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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Not sure I can get to abc7 right now. Bad weather screws my phone line up horribly and usually my internet connection. I'm able to get online tonight, even though my phone is completely dead, but it's very very slow. I'll have to check that out though.

I'll say it again, this is absolutely miserable, I don't know how people live with rain like this all the time! The dogs are unhappy, the kids are climbing up the walls, and I'm really tired of the gloominess.

Read something earlier that said this was the worst rain we've had since '05 but I don't remember it being that bad then. I think late '97, early '98 would be closer.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Critter is blissfully unaware but it has been raining steadily and noisily for awhile now. No thunder here, so far.

So glad I don't have to go out tomorrow. I had the lightest driving week in the last year this week, oddly enough.

Most of my dogs liked to go out, but then they were labradors.. the fun was when they came back in to get a towel over them BEFORE they shook.

They had those double coats and it was really hard to get them wet down to the skin but they could hold water and then spray it around and their tails wagging would be dangerous too.

But here, Critter and I stay in.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
I agree with you about living where it rains often. I don't like it either.

Just watched ABC news on TV and they said that the worst is still over the beach areas.

The old granddog doesn't want to go outside either so I suggested putting him in the garage for awhile.

I think they said 95?

Hang on War, Juju must be coming to town.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Hi SEA, good to hear from you.

Have to smile at the thought of your labs playing in the rain.

The granddog is a lab but he does not like the rain. Poor guy is pretty old.

Glad you don't have to go out (was going to say tomorrow but it already is tomorrow).

I am going to turn on NBC at 2 and watch poker. No idea why but I get a kick out of watching them play poker.

Rain changes from light to heavy but the wind is still moving the rain around.

Channel 11 now saying that later in the morning will bring us the really bad weather, including hail.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I thought the rains last year were pretty bad.. we even had a couple of small tornadoes here in OC. These don't seem as bad, yet, as last January.

Huh.. turned the tv back on to ABC but there is a rat doing an experiment now. The Extreme Rat Challenge.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
LOL SEA about the rat.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 2:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oy, my internet connection is crawling now, guess that's my sign to go to bed and try to get some sleep.

Try to stay dry, everyone!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 2:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
They did say they expect 10 inches in the next hours, in places.. yikes.

The Rat Extreme Challenge had them doing what looked like some competitions in Survivor.

And yes, as it rains harder, I think it is time to get some sleep though I'll probably hear it more upstairs.

Hope PJ and Kitty will get some sleep too. I'm sure Harvey will sleep and Critter doesn't hear that well so she will be fine.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 2:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
I was asleep when the noise of the rain woke me up so now I am just going to stay awake.

If they hadn't made those phone calls, I wouldn't worry about it but they say the worst of this is still off shore. Raining harder now.

Nite War and Sea.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Morning. A break in the rain here. I napped off and on.

News still saying that the bad one hasn't arrived yet.

Warm storm from ocean and cold storm from north are supposed to join some time today.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 9:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Admittedly, I have only lived in LA 10 years, but I have NEVER seen weather like this. Almost constant rain since Friday? And it's just pouring in downtown LA today. I've only gone outside once in the past 5 days because of this weather.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 9:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
GOODNESS!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Ah, Rosie.. I missed saying goodnight.. about 3 or 3:30 I was suddenly in the DARK. TV, Computer, dark. Thought it was a big powerout, but no, there was the light from the range hood under my now dead microwave, out in the kitchen.

I've had certain areas of the place dead for elect for a long long time but this added the entire living room, thus my downstairs TV/DVR, my desktop, my wireless network, my phone via time warner (actually that stayed up until this morning when the battery backup was done), and my small Fridge, I think the water heater, and the only light left in the downstairs bathroom. ACK.

Nothing to do at that point but sleep. This morning after fretting more I did get the fridge plugged in elsewhere, washed my hair while the water was still hot and made some calls..

One being to the contractor who built my new stairs to my bonus room. I thought I had little chance of getting to him, thinking he might be out of town or simply out and busy but just my luck all of HIS phones are out so all forwarded to his cell and I got him right away! So he came by for a quick diagnosis an found that it was an outside socket.. one I don't even use but was well covered but still must have gotten a bunch of rain.. it was sluicing down the window above quite forcefully at the time it blew.. so he came back later after finishing a job in Anaheim and got back here before rain started and replaced it. And he also messed with the breakers more and I now have my old lost power back too.

Doing a jig about all this and it wasn't something catastrophic. He says the buildings built when mine was in the complex have all copper wiring, the later ones had something more troublesome.. helps make up for our wooden outside stairs.. some newer buildings have iron and fake stone.. but he said and yes but those have landings that leak often.. lol..

It rained REALLY hard overnight.

I had been inside since I returned Monday afternoon from driving, until this morning and if the power had stayed on, might not have been out today either.

I thought the storms early in 2010 were pretty fierce and then going WAY back.. the 1968-69 rains were torrential.. I lived in Yorba Linda then but there was massive flooding with houses lost in Modjeska and other canyons and all over. I think that was exacerbated by the widespread Hong Kong Flu pandemic and so many people I knew (including me and then dh) were felled by it and often in bed for weeks.

Tisha, I think you may have had more constant rain that I did, but it has been a big storm, definitely.

Scooter, how is your hill holding up this time around??

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
95 would make more sense, Rosie! I know for sure late '97 was bad, that was the year we bought our house and we did most of the house hunting (and a horrible weekend of moving) in terrible rain.

I finally saw blue skies earlier. Lasted about 2 minutes and then it rained for several more hours. I'm not sure if we're done or not, but when I went out earlier I could see stars and the moon. Got all excited since I haven't seen either in a week.

When I went to bed last night, Darren got up. Said he'd been awake for a while listening to it and since he couldn't sleep he was going to go in to work early and get off early (he's on vacation now until the 3rd.)

Sea, I'm so glad you got your power all fixed! Our phone line is completely screwed up, still no dial tone at all. We lost the internet today and it was out for several hours before it finally came back. Told Darren if the phone isnt back tomorrow we'll have to call the phone company and get them out here and see what they say.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Yesterday's double rainbow in LA signaled the end of the rain. Until Saturday, that is.

rainbow

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Wow, very cool rainbows!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Very nice, Tisha!!! Wonder if that is a cousin of the one that finally appeared at Moonie's wedding?

Actually that looks like quite a large pair of rainbows.

We had sun but there are some really gnarly looking dark clouds all around..

Naja
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06-28-2003

Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
We are having the start of our first wintry weather so far this season. I hear the tap tap tap of the freezing rain on the front big window. We are supposed to just end up with about an inch of snow over the next couple days, but it's starting as a little freezing rain.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 4:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
We have a white Christmas.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 4:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I woke up to a beautiful Christmas snowfall of sparkling snow.

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
White Christmas here in Chicagoland. We've had some on the ground for a while. More was added yesterday and overnight. It's clean and white this morning. Merry Christmas! (But it's still not so much for us Midwesterners.)

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Green Christmas in Toronto!

Mack
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07-22-2002

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mack a private message Print Post    
Considering we've had Christmas' where it was as warm as 83 our 40 this morning is really cold! It is sunny, clear, and breezy.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
It is in the low 50's down here in the tropical tip of Texas but steady wind out of the north at 20 mph with gusts up to 30 is keeping everybody inside.

Ginger1218
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08-30-2001

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Got warnings that we are going to have a blizzard starting tomorrow morning. I am so not into this. I HATE SNOW!!!!!!!