Two very bad by products of Thunderstorms in SoCal...

[KitchenWitch]

Wildfires and mudslides.

:cry:

There has been a slide in Modjeska Canyon (about 5 miles as the crow flies from my house). It does not directly affect me, but I feel for those it does.

[Auggie]

1. You had rain? This Northerner is jealous.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Yes we did!

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Is it windy where you are?

The interior East Bay has been a wind tunnel for the last two days.

[Auggie]

8. Yes -- South Napa

But not as bad as I think you're getting. I can't remember it ever being this windy.

[trof]

4. I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

[KitchenWitch]

5. ...

:hi:

[khashka]

6. What is it with SoCal?

All it has to do is sprinkle and you get mudslides! And has there ever been more than a week when you didn't have a wildfire? God must really hate you people :)

Khash.

[KitchenWitch]

7. Well, when all the plants burn, there is nothing to hold the dirt from sliding.

[Brigid]

9. I'm sure I don't have to tell you this, but . . .

stay alert! Who knows, that fire just might decide to change direction. :scared:

[KitchenWitch]

10. Yeah, I know.

:scared:

:cry:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

11. Does it often mudslide out there?

I think I'm right in saying it almost never thunders. :D

[KitchenWitch]

13. Rarely thunders, mudslides depend upon whether the fires have destroyed the vegetation

And the fires last fall destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres.

[NV Whino]

12. Nasty winds up here today

and a couple of fires south of Napa. They closed the freeway and I got stuck in the gridlock on my way to my chiropractor. Half an hour for what would normally take 5 minutes. The good news was, everyone else was late for their appointments, too. Which, I guess, made us all late but on time. :shrug: