Last night (new years eve) we had a beautiful sunset 

Looking down the street - 

 

We were fortunate - we didn't get the copious amount of rain they did in the bay area, where I am originally from.

 

It's a shame that they got all rain and here,  is where the water storage is.

Basically, the rain they got, just goes out to the sea. The bay area gets its water from Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite. They have some local reservoirs that is water stored from HH. 

After church, we drove out to Shasta Dam. It rose 4 feet - which barely put a dent in the water storage. We are going to need several Pineapple Expresses, (atmospheric river) for us to meet the normal expectation and then some. 

My friend Mary, texted me photos of my old neighborhood in San Mateo. 

It's mostly street Flooding - I lived there for 30 years and we never had the kind of flooding you see in Texas or in other parts of the country. So for the bay area, this is BIG. For the rest of the country, it's a big yawn! 

After the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989, I received a USGS map of my area - and it is a flood plain - on an old creek bed. So yeah, it will flood if there is a high tide like yesterday. It's better than living on a landfill - which is right across the highway - to Foster City. You don't want to be in an earthquake living on top of a  landfill. 

Speaking of Earthquakes

There was another earthquake this morning while we were in church. Small at 5.3 or 5.4. We didn't feel it but Foodie texted me and he felt it. I usually don't feel them that small. This was different than the one a few weeks ago near Ferndale. That one was in the ocean -  and was 6.4. This one was in Rio Dell on land. 

The weather people make everything sound terrible - trying to work people up - but it's all normal. I know because when something happens, I get a text from a cousin or two, or my sister-in-law checks in. Sometimes the weather gets wild (for here) and sometimes we have an earthquake or two.  One day, it could be another big one like Loma Prieta or the 1994 Northridge earthquake down in LA. 

Last night we went to bed around 10 - woke up at midnight due to the firecrackers. Poor Laydee was doped up but she was still scared. She kept hiding in my husband's closet and then she'd go to the bathroom to hide and back and forth. It lasted for a very long 30 minutes until she was able to stop shaking and get back to sleep. 

Tomorrow is another holiday - I can't wait till Tuesday when everyone goes back to work - and the days are normal once again.