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		Californians ask for help identifying this weird and terrifying substance dripping from the sky (theguardian.com)		65
		More: Misc, Precipitation, California, Wind, United States, huge Pacific storm, Tropical cyclone, Meteorology, Rain

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cretinbob

3 days ago

That's going to be more than just a little rain

blender61

3 days ago

For the first time in 1 1/2 years my house received more than .03" of an inch in 24hrs. They say we have more on the way.

I'm in L.A.

Sarah Jessica Farker

3 days ago

I'm just north of San José and we got some rain the night before last from which the ground is still damp.

We're expecting much, much more rain by tomorrow and into Monday.

make me some tea

3 days ago

LMAO at the headline

Uchiha_Cycliste

3 days ago

I'm hoping to go for a run tomorrow in it. Get myself up to monument peak or mission peak. Should be a blast.

Sarah Jessica Farker

3 days ago

The San Francisco 49ers are playing the Indianapolis Colts tomorrow here at home in Santa Clara starting at local 5:20 pm. That's gonna be W E T.

AppleOptionEsc

3 days ago

Incoming mudslide articles.

AK_Mabuhay

3 days ago

It never rains in California, but girl don't they warn ya
It pours, man it pours

jaivirtualcard

3 days ago

Madman drummers bummers

3 days ago

"Lord, please end this drought."

*torrential rainfall causes mudslides*

"Not like that!"

iheartscotch

3 days ago

It's Perrier or, possibly, La Croix.

Barnhawk72

3 days ago

The mudslides will like totally take out PCH! Better take the 405 to the 5!

Walker

3 days ago

It's pee.

puffy999

3 days ago

It is gonna be wet

Mad_Radhu

3 days ago

MrHormel

3 days ago

FleshMonkey

3 days ago

Uchiha_Cycliste: I'm hoping to go for a run tomorrow in it. Get myself up to monument peak or mission peak. Should be a blast.

Start a discussion thread about it when you get back.
I want to hear about the experience.

I might walk my kids in it tomorrow. I will share too.

HighZoolander

3 days ago

Barnhawk72: [Fark user image 425x275]
The mudslides will like totally take out PCH! Better take the 405 to the 5!

Are you crazy? At this time of day it's gonna be jammed.

waxbeans

3 days ago

Quick make a West Coast virgin of Taxi Driver, with Ryan Reynolds playing the killer.

Archie Goodwin

3 days ago

Wedding planners disconsolate.

Uchiha_Cycliste

3 days ago

FleshMonkey: Uchiha_Cycliste: I'm hoping to go for a run tomorrow in it. Get myself up to monument peak or mission peak. Should be a blast.

Start a discussion thread about it when you get back.
I want to hear about the experience.

I might walk my kids in it tomorrow. I will share too.

If i get out there, I'll try.

ImpendingCynic

3 days ago

Madman drummers bummers: "Lord, please end this drought."

*torrential rainfall causes mudslides*

"Not like that!"

We need the mudslides. If we can't bring water to the brush, we bring the brush to the water.

chucknasty

3 days ago

AppleOptionEsc: Incoming mudslide articles.

here in PDX we get a bunch of rain (as opposed to the usual constant sprinkles) and it softens the ground then the wind comes in and big trees start falling over. looks like we are shaping up for that since it has been raining hard and will continue for a week then bomb cyclone winds come in.
good bye power, it was nice knowing you. should be fun.

RoboZombie

3 days ago

I'm driving from Santa Cruz to the north bay tomorrow. Going on highway to avoid the mountain, but may just get pulled out into the ocean

hlehmann

3 days ago

Relax, it ain't gonna happen till the morning commute on Monday, when you poor suckers that aren't working from home have to deal with the 101/405 interchange. Sucks to be you.

Lorelle

3 days ago

Yay! I won't have to wash my car or water the lawn this week.

Nirbo

3 days ago

The last time California was this wet <insert liberal joke here>!

SwiftFox

3 days ago

Tick activation juice

Resident Muslim

3 days ago

Uchiha_Cycliste: I'm hoping to go for a run tomorrow in it. Get myself up to monument peak or mission peak. Should be a blast.

"I'm ~~singing~~ running in the rain"
Hmm...doesn't have the same ring to it.

/some of my most engraved memories include walking/sitting in the rain
//getting completely soaked
///and once just opening the patio sliding door and sitting watching a thunderstorm. Very hard to compete with Midwest thunderstorms.

Resident Muslim

3 days ago

Sarah Jessica Farker: The San Francisco 49ers are playing the Indianapolis Colts tomorrow here at home in Santa Clara starting at local 5:20 pm. That's gonna be W E T.

I just hope no one gets shot.

/obscure?
//nah, not obscure
//just really, really old

waxbeans

3 days ago

Nirbo: The last time California was this wet <insert liberal joke here>!

Ron got shot? [Too soon?]

parasol

3 days ago

Madman drummers bummers: "Lord, please end this drought."

*torrential rainfall causes mudslides*

"Not like that!"

lol

When I was a teen I travelled to California to visit family there.
We'd had a long dry spell here and my departing words to mom were "Hope it rains soon!"

It started to rain here that afternoon and did so, nearly non stop, for two weeks, major floods, all while I was laying out worshiping the sun out west. Came home with a tan and was told to never wish for rain again.

"Not like that" indeed.

Glad CA's getting some water but hoping it heals more than it hurts.

Sarah Jessica Farker

3 days ago

Resident Muslim: Sarah Jessica Farker: The San Francisco 49ers are playing the Indianapolis Colts tomorrow here at home in Santa Clara starting at local 5:20 pm. That's gonna be W E T.

I just hope no one gets shot.

/obscure?
//nah, not obscure
//just really, really old

Mr SJF and I got our Pfizer shots at Levi's Stadium. Our second round shots were given to us in the visitor's locker room, so it was pretty cool.

Madman drummers bummers

3 days ago

parasol: Madman drummers bummers: "Lord, please end this drought."

*torrential rainfall causes mudslides*

"Not like that!"

lol

When I was a teen I travelled to California to visit family there.
We'd had a long dry spell here and my departing words to mom were "Hope it rains soon!"

It started to rain here that afternoon and did so, nearly non stop, for two weeks, major floods, all while I was laying out worshiping the sun out west. Came home with a tan and was told to never wish for rain again.

"Not like that" indeed.

Glad CA's getting some water but hoping it heals more than it hurts.

Yeah, in the Before Time, I'd go to California once a year, in December. One time, after a full year's drought, it picked the day my plane landed to start pouring down rain.

This also works in Vegas. It's in a freakin' desert, but half the time when I go there, it rains.

Since it became difficult-to-impossible to travel cross-country, the Cali drought is my fault, obviously. But I'm not there now so I can't explain the torrent.

OgreMagi

3 days ago

Barnhawk72: [Fark user image 425x275]
The mudslides will like totally take out PCH! Better take the 405 to the 5!

That's actually sound advice.

AppleOptionEsc

3 days ago

Madman drummers bummers: parasol: Madman drummers bummers: "Lord, please end this drought."

*torrential rainfall causes mudslides*

"Not like that!"

lol

When I was a teen I travelled to California to visit family there.
We'd had a long dry spell here and my departing words to mom were "Hope it rains soon!"

It started to rain here that afternoon and did so, nearly non stop, for two weeks, major floods, all while I was laying out worshiping the sun out west. Came home with a tan and was told to never wish for rain again.

"Not like that" indeed.

Glad CA's getting some water but hoping it heals more than it hurts.

Yeah, in the Before Time, I'd go to California once a year, in December. One time, after a full year's drought, it picked the day my plane landed to start pouring down rain.

This also works in Vegas. It's in a freakin' desert, but half the time when I go there, it rains.

Since it became difficult-to-impossible to travel cross-country, the Cali drought is my fault, obviously. But I'm not there now so I can't explain the torrent.

Sometimes when you haven't visited someone in a while, it builds up and you gotta let it go. When it rains it, pours...

You should give la Niña a call and see how she is doing next time.

shamen123

3 days ago

If i lived in any area downstream of a famous california crumbling dam, I'd be about visiting out of state with all of my valuables about now.

lifeslammer

3 days ago

Oh noes, all those poor homes on hillsides might be washed away

DigitalDirt

3 days ago

Back in the 80's they sprayed Malathion on Southern California to kill fruit flies. Your car was covered in sticky poison dots every morning.

There was a fleet of helicopters flying at night dropping this stuff, they did tell us to stay inside. Now people complain about a simple thing like wearing a mask.

DigitalDirt

3 days ago

chucknasty: AppleOptionEsc: Incoming mudslide articles.

here in PDX we get a bunch of rain (as opposed to the usual constant sprinkles) and it softens the ground then the wind comes in and big trees start falling over. looks like we are shaping up for that since it has been raining hard and will continue for a week then bomb cyclone winds come in.
good bye power, it was nice knowing you. should be fun.

PDX is not what you may think.

AcronymDefinition
PDXPriority Document Exchange (US DOC)
PDXPerformance Driving Experience (cars)
PDXPhone Data Exchange
PDXPdf Index File
PDXParadox File
PDXPrinter Description Extension
PDXProduct Data Exchange (file name extension; XML technology)
PDXParadox Files (file name extension)
PDXPrimary Diagnosis
PDXProduct Definition Exchange
PDXProfessional Development Exchange (various organizations)
PDXPhone Data Exchange (Proxon)
PDXPrinter Description eXtension (file)
PDXPortland, OR, USA - Portland International Airport (Airport Code)
PDXPlanet Deus Ex (gaming)
PDXPlay Dog Excellent (Chattanooga, TN)
PDXPre-Deployment Exercise
PDXPrivate Data Exchange

Gyrfalcon

3 days ago

If we ever get more rain than I've seen in 57 years of living here, I'll be sure to let you know.

Right now, it's just not that amazing.

Tom Marvolo Bombadil

3 days ago

lifeslammer: Oh noes, all those poor homes on hillsides might be washed away

That's why many hobbits build their houses into the hillside to add structural reinforcement.

I Swear I'll Jump

3 days ago

Hey, I'll have you know that in the seventies, it snowed for five whole minutes. I said to my friend, hey, look at the dirt falling from the sky. Turns out it was snow, and my friend had a filthy windshield.

Gyrfalcon

3 days ago

Tom Marvolo Bombadil: lifeslammer: Oh noes, all those poor homes on hillsides might be washed away

That's why many hobbits build their houses into the hillside to add structural reinforcement.

Username checks out.

Soulless Carbon Rod

3 days ago

If it was possible to trade weather Berlin and L. A. could be best trade partners.

Mock26

3 days ago

skybird659

3 days ago

Looking forward to it. I live downhill from 2 major fires last year. (Carmel and River) and would still rather deal with debris flow than another dry winter.
Let it rain!
O please oh please oh please!

chucknasty

3 days ago

DigitalDirt: chucknasty: AppleOptionEsc: Incoming mudslide articles.

here in PDX we get a bunch of rain (as opposed to the usual constant sprinkles) and it softens the ground then the wind comes in and big trees start falling over. looks like we are shaping up for that since it has been raining hard and will continue for a week then bomb cyclone winds come in.
good bye power, it was nice knowing you. should be fun.

PDX is not what you may think.

AcronymDefinition
PDXPriority Document Exchange (US DOC)
PDXPerformance Driving Experience (cars)
PDXPhone Data Exchange
PDXPdf Index File
PDXParadox File
PDXPrinter Description Extension
PDXProduct Data Exchange (file name extension; XML technology)
PDXParadox Files (file name extension)
PDXPrimary Diagnosis
PDXProduct Definition Exchange
PDXProfessional Development Exchange (various organizations)
PDXPhone Data Exchange (Proxon)
PDXPrinter Description eXtension (file)
PDXPortland, OR, USA - Portland International Airport (Airport Code)
PDXPlanet Deus Ex (gaming)
PDXPlay Dog Excellent (Chattanooga, TN)
PDXPre-Deployment Exercise
PDXPrivate Data Exchange

you missed one: a differentiation between Portland, OR and Portland, ME. and yes, only city I lived in that identifies with the airport code but here we are. do I need to get PDXBarista in here?

The Smails Kid

3 days ago

chucknasty: only city I lived in that identifies with the airport code

Say you've never lived in Toronto without saying, "I've never lived in Toronto."

Low Budget Dave

3 days ago

Most people don't realize that the "atmospheric river" can bring you the same storm every day for weeks at a time.

There are a few photos from 1852, where parts of Central Valley were under 30 feet of water.

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