I am now officially ready for a couple of days of sunshine or maybe partly cloudy? At least no rain? Saturday morning saw about three feet of snow on the ground (snow, Larry). Then it started to rain. Power went out at about 3pm Saturday and back on at 6 (shortly after I had started the generator). We are "enjoying" a phenomenon called the "pineapple express" which consists of subtropical moisture pushed onshore by a low pressure area moving in from Alaska. We are getting rain at rates up to 1" per hour. Perhaps half the snow has melted. Unhappily, temperatures are expected to drop tomorrow with the arrival of yet another low with its own moisture. Should turn the whole town into an ice rink.
The house next door is a "weekend" rental. This weekend there were perhaps 15 people there. Talked to a couple of them and it was obvious that they had never seen inclement weather like this. They seemed to have two sets of tire chains which they divided up among three cars (the one who got the extra was a 4wd Jeep who had one chain on the front and one on the back). They had wanted to bring their children on their first trip to the snow. Middle eastern accents all. The ground floor of their house flooded, toilet backed up, all in all a miserable time. I called the rental people (whom I know), explained the situation, and they got equipment in to pull the cars up to the road, get proper chains on and send them home. Hope the service was gratis.
Noticed that all roads out of the mountain communities are now closed. Hope those folks made it out of here ok. mahalo, captain cozy