Huge Storm Hitting NorCal

And now it's calm again...lol.

And now it's calm again...lol.

Hahaha! Wait for it.......

I made the mistake of typing something like 'I guess i'm lucky my power is still on' on this thread this morning, and before I could submit the power cut out    Out from about 6AM-4PM, gave me lots of time to sort tackle by headlamp    Seems like something is now wrong with my fridge, as its fan is making a weird noise and it still doesn't seem cold in the fridge portion.  Freezer seems ok for the moment though, so hoping it will be cold still when my blocks of ice are finished melting.

It's bad out there.  This morning the boss got into a head-on accident.  Broke his ankle and he's got chest pains so they are keeping him in the hospital over night.  Later today one of the engineers spun out on the freeway and totaled the company car slamming into the center divide.  They took him to the hospital too, but released him already. 
Be careful of other drivers and hydroplaning.

RR at Hopland is at 5' this am, Flood is 21' - they are predicting 26.4' for tomorrow morning. Link:
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=eka&gage=hopc1

I just hope the power stays on long enough to watch the niner game.

 

  Taking this opportunity in between the storms to smoke a 2 turkey half's in my Treager (Had butcher cut one in half) it's a small bird maybe 13-14 lbs.  Hopefully power will remain on, has so far (Fingers crossed) if not, smoked turkey by Honda!   I did pour real good last night here.

Holy frickin crap it is DUMPING!!!
Has been since about 7pm. Wind blowing 30 like someone has a hose on the house!
Can't even see Fairfax through the rain

Rain and super high winds up here in weimar... still have power trees all ripped  bare no raking this year

Rain rain rain!  Lots of wet stuff here    Now the river is really flowing!  Still have power though, so cant complain at all.  Time to get the gear ready for tomorrow! 

Flood Warning


FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
652 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

CAC015-023-021745-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUMBOLDT CA-DEL NORTE CA-
652 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DEL NORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY...
  HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHELTER COVE...ORICK...HONEYDEW...
  EUREKA...

* UNTIL 945 AM PST

* AT 648 AM PST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA WITH JUST SOME LINGERING SHOWERS. HOWEVER
THERE ARE STILL MANY REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND
NEAR STREAMS THAT WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THIS MORNING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4200 12410 4185 12412 4146 12391 4121 12386
      4065 12412 4047 12413 4019 12399 4002 12396
      4002 12409 4008 12410 4025 12437 4043 12442
      4098 12413 4114 12418 4147 12407 4173 12417
      4177 12427 4200 12421

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA, CA
622 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CALIFORNIA...

  NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY
  RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR HOPLAND AFFECTING MENDOCINO COUNTY
  EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY
  VAN DUZEN RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS
  MORNING BUT ALREADY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
  NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO LIKELY
  ACROSS MENDOCINO COUNTY. UPSLOPE FAVORED AREAS OF THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN WILL END UP WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES. RIVERS WILL
  CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING WITH CRESTING AROUND
  MIDDAY ON THE TRIBUTARIES WHILE THE MAINSTEM RIVERS SUCH AS
  THE EEL RIVER WILL NOT CREST UNTIL TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT
TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT MOST VEHICLES. FOR AREA ROAD CONDITIONS...
CALL CALTRANS AT 1-800-427-7623.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED { ...ENTER DATE AND TIME...} OR AS
WARRANTED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

&&

CAC023-030222-
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/FRNC1.2.ER.121203T0110Z.121203T0900Z.121203T1536Z.NO/
622 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE EEL RIVER AT FERNBRIDGE.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MONDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT  5:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE QUICKLY TODAY WITH A CREST NEAR 23
  FEET EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF HWY 211 TO FERNDALE
  SOUTH OF FERNBRIDGE IS EXPECTED.  MUCH OF THE EEL DELTA MAY BE
  FLOODED, INCLUDING AREAS NORTHWEST OF LOLETA...THE WESTERN PORTION
  OF CANNIBAL ISLAND ROAD. THIS COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
  25.4 FEET ON DECEMBER 31 2005.



http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/ahps_warnings.php?wfo=eka

Check out the wind on the south side of Arrowhead at SWS.

http://www.pebblebeach.com/golf/pebble-beach-golf-links/live-golf-cams/hole9

The monkeys are safe for today.   

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Conditions of Major Reservoirs

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.action

just lost my backyard fence 

Sump Pump working over time! Have my own reservoir in the basement workshop 

maybe I should have cleaned the rain gutters last weekend