WTF is with this bleeping weather?

[Hollyw00d]

They don't mean travelling like, hey I'm gonna go on vacation

They mean travelling like, hey we better go get some diesel because the powers out and I don't want to freeze to death

[fan_since79]

Well, I think you want to have all that stuff ready before the storm hits.

[Tank]

Well, I think you want to have all that stuff ready before the storm hits.

 

see Katrina, hurricane, New Orleans.

[Sully151]

How many Californian's have earthquake kits?

[mrwicked]

crazy weather coming to DC today

so ducks game is at 2pm pacific time, woot woot.

[Mark68]

I don't know but I'm starting to peg AO as a glass half-empty kind of guy...

If the glass is half-empty, the glass is too big.

[Slegnaac]

If the glass is half empty it can be refilled. Assuming that you aren't filling it with water.

[Homebrewer]

Well, AO...I'm happy to report that it is raining hard up here... again.

Has been all morning, and will be all night.

So fill your glass, because your tap water is falling on my head.

[gotbeer]

How many Californian's have earthquake kits?

 

Does a 12 pack of beer count?

[Amazing Larry]

Snowboarding in the city.

[Redondo]

Is El Niño wimping out in Southern California? Not quite

 

Los Angeles is facing sunshine and warmth this week even as El Niño remains strong 1,000 to 2,000 miles south of California. It’s the third week without big storms this month. But El Niño is not wimping out. Here's what’s going on:  Why hasn’t El Niño brought us rain already in Los Angeles?

[Angel Oracle]

I'll believe El Niño when I see it.

This is, iirc, record low SoCal precipitation through January for an El Niño.

El Nino's generally contribute to at least 20-25 inches of rain in a SoCal year.

What made this year different from others?

Edited January 26, 2016 by Angel Oracle

[Adam]

You want it too much

[fan_since79]

I don't care anymore about rain. They're getting it up north and that's good news for easing the drought.

 

75 degrees and sunny, and then 50 at night in January? Happy days.

[gotbeer]

yup.  Not disappointed at all.  Rain predicted for Sunday is enough. 

[Gavin]

I'll believe El Niño when I see it.

This is, iirc, record low SoCal precipitation through January for an El Niño.

El Nino's generally contribute to at least 20-25 inches of rain in a SoCal year.

What made this year different from others?

Wrong, two in five El Ninos are drier than normal.

[Hollyw00d]

We call those poor niños

[Mark68]

We call those poor niños

Those are the ones where you see the commercials on TV asking for money.

[Angel Oracle]

Exactly my point though Gavin, if an El Nino can't end the drought, then what WILL end it????

 

I predicted to myself before November started that this would be a dry winter.

Edited January 27, 2016 by Angel Oracle

[Mark68]

One El Nino year will not end the drought. You'd need to have about 3 of them.

 

That ain't happening.

 

Drought is the new normal.

 

Thanks climate change!

[Angel Oracle]

And welcome forever to a SoCal with brown lawns and fairways, water rationing, and lowered water levels in lakes and reservoirs.

That should help the economy long term (yeah, right).

 

At least until desalination is finally utilized.

[arch stanton]

Well SoCal did have a pretty good 50 year run before you people ruined it.

[Gavin]

Exactly my point though Gavin, if an El Nino can't end the drought, then what WILL end it????

 

I predicted to myself before November started that this would be a dry winter.

You're right. We're all going to die. 

[gotbeer]

Just for AO.

 

First significant storm in weeks forecast to hit L.A. Sunday

 

California's snowpack is deepest in five years after recent storms

 

But I'll take the 70 degree weather.

Edited January 28, 2016 by gotbeer

[Hollyw00d]

Looks like that rain is slowing drying up according to weather.com