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[Chuck Norton]

Originally Posted by Ken Haase

Chuck Norton, "seven inches of rain in the past few days" doesn't exactly sound like "year-round sunshine" to me. JK. Hope everyone still has the same real estate they started with before the rains came. Good Luck.

Ken,

When I was a kid, back on the farm, we got seven inches of rain while I was at a double-feature movie one Saturday night. We had to wait until morning for the water to go down far enough so that we could cross the creek to get home. This wasn't quite that dramatic except in the high-risk areas.

Looks as if this system has moved on as of this morning, thanks for the concern. I doubt that we dried the storm out completely but I think we wrung most of the moisture out of it out between here and Barstow. Today we should have 60°+ with sunshine and most of the rest of the winter will be a carbon copy. We'll be working on the race cars in tee-shirts. Except for the unfortunate souls who have consciously chosen to live in those high-risk areas for the purpose of seeking seclusion or affirming their elevated economic status, we are relatively unscathed.

My granddad imparted a few bits of wisdom to us a couple of generations back. They're merely common-sense things that farm boys need to know like, "Always drink upstream from the herd," but one of the most important was the reminder to always look around before choosing a place to live. For the most part, basic geologic truths serve us well, i.e., canyons have become canyons because water naturally follows that path until it reaches sea level. If you choose to live in a canyon, you will eventually be subjected to more water than you can deal with. This is only one example and it does nothing to address the basic question that faces Californians, "What will you do when the "Big One" hits? But then, life anywhere carries certain risks. You pay your money and take your chances.

For the time being, we're fine. Thanks for asking.

c