Rainy West

johneeb · Post by **johneeb** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:03 pm

Have any of our brother and sister members been hurt by the excessive rain along the west coast?

cessna170bdriver · Post by **cessna170bdriver** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:01 pm

They just observed the first anniversary of the big mud slide at La Conchita.

I'm not sure about further north, but here at 35 degrees latitude, we're in a lot better shape than we were this time last year. We've had our share of rain (I was one of the lucky few who sat along Colorado Blvd in Pasadena and watched the first rainy Rose Parade in 50 years

), but we've had enough dry periods in between that the ground isn't over saturated. I had thought about moving my airplane up to Tehachapi from Mojave, but we're expecting about 3 inches of snow tomorrow.

Miles

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:13 pm

Other than a lack of decent flying weather things seem generally OK around here. 3+ weeks of everyday rain is having it's effect: the ground is saturated, a few roads have washed out, trees are blowing over root wad and all (been windy too!). It's been warm so no snow down low, but the ski resorts are having a good snow year-- that's great, since last year was a bust.
I think there's gonna be a lot of rutted and otherwise damaged grass strips around here if they get used anytime soon, as the ground is really soft- even ground that is normally pretty dry due to good drainage. One friend's 900' farm strip looks like a Viet Nam rice paddy!

Eric

Dave Clark · Post by **Dave Clark** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:11 am

Hey Eric
did you know when it rains up there it's dry down here and vice versa? Just talked to my buddy in Bellingham he says the prior record was 22 days and now they've got 27. So we have a slight chance of rain Sunday so maybe you'll get some good weather

dave

johneeb · Post by **johneeb** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:39 am

Miles, is you engine overhaul finished?

cessna170bdriver · Post by **cessna170bdriver** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:51 pm

johneeb wrote:Miles, is you engine overhaul finished?

John,

I'm STILL waiting on parts from Premium Aircraft that I ordered a full MONTH ago! Premium says all parts that are late are being drop shipped from Continental. Of course it is parts that I need to get started.

Miles

Kim Purcell · Post by **Kim Purcell** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:01 am

We lost the primary of our two paved roads into the community for at least a couple of months and the other keeps having slides on it. The runway is in good shape so some of us are talking about relocating a car to the Placerville airport so we can make a 5 minute flight to town rather then the 45 minute drive. It has also helped with airport PR since its value to the community has become more obvious
Kim