Red Ring Tupperware Party, Autumnal Equinoctal Edition (24)

solepatch wrote in post #17324510
The town I grew up in flooded really bad in 1997 before we got flood walls. I can distinctly remember watching a guy in a John boat running people around to see if they could save things from their houses.

When we bought our house the insurance company wanted to pay to find out if it's in a flood plane. I said we live in the desert on a hill, if it floods my house, the house will be the last thing I am concerned about considering 99.9% of the town will be under about 100 feet of water.

5+ inches is not unusual around here. That can happen in about an hour. Thing is that we get 5" then nothing for 2 months. Need to spread it out. This year though, almost nothing. From what the weather guys keep saying, we are into year 5 of the drought. Ground moisture is almost non-existent.

It's been sunny with highs in the mid 60's, and will be for the next couple days. I'd love to get some rain and clouds. This ain't November weather

gjl711 wrote in post #17324516
5+ inches is not unusual around here. That can happen in about an hour. Thing is that we get 5" then nothing for 2 months. Need to spread it out. This year though, almost nothing. From what the weather guys keep saying, we are into year 5 of the drought. Ground moisture is almost non-existent.

ahhh, see a few days ago, we had snow, we are nicely saturated. there was just no more room at the inn for the water - as opposed to the ground being so hard and the water running off it.

oh and the rain was constant for 24-36 hrs, not a short sharp storm...

There has got to be a way to move water around from places with too much to places with too little.

gjl711 wrote in post #17324623
There has got to be a way to move water around from places with too much to places with too little.

the chinese have the mega piping system to take water from the yellow river up north towards beijing, because of the drought up there... doesn't help that the gobi desert is slowly moving easterly towards beijing every day...

but they have that...

Edit - here it is:

http://en.wikipedia.or​g …th_Water_Transf​er_Project

Canadian parking job :


https://autos.yahoo.co​m …e--youtube-162937532.html

People like that need to be beat with a stick. If you are not capable of driving properly, you should not be allowed to drive.

LV Moose wrote in post #17324847
Canadian parking job :


https://autos.yahoo.co​m …e--youtube-162937532.html

I'm pretty sure that's normal around here.

That is something that my niece would do!

Whenever I travel up the coast, I make it a point to drive Highway 1 between Carmel and Morro Bay in at least one direction, if not both.

^ Very nice John. I love the CA coast. Especially around Big Sur.

A bit windy here today... Not too far out of town.

Traci_Ann wrote in post #17325101
A bit windy here today... Not too far out of town.

notice the wheel marks on the road to try to control it all, before the wind proved too strong.