It's been raining pretty bad the past couple of days.
Weather.com is giving warning signs now.
Our backyard is soooo wet and muddy right now. It's like stepping into a giant puddle. The soil is also VERY soft......FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 1000 PM PST WED DEC 29 2004
... URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY. BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM PST... RAIN RATES OF A HALF INCH PER HOUR OR MORE WERE OBSERVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARIN AND NAPA COUNTIES. THESE HEAVY RAIN RATES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTENSE COLD FRONT THAT IS PRESENTLY PUSHING THROUGH THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION CAN EXPECT A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN LATE THIS EVENING JUST PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE. SOILS ACROSS THE REGION ARE SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND SO ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF. THIS IN TURN WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO BRIEFLY REACH BANKFULL AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Look what has happened to my backyard this week...
On Monday:
The dogs are a little confused... "What is the tree doing on the ground??"
Then TONIGHT, I hear a thud outside, so I go out and take a look and this is what I find...
(View from our balcony)
BOTH parts of the tree have fallen. This makes me VERY nervous because if the soil is that soggy, what would happen if our neighbor's giant redwood tree fell over too?? *gulps*
Please keep Cali in your thoughts... so it stops raining soon! (I know it's nothing compared to the tsunami and the Florida hurricanes, but still... lol)
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