We've been reading and hearing about SoCal rain. Someone should look into that suspicious correlation between big fire events and extra-heavy El Nino precip. Is it just me, or is it true that every giant fiery fall is followed by a giant rainy winter?
In 1964/65, when our family lived in the hills of Glendale, we were evac'd because of fire (dad stayed to fight it with our garden hose, as I remember--houses a few doors up the street were badly damaged). Then, guess what? Bingo! We had big rains that winter causing the hill behind our house to collapse and bury our back yard, swimming pool and all, as we watched dumbfounded from the glass sliders. I think I spent at least a couple weeks taking advantage of the hospitality of school friends till we were allowed to go back home. Then it happened again.
Just sayin'. The Boy's usually chasing a friend of his named El Fuego...
As for us, here, though it seems to rain most days (nearly 30 inches so far), we're still not quite caught up to "average". The good news is that the snow pack was measured at 107% several days ago (collective exhale). And the snow pack is where it's at.
Meanwhile, back on the mean streets of Nevada County, there are folks for whom the weather is the last thing on their minds...
"8:46 a.m.--A man from Highway 20 reported finding a fire extinguisher and a picture of a bear." [Whoa! Slow down, there, cowboy! Start from the beginning...]
"6:28 a.m.--A woman from the 300 block of Bennett Street reported hearing a possible assault or stabbing. Nothing was found. The woman said she might have imagined it again." [again?]
"3:30 a.m.--Officers arrested a man for DUI on the 11000 block of McCourtney Road after they allegedly spotted him driving with a gas pump hose still attached to his car." [Field Sobriety Test=superfluous]
"1:11 p.m.--A caller from Weaver Lake wanted to know what the gun laws are when fishing." [just a quiet, reflective day on the lake, fishing with firearms]
[speaking of firearms...]
"8:42 p.m.--A caller from the 13000 block of Blank Court reported people were firing shots over a wheelbarrow. A person threatened to shoot the caller earlier in the evening over the wheelbarrow. The suspect was leaving in an SUV with the wheelbarrow on top. The caller agreed to put his gun away and would wait for a deputy. Neither party wanted "to be the victim" [Too late. I think they'd both qualify as victims of serious brain loss]
"2:26 p.m.--A caller from Ridge Road and Zion Street reported a 'dog-propelled wheelchair issue.' The person was waiting for the bus." [the ever-present menace of dog-propelled wheelchairs unleashed on the peaceful hamlet of...(sorry)]
"9:11 p.m.--A woman from the 11000 block of Brunswick Drive reported three people running down the road. She believed that it was a little too late to be jogging a this time of night." [the exercise police on duty...]
"5;23 p.m.--A caller from Rattlesnake Road reported a man lying on the side of the road. When the caller went to assist him, the man jumped up and said he 'just scored the winning touchdown for the Raiders and my coach told me to pretend like I am dead.'" [and now it's off to the ol' padded locker room...]
"10:25 a.m.--A woman from Minnesota called to request a welfare check on her sister in the 13000 block of Golden Star Road. She said she called her wheelchair-bound sister and all she heard on the line was panting. The sister was contacted. Her husband had answered the phone and thought it was a telemarketer, so he left the phone off the hook while working out on his exercise machine." [*sigh*]
