Wet, wet, wet

With this week's rainfall, Southern California is now officially just 4 inches shy of having been through the wettest season in 120 years. While most around me are peeved and frustrated at Pasadena being the new Seattle, I for one am pleased no end to be part of history. Harish tells me that just a couple of years ago, Pasadena had 250 days of continuous sunshine and now this. Today was particularly distinctive because most weather sites forecast rain with a 30% probability but by afternoon, it was pouring down hard with increased chances of rainfall later on in the evening. Thunderstorms and "cyclonic conditions" are predicted for over the weekend but the sky had cleared up over the mountains by five in the evening with little spotlights of white light on the greyish green satin furls. It was almost as if the rains had decided to come down on a lark. Any other time and any other year, those clouds would have simply stared over us and passed on but today they let down.

As a pleasant concomitant, the rains this year have brought on an early and extended spring. As the water table rises constantly underneath it, the well-manicured foliage around campus is flourishing luxuriously and this cheer is spread around Southern California.

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