Good Morning -
WOW have we had some weather! We got it all in one day, actually a few hours. Got the whole years supply at once. Now when you talk about variation - Started off partly cloudy, then the wind picked up. Within a 70 mile radius we had: 1 fire, snow fall, 2 tornados, hail, downpour of rain, mudslides. Only thing missing is a reportable earthquake. A couple of pictures;
Two Tornadoes, about 30 miles east of us, minimial damage no one hurt.
Train cars turned over as a result of tornado and high winds, Chief these tracks are along the road you took when you went to San Diego from Palm Springs. (Just south of the airbase) The cars are all box cars and were parked on a siding, 8 cars)
The winds have been very high everywhere, in my area probably only about 40.
Then throw a little snow in, Big Bear, about 40 miles north of train derailment.
Then add some heavy rain, it was raining an inch in 10 minutes, so everything immediately flooded, and couldn't drain quick enough. This is about 5 miles north of us.
And of course with the rain we get mudslides. These are about 20 miles east of us, same place where the fires where last fall.
Below is a very popular steak house, we go to. This shot is of a patio area. People were having lunch, and heard the rumble, and a wall of mud and debris came down the canyon. They all headed to the street and where joined shortly by the tables and carts from the patio. Mud entered the building and was 8" deep.
A number of buildings have had the roof cave in as a result of the water.
Now here is the bad part! Suppose to have a reoccurrance of the same thing today!
Wife and Chris are in Sandy Eggo, and will be coming back today, they should be driving back in the early afternoon, and all this weather is about 20 to 30 miles inland, and they will be coming along the coast line. So hopefully they will miss it.
:driver1: will be driving some this week end just for fun and keeping the fluids circulating in the Trans Am
