Popular Post ChrisL Posted January 16 Popular Post Share #1 Posted January 16 I know we need the rain but it’s been a rough week for us. We had record rainfall last week followed by rain all day Saturday, a few hours of dryness and now more rain tonight into tomorrow mid day. I have heard reports of the most recorded rain up to this point in the year since 1978. It just keeps coming… We should have a few dry days after this storm blows through. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby ★ Posted January 16 Share #2 Posted January 16 Are you at risk of getting flooded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 16 Share #3 Posted January 16 I know this sucks, but all I hear about in cali is drought and water shortages. So hopefully will help you guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 16 Share #4 Posted January 16 14 minutes ago, ChrisL said: I know we need the rain but it’s been a rough week for us. We had record rainfall last week followed by rain all day Saturday, a few hours of dryness and now more rain tonight into tomorrow mid day. I have heard reports of the most recorded rain up to this point in the year since 1978. It just keeps coming… We should have a few dry days after this storm blows through. I can imagine people are tired of it all.. and you haven't cycled at all or barely. I suppose some of the ground was so hard that, some of that rain off and didn't get absorbed initially.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Popular Post Share #5 Posted January 16 4 minutes ago, Kirby said: Are you at risk of getting flooded? No my area doesn’t flood much. The foothill areas are seeing flooding & mud slides but coastal areas are fine. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 16 Share #6 Posted January 16 10 minutes ago, ChrisL said: No my area doesn’t flood much. The foothill areas are seeing flooding & mud slides but coastal areas are fine. What does this mean for certain types of crops..with this incredible sudden amount of rain? Pageturner is not here to give his orchard, garden report....I thought he lived closer to Sacremento.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #7 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, Parr8hed said: I know this sucks, but all I hear about in cali is drought and water shortages. So hopefully will help you guys? Yeah absolutely. It’s a good double whammy. Our local reservoirs are filling up and the Sierra snowpack was at 200% of average like 2 storms ago. This winter should put us in a good place for 2-3 seasons. 3 minutes ago, shootingstar said: I can imagine people are tired of it all.. and you haven't cycled at all or barely. Yeah exactly. The roads were a mess this morning so I went for a good walk. By mid day it was raining again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #8 Posted January 16 4 minutes ago, shootingstar said: What does this mean for certain types of crops..with this incredible sudden amount of rain? Pageturner is not here to give his orchard, garden report....I thought he lived closer to Sacremento.. He does, I know many crops like almonds have already been destroyed for water conversation. I’m not sure what if anything is being grown right now. Edit: Citrus & Avocados are growing now but I think they aren’t really impacted by the rain. Frost is more dangerous than record rain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 16 Share #9 Posted January 16 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Popular Post Share #10 Posted January 16 Well somebody likes the rain! 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 16 Share #11 Posted January 16 Lord. "What's a cubit" From a very old comedy routine. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #12 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, maddmaxx said: Lord. "What's a cubit" From a very old comedy routine. I had to get a few things from the LGS and unbeknownst to me my daughter, SIL & CJ were directly in front of me in the produce area. I hear CJ squealing loudly and think I know that squeal and see him running to me with a big smile. OMG that kid… 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 16 Share #13 Posted January 16 For those who may never have seen it, here is Bill Cosby (yes, I know that these days he's an asshole) and the famous Noah and the Ark skit that was one of the beginnings to his fame. Mind you, this is 60 year old humor from 1963 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #14 Posted January 16 Dude, you got more rain in 10 days than we get in the 3 worst rainfall months of the year -- at least in SF. I mean you literally blew us out of the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #15 Posted January 16 It's been worse to the north of you though @ChrisL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #16 Posted January 16 34 minutes ago, Dottles said: It's been worse to the north of you though @ChrisL Yes NorCal got it far worse than SoCal but since we take their water it’s all good! 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #17 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, ChrisL said: Yes NorCal got it far worse than SoCal but since we take their water it’s all good! 😂 Lake Mono! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #18 Posted January 16 Watching your drought maps in real time though has been very entertaining to me. I know. I know. Get a life. But I love geography and weather. We need to get @Dirtyhip's Klamath County some relief. I think she may actually be getting snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted January 16 Share #19 Posted January 16 We've had a lot of wet days, Fall and Winter so far. When I coached high school sports, I loved coaching in the Fall more than the Spring because there were so few rainy days vs a lot in the Spring. But the Fall was very rainy this year. Fortunately, the temps have been warmer than normal - my tomato plants survived until Nov. 21st - or this would be one of those rare Winters when Baltimore gets more snow than Juneau, Alaska. We've got a warm forecast for the next 8 days, but half of them are rainy. Again, it doesn't look like the wet roads are going to freeze at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #20 Posted January 16 https://www.drought.gov/states/california 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #21 Posted January 16 Owens River + Mono Lake tributaries == Los Angeles water. https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/los-angeles-aqueduct-and-owens-valley https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/mono-lake I bet I know more about your water supply than many Los Angeleans? I can dream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #22 Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, Dottles said: Owens River + Mono Lake tributaries == Los Angeles water. https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/los-angeles-aqueduct-and-owens-valley https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/mono-lake I bet I know more about your water supply than many Los Angeleans? I can dream. And the snow pack melt hasn’t even started yet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #23 Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, ChrisL said: And the snow pack melt hasn’t even started yet! Basically the Sierra Nevadas feed L.A. its water and all the Sacramento Valley's agriculture and I suspect a lot of the Bay Area. It's not very important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #24 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, Dottles said: Basically the Sierra Nevadas feed L.A. its water and all the Sacramento Valley's agriculture and I suspect a lot of the Bay Area. It's not very important. Yeah kinda sorta. Their water is more from the Sacramento River delta which does need Sierra Nevada snow melt but from the west side of the range. The Owens River Valley draws run off from the Eastern Sierra Nevada. The Owens valley is much more arid than the western side of the range. Mammoth is one of my favorite places & where I did the Fondo/fishing trip last Sept and is in the Eastern Sierra. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #25 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, ChrisL said: Yeah kinda sorta. Their water is more from the Sacramento River delta which does need Sierra Nevada snow melt but from the west side of the range. The Owens River Valley draws run off from the Eastern Sierra Nevada. The Owens valley is much more arid than the western side of the range. Mammoth is one of my favorite places & where I did the Fondo/fishing trip last Sept and is in the Eastern Sierra. Yeah, I learned all this stuff because I drove down south on 395 from Tahoe to LA with a gal I knew. I kinda like that town of Bishop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #26 Posted January 16 6 minutes ago, Dottles said: Basically the Sierra Nevadas feed L.A. its water and all the Sacramento Valley's agriculture and I suspect a lot of the Bay Area. It's not very important. Oh and we get our water from both the CA Aqueduct (Western Sierra) and through the Owens Valley. SoCal basically gets its water from NorCal but the more we have the less we take of theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #27 Posted January 16 1 minute ago, Dottles said: Yeah, I learned all this stuff because I drove down south on 395 from Tahoe to LA with a gal I knew. I kinda like that town of Bishop. My sister loves Bishop too. When we did the Fondo my cousins stayed in a cabin in the mtns west of bishop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #28 Posted January 16 3 minutes ago, ChrisL said: My sister loves Bishop too. When we did the Fondo my cousins stayed in a cabin in the mtns west of bishop. Wow. I looked at some AirBnbs outside of Bishop. My wife has never been down the eastern side. I like it better I think. Someday I'll take her. It's just a helluva drive from Bellingham and the Reno or Sacramento car rental thing would be quicker but more expensive. Considerably. For the same price we could go somewhere else like the big Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #29 Posted January 16 Just now, Dottles said: Wow. I looked at some AirBnbs outside of Bishop. My wife has never been down the eastern side. I like it better I think. This is where they stayed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #30 Posted January 16 Just now, ChrisL said: This is where they stayed. What a dump. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted January 16 Share #31 Posted January 16 11 hours ago, ChrisL said: Well somebody likes the rain! he's gettin' tall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 16 Share #32 Posted January 16 11 hours ago, ChrisL said: Well somebody likes the rain! At least he has the carhart on! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #33 Posted January 16 With this latest storm, it started raining about 3 PM yesterday, hasn’t let up and it’s supposed to rain until mid day today. I know many of you deal with this all the time but I can’t emphasize how freaking rare these past few weeks have been for us. It would be like you guys essentially not getting rain for 5 years… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted January 16 Share #34 Posted January 16 2 hours ago, Parr8hed said: At least he has the carhart on! a Michigan company 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 16 Share #35 Posted January 16 12 hours ago, Dottles said: Lake Mono! I remember camping in Yosemite NP and passing Mono Lake on a side trip out to an old abandoned mining town (Bodie). On the way back to Yosemite, we stopped at Mono Lake to check it and there was a lot of talk back then (5yrs ago?) of how much it is drying up and they are working to get it back to a certain level of water. Maybe this helps! Did have an awesome meal and some live music nearby past Lee Vining at the Whoa Nellie cafe. Worth a visit if passing between Yosemite and Mono Lake area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 16 Author Share #36 Posted January 16 9 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Did have an awesome meal and some live music nearby past Lee Vining at the Whoa Nellie cafe. Worth a visit if passing between Yosemite and Mono Lake area. Is that the place off 120 & 395 by a gas station? We may have gone to the same place, food was amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 16 Share #37 Posted January 16 4 hours ago, Razors Edge said: I remember camping in Yosemite NP and passing Mono Lake on a side trip out to an old abandoned mining town (Bodie). On the way back to Yosemite, we stopped at Mono Lake to check it and there was a lot of talk back then (5yrs ago?) of how much it is drying up and they are working to get it back to a certain level of water. Maybe this helps! Did have an awesome meal and some live music nearby past Lee Vining at the Whoa Nellie cafe. Worth a visit if passing between Yosemite and Mono Lake area. 4 hours ago, ChrisL said: Is that the place off 120 & 395 by a gas station? We may have gone to the same place, food was amazing! Well @Razors Edge? I gotsta know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 20 Share #38 Posted January 20 Looks like you're out of the woods for a bit. https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/San+Francisco+CA+USCA0987:1:US https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Los+Angeles+CA?canonicalCityId=84c64154109916077c8d3c2352410aaae5f6eeff682000e3a7470e38976128c2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 20 Share #39 Posted January 20 https://www.drought.gov/states/california Seems like a good trade off. You guys had to rough it for a couple weeks. Muahahahahahaha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 20 Author Share #40 Posted January 20 3 hours ago, Dottles said: Looks like you're out of the woods for a bit. https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/San+Francisco+CA+USCA0987:1:US https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Los+Angeles+CA?canonicalCityId=84c64154109916077c8d3c2352410aaae5f6eeff682000e3a7470e38976128c2 We got a little bit of rain yesterday evening but we do have dry days ahead for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 20 Share #41 Posted January 20 On 1/16/2023 at 3:30 PM, Dottles said: On 1/16/2023 at 10:58 AM, ChrisL said: Is that the place off 120 & 395 by a gas station? We may have gone to the same place, food was amazing! Well @Razors Edge? I gotsta know. Yep - that's right off that intersection. Tioga Gas Mart/ Whoa Nellie Deli 22 Vista Point Drive/ po box 253 Lee Vining, Ca 93541 760.647.1088 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted January 20 Share #42 Posted January 20 On 1/15/2023 at 9:14 PM, ChrisL said: Yeah kinda sorta. Their water is more from the Sacramento River delta which does need Sierra Nevada snow melt but from the west side of the range. The Owens River Valley draws run off from the Eastern Sierra Nevada. The Owens valley is much more arid than the western side of the range. Mammoth is one of my favorite places & where I did the Fondo/fishing trip last Sept and is in the Eastern Sierra. Mammoth/Bishop/Lee Vining is a beautiful area. I have ridden up there twice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 20 Author Share #43 Posted January 20 7 minutes ago, az_cyclist said: Mammoth/Bishop/Lee Vining is a beautiful area. I have ridden up there twice My cousins want to take on the Mammoth Gran Fondo again this year. I’m glad I did it with them but not sure I want to do it again. But the Mammoth Tuff…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted January 20 Share #44 Posted January 20 2 minutes ago, ChrisL said: My cousins want to take on the Mammoth Gran Fondo again this year. I’m glad I did it with them but not sure I want to do it again. But the Mammoth Tuff…. The first time was in June 2014. I rode the Eastern Sierra double century. Riding up Sherwin Grade Rd, into Mammoth, and around June Lakes was all in the first 100 miles, before lunch at Mono Lake. Riding up Sagehen was after lunch. in 2021 I tried it again, but didnt think I had to finish, so I sagged in at lunch. The first 100 miles is the most scenic anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 20 Author Share #45 Posted January 20 3 minutes ago, az_cyclist said: The first time was in June 2014. I rode the Eastern Sierra double century. Riding up Sherwin Grade Rd, into Mammoth, and around June Lakes was all in the first 100 miles, before lunch at Mono Lake. Riding up Sagehen was after lunch. in 2021 I tried it again, but didnt think I had to finish, so I sagged in at lunch. The first 100 miles is the most scenic anyway. We did the short route which is basically a 15 mile downhill turn around and come back up. Jeebus the last 5 miles kicked my ass as you are climbing and gaining elevation as you go. The longer routes turn inland before the grade and then reconnect to do the climb back into Mammoth. Ugh… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 20 Share #46 Posted January 20 5 hours ago, az_cyclist said: The first time was in June 2014. I rode the Eastern Sierra double century. Riding up Sherwin Grade Rd, into Mammoth, and around June Lakes was all in the first 100 miles, before lunch at Mono Lake. Riding up Sagehen was after lunch. in 2021 I tried it again, but didnt think I had to finish, so I sagged in at lunch. The first 100 miles is the most scenic anyway. I remember you making that ride in 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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