WTF is with this bleeping weather?

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, katie said:

Rain’s really starting to pick up now here. It’s been steady since I woke up at like 5:30am. No wind though. Radar says the worst of it will be here between 2 and 3.

In South OC it picked up for like 15 minutes an hour ago, then went back to drizzling. No wind yet either.

[Jay]

You guys had an earthquake?

[T.G.]

8 minutes ago, Jay said:

You guys had an earthquake?

Not that I know of 

[PattyD22]

10 minutes ago, Jay said:

You guys had an earthquake?

Yea.  5.1 centered near Ojai in Ventura County.

[gotbeer]

9 minutes ago, Jay said:

You guys had an earthquake?

It was Hillary making landfall.

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area

I guess so.  Didn't feel it for it being so large and close though.  At least for me, since I'm in the west side.  Maybe @Tank felt it in his area.

[Taylor]

I didn't feel the earthquake. 

[katie]

Just started raining harder again. 

Edited August 20, 2023 by katie

[Tank]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

It was Hillary making landfall.

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area

I guess so.  Didn't feel it for it being so large and close though.  At least for me, since I'm in the west side.  Maybe @Tank felt it in his area.

didn't feel a thing. ojai is quite a ways away from me.

my daughter is super sensitive about earthquakes. at one point this afternoon she was on the couch and jolted upright with a huge look of concern, and blasted out "I felt something! did you feel it?" turned out it was the cat shaking herself on the couch.

[Tank]

it's often entertaining to see reporters "live on the scene" trying to say something relevant about what's happening. most of them fumble about awkwardly.

one of my favotie faux pas was a reporter for channel 5 out in the palm springs area several years ago, reporting on a flash flood that had run through the area. her reporting went roughly like this: "david, i asked the residents about the flash flood, and one of them said it just came from out of nowhere."

i'm sure she has a bookcase full of pulitzers by now.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Rain here has been off and on, mostly drizzle. The few periods of heavy rain that we have had have only lasted for a few minutes. Most predictions are that our worst will come tonight - which figures, because I have trash carts out on the curb for tomorrow's scheduled pickup, one a recycle cart absolutely stuffed with very light items that will likely fly all over the neighborhood tonight.

Edited August 21, 2023 by Vegas Halo Fan

[gotbeer]

2 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Rain here has been off and on, mostly drizzle. The few periods of heavy rain that we have had have only lasted for a few minutes. Most predictions is that our worst will come tonight - which figures, because I have trash carts out on the curb for tomorrow's scheduled pickup, one a recycle cart absolutely stuffed with very light items that will likely fly all over the neighborhood tonight.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

1 minute ago, gotbeer said:

I could see that happening.

[Tank]

just got the word from our principal that school will be closed tomorrow. cool.

[Kotchman]

Sounds like y’all are getting shafted on the hurricane experience. Time for road trip to Louisiana 

[AngelsLakersFan]

54 minutes ago, Tank said:

didn't feel a thing. ojai is quite a ways away from me.

my daughter is super sensitive about earthquakes. at one point this afternoon she was on the couch and jolted upright with a huge look of concern, and blasted out "I felt something! did you feel it?" turned out it was the cat shaking herself on the couch.

It was pretty mild but i could feel the building swaying and see the window blinds rocking back and forth.

[katie]

Wind has arrived 

[T.G.]

I didn't feel the earthquake 

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Kotchman said:

Sounds like y’all are getting shafted on the hurricane experience. Time for road trip to Louisiana 

Other than New Orleans, I'd rather go to the DMV than Louisiana.

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, T.G. said:

I didn't feel the earthquake 

But do you feel anything at all?

[St1ck]

8 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

But do you feel anything at all?

 

[Kotchman]

20 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Other than New Orleans, I'd rather go to the DMV than Louisiana.

Sounds racist 

[Amazing Larry]

Had breakfast at Malarky’s and drank beers on a boat in the harbor for half the day. This storm was a nothing burger. 

[Blarg]

Raining, no wind. Still not looking forward to the drive early this morning to the Inglewood area to take Carol to her surgical appointment. Going to need to take the truck to get through intersections. I am surprised they hadn't cancelled. 

[Amazing Larry]

 

[gotbeer]

LA got 2.48 inches of rain yesterday.  (today hasn't been updated yet, but no more rain in the forcast)

2.48 inches is our current rainfall total average for the month of December.

2.48 inches is also the third highest monthly total for our average annual rainfall season.  January 3.29 inches, February 3.64 inches.

Season normal to date is 1.51 inches through November, and 3.99 inches through December.