Reply #11: Downpours Ride In on a Jet Stream

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More rain has fallen in Los Angeles over the last three months — 15.68 inches — than normally falls in an entire year, making this the wettest start to a rainy season since 1966.

Now, forecasters expect a storm coming from the north and drawing moisture from warmer southern waters to dump up to 15 inches of rain in the mountains and up to 5 inches in Los Angeles beginning today and continuing through the weekend.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-rain7jan07,1,3436977.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&ctrack=1&cset=true

are there any reservoirs to capture this water?

it doesn't rain in southern California ... but, when it does, it pours :)