hurricane:west coast version today here

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:08 pm

sustained winds at 70mph,

first ever blizzard warning,

flash flood warning in San Francisco,

2" rain per hour,

Ocean tides expected to swell to 30 feet

"Wind gusts forced some Tahoe-area ski resorts to shut down some or all of their ski lifts on Thursday, and gusts in some areas were expected to top 100 mph Friday and Saturday."

Power Out, Schools Closed, Flights Grounded
http://cbs13.com/local/severe.weather.s ... 22287.html

it's pretty crazy here, for california anyway

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:14 pm

go fly a kite

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:14 pm

Dan wrote:
Ocean tides expected to swell to 30 feet

Surf's Up Brotherrrrrrrrrrrr!

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:28 pm

Hasn't hit down here in Los Angeles yet but it looks like it's only a couple hours away.

frostybear · Post by **frostybear** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:37 pm

ekk wonder if ill feel it in OC

MetalHead324 · Post by **MetalHead324** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:38 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Surf's Up Brotherrrrrrrrrrrr!

time to get out the wake boards

DV · Post by DV » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:44 pm

It was supposed to start last night. Nothing yet, but looks foreboding out there.

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:41 pm

Lost power for ten hours here 4am-2pm. Swells expected to be 30 feet up here.

Recorded 78 mile an hour winds within a few miles of my house.

It would be sort of cool to get one of those weather stations or two. I think it would be interesting to see the difference in weather conditions in three different parts of my property. One that gets the full assault of what comes off the ocean, one for the back part that is a tad more sheltered, and one for down off the hill by the creek.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:41 pm

One of the roads on my way to work was flooded about 1' this morning for about 50 yards.

CHP on each end letting cars through one at a time.

Full size late model pickup that was 80% submerged in the big ditch off to the side. They just cleaned it out a few weeks ago to prep for the big storms so it's about 3' wide and 3' deep.

Not sure how the guy ended up in it aside from maybe he tried to around AROUND the flood waters in the worst possible place

but it was tilted about 45 degrees lengthwise and the top of the steering wheel was about to go underwater.

Where's my camera when I need it?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:14 pm

De Plano wrote:Lost power for ten hours here 4am-2pm. Swells expected to be 30 feet up here.

Recorded 78 mile an hour winds within a few miles of my house.

It would be sort of cool to get one of those weather stations or two. I think it would be interesting to see the difference in weather conditions in three different parts of my property. One that gets the full assault of what comes off the ocean, one for the back part that is a tad more sheltered, and one for down off the hill by the creek.

power and cable and DSL just came up,out for 7 hours here

more coming tomorrow,lots of rain,but not so much wind hopefully.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:15 pm

Humboldt wrote:One of the roads on my way to work was flooded about 1' this morning for about 50 yards.

CHP on each end letting cars through one at a time.

Full size late model pickup that was 80% submerged in the big ditch off to the side. They just cleaned it out a few weeks ago to prep for the big storms so it's about 3' wide and 3' deep.

Not sure how the guy ended up in it aside from maybe he tried to around AROUND the flood waters in the worst possible place but it was tilted about 45 degrees lengthwise and the top of the steering wheel was about to go underwater.

Where's my camera when I need it?

hwy 80 is closed both directions over the summit,from state line to applegate,

it has stopped raining for now here.

trogers · Post by **trogers** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:20 pm

The beginning of 'Day after Tomorrow'. Run, run...to Mexico.

Unholy · Post by **Unholy** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:42 am

I hate rainny days in Cali. People seem to drive at half the speed limit or less whenever the ground is wet.

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:05 am

Were currently getting some good gusts of winds here. I havent checked the news to see how the actual coasts are, but we had the three storm fronts a few weeks or so ago. Good luck folks. Oh yeah ask a Texas for the hurricane drink recipe and have fun riding the storm out. Anna

trogers · Post by **trogers** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:09 am

Unholy wrote:I hate rainny days in Cali. People seem to drive at half the speed limit or less whenever the ground is wet.

Speed should not exceed 40 mph due to possible aqua-planing of tires on drenched roads. And we should keep a distance of 3 seconds from the vehicle ahead.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:00 am

Unholy wrote:I hate rainny days in Cali. People seem to drive at half the speed limit or less whenever the ground is wet.

LOL ya! it's called safe driving

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:17 am

Annalysa wrote:Were currently getting some good gusts of winds here. I havent checked the news to see how the actual coasts are, but we had the three storm fronts a few weeks or so ago. Good luck folks. Oh yeah ask a Texas for the hurricane drink recipe and have fun riding the storm out. Anna

Seen it on the news and it looks pretty rough.

Also, were you thinking about a New Orleans Hurricane drink?

CiscoKid · Post by **CiscoKid** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:39 pm

I was a good 20 feet behind someone last night and still BARELY stopped 3 inches away from hitting them going 30

trogers · Post by **trogers** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:08 am

CiscoKid wrote:I was a good 20 feet behind someone last night and still BARELY stopped 3 inches away from hitting them going 30

Travelling at 30 mph means you should be 26 yards away from the car in the front on a clear dry day and 40 yards behind on a wet rainy day (2 and 3 seconds distance).

You must have pretty quick reflexes to manage stopping at only 7 yards behind the other car.

CiscoKid · Post by **CiscoKid** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:44 am

trogers wrote:Travelling at 30 mph means you should be 26 yards away from the car in the front on a clear dry day and 40 yards behind on a wet rainy day (2 and 3 seconds distance).

You must have pretty quick reflexes to manage stopping at only 7 yards behind the other car.

the car had just pulled in front of me then hit a dead stop. I've made manuvers that I don't even remember making