2016-02-18

Squatter and friend

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0.65" rain; 5.21" total

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18 Feb 2016 0.65" February is normally our wettest month.  In terms of 30 day periods of time, Jan 18 through Feb 17th is typically o...
2016-02-17

Tangerine thief

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2016-02-07

Wrong place wrong climate

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Pay attention to the tall tree in the middle of this guy's lawn. It looks like a redwood. This one Is just a youngster but it looks like...

Don't know or don't care

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Hmmm. What's this? Don't let your dog urinate.... Oh it's just a warning sign about their new sod and it's screwed to this ...
2016-02-04

Rainwater Colander

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Here's a "rainwater colander", an inline downspout rainwater diverter, a product I first stumbled across at my Home Depot whil...
2016-02-02

Rain barrels in other places

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I saw a rain barrel a week ago that appeared to be completely justified by local weather and usage patterns.
2016-01-31

0.4" rain; 4.56" total

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31 Jan 0.40" 4.56" total Sunday early morning through midday rain brought 0.4" in my back yard.  A quick visit later in the...
2016-01-27

You keep a knocking but you can't come in.

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My brother was watching the house while I was away and caught these photos of a skunk or skunks trying to get back under the house after we ...
2016-01-21

0.12" rain; 4.16" total

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20 Jan 0.12"
2016-01-13

Surge tanks vs. rain barrels IV

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I'm sure I left you dangling in a previous installment with the question of how rainfall intensity affects the usability of surge tanks....

1.12" rain; 4.04" total

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7 Jan 1.0" 8 Jan 0.12" I think I had a data entry error on the 6th and entered 1.75" when I meant 0.75", so I've...
2016-01-06

0.75" rain; 2.92" total

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This is the first of several El Nino - driven storms that are in the queue 5 Jan 2015 0.75"  (This was previously reported as 1.75...
2015-12-22

0.39" rain; 2.17" total rainfall

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22 Dec 0.34" AM This was a gentle evening through early morning rain- the kind that soaks in nicely. 23 Dec 0.05" Just the remn...