No more rain PLEASE!

[FastEddy]

In the last days we have gotten 7.75 inches of rain and its still coming down in buckets. We are supposed to get another 3-4 inches in the next 72 hours. We are at a 7 year high at this point and are expected to hit an all time record.

We are looking at some huge damage due to flooding in the next few days. I'm lucky to live on high ground but a lot of communitys along the Napa River and the Russian river wont be so lucky.

Its going to get UGLY!

In the meantime I'm fighting off all the ants that have no where to go. Its a loosing battle.

 

[TacRacing]

Good luck with all that water. I saw the flood warnings on the weather channel.

We are finally going to have a pretty weekend, and now I think it is going to rain here tomorrow morning and Monday (i wanted to run both of those days.)

 

[SpitFireV12RR]

How bad is it over there...Hurricane Charley bad or Hurricane Katrina bad? I went through both!

 

[FastEddy]

If you dont want to read this, in summery, it says.....
YOUR fiddlesticked, GET OUT!

Flood Stage in some places is 19 feet. We are expected to be at 36 feet by noon tomorrow.

MTRFLWMTR
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CAC041-055-097-310600-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
230 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTEREY HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON PST SATURDAY FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN CALIFORNIA
NAPA...MARIN AND SONOMA

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
AMERICAN CANYON...ANGWIN...BELVEDERE...BODEGA BAY...BOLINAS...
BOYES HOT SPRINGS...CALISTOGA...CLOVERDALE...CORTE MADERA...
COTATI...DEER PARK...EL VERANO...ELDRIDGE...FAIRFAX...FETTERS
HOT SPRINGS-AGUA CALIENTE...FORESTVILLE...GLEN ELLEN...GRATON...
GUERNEVILLE...HEALDSBURG...INVERNESS...KENTFIELD...
LAGUNITAS-FOREST KNOLLS...LARKFIELD-WIKIUP...LARKSPUR...LUCAS
VALLEY-MARINWOOD...MILL VALLEY...MONTE RIO...NAPA...NOVATO...
OCCIDENTAL...PETALUMA...ROHNERT PARK...ROSELAND...ROSS...SAN
ANSELMO...SAN RAFAEL...SANTA ROSA...SANTA VENETIA...SAUSALITO...
SEBASTOPOL...SONOMA...SOUTH SANTA ROSA...ST. HELENA...
TAMALPAIS-HOMESTEAD VALLEY...WINDSOR...WOODACRE AND YOUNTVILLE

PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
THROUGHOUT THE NORTH BAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO A
THREAT OF MUDSLIDES.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR LOCAL FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. THERE MAY BE ROAD CLOSURES.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTEREY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER
* BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY
* HEAVY RAIN FORECAST TO OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 30 HOURS IS EXPECTED
TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RENEWED RISES ON THE RUSSIAN AND NAPA
RIVERS.
* AT 1 PM THE STAGE OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER AT HEALDSBURG WAS 8.8
FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING AND TO NEAR 25.0 FEET NEAR NOON SATURDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19 FEET.
* AT 25 FEET MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS WITH EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF
HOMES...BUSINESSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS THE LOWER
SECTION OF HEALDSBURG.

* AT NOON THE STAGE OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE WAS 20.3
FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
SATURDAY MORNING AND TO NEAR 36.0 FEET NEAR NOON SATURDAY.
THIS LEVEL CAUSES MODERATE FLOODING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 32 FEET.
* AT 36 FEET NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES IN THE LOWEST
SECTIONS OF TOWN WITHIN THE REACH ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. MILL
STREET AND LOWER 4TH AND 5TH STREET IN GUERNEVILLE FLOOD.
REDWOOD DRIVE IN NORTHWOOD FLOODS.

* FURTHER RISES IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER ARE EXPECTED AFTER NOON
SATURDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTEREY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NAPA RIVER
* AT 1 PM THE STAGE OF THE NAPA RIVER AT ST HELENA WAS 2.6 FEET.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING AND CREST NEAR 16.5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET.
* AT 16.5 FEET MODERATE FLOODING OCCURS ACROSS THE UPPER PORTIONS
OF THE NAPA VALLEY ALONG THE NAPA RIVER. MANY PRIMARY ROADS AND
MOST SECONDARY ROADS WILL BECOME INUNDATED WITH TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

* AT 1 PM THE STAGE OF THE NAPA RIVER AT NAPA WAS 9.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY
MORNING AND REACH 26.5 FEET NEAR NOON SATURDAY AND REMAIN NEAR
THAT LEVEL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25 FEET.
* AT 26.5 FEET MODERATE FLOODING OCCURS WITH CROP LOSSES AND
EROSION DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG THE NAPA RIVER.
SOME PRIMARY AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS WILL BECOME INUNDATED.

PERSONS ALONG THE RUSSIAN AND NAPA RIVERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY. WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...
THE NAPA AND RUSSIAN RIVER ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. REFER TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL
NEWS SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND UPDATED FORECASTS.
THE LATEST STAGES AND FORECASTS CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEB PAGE AT
HTTP://AHPS2.WRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO+MTR (LOWER CASE).

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM PST TODAY.

 

[Revo Rancher]

For a week and half they have been saying we're going to get it,too, but so far, other than a sprinkle last weekend, dry as it can be. And I live in a canyon area where we always get some rain before the other areas.

Good thing you have that fishing boat, Ed!

 

[FastEddy]

Good thing you have that fishing boat, Ed!

I may need it to go rescue RobMob.

 

[SpitFireV12RR]

Oh...thats Katrina bad. That stinks! Better get out the ol' rowboat!

 

[Revo Rancher]

And Sweetdiesel...

 

[HeartBreak]

I'm gettin hammered too. What made it worse, is having carpet done today. I used to have a blow up sevlor kayak that I sold... Wish I kept that puppy now...

Gotta love living less than half a mile from the sacramento river! (at least the fishing will be at my doorstep.. and in the hall, the bathroom......)

 

[savage18SS]

Yeah I'm waiting for the storm to hit me too. Crappy way of spending new years weekend espeeially cuz I just got my tmaxx tires for my savy. Hope everyone stays safe this weekend.

 

[beason]

hey ed hury up and finnish that boat and you can test it out in the living room!!! seriously though floods arent fun. everyone stay safe and try to stay out of the water!!

 

[SpitFireV12RR]

And as Lutenant Dan says, "Keep your feet warm and change your socks". Your feet are very sensitive and are walked on all the time so keep them warm and try to stay out of the water...there may be piranahs(and not the battery)!

 

[robmob]

I may need it to go rescue RobMob.

If the river floods my house, then downtown napa will be under 80'+ of water.

Guernville should be a lake by the end of the weekend. Again.

 

[jetmechG550]

Hey Eddy and all the others up there...Good Luck! Between that and the pounding surf down in SoCal you guys are getting hit pretty good. I was supposed to head out there next week but now going to Dallas (crap!). I wanted to go hang at my little watering hole in Manhattan Beach and watch the surf role in. You guys shouldn't have to worry too much about mudslides will ya?

 

[mnm]

hope everything goes well, we haven’t been getting much rain here around LA, but they say we should be getting around 4-5 inches by the weekend.

 

[scottm]

Good luck Eddy. Didn't this happen to you last year too? Some of that rain should come to AZ but you're getting it all. It hasn't rained here to speak of in over 4 months, and our ski resorts are totally screwed.

 

[Revo Rancher]

I wanted to go hang at my little watering hole in Manhattan Beach and watch the surf role in.

Damn, another missed opportunity to have drinks.. damn,... and damn again!!!

 

[jetmechG550]

I'll be there alot this year RR, I have a feeling this bird is going to keep us busy this year!

 

[.21Rc10GT]

Yeah, been raining like crazy here too... We had had to empty our pool every morning because it is on the very of overflowing. We emptied it over a foot yesterday, we will see if it helps Ed, i live up on a hill, row your boat over here, and bring propane for my barbeque!

 

[Buggyracer28]

Man, I know. The area under our house got flooded with about 3-4 feet of water. Our pump was a crappy POS that wasn't made for being submerged... well it was submerged alright lol. So we had to cut the pipe, and install the new 1 in the rain. It sucked, but at least our basement wont have water in it. (btw, its perfect for an offroad track down there... i want to build 1 so bad lol). RAIN SUCKS.