billvon 2,476 #1 February 22, 2005 After weeks of rain, we thought it would be clear for a while. Turned out not to be. We got some really cool sunsets for a few days, but as it turned out, they were just warnings of things to come. It rained basically from Friday night through today, and they're expecting more rain tonight. Everything that can flood has flooded. See pictures below. The road that always floods is now just gone, and canyons that have been dry for years have rivers running through them. The river in the 'canyon' pictures below is usually bone-dry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,476 #2 February 22, 2005 One more: (another usually dry canyon) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #3 February 22, 2005 I hope Southern Cal dries out a little by this coming weekend. I'll be in Perris Valley for another round of canopy coaching and well it's hard to do it right if Mother Nature is being a bitch. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 February 22, 2005 I've been trying to keep up with the rain and storms going through cali, but do you have the total rainfall amounts for your area? Its too bad that El Nino hates us so much and that yall don't have storm sewers and such to help with this sort of thing.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 1 #5 February 22, 2005 Holy Crap!!!!! I had heard that it was still pouring out there... How is the Perris area fairing in this crap? I know they got a bunch of the crap too in Nov just before the Camp...and it was a mud bowl at the camp in Nov.She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #6 February 22, 2005 Wow, that's a lot of rain... We've had a lot too... We have a river behind our house that is usually just a dry creek bed... Oh, and there's something funky about that last picture (canyon2), or maybe my eyes are just blurry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #7 February 22, 2005 Eek!!! Get your flippers out!!!There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #8 February 22, 2005 yeah... next stop for the rain...Eloy. I need life jackets for my dogs.Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
legalart 0 #9 February 22, 2005 The paper this morning says 18.33 inches. Fifth highest in San Diego history. Records kept from 1890. (Correction records kept from 1850). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 February 22, 2005 For most of the US 18" in a month isn't too bad, it just sucks, but in Cali...wow, suck it up.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #11 February 22, 2005 Are you referring to the white line in mid-stream? Kinda looks like a black-topped road with a white line under water??? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #12 February 22, 2005 So that's where all our rain went! It's been dry as dust here for the past week and a half, and is projected to last until the coming weekend! mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #13 February 22, 2005 QuoteAre you referring to the white line in mid-stream? Kinda looks like a black-topped road with a white line under water??? On my screen the picture is all pixelated so that I can't really tell what it is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,476 #14 February 22, 2005 >Oh, and there's something funky about that last picture (canyon2), > or maybe my eyes are just blurry. I had to compress it so much to get it under the 100k limit that it lost color resolution, so you're seeing very few color levels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,476 #15 February 22, 2005 >and that yall don't have storm sewers and such to help with this sort of thing. For the most part we do. But nobody cares much about keeping them clear of sand and debris etc until it rains and then it's too late. Most of the damage we've been getting hasn't been due to standing (or even running) water - it's been hills that get saturated and start to slide. I had a landslide happen right next to me on the highway the other day. It was so waterlogged that a chunk of the hill just detached and started sliding. It barely made it to the right lane, fortunately. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #16 February 22, 2005 Quote>Oh, and there's something funky about that last picture (canyon2), > or maybe my eyes are just blurry. I had to compress it so much to get it under the 100k limit that it lost color resolution, so you're seeing very few color levels. That's what I thought... probably would have worked better to resize the dimensions (but I'm sure you know that). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #17 February 22, 2005 Hmmm...and here I was reading some report on the 'net that was talking about the complete lack of a proper storm sewer system. As for the mudslides, I'm going to have to my civil engineering fiance to explain to me what is done in TX to prevent those (besides the obvious soil composition for most of TX compared to SoCal). All of this weather making you want a heavy 4x4?--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #18 February 22, 2005 QuoteHmmm...and here I was reading some report on the 'net that was talking about the complete lack of a proper storm sewer system. I have been really impressed with the drainage system where I live (sort of close to Perris). With as much rain as we have had, I'm surprised we haven't had any flooding... but I'm pretty sure that is due to the way this subdivision was built. (And maybe I shouldn't be speaking too soon since the rain is not over yet!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #19 February 22, 2005 Yeah this rain is insane, I'm not liking it to much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
laurie 0 #20 February 22, 2005 From the bottom steps of the Bombshelter across the runway to the landing area was pure water. It's going to take some time to dry out!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyD 0 #21 February 22, 2005 Is the canyon 1 pic Old Lopez Road going down into Penasquitos Canyon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,476 #22 February 22, 2005 >was talking about the complete lack of a proper storm sewer system. Well, the picture labeled "train station" basically _is_ a storm sewer; it was just being used as a construction road too (hence the road leading into it.) Remember the big race in the movie version of Grease? That was filmed in an LA stormwater canal. If anything, a lot of the problems we have is that people consider them access roads 11 months out of the year, and every year construction equipment/trash/even people get washed away when the rains come. >All of this weather making you want a heavy 4x4? Nope! The vehicles flipped over on the side of the road around here are primarily SUV's; their high CG makes them roll-prone when involved in the minor accidents we see here during the rains. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #23 February 22, 2005 Heard on the news this AM that this could go down as the wettest month for you guys (over a 122 year period). They talked about the landslides and how someone's pool slid down the entire hill. Curious - were those hillsides prone to flooding and slides before they were urbanized?_________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 1 #24 February 22, 2005 QuoteFrom the bottom steps of the Bombshelter across the runway to the landing area was pure water. It's going to take some time to dry out!!! Oh man Hopefully nothing has been damaged.She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,476 #25 February 22, 2005 >Is the canyon 1 pic Old Lopez Road going down into Penasquitos Canyon? No; it's little penasqitos near the Camino Santa Fe overpass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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