Rain: 2.35 Inches!

The graph at right tells the story: 1.05 inches on Friday, and 1.3 inches on Saturday, for a storm total of 2.35 inches. The time scale on the graph at right is GMT, so in local time most of the rain actually occured on Friday.

But who cares? The big news is that we had rain, so so much of it! The forecast as of Friday morning was for 1/2 inch to 1 inch in the mountains, and less toward the shore – so we were expecting perhaps 1/2 inch. And we'd have been very happy to get it. But 2.35 inches is like an over-the-top Christmas present. The chaparral is very thirsty after 7 years of drought here. But best of all is that most likely this rain ends any serious fire danger in our area until next summer. I say this because in all likelihood we will begin our rainy season before the chaparral dries out from this rain – and then we won't get real dry until next summer's heat–