Stormageddon 2014
- Thread starter rekehavoc123
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It's not the winds you have to worry about. It's about flooding because of the large volume of rain falling in a short period of time. I'd check the CalTrans website and perhaps CHP to check on any flooding in or around the area of Sleep Train. It's in a flood plain after all... 
If nothing else, you might want to leave a little early to allow for more traffic.
If nothing else, you might want to leave a little early to allow for more traffic.
Doubt it. As a born and bread Minnesotan I find this concern hilarious.
Edit: I just checked weather on TV and I see no end of rain until tomorrow. Expected 2 inches of rain from now until tomorrow morning. That's a lot of water. Bring a boat. I forgot about the flooding possibilities. As far as I understand the rain has been steady and avoids floods but who knows when a quick 1/2" of rain falls and on comes the flood.
Edit: I just checked weather on TV and I see no end of rain until tomorrow. Expected 2 inches of rain from now until tomorrow morning. That's a lot of water. Bring a boat. I forgot about the flooding possibilities. As far as I understand the rain has been steady and avoids floods but who knows when a quick 1/2" of rain falls and on comes the flood.
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NorCal at large is about as soft as it comes in regards to bad weather. Wusses. This storm even got its own hashtag "hellastorm" on social media, while schools were off due to a rain day.
After growing up in NY where bad weather actually means, bad weather, and having our fair share of true snow days, I find the whole reaction around here to be quite amusing. As for me, two of my patio chairs blew over. I hope I can mentally recover from the hardship.
After growing up in NY where bad weather actually means, bad weather, and having our fair share of true snow days, I find the whole reaction around here to be quite amusing. As for me, two of my patio chairs blew over. I hope I can mentally recover from the hardship.
Really? Picture me doubled over in laughter. There was a decent amount of snow in Minneapolis but there is a well orchestrated snow removal pattern. Everybody knew it and it worked. The snow removal budget was huge. The flooding I remember around here was in Roseville but I have heard nothing that indicates it will flood here tonight.
Rain days?????????
Rain days?????????
To be fair, they were projecting sustained 40+ MPH winds with gusts above 60 MPH and the thought was that combining that with about three inches of rain was going to mean a ton of downed trees and thus power outages all over the place. Then the wind just didn't happen, at least not around here. A bit gusty here and there, but nothing remotely worthy of the warnings we were getting.
The more snow pack the better. We have been lucky that the rainfall has been steady and not the kind that would lead to floods.
I have had this happen before. My wish was to have a four wheel drive SUV, Mercedes of course, and drive to Tahoe in the rain and then get snowed in for a few days. It's beautiful if it doesn't disrupt your life.
I have had this happen before. My wish was to have a four wheel drive SUV, Mercedes of course, and drive to Tahoe in the rain and then get snowed in for a few days. It's beautiful if it doesn't disrupt your life.
