A quarter of an inch of rain and the town falls apart and worriers start asking about Montecito?? What ever happened to the human spirit and the will to endure?
Yeti--2.4 inches at our house from 11am to 5pm. That's a little bit more than a quarter inch--and every reporting station in town got at least six times that much since late this morning. Not complaining at all, loving it, but it was coming down .5 inch per hour for a while there, pretty intense. Locales that are traditionally wet usually get it in smaller doses over a longer period. We often get drenched, and that can be life-threatening at times. Living in England, I was amazed at how two inches of rain would bring things to an absolute standstill. So flat, nowhere for the water to go. National disaster. Here, two inches in a day seems just about right.
They fill so quickly, don't they! I paid to have my system done; I have hoses at the bottom to drain, which I move from tree to tree and area to area each rainfall. I hope you can create some kind of drainage system. 2 of my three 200 gallon tanks, fed by the gutters, often fill in 2-4 hours. I use them more often as water guidance systems than storage systems! They're good for storage as the season tails off; and to disburse water more slowly between storms. My backyard was a saturated lake in many areas at 3 p.m. today.
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San Marcos Pass 2.42" SB County Admin building Anacapa X Anapamu 2.46" SBCC 2.38" Stanwood Fire Station 2.44" UCSB 1.56" Montecito 2.36" Goleta Fire Station on Los Carneros 1.79" Goleta Road Yard (Cave Fire area) 2.35" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Dec 22, 2019 02:45 PMPossibly in a structure basement.
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Dec 22, 2019 02:47 PMBatt:714 Responding Truck One and Engine 3 on scene...
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Dec 22, 2019 02:50 PMThere is alot of flooding around town if you would like to post something here feel free...
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Dec 22, 2019 03:33 PMIs Montecito ok?
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Dec 22, 2019 03:59 PMI have not heard anything about Montecito so they must be OK..
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Dec 22, 2019 04:01 PMThe flooding incident was at Marshalls..
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Dec 22, 2019 04:09 PMThank you Roger
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Dec 22, 2019 05:49 PMA quarter of an inch of rain and the town falls apart and worriers start asking about Montecito?? What ever happened to the human spirit and the will to endure?
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Dec 22, 2019 08:32 PMYeti--2.4 inches at our house from 11am to 5pm. That's a little bit more than a quarter inch--and every reporting station in town got at least six times that much since late this morning. Not complaining at all, loving it, but it was coming down .5 inch per hour for a while there, pretty intense. Locales that are traditionally wet usually get it in smaller doses over a longer period. We often get drenched, and that can be life-threatening at times. Living in England, I was amazed at how two inches of rain would bring things to an absolute standstill. So flat, nowhere for the water to go. National disaster. Here, two inches in a day seems just about right.
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Dec 22, 2019 09:14 PMYou might find the real-time rainfall tallies useful: http://rain.cosbpw.net/home.php
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Dec 22, 2019 06:02 PMWe had a lot more than 1/4 quarter inch of rain.....My street is flooded, and water coming up over the curb. My rain buckets are full.
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Dec 22, 2019 09:30 PMThey fill so quickly, don't they! I paid to have my system done; I have hoses at the bottom to drain, which I move from tree to tree and area to area each rainfall. I hope you can create some kind of drainage system. 2 of my three 200 gallon tanks, fed by the gutters, often fill in 2-4 hours. I use them more often as water guidance systems than storage systems! They're good for storage as the season tails off; and to disburse water more slowly between storms. My backyard was a saturated lake in many areas at 3 p.m. today.
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Dec 22, 2019 06:18 PM1.8" at Turnpike and Hollister
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Dec 22, 2019 09:23 PMIn past 12 hours: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
San Marcos Pass 2.42" SB County Admin building Anacapa X Anapamu 2.46" SBCC 2.38" Stanwood Fire Station 2.44" UCSB 1.56" Montecito 2.36" Goleta Fire Station on Los Carneros 1.79" Goleta Road Yard (Cave Fire area) 2.35" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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