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Feb 18th, 2011 at 8:27pm

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Today marks the 4th STORM to hit us in 4 days.  I am in California, so that should tell you something.  It has been scattered showers for 4 days now.  But the local news keeps reporting it as STORMS!!!  Where I come from in Michigan, storms consist of thunder, lightning, hail, and high winds.  Either that or significant snow and wind.  Here, yeah we had one night of 50mph gusts and rain, but the other three days, it has just rained off and on, but they are STORMS!!! according to the weather report here.

I posted this so all of you living in areas that actually get STORMS can laugh.  Meanwhile I will continue to quiver in fear with my survival gear as it sprinkles an inch of precipitation outside during this vicious STORM.   Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #1 - Feb 18th, 2011 at 10:14pm

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It's bad enough to have screwed up PGA Tour tournaments 2 weeks ago in San Diego and this week in Los Angeles.
 
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Reply #2 - Feb 18th, 2011 at 10:25pm

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We get actual storms here, but the weather people on the news still manage to blow them out of proportion. My Dad always makes fun of them and the people who buy into it by saying that "It's a killer storm of Biblical proportions! Shocked "  Grin
 
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Reply #3 - Feb 18th, 2011 at 11:01pm

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Thanks for the chuckle Justin.  Grin

Maybe they are just fearful of mud slides beginning.
 
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Reply #4 - Feb 19th, 2011 at 12:03am

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Webb wrote on Feb 18th, 2011 at 10:14pm:
It's bad enough to have screwed up PGA Tour tournaments 2 weeks ago in San Diego and this week in Los Angeles.



That's because it never rains.  They don't know how to deal with it.  A thirty minute shower can kill an entire day here in this state.  It's amazing.  I remember last year after our first rainfall of the season in the Bay Area we had 300+ accidents in one day.

Maybe that's why they call them storms here...it's not the weather, it's the natives... Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #5 - Feb 19th, 2011 at 12:04am

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We lived in the northwest for a while. A major thunderstorm was when there were more than two claps of thunder. We had just moved there from Texas, so we had to laugh. Wink
 
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Reply #6 - Feb 19th, 2011 at 4:31am

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BigTruck wrote on Feb 19th, 2011 at 12:03am:
Webb wrote on Feb 18th, 2011 at 10:14pm:
It's bad enough to have screwed up PGA Tour tournaments 2 weeks ago in San Diego and this week in Los Angeles.



That's because it never rains.  They don't know how to deal with it.  A thirty minute shower can kill an entire day here in this state.  It's amazing.  I remember last year after our first rainfall of the season in the Bay Area we had 300+ accidents in one day.

Maybe that's why they call them storms here...it's not the weather, it's the natives... Roll Eyes


I heard and interesting analogy of "California". One comedian called it, "The land of fruits and nuts." The more I hear about California; the more I agree with that analogy.... Wink
 
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Reply #7 - Feb 21st, 2011 at 5:54am

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It's getting the same here in the UK ......... we get severe weather warnings if the rain might last all day or if the wind blows at more than 5mph.
Stuff that in the past everyone just got on with because "that's the British weather" seems to be blown out of all proportion, so that when anything major does happen people ignore the warnings and chaos ensues.
 
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Reply #8 - Feb 25th, 2011 at 9:39pm

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It's peculiar... the whole county can go up in flames every fall when the brush is bone dry and the winds pick up, and those folks take it in stride. But a little rain freaks them out.   Roll Eyes

If it ever snows there, you'd better lock yourself and your family in the house...  Grin
 
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Reply #9 - Feb 25th, 2011 at 10:11pm

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We've got rainstorms coming into San Diego tonight.  Smiley
 
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Reply #10 - Mar 3rd, 2011 at 9:18pm
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BrandonF wrote on Feb 25th, 2011 at 10:11pm:
We've got rainstorms coming into San Diego tonight.  Smiley


Got that beat!

We had tornadoes last Sunday night! Shocked
 
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Reply #11 - Mar 5th, 2011 at 1:32pm

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I would be happy to let you have this tornado watch and thunder storms we are having.
 
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Reply #12 - Mar 5th, 2011 at 2:49pm

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I would take them Larry.  67F and sunny here, yet another "STORM" is due to arrive tomorrow (chance of showers)

I am so tired of weather that doesn't change.  I miss thunderstorms and severe watches, it gives the day a little edge to it.
 
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Reply #13 - Mar 18th, 2011 at 8:21pm

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Well, we actually got a storm today, to include a twister and a water spout.  Very strange for the Bay area!

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/
 
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Reply #14 - Mar 18th, 2011 at 8:25pm

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I saw that! Got some snow in the mountains too.
 
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Reply #15 - Mar 18th, 2011 at 9:50pm

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Out of curiosity, I did a bit of research. I have first hand knowledge of the 1987 tornado, and have been within a few hundred yards of several others when they passed through.

We would love to have you join our happy, hot, humid, and sometimes very windy community. Roll Eyes  Grin

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Tornado activity:
area historical tornado activity is slightly above Mississippi state average. It is 181% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 2/28/1987, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.1 miles away from the city center killed 6 people and injured 350 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 11/22/1992, a category 4 tornado 24.7 miles away from the city center injured 20 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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