Storm Watch 2014...

the day I landed last week all that was heard on the news was about the upcoming

rainstorm…"STORM WATCH 2014"

California has been experiencing a drought.  That's not that unusual.  It's not a tropical area.

I'm old enough to remember real water rationing, people letting lawns die, public 

pools closing and signs in restaurants that said that water wouldn't be given unless

asked for (like the ones we see in restaurants at home).

I understand that the recent wildfire burn areas are real concern.  

Nothing to hold the soil on those hillsides and that can be a big problem.

Everyday on the news and during the day there was "storm track and storm watch"

Then it came...

on top of the coming storm there was going to be a huge (19 ft at Lowers) swell

coming.  People flocked down to T-St to see it. Along with a very high tide…problems.

then there were all the updates on the Oscar red carpet set-up and were the stars

going to get wet.

Really?  What about the winter that other 3/4 of the country has had?

I can't imagine how many days Minnesota has had where the temp is in single digits.

How much snow has fallen on the east coast?

When Ellen gave a little tongue-in-cheek joke about the "rain" at the Oscars, I had to laugh.

It was a couple of days of rain, not even hours of heavy rain at one time…rain.

A little thunder, lightening, a little water from the sky…rain.

then I saw this on FB…

makes me laugh.

enough said.