Rain rain go away. not really

It has been raining for three days. Two more to go. I love it. I even make Jake go for walks in it with me. Southern California is not prepared for this much rain. All the drains have trash and etc. in them because they are only used once every 3 or 4 years. Then all the hill sides that were burned last fall are now mud slides. dry river beds are now homes to flash floods. Low spots are flooded. It is a mess here when it rains like this. But I still love it.

We live on a hill and it hasn't burned so we are okay. I have been out and cleared all the drains and made earth banks where needed, too lazy to go fire station and get sand bags. We are high and dry. I just stay home and make soup and watch it rain. I had better enjoy it because it may not rain again this year.

These are pictures of the water running off our yard. side walk in back yard a new river. Yes it is a river for southern California. Most of our rivers are dry year round.
The water is about 1 inch deep running across the back yard.

I love love love it. And we need the rain so bad.

We get rain and the rest of the nation will be getting snow.

Cajon Pass and the Grape vine are both closed because of snow. Remember, we don't even have snow plows here. So just 5-7 inches of snow, plus California driver who have never even driven in the snow is bad news on the freeways. So they just close the roads to save lives.