Northwest, N. Calif., Braces For More Rain and Snow!!!

Again I ask, when all of this fear mongering is for NOT, “Will all of you DOOM Sayers, post about how wrong you were with the same fervor ?” I will be glad to do the same if you are correct, which is only fair..

Luis is just trying to be helpful.

Second, we DON'T get storms like this "every year". In fact, need I remind you that we recently came off of a drought?

Please, let's not generalize here. We wait to see what happens and if what he posted gets people to be prepared, then that is a good thing.

The state's water agency has ALREADY called for a flood watch as a of today, so don't tell me this happens every year because they don't issue flood warnings, across the board, every year.

People don't listen. They don't want to believe terrible things can happen, even as they are happening. They will say it is no biggie, refuse to plan ahead, and then cry when they are stranded without power or supplies...and bitch and moan that nobody warned them...

This is what downtown Nashville looked like after 3 days of steady rain. It flooded all over the city and did billions of damage. Didn't get a lot of media attention because the Gulf well blew a couple of days later.

I`m in cali and in few miles from the coast.

I`m chillin in a trailer in a trailer park and we all know trailer parks always get the worse of things especially flooding.
I`ll keep all abreast of the situation and I`ll post when the water reaches my knees...

blocked storm drains are what caused the flooding which ruined the cars of many people I know from NJ and LI

these people were blocks, sometimes a few miles away from the ocean or a river, fww

better to be safe than sorry

move your car to higher ground and walk back home. it's worth it

jmho, and what I do even around here, because TX is prone to flash flooding

ROFLOL nice...I like the knee part the best...

I LOL'ed

Good advice - and here's to hoping people in the area take warnings to heart rather than thinking they know better and becoming statistics. Flooding is no joke - particularly when it's widespread enough to prevent emergency rescuers from getting to stranded people.

I think this thing is going to be pretty big when you consider the amount of cumulative precip they are forecasting, and I think it is silly to discount warnings because it often storms in California. They are calling it an 'atmospheric river.' Better safe than sorry, IMO...

I admit I could tell this thread was just for drama from the very beginning. I feel wise.

Snark I almost died that day kayaking through the flooded streets of Lebanon

Spent an hour hugging a tree

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You know you're in trouble when the CNN helicopter is recording the speedboats going down the highway within your sights - and if you had a medical emergency there would be no way to get out of your home, even if you could call for help.

Big storms in Cali frequently flood out roads in Northern California, especially in Marin and Sonoma, and in the Sacramento delta.

The idiots who are scorning these warnings are just idiots. Ignore them.

Although we rarely have losses of life, the property damage is horrendous, especially around west Sonoma where the old drain fields have been filled in and turned into quick-profit "developments". The old city, from the 19th century, Guerneville, now floods regularly from even minor storms. Sacramento is very fragile, as are low parts of San Rafael and Novato, which shouldn't have been built in the first place. My coworker once had ocean fish over a foot long swimming through her San Rafael living room. She was ruined financially afterwards when her home was condemned but a high mortgage (yes, as Sandy victims are learning, you still must pay even when the house is gone) and new rent were beyond her and her husbands' combined income ability to pay.

So hope all you guys in California paid attention and have lots of fresh potable water, first aid supplies, and groceries.

Many times the floods knock out power for weeks, and all the refrigerated and frozen food is used or lost, so anyone in those areas needs a non-refrigerated back-up food supply. Canned goods do fine, as it's usually only a couple weeks.

Right now, we just had a break from a couple weeks of rain to the north, and it's starting up again tonight. Oregon/Washington and inland are under the gun again. Got to go make last-minute preparations. Could be months before some areas of our property can be accessed again, without hours of snow plowing.

Looks like SimCity.

Nope - Rocklin is about 20 minutes away from Sac. If the traffic is bad on I-80, then closer to 30-45 minutes.

It's an hour away from Stockton, however....

What storm are you referring to? Lodi hasn't had a flood since the 90's. Trees ripped out of the ground, yes, but only a few in town.

It's like driving off the edge of world here in San Fran...
so fucking weird.

hi there angel helper! The weather has calmed down as far as rain is concerned but now weve got a big freeze happening ,starting today.
Its freezing out there tonight,my heart goes out to all around the world who have lost everything due to these floods.especially with it being so close to christmas,i thank god i havent been affected.england is a beautiful country,the greenary just seems to sprout up everywhere.i live in quite a poor,builtup area but even here the roads are lined with trees and its very tranqual.im sure if you take the trip to visit your daughter,you will love it.we love our american cousins over here and wel make you feel right at home.thankyou for your lovely reply,may the lord make all your paths straight.godbless.

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AccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

Wind has knocked out power to customers near Pacifica, CA in the last hour.

Breaking News Storm‏@breakingstorm

San Francisco airport reporting up to 3-1/2 hour delays on arriving flights due to strong winds, rain - @CBSSF [link to cbsloc.al]

Cern large hadron collider strikes again! Also hit south florida and great britain! 12/21/12 !!!!!

Pacifica is the place where they hold the "maveriks" (sp).

Thats the world surfing championships, I`m suprised they arn`t out there right now catchin them big waves,,

Em guy`s are nuts and wouldn`t think twice about it.

You aren't my m.f'n cousin. Fuck that shit. Fuck the queenie and everything that comes with it neighbor, for real.


Now back to talking the weather and how pretty your ass-fucked brutish country is and.........have a swell day!

Larry?

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After lull, next wave of energy into CA/OR border coast will have winds > hurr force just above surface layer Thur [link to twitter.com]

nonplussed by the first one

I lived in the N/W for years - got tired of the rain & snow - summers r great.

There were years that would have the 100 year storms, looks like u r in one. I also remember the drouths. For now I will stick with the desert S/W, we have had 3-1/2" of rain so far this year, 7" is the average.