Showing posts with label fall Leaves walking rain hurricane clouds here The next system for next week is already dropping snow in the Sierra and it's moving here after rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall Leaves walking rain hurricane clouds here The next system for next week is already dropping snow in the Sierra and it's moving here after rain. Show all posts

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Fall Scenes

 It will be the last day of good weather as we are expecting 5 straight days of heavy rain from the Pacific Hurricane that hit Cabo yesterday. The system is moving slow at about 4-5 mph. So, we got out this afternoon and walked the edge of our favorite forest thicket. 

Found some interest things, too. Walked about 8,000 steps. 








There is a lot of construction  going on in the parks and many of the old haunts are closed for upgrades. It's got to be done and I suppose that there is no time like the present to get it behind us. 

I had  expected to see less color than I found because of the drought conditions this summer. The old adage that it takes a flood to get you out of  a drought. From the forecast and the clouds from the hurricane
already here during the day today, the forecast of rain amounts are going to be heavy---so hopefully everything soakes in and  doesn't run off.

It All Started in the wee hours of May 28th when 80 MPH winds was tossing everything against the side of my house.

 Those winds were substained for well over 40 minutes. The results were trees everywhere down or large branches broken off. One of my bus ro...