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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts) Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:16 PM Jul 2015

It's raining in Southern California! Unbelievable! Astounding!

We are wondering how long it will last. First we had thunder. When I walked out of my house this morning, I noticed my car had random drops of water on it. Very curious. There were noises -- maybe thunder, maybe airplanes in the distance.

It was the real thing -- thunder and water. Rain.

It's been a long time since we had rain in our back yard.

Did someone do a rain dance or something?

Miracles do happen!

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It's raining in Southern California! Unbelievable! Astounding! (Original Post) JDPriestly Jul 2015 OP

Remnants of Hurricane Delores? Capt.Rocky300 Jul 2015 #1

Yup nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #4

I didn't do a rain dance, I simply washed my car yesterday Brother Buzz Jul 2015 #2

And I bet the area is thanking you! nt artislife Jul 2015 #11

Part of a monsoonal flow? Trajan Jul 2015 #3

Yup nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #5

And San Diego gets so much more rain than we do. We are in climate zone 10 in our JDPriestly Jul 2015 #10

We are getting soaked nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #15

So we have you to thank! Could you please have washed it a little longer? JDPriestly Jul 2015 #8

I'm in Portland now ... Trajan Jul 2015 #12

I wished I could send some of our rain here in Indiana to you. B Calm Jul 2015 #6

I do too. And storms are expected in part of the country. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #9

Thank Delores malaise Jul 2015 #7

looks like it might be headed up the coast.... dhill926 Jul 2015 #13

Remnants of Dolores... PasadenaTrudy Jul 2015 #14

Capt.Rocky300

(1,005 posts)

1. Remnants of Hurricane Delores?

Reply to JDPriestly (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:27 PM

Jul 2015

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

4. Yup

Reply to Capt.Rocky300 (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:32 PM

Jul 2015

Though a tad more muscular than the NWS was expecting. They actually closed down the airport in San Diego for a few minutes due to strikes.

So far...no fires, so we are still going to go to Pride.

Brother Buzz

(36,478 posts)

2. I didn't do a rain dance, I simply washed my car yesterday

Reply to JDPriestly (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:29 PM

Jul 2015

artislife

(9,497 posts)

11. And I bet the area is thanking you! nt

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:04 PM

Jul 2015

Trajan

(19,089 posts)

3. Part of a monsoonal flow?

Reply to JDPriestly (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:31 PM

Jul 2015

I have not been watching weather down there, but summer rain in Southern California is typically weather that migrated from the Gulf of Mexico and snuck in over the desert ...

Be careful out there ..

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

5. Yup

Reply to Trajan (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:34 PM

Jul 2015

this was predicted for tonight. So it was not a pleasant surprise as it started to thunder. The two birds slept through it.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

10. And San Diego gets so much more rain than we do. We are in climate zone 10 in our

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:03 PM

Jul 2015

particular enclave of Los Angeles. It's hot and dry here. But this tiny bit of rain will keep some of my plants going another day.

I collect all my run-off water from pre-hair-washing, pre-dish-washing, vegetable and fruit washing, etc. in buckets and put it on my plants. I may be developing muscles I didn't know I had just from carrying buckets of water around my yard.

The drought is really tough.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

15. We are getting soaked

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 03:01 PM

Jul 2015

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With lightning at about a mile away at pride.

Tom and I are the remaining media.

And we finally gave up, as soon as we got the thunder to far closer... we were not the only ones to just gie up.

We were soaked when we got home.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

8. So we have you to thank! Could you please have washed it a little longer?

Reply to Trajan (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:59 PM

Jul 2015

The rain stopped minutes after it started.

Still, everyone I think will agree, even a few drops are cause for a celebration.

Trajan

(19,089 posts)

12. I'm in Portland now ...

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #8)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:14 PM

Jul 2015

Starting another 3 day heat wave ... Hitting the upper nineties ... Not a fan ...

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

6. I wished I could send some of our rain here in Indiana to you.

Reply to JDPriestly (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 12:34 PM

Jul 2015

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

9. I do too. And storms are expected in part of the country.

Reply to B Calm (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:01 PM

Jul 2015

Our rain only lasted a few minutes, probably less than five minuted. But we actually had thunder. My husband an I thought it might be about three years since we heard thunder in our neighborhood. It's been so long that I hesitated to call it thunder at first.

The drought is extreme this year.