Rain

Quote of the day:
“I’d rather be reading the Republican party platform or similar, if the main character in the movie version could be played by Hannibal Lector.”
--Frank Van Alstine

We southern Californians have spent the last year quite concerned about our worsening drought. It looks like we have to worry no more.

We’ve been getting quite a lot of rain this winter. In fact, we’ve had so much that there was some fear about mudslides, especially in areas that burned during the October fires.

There have been a couple of slides--one of them may have been caused by a water-supply leak. Other than that, our major problems have been clogged drains and hundreds of traffic accidents.

I think we’re seeing more rain-related accidents than in past years because of higher average speeds. Cars are built so much better now that we often don’t realize how fast we’re going until we start skidding.

We live right on the rim of one of San Diego’s many finger canyons and I occasionally imagine us sliding right down into it one day. The chances of this happening are teeny-tiny. The very first thing we did after we moved in six years ago was have the property properly graded and water drains installed.

But I still think about it. Slides are one of the risks of living here.

The much-bigger risk is drought, and so I’m heartened to see healthy snowpacks accumulate in the mountains and reservoirs rise above normal levels. It's so good to see the earth turn green. Fiesta Island has burst alive with growth.

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!

Now if I can only get the front downspout drain cleared so that water doesn’t pour onto our driveway.