[pct-l] Weather!

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I saw whitewater last weekend...It was a raging torrent!

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM, David Ellzey <david at xpletive.com> wrote:

> No way, is that a folding table in one of the pics?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:20 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Weather!
>
> Wow, we've had some weather here lately. I guess this isn't going to
> be a mild spring after all. I hope I didn't jinx it with my
> prediction last month. Sorry about that. :(
>
> Here is a trip report from a trip in the wilderness near Santa
> Barbara where I usually go hiking.
> Two people go for a backpack on the Sisquoc River:
> http://www.backpacker.com/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi?
> act=ST&f=852107219&t=9991147595
> If nothing else, look at the FOOD they ate! Wow, that's almost enough
> to make me switch to heavy trucker mode.
>
> Here's a video of the river. This is pretty far upstream along this
> river. I can only imagine what it looked like downstream at the
> confluence of the Manzana and the Sisquoc, where they had been two
> days earlier.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGqPwRK_mz4
>
> What do you suppose Hauser Creek looked like last weekend? Or
> Whitewater Creek! I bet that's one scary creek!
>
> Dozens of people were rescued last weekend including a cub scout
> troop and three Sierra Club groups out backpacking. Nobody expected
> it. If you all think So Cal is the desert, well, maybe not so much
> this year.
>
> My new prediction: Lots of little creeks will be flowing in So Cal
> meaning where the guide book says "seasonal stream" it'll be in
> season! Oops. Hope I didn't jinx that, too. But none of you whipper-
> snappers use the guide book anymore so never mind.
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