Yes it's pretty wild here. It just started thundering, and my poor doggie HATES thunder. He's crouching under my chair quivering. What a wuss. ;)

It's been pretty much a torential downpour for days, punctuated by a few breakouts of the sun. I've actually seen several incredible rainbows when that happens! This is definitely rainbow weather.

There are a number of road closures. I have to take the long route to get to my daughter's highschool to pick her up, because one of the roads on my usual route is under 3 feet of water!

We're safe -- while we're up on a hill, our house is not backed up against any hillsides. There might be some homes on the outskirts of our neighborhood that have to worry, though -- there's a deep arroyo there, and several houses built on the edge. I hope they'll be okay.

This is defintely the most sustained rain I can recall, even counting El Nino. I remember seeing last night that it's currently the 5th worst winter on record -- but the season isn't over yet, and if we get any more storms, we could easily end up the worst on record. Yowza!

Trying to look on the bright side -- the skiing is going to be phenomenal, so we're heading up to Mountain High this weekend. And think of how brilliant green the hills will be...and all the wildflowers we'll see this Spring!