RAIN

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 12/15/2016 at 23:15 • Filed to: None

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We have not had rain like this in years. I am literally crying.

I have lived in California most of my life, and I have seen a lot of drought. I’m old enough that my childhood in SoCal was reflected in drained pools in Dogtown & The Z Boys.

This drought is America’s silent disaster. Hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes, mudslides - all come with immediate violence that demands attention. Drought strangles you slowly while no one is looking

Years since I have seen rain like this. I visited a friend in Chicago this fall and it poured. People were sbnoyed that I was giddy at all that water.

I don’t know how to express what I am feeling.

For those of you who like my gate (Hi Zoidberg):

Wet cars of joy.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > ImmoralMinority 12/15/2016 at 23:21

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Wanna trade precipitation?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > ImmoralMinority 12/15/2016 at 23:22

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Meanwhile in MA it’s 15 degrees out with wind gusts up to 70mph.

Can I have some of your rain please?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > ImmoralMinority 12/15/2016 at 23:34

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I love rain, too. This is why I live in western WA.

If this is in SoCal, there’s no infrastructure to save/recover/use that water. It’s all designed to simply drain it to the ocean to avoid flash floods.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/15/2016 at 23:36

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I’m looking forward to the -50 windchill tomorrow.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ImmoralMinority 12/15/2016 at 23:40

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Glad you’re getting some....hope it continues for a few days to help out the drought!

Baskingshark > ImmoralMinority 12/16/2016 at 00:03

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As a fellow life long Californian I am very excited too!

Leonardo DiCabriolet > ImmoralMinority 12/16/2016 at 00:05

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The weather stations are having a field day with it, just about the only thing they’re showing. All I can think about is how much of a pain it’s going to be to get to work in the morning with everybody doing 10 under.

TheHondaBro > ImmoralMinority 12/16/2016 at 00:16

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Yeah I’ve lived in California for 15 years. Rain is pretty cool.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ImmoralMinority 12/16/2016 at 00:20

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Your ag buddies are gonna love that!

JGrabowMSt > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 12/16/2016 at 00:25

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I don’t know if I’m more excited about the -50 windchill, or the fact that it’s supposed to snow friday night into saturday.

Life has been a real shitshow lately, I need it to calm down, like immediately.

hellriaser > ImmoralMinority 12/16/2016 at 00:29

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Fyi to all people in rainy climates Hoosier rain tires are so rad.

Svend > ImmoralMinority 12/16/2016 at 03:28

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I remember when we had a drought of nearly two months, back in 1996. Living in a county which is mostly made up of a district called the Lake District, rain is a common thing but boy do we miss it when it doesn’t.

Reservoirs dried up revealing towns and villages flooded long ago and not seen since 1933.

Now all is back to normal.

DipodomysDeserti > ImmoralMinority 12/16/2016 at 06:12

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Silent killer is right. AZ has been in a drought for fifteen years, and yet we still allow grass lawns and golf courses.

DipodomysDeserti > Svend 12/16/2016 at 06:14

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My state has been in a drought for the last fifteen years. If Lake Mead drops any lower they’ll institute water rationing in the SW.

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/16/2016 at 06:21

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Given the drought in the Boston area this summer, you probably need it almost as much.

facw > Svend 12/16/2016 at 06:26

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Boston area, this year:

Luckily the Quabbin is huge and the western part of the state got more rain so everyone can drink, but a lot of the local reservoirs became completely unusable.

Svend > DipodomysDeserti 12/16/2016 at 06:38

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Bloody hell. That’s awful.

I would of thought after 15 years the government would of had a plan and implemented it.

I know it’s not the same but Haweswater (above) is a man made reservoir to supply water for Manchester 100 miles away and is all gravity fed.

I’d of thought the U.S. would of put pipelines or something in.

Svend > facw 12/16/2016 at 06:42

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I never thought Boston area would be susceptible to droughts given it’s geographic location on the coast and latitude.

facw > Svend 12/16/2016 at 07:01

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Yep, there’s been small improvements (and a shift away from the Boston metro area), but it is still bad:

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > facw 12/16/2016 at 07:05

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Nah, I’m on the Vineyard. We had an insane amount of rain last month.

Svend > facw 12/16/2016 at 07:26

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Bloody hell.

I can understand central and southern U.S. getting droughts but coastal areas I’d of thought would be one of the last areas.

In the U.K. generally up and down the west coast we get quite a hammering of rain, hell my city got flooded massively in 2005 when we got 200mm (4 months of rain in 36 hours) and 2015 (I can’t find the figures for Carlisle 2015 but Honister Pass got 341mm in 24 hours).