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OB Bus Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2003 Posts: 2541 Location: Ocean Beach in Beautiful BLUE California
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 34021 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:09 am Post subject: Re: California rains |
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Carpenters' "Rainy Days and Mondays"
Doors' "Riders on the Storm"
Dead's "Box of Rain"
The Who's ambiguously spelled "Love Reign O'er Me"
...and of course the Beatles' "Rain" |
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3333 Location: 802 The Pointless Forrest
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:20 am Post subject: Re: California rains |
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Bert Bacharach
rain drops keep falling on my head _________________ "Albatross"! |
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crofty Judas of the North
Joined: August 09, 2000 Posts: 19672 Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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I dont know about y'all but "I Love a Rainy Night"... _________________ Your Vanagon sucks, Stop waving at me.
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iowegian Samba Curmudgeon
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 9829 Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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56Cabrio Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2008 Posts: 1899 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22670 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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Rain _________________ .ssS! |
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babysnakes Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2008 Posts: 7107
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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Pink Rain? WWPT? |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7635
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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Link
_________________ Keep on Busin'
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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Damn that Xevin... |
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I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
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My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Randall Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2004 Posts: 1403 Location: Orange County, Alta California, El Norte
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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"I Wish It Would Rain" The Temptations (1968) |
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Jon Schmid Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2012 Posts: 2038 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:18 am Post subject: Re: California rains |
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Rhythm Of The Rain... |
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ALLWAGONS Samba Member
Joined: June 03, 2000 Posts: 4190 Location: Pasadena CA/DTLA soon China
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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I wonder if the metereologist who wrote that California was in a Biblical drought feels like an ass right now?. we are closer to breaking the snow pack level record in the Sierras and have several dams that may over flow as they are expected to reach full capacity within days. I know, we had dry spells, ( but in my best British accent narrating African drought stricken animals) But wait..... there is hope! (thunder and lightning in the back ground as rain comes down!!!)
The Metropolitan Water District has declared a drought emergency for all of Southern California after officials announced that conditions on the Colorado River, the Southland’s primary water supply, are dire and getting worse.
Mandatory water restrictions could be implemented as early as next year for an estimated 19 million residents.
NOAA releases California winter weather predictions
“The western North America is in a drought we haven’t seen in 1,200 years. So, it’s not overstating things to say that we’re in a drought of biblical proportions,” said Brad Coffey, a water resource manager with MWD.
Coffey, who represents the nation’s largest water supplier, said that if residents don’t start conserving water now, all of Southern California could experience difficult days this coming spring and summer.
Despite the recent rain and snow, experts say the past three years have been the driest in California history, leaving reservoirs critically low as the state enters its fourth year of drought.
“Think of it as a deficit to a bank account,” Coffey told KTLA’s John Fenoglio. “We’ve spent down our bank account for the past three years, and though we’ve got a little coming in now, we’ve still got a long way to go to make up for what’s happened over the last three years.”
by: Josh DuBose, John Fenoglio _________________ I'd be UNSTOPPABLE if not for Law Enforcement and PHYSICS.
I recycle old cars and parts, other than when I rot, that's as Green as I am going to get.
Thanks to my Tesla driving neighbors, I feel more relaxed driving my SUBURBAN and old VW's.
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 34021 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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The main point is valid that, especially with groundwater, one wet year does not even the balance.
But when they say California reservoirs are down, our own eyes and the state's data call bull$hit on that.
Mead and Powell are the source for MWD, and they are still WAY under normal, and have not benefitted from this year's California bounty.
So we still need to conserve. But there is no need to exaggerate; that only hurts the cause. |
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DesertSasquatchXploration Samba Member
Joined: April 16, 2021 Posts: 547
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:26 am Post subject: Re: California rains |
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I have Onxmaps maps for planning my desert trips and it shows who owns the land LA county owns every river and possible low spot that would collect water clear into NorCal bought almost a 100 years ago. The animated Movie Rango rings so true on how screwed we are. |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31379 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:52 am Post subject: Re: California rains |
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KTPhil wrote: |
The main point is valid that, especially with groundwater, one wet year does not even the balance.
Mead and Powell are the source for MWD, and they are still WAY under normal, and have not benefited from this year's California bounty.
So we still need to conserve. But there is no need to exaggerate; that only hurts the cause. |
Similar in Arizona this year; the Arizona-only reservoirs are full now, so full that water must be simply released/wasted running through Phoenix (doesn't happen too often).
However, the shared-state (California, Arizona, Nevada) Colorado River reservoirs like Lake Mead and Powell are still low like KTPhil mentioned, their supply comes from places like Colorado further east.
Lake Mead got so low that corpses dumped there decades ago were found. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:38 am Post subject: Re: California rains |
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I kinda like the whoos version.or was that clapton?probably clapton with the who.or parts of the who. perhaps all that rain will fill in the fault lines and glue the falts back together...or....make cali island. |
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bigdog1962 Samba Member
Joined: August 11, 2010 Posts: 1586 Location: Augusta, Georgia
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:13 am Post subject: Re: California rains |
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bigdog1962 wrote: |
Jon Schmid wrote: |
Remind me when the next round of tornados hits California. Same with hurricanes. |
From the all knowing Google:
California averages 11 tornados per year, typically in the winter and spring.Jan 10, 2023
Hurricanes/Cyclones are rare. |
The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado “briefly touched down” in an industrial park and warehouse district in the city of Montebello and rated the tornado an EF-1 with estimated peak winds of 110 mph – the strongest tornado to hit the Los Angeles area since 1983. _________________ Oprn wrote: I'm getting to the age that any self propelled woman (no wheel chair or walker) looks HOT!! Oooo! look at that Babe! She made it from the dining room all the way to the TV room without help!! Hubba, hubba!! |
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Jon Schmid Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2012 Posts: 2038 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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bigdog1962 wrote: |
bigdog1962 wrote: |
Jon Schmid wrote: |
Remind me when the next round of tornados hits California. Same with hurricanes. |
From the all knowing Google:
California averages 11 tornados per year, typically in the winter and spring.Jan 10, 2023
Hurricanes/Cyclones are rare. |
The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado “briefly touched down” in an industrial park and warehouse district in the city of Montebello and rated the tornado an EF-1 with estimated peak winds of 110 mph – the strongest tornado to hit the Los Angeles area since 1983. |
Compared to the EF-5 monsters that vacuum Oklahoma on an annual basis, I'll take my chances with an EF-1 "twister" once every 40 years... |
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ALLWAGONS Samba Member
Joined: June 03, 2000 Posts: 4190 Location: Pasadena CA/DTLA soon China
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 11:35 am Post subject: Re: California rains |
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Cusser wrote: |
KTPhil wrote: |
The main point is valid that, especially with groundwater, one wet year does not even the balance.
Mead and Powell are the source for MWD, and they are still WAY under normal, and have not benefited from this year's California bounty.
So we still need to conserve. But there is no need to exaggerate; that only hurts the cause. |
Similar in Arizona this year; the Arizona-only reservoirs are full now, so full that water must be simply released/wasted running through Phoenix (doesn't happen too often).
However, the shared-state (California, Arizona, Nevada) Colorado River reservoirs like Lake Mead and Powell are still low like KTPhil mentioned, their supply comes from places like Colorado further east.
Lake Mead got so low that corpses dumped there decades ago were found. |
The minute we get rain, we should be officially declared out of a drought. Not having enough water to supply the excessive use of water by the people, should be another story. _________________ I'd be UNSTOPPABLE if not for Law Enforcement and PHYSICS.
I recycle old cars and parts, other than when I rot, that's as Green as I am going to get.
Thanks to my Tesla driving neighbors, I feel more relaxed driving my SUBURBAN and old VW's.
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Jon Schmid Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2012 Posts: 2038 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:01 pm Post subject: Re: California rains |
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Headline in today's LA Times: "‘There’s nothing left’: At least 26 killed and dozens injured in Deep South tornadoes" No, thanks. I'll stay away from that sh*t any day... |
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