I heard on the Weather Chanel this morning that the 2015 will the year for the Godzilla El Nino even bigger than the 2007. Warmer weather in Midwest and cooler weather down South. They are predicting some major floods and mud slides due to the severe drought in some states. I hope it is not as severe as they have predicted.
Tony
Soaking rains are coming to southern California!
http://m.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/linda-thunderstorms-rain-southern-california/52334320
I was in SoCal a few weeks ago. It looked like a desert. Let’s get ready to rumble! (thunder).
Yup, we have rain in the forecast for this Monday and Tuesday (showers). And, a big cool down, finally. This is the very first inkling of an El Nino type of winter weather pattern for us. I am very hopeful it is just the beginning of a nice, rainy fall and winter for us.
Fingers crossed on rain for you!
We’re getting some sprinkles here, and hoping for a bit more. Very very muggy and still pretty warm. But, I’ll take the rain in any fashion!
We got about a half inch between 2 and 3 am. I went outside to harvest some from the amended downspouts and managed to collect about 350 gallons. It’ll be used on the blueberries (60 or so in containers). Hope next time it falls during the daytime. 
Unfortunately it looks as if my part of SoCal we won’t get any more today. But collecting that much was worth getting up for.
Gina, congratulations on making your first post! You were one of the very first members to join. Please don’t wait so long to speak up again. Interaction is what makes the forum work. Thanks for the chance for us to get to know you. Looking forward to hearing more from you. I’m sure you have experiences to share that benefit others.
Your water harvesting sounds like a very helpful method to make the “bounty” from the rainfall last. I’d like to hear more about how you do that.
At least until the EPA passes a reg that says that you unlawfully interfered with and diverted the natural flow of the water. 
Mike
Heh heh, Mike. In that case we need to get rid of freeways, shopping centers and parking lots, and paved cities as a whole, along with drainage ditches, so that water can follow its own natural path.
Hey submit an environmental impact statement and you can get a rain barrel harvesting permit. That shouldn’t cost more than a few hundred per yr.
No… “you didn’t build that (those)” . They did so its ok.
It is when we as individuals try to solve a problem without their input and approval that we cross the line. 
Mike
No not really. Well at least not in TX maybe NY.
Still bone dry up in the bay area. It was looking promising last night, but now it’s sunny. 
Chris, this rain for us in S. Calif is pushing up from the south. Remnants of Hurricane Linda. Let’s hope it will make it up to you.
Joking aside, I believe this could, in a very small way, be partially alleviating the public problem often seen in SoCal and other places, of having so much runoff at one time from a rain that the system can’t handle it. They wind up having sanitation and pollution issues.
This way, the water will be returned to the ground in the area of which it would have fallen, at a time when the system is not overwhelmed. Any that remains in the ground when used will eventually work its way to the water table which is need of replenishment.
I believe that you are the lawyer, though. In which case, I’m at an extreme disadvantage when it comes to “arguing” a point.
I wish it would pour in Northern CA up through the PNW. That might help with the wildfire problems.
I hoped you all in CA have steady rain this season, not down pour! Or, at least, not many down pours!
Good Lucks…
