The rains have come!!!

[Cleita]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. They aren't here yet, in LA.

You must be further north.

Enjoy!

[Cleita]

5. Yep. San Luis Obispo County.

You'll be getting them in an hour or two.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thanks! I hope so. n/t

[babylonsister]

2. My sister lives

in Rosarito, MX; she just sent me the same message. Good stuff...finally!

[antiquie]

3. I put the rain barrels out.

[shenmue]

4. Hooray!

[Warpy]

6. Good, I thought that one looked like it had a little punch to it

Thunderstorms here on Sunday/Monday.

[petronius]

8. Sure is great, but I feel bad for the trick-or-treaters

We only got one, being driven around by his parents.

But sitting on the porch, hearing the rain, feeling the wet gusts, and smelling that wet pavement is something I've been waiting for for a long time...

[Cleita]

16. Yeah, I feel sorry that it had to be tonight.

Mother Nature seems to be a prankster too.

[pinboy3niner]

9. I hope the Ark is ready!

And here I was expecting it would be a Zombie Apocalypse!

[Triana]

10. So I hear from Rio Vista. n/t

[pinto]

11. Just woke up from a nap to the sound of rain running off the roof!

Steady rain. Yeah!

[Cleita]

12. And I no sooner posted this than the power went out.

It seems PG & E were slacking in maintaining the equipment during the drought, so a switch rotted or something like that. It's been out this long because their maintenance crew had to head down here from Cayucas. I hope they maintain the nuclear power plant better than this.

[TeamPooka]

13. any rain is good rain! nt

[KamaAina]

14. Did they have to come right during the Giants parade?

[Cleita]

15. Bummer for the fans.

Look to the greater good though.

[KamaAina]

17. The greater good could just as easily have happened tomorrow

edit: It's actually their fault. They could have closed the Boils out on Tuesday and had the parade Thursday, in fine weather.

[Retrograde]

18. I think they just wanted one more day of KC barbecue

not that I blame them. Thursday started out nice, but got quite chilly by about 1 - at least out in the avenues.

[KamaAina]

26. Barbecue is just as easily obtained in Oakland

[JayhawkSD]

19. Ironic.

San Diego will get the rain on the day that it finally begins mandatory landscape irrigation limits.

[Cleita]

20. Uh oh, many accidents on the 101 from cars hydro planing.

No reports of injuries or fatalities yet.

[MoonchildCA]

21. It's beautiful!

Ventura here--still raining, but it really poured hard for a good 20 or 30 minutes, starting about an hour ago. In October, that's early. I hope it's a sign of things to come...

[proud patriot]

22. I sure hope it continues

For Californians

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. It finally arrived about an hour ago, here in the South Bay, south of LAX.

The wind was blowing hard and it kept me awake.

All in a good cause, however!

[Sedona]

24. Pre-dawn: nice steady rain in Culver City

[mackerel]

25. We had more of a drizzle in Stockton and Lodi. Everything is all dried up today.

Liked it never rained at all. The temps aren't even down.