Topic: Wicked Weather

[abnormaltoy]

I heard on the radio on the way home that the Cat 4 winds were upgraded to ove 200 mph and going over Donner pass what insane, to say the least.

I have said this before and I will say it again... yeah.. we migh have hurricanes with hurricane force winds but we have WEEKS to prepare for them.

I, for the life of me, can not see any attraction to living in Cali...big ass fires, then mud slides and floods, earthquakes, blizzards, a bazillion cars on the road, loony ass laws...y'all are a different breed.

[Lady Di [OP]]

I, for the life of me, can not see any attraction to living in Cali...big ass fires, then mud slides and floods, earthquakes, blizzards, a bazillion cars on the road, loony ass laws...y'all are a different breed.

And RS moved BACK!

[Shoyrtt]

I, for the life of me, can not see any attraction to living in Cali...big ass fires, then mud slides and floods, earthquakes, blizzards, a bazillion cars on the road, loony ass laws...y'all are a different breed.

But we do have more than a few cool places to wheel and an ample supply of rust free old Toyotas to modify.

[kneedownnate]

Is that just for me?  I went to work hoping to be rebuilding a lower unit for an outboard motor, but instead was told to put on my rain gear and drive a houseboat to another dock...... in gusts up to 80mph   Good times!

[abnormaltoy]

But we do have more than a few cool places to wheel and an ample supply of rust free old Toyotas to modify.

I don't think Az got shorted on that...we don't have the Rubicon.


We get hot. We get a few, much smaller fires, we have our share of old hippies and left wing tofu eaters...but, all in all, we got it made.

[abnormaltoy]

Is that just for me?  I went to work hoping to be rebuilding a lower unit for an outboard motor, but instead was told to put on my rain gear and drive a houseboat to another dock...... in gusts up to 80mph   Good times!

Is that on your..."Honeydew" list? 






Sometimes, I just slay me!

[46&2]

I, for the life of me, can not see any attraction to living in Cali...big ass fires, then mud slides and floods, earthquakes, blizzards, a bazillion cars on the road, loony ass laws...y'all are a different breed.

Just depends on where you live really. I hate all the major cities in CA because I was raised in the hills and deep in the woods. I also live on bedrock (a couple of miles thick) so earthquakes feel more like farts from some fat dude sitting on the floor than EQs. Too many steep hills for floods. Forest fires suck for sure, worry about em every year. Blizzards are a blast!! that means kick ass snow wheeling, EVERYWHERE!

Id rather deal with what i deal with what I have to deal with than deal with tornados, hurricanes, extreme drought, New Orleans style flooding (we dont get floods of that scale here) endless miles of flat ground, people that shop at fontucky fab.....

Dont get me wrong, there is a lot to hate about california but if you find the right place, its paradise

[abnormaltoy]

Maybe one day the separatists will win and there will be a state of Norcal

[46&2]

Maybe one day the separatists will win and there will be a state of Norcal

we already consider ourselves a different state, stay tuned for the CA civil war

(hopefully we can convince the rock brawlers to join our side, though they will be hard to convince since they'd have to abandon the hammers)

[Tool Pimp]

Just wait for "The Big One" then the hammers will be ocean front property 

[Rocksurfer]

The wind just picked up here, I was sitting here posting and boom out of nowhere it started. Won't be too long now before the storm hits. Man it is fricken windy out there, even for where I'm at.

[germ]

Raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock here....

Blowing like a $2 hooker on dollar night.

Cold as a well diggers ass in a snow storm....

That's all from here, will update when the house stops floating and we land

[BigMike]

I'll tell you one thing.. Meteorologists are making a pretty good living at being bad psychics.

[abnormaltoy]

That's all from here, will update when the house stops floating and we land

We're not in Kansas anymore Toto

[Rocksurfer]

Man the wind is unreal here, I'm hearing crap banging on my window, no rain yet.

[germ]

I'll tell you one thing.. Meteorologists are making a pretty good living at being bad psychics.

Can anyone think of a job where you can be wrong so often and still have a job? If I was that incorrect in my predictions, I'd be selling pencils on a street corner!

Erik

[abnormaltoy]

Can anyone think of a job where you can be wrong so often and still have a job? If I was that incorrect in my predictions, I'd be selling pencils on a street corner!

Erik

in a roundabout way...a batter.




or a mamber of congress

[Lady Di [OP]]

How is everyone doing today?

[Rocksurfer]

Very windy and a little rain, that is all.

[red]

snow, winds have basicly died down but expecting 10-16" of snow today, then snow again tomorrow and monday.

[MiniSimp]

Sunny in Tracy.

[Lady Di [OP]]

69* and cloudy here.

[Duffil]

partly cloudy.  no action.

[46&2]

This is what I woke up to. Always a nice sight IMO. Again our snow storms have been pretty weak this year compared to each winter prior to 2005. So far this is the most we have gotten, ended up with about a foot and a half at my house by the end of the day. im at about 3600 feet. Snowed nonstop until about 1 or 2 pm today and it has been on and off up until now. Hoping we get some more but i heard its supposed to die off. Not much snow but its always beautiful and tranquil when all you can hear is the sound of the snow falling







A small break in the storm, second shot is the view off of my back deck, seems the snow was really sporadic at lower elevations.
 




Almost can't tell there is a 4runner under there...almost



This snowstorm was much more easy going compared to the wind/rain storm we got the day before yesterday. Total damage from that storm in the area that I know of so far are: 1 house completely smashed by a huge oak, no injurries luckily. Pretty much everywhere in the county people lost power (i managed to keep mine the entire time though hehe suckers), trees were falling over left and right, most of them onto roads (something like 15-25 full sized trees toppled on roads alone). Massive branches were literally covering every road that ran in the vicinity of any kind of tree, lots of chaos (idiot drivers, ect). I guess the best estimate of the winds that hit my area were between 65-80 MPH gusts which is probably some of the nastiest winds I can remember, save one or two other times.

Also some other shitty storm-related news.... my girlfriend's parents had been remodeling their house way out of town and had been living in a 35 foot trailer on the property until the work was done. Unfortunatly they lost power and their water lines froze so they were staying at a hotel in town.

Not only did a large pine fall on their deck (which we had already replaced ) but a bear tore the door of their trailer and tore the interior apart. there is practically nothing salvageable in the trailer. Miraculously, their cat which had stayed behind at the trailer survived. at its a 13 year old cat!! Pretty lucky little feline. so that is a big bummer. definitely one of the nastiest storms to roll through these parts in a while.

[abnormaltoy]

That's a hell of a view in that bottom shot.

[46&2]

That's a hell of a view in that bottom shot.

That it is. On a crystal clear day (no clouds, no smog from the sac valley) we can see about 25-30 miles out.

[Rocksurfer]

WIND!!! 

[46&2]

WIND SUCKS!!!

there ya go

[Rocksurfer]

WIND!!! 

I guess it's starting to rain now, and there is a big pile of snow in my driveway.

[Gittinit]

whats up with the nan thingy made of snow on the hood of the runner?