voyager Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Labor Day 2023, Nevada flooding. EVELYN! Please check in. Hoping you are safe and dry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I have a friend at Burning Man and my cousin lives in Vegas. Oy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyn Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I'm good. Thank you for checking on me. This is our yearly monsoon season. It used to be like this every year before we hit the major drought we are still in (yes, deserts can have droughts). My area got +/- 2" of rain in under 2 hours. We are on high ground and meet code that requires being able to deal with 100 year floods. Other areas got hammered. The washes are at very high levels. But not overrun. The ground is so dry it can't absorb the volume of rain before low lying areas flood. And older areas that were built before the code are in bad shape. Especially some areas of East Las Vegas and (small areas) of the Strip. Also the underground tunnels where homeless people live (especialy during the summer trying to avoid the heat). Thankfully the city has been strong about evacuating them when possible heavy rainfall is predicted. An example of how dangerous the floods can be...a few years ago a brand new firetruck was out doing a swift water rescue and got swept away. The firemen had to be rescued by a helicopter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 glad you’re ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood10 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 So coming from a place where the media proclaims every rain as the storm of the century, I have to know if you New Yorkers are seriously having a 1,000 year storm. Really? If so, good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) Yeah, it rained...a fucking lot. Actually, we had the rainiest September in something like 100 years. And evidently it rained as much yesterday as it usually does the whole month. If we could only pipe this water to the desert southwest. Edited September 30, 2023 by MitchW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 See the Surrealism of Everyday Life thread for the current and upcoming weather in my part of the Bay Area. Sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 High of 91 here today. TOO HOT for me. No relief until Sunday/Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 10, 2024 Share Posted January 10, 2024 Oh, it just got wet and windy here. I went to the street and my dashiki got soaked. If bad here, worse elsewhere I imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted February 4, 2024 Share Posted February 4, 2024 The wind gusts here are crazy. Lots of local reports of downed trees, as well as at least one downed traffic light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 5, 2024 Share Posted February 5, 2024 Very selfishly, I hope California gets it act together before my birthday trip in early March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted February 5, 2024 Share Posted February 5, 2024 5 hours ago, Wilfrid said: Very selfishly, I hope California gets it act together before my birthday trip in early March. So far in SoCal the atmospheric river seems oversold, but it is very wet and windy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted February 5, 2024 Share Posted February 5, 2024 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted February 6, 2024 Share Posted February 6, 2024 (edited) 22 hours ago, Wilfrid said: Very selfishly, I hope California gets it act together before my birthday trip in early March. I think the worst of it will be gone by then. Edited February 6, 2024 by StephanieL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted February 6, 2024 Share Posted February 6, 2024 17 hours ago, hollywood said: So far in SoCal the atmospheric river seems oversold, but it is very wet and windy. Hope things remain OK for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted February 6, 2024 Share Posted February 6, 2024 Thanks we don't need a real disaster. Our politicos are having too much fun being heroes in the current situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted April 5, 2024 Author Share Posted April 5, 2024 Went to our foothill sanctuary for some spring weather. Got it, but not as hoped. It started snowing as we arrived and dropped 4" in an hour. Husband shoveled the deck, but this fell overnight. It's snowing now. I was planning to pop down the hill to the village store for eggs, but that's so not going to happen now or maybe for several days as our road is not high priority of the snowplows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted April 5, 2024 Share Posted April 5, 2024 I think that's more than we got in NY all winter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted April 5, 2024 Share Posted April 5, 2024 Dang. Not going to complain about yesterday's hail then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted April 10, 2024 Share Posted April 10, 2024 Spectacular day at the New York Botanical Garden. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted April 10, 2024 Share Posted April 10, 2024 7 hours ago, bloviatrix said: Spectacular day at the New York Botanical Garden. Reminding me that we need to use our membership more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted April 10, 2024 Share Posted April 10, 2024 @MitchW - this is the best time of year to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted October 2, 2024 Share Posted October 2, 2024 Good lord, triple digits in October in my part of the East Bay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 After much variability it appears spring has come to LA (also some purported billion dollar budget shortfall). It's sunny and around 70 in the day and cooler at night. Occasionally there's light precipitation, but really light thus far. Traffic at rush hour on the freeways remains a clusterfuck (is everyone heading to Costco or Sam's for toilet paper and eggs?). Folks in the biz worry about tax credits and runaway productions. And there is a strike by video game actors who worry they are being screwed by producers and AI. Some gloat about the inferior production quality (those wigs! that lighting!) and poor casting (why do so many men look alike? why aren't there more extras?) and acting (why is Clifton Davis somnambulant except when he's reading from a teleprompter?) in "Beyond the Gates." Others fear the viewing public will be satisfied with mediocrity. Meanwhile, Tyler Perry adds to his riches via his studio rentals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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