Expecting some rain this weekend

[orezok]

Hurricane Hillary is headed this way. First hurricane to hit CA in 80 some years. Prediction for my area is 3 to 3 1/2 inches with local flooding. Thats almost the annual rainfall for my area of the Mojave. Local roads including paved roads will be impassible until plowed. There is NO drainage systems out here, the water just goes where it goes. I plan to do some prep work today to minimize my probable damage. All the roads around me are sand/caliche and there will be extensive repair next week. My Kubota will get a workout.

 

[Eagle1]

Hurricane Hillary is headed this way. First hurricane to hit CA in 80 some years. Prediction for my area is 3 to 3 1/2 inches with local flooding. Thats almost the annual rainfall for my area of the Mojave. Local roads including paved roads will be impassible until plowed. There is NO drainage systems out here, the water just goes where it goes. I plan to do some prep work today to minimize my probable damage. All the roads around me are sand/caliche and there will be extensive repair next week. My Kubota will get a workout.

Used to live out there and you are spot on. Best of luck.
Now here we average 55" per year and I've seen 13" in 8 hours or 3" per hour during some Thunderstorms.

 

[Hambone]

Wow, be safe!
I always thought in pacific they were cyclones and not hurricanes?
I really have no idea what the difference is.

 

[ponytug]

Wow, be safe!
I always thought in pacific they were cyclones and not hurricanes?
I really have no idea what the difference is.

Western Pacific vs. Eastern Pacific nomenclature.

With a little luck, Hillary will come through only as a tropical storm, not a full fledged hurricane, but either way there will be lots of flash floods and damage. The forecasts continue to predict higher and higher amounts of rainfall in southern California.

San Diego has only a couple of high voltage lines feeding it. If the winds end up being on the higher end of the forecasts, restoration might take awhile.

Time to be perhaps a little more prepared than usual.

@orezok good luck!

All the best,

Peter

 

[Hambone]

Western Pacific vs. Eastern Pacific nomenclature.

With a little luck, Hillary will come through only as a tropical storm, not a full fledged hurricane, but either way there will be lots of flash floods and damage. The forecasts continue to predict higher and higher amounts of rainfall in southern California.

San Diego has only a couple of high voltage lines feeding it. If the winds end up being on the higher end of the forecasts, restoration might take awhile.

Time to be perhaps a little more prepared than usual.

@orezok good luck!

All the best,

Peter

Well my day is complete, I have learned something and it is before noon!
Water, gas, food and all that stuff!
Be safe.
I stayed in the Mojave once for 30 days outside of Camp Roberts.
Sorry, but I am not a fan

 

[Thomas]

Months worth rain in day stay safe.

 

[lilranch2001]

How far inland are they predicting the rain will travel?

 

[orezok]

How far inland are they predicting the rain will travel?

All the way to Vegas and beyond

 

[orezok]

Well my day is complete, I have learned something and it is before noon!
Water, gas, food and all that stuff!
Be safe.
I stayed in the Mojave once for 30 days outside of Camp Roberts.
Sorry, but I am not a fan

Desert life is different. Some people love it, others totally hate it. We love it. Been here for 30 years and wouldn’t live anywhere else.

By the way, did I mention no humidity, no mosquitos, no chiggers, no poison ivy, no lawn to mow etc. I could go on and on.

But we do have 4 season including snow.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Let's hope it is more mild than forecasted. Stay safe!

I think we are reaching a point in our world where everyone should have a higher level of preparedness. I know I am working in that direction!

 

[Torvy]

Hurricane = Typhoon from a nomenclature standpoint.

A cyclone is basically a broader term that encompasses any large tropical low pressure system that forms over water. Tropical depressions, storms and hurricanes/typhoons are all types of cyclones.

 

[orezok]

I did some prep work for the coming storm. Recut some ditches to minimize flow down my dirt road and around the house. Roads here in the desert are different from other places. Other places the road is raised with bar ditches on both sides. Here the roads were just cleared paths a single car wide a century ago and over time traffic had slowly lowered them so that they are now all storm channels. My road sits about 12” to 18” below the sides.

 

[orezok]

I checked my records and
2020. 5.11 annual
2021. 3.82
2022. 6.27 and this year so far. 4.3

 

[lilranch2001]

All the way to Vegas and beyond

Well hopefully it raises Lake Mead a few inches then!

 

[ponytug]

How far inland are they predicting the rain will travel?

More here, if you are interested;

HURRICANE HILARY

 

[lilranch2001]

Thanks, Looks like it will have minimal effect on Lake Mead

 

[lilranch2001]

I guess I was trying to look for something positive from this event, sadly it looks like it will be just an ole drop in the proverbial bucket!

 

[Dftodd]

Used to live out there and you are spot on. Best of luck.
Now here we average 55" per year and I've seen 13" in 8 hours or 3" per hour during some Thunderstorms.

I've experienced similar rains here. It's nothing to see 3" of rain during a thunder storm.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Wow, thats wild… how rain amounts can affect areas differently. 3” in a day here wouldn’t make anyone bat an eye.

 

[orezok]

Sum-thins-a-brewin’