windy as h*ll here in Chico, woke up an hour ago to rattling windows & huge orange blob on weather

map directly over Chico

So far CHP website has had a few trees down, a few boulders on the road and a collision or two

Looks like I am up for the day

sure glad my son has a car pool to work and no longer has to ride his bike the 5 miles each way!

oh shit, really loud crashing sound of metal right outside my bedroom window from the neighbors house-will have to wait for daylight to see what it was


trying to get just the map to appear, but can't figure out what part of the code to copy-too early...

I did it! by copying link in other thread!


http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=BBX®ion=b1&lat=39.72507095&lon=-121.81204224&label=Chico%2c%20CA

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would land on my off office

yes, a wild and windy weekend is in store

guess we don't have to mention the word drought anymore!

Here is list of California's tribulations, usually seen once per year:

1. Hot, dry winds
   
2. Drought
   
3. Fire with more winds
   
4. Heavy precipitation
   
5. Mudslides

You guys are now in phase 5.

Financially, anyway. The neighbor's insurance is what would take care of it. Something to note if you have a neihbor with a huge tree pointed at your house, try to get them to take care of it before it becomes your problem.

that we just trimmed those very limbs from after our last ice storm. And all this time I thought since the tree was on our property we would be liable for it. learn something new every day is my plan ;-)

using the law library and NOLO press I was able to get their insurance company to pay for my apple, oak and cypress it crushed. Their tree was an 80' tall, 8 trunked oak tree that came down after an early snow fall. Ten feet from my house!

They had watered, graded, asphalted, planted ivy and basically created grounds for oak root fungus to set in.

I have been slowly injecting its tons of carbon into the atmosphere... Feel bad about that, but my furnace has not been on since Thanksgiving. I've used less than a cubic foot of natual gas a day (hot water), saving me a couple hundred dollars in heating bills. It has helped while I've been job hunting. I have an interview in an hour and a half, wish me luck.

they took down one silver maple last year and it was rotted clear through. Silver maples are notorious for breaking limbs (and roofs). Not a good tree to plant next to homes! It is 10' from my house.

They got some estimates for the second and were given prices in the thousands.

Tree workers will be busy this week!

Good luck on the interview!

sending Good Luck

here in the San Joaquin Valley today. Plus 7 days of solid rain which is a real drag because my roof started leaking right after Christmas and there was almost no one open from which to get bids during that week. I finally settled on a contractor ($7,000 later - *cough*) and now it's supposed to rain for 7 days solid. This is going to be an interesting week. Wet but interesting.

they're not going to be real effective when they wind up in Visalia (I'm in Fresno).

from the neighbor's maple.

It's going to be a long day if this keeps up til 4pm!

http://cad.chp.ca.gov/

map | both Number of Incidents: 15 Updated as of 1/4/2008 6:12:46 AM
Chico Communications Center
No Time Type Location Area
0385 6:10AM Fire ROAD S AT ROAD 18 Willows
0381 6:08AM Defective Signal Light ERLE RD AT LINDHURST AV Yuba-Sutter
0378 6:07AM Traffic Hazard ERLE RD AT GRIFFITH AV Yuba-Sutter
0367 6:02AM Traffic Hazard SR99 AT ENCINAL RD Yuba-Sutter
0352 5:56AM Traffic Hazard DURHAM PENTZ RD JWO BUTTE COLLEGE EXIT Chico
0344 5:54AM Traffic Hazard SR70 JNO PLUMAS ARBOGA RD Yuba-Sutter
0341 5:52AM Traffic Hazard SITES LODOGA RD JNO SITES AV Williams
0334 5:51AM Traffic Hazard BOGUE RD AT TOWNSHIP RD Yuba-Sutter
0322 5:46AM Traffic Hazard 183 HASTINGS AV Oroville
0314 5:42AM Traffic Hazard PLUMAS ARBOGA RD AT ARBOGA RD Yuba-Sutter
0307 5:37AM Traffic Hazard PENNINGTON RD AT TOWNSHIP RD Yuba-Sutter
0302 5:35AM Traffic Hazard SB SR70 JNO ERLE RD Yuba-Sutter
0285 5:24AM Collision - Non Injury SR20 JWO WALNUT DR Williams
0247 4:56AM Traffic Hazard 9504 COHASSET RD Chico
0242 4:51AM Traffic Hazard NEAL RD JWO NB SR99 Chico