CA Peas - How are you doing with the rain and wind ?

We are supposed to get the brunt of the storm later today. The rain and wind hasn’t been bad yet, but they said it is coming.

Would anyone like a 9yo boy who refuses to wear his jacket in this rain and wind because it’s not cool?

I just can’t WAIT till he’s 13.

LOL my dd (15) was pointing out all the boys, walking to and on her high school, that had on shorts and a tee shirt. Its 53° right now, was 50° when I dropped her off...crazy!

It's been coming down hard since last night. There was some loud thunder right overhead an hour or so ago. Not too windy at the moment. But we discovered over the weekend that the garage door seals at our new house don't seal. So we keep dealing with a lot of water in our garage. So I am spending today trying to find someone to replace the seals. I feel guilty because I really hope the kid's swimming is canceled tonight. The clubhouse is under construction so there isn't a good place to hang out while they are swimming. dd7 has swimming 3:30-4:15 and ds5 has lesson 4:30-5. I will also have ds2 and dd8mos with me. So not sure what we are going to do!

We are at a break in the rain and there is blue sky out there. It's supposed to start up again in a couple of hours with wind in tow.

Pretty calm here in no CA. Praying the expected heavy rains turn into light rain. The fire areas are under mud slide warnings.

ETA:  I spoke to soon. The rain is really coming down now!

950nancy.  Regarding mudslides, I imagine it was just horrible!  

Mooooooom.  I had two that wouldn't wear winter coats with a foot of snow.  They weren't cold and didn't I know that kids have special things in their bodies that keep them warmer than adults.  I think Snopes would have ranked that statement partly false.  I told them I didn't care if they wore them but needed to keep them in the car in case we ended up off of the road somewhere.  As adults, they wear coats more often, but they still have a bit of that 9 year old boy in them.  

I had thunder and lightning when I first got up this morning.   Then the sky cleared, sort of, and now it’s back to a steady moderate rain.  Wind hasn’t been that bad.

Its windy and raining here - praying for those in burn areas that they don't have mudslides. I am avoiding going out unless I have to today as people seem to think oh its raining if I drive faster then I will get home sooner instead of being a bit cautious and at least stay close to the speed limit on city streets.

Got about 10 min of wind and heavy rain and now back to a light rain.

And here I thought it was just my teen daughter lol

Oh yes, I remember those days. I gave up at about that age. I decided to let him be cold! I did wait for the authorities to check if he was neglected, lol.

I was just in Modesto an hour ago. They have a sign with a the city motto “Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health” and every single time it rains it floods every street corner and intersection. Even the newer areas. Oh the irony!

We were supposed to have the final inspection today on our house in Wawona (Yosemite Nat'l Park).

The inspector went up... there are no rain gutters on the house and the rain has etched a line into a trench on the right side of the house. He wouldn't pass it.

Waiting on the guy who did the actual work on the lot to connect with the inspector to find out what's really being required. A garbled version originally said he was requiring retaining walls. or recompaction. Keeping my fingers crossed it's an easy fix. (Rain gutters have been ordered.)

Martha