow levels expected to bottom out at 4,000 feet in the local mountains.

We get a break on Tuesday and then more is expected in on Wednesday and on into next weekend - according to the latest forecast.

EVERYBODY STAY AWAY-AWAY-AWAY FROM THE LA RIVER!!!!

[Blue-Jay]

36. History indicates that this might be the end of the world.

Check out my awesome blog for proof.

(OK, I don't really have a blog)

[whistler162]

37. This can't be true since everyone knows.....

that it never rains in Southern California.

[Johonny]

38. I blame the supermoon

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. Here's the link for NOAA's weather map:

http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/pacsouthwest_loop.php

[calimary]

41. Yeah, no shit. An emergency broadcast alert just interrupted the programming on KTLA.

My husband and I realized it's the first and only actual alert that we've ever heard. Santa Monica and Malibu - flooding expected. They're saying stay away, danger. Yikes.

It has been pouring since the wee hours here in West LA. And I'm writing this at just a few minutes before 6pm Sunday evening.

And on top of that, some of the local streets were already impassable because they were blocked off for the LA Marathon. Wonder how THAT managed, on a day like this! I was talking to a couple of our son's friends just awhile ago and saying how glad I was that I hadn't tried to book his band to play for the Marathon. They've played marathons before. This would have been just murder. And nobody around here knows how to drive anymore, anyway, particularly when it's raining.

The wind's been blowing, too. So sometimes the rain comes down at a diagonal.

[highplainsdem]

44. Re the Marathon -- LAT blog says "thousands evaluated for hypothermia"

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/03/la-marathon-thousands-evaluated-for-hypothermia.html

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L.A. Marathon: Thousands evaluated for hypothermia
March 20, 2011 | 4:58 pm


Thousands of runners at the Los Angeles Marathon have been evaluated for hypothermia and 25 have been transported to local hospitals, according to Santa Monica fire Capt. Judah Mitchell.

"Most of them sat and recovered on their own," Mitchell said.

At 4:40 p.m., he said around 70% of runners have completed the 26.2-mile race from Dodger Stadium to Ocean Avenue and California Avenue in Santa Monica. There were 23,542 entrants, 9.6% less than last year. The number of people who showed up to run, though, has not yet been released.

The runners battled torrential rains and shin-deep puddles. About 1.72 inches of rain have fallen in Santa Monica and downtown while two inches of rain have fallen in Beverly Hills.

[calimary]

45. God I'm glad I didn't try to book the band for this...

Whew! That would have been bad. And they'd all probably have colds by tonight.

[Richard D]

48. I'm in the middle of the worst of it.

My car is on one side of an overflowing creek, I'm on the other.

[Liberal_in_LA]

49. take care. It's coming down pretty hard in Encino right now