Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Red Car Property: Mudwatch, Rainfall Totals

Photo: Gary Vlahakis, December 17, 2014.  Sunrise over Lot C: muddy, yet walkable.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)

We're tracking rainfall totals in the Corralitas Drive rain gauge...
December 15-17 (10AM): 1.0"
Season to date: 5.79"
Photo: Gary Vlahakis, December 17, 2014.  Adelbert cut-thru: muddy, yet walkable (north end of the property).  The soil has not yet reached saturation after 3 years of drought.  Hopefully, all this rain will revitalize the trees in the neighborhood.
Photo: Gary Vlahakis, December 17, 2014.  Lake Corralitas: smaller than last week, after more than a half inch last night, seemingly in one downpour.  One neighbor, who was trapped in her car by the wind & rain just as she parked, described it "as if someone turned on a firehose."