[UPDATE: New Flood Warning Issued] Flood Watch Expanded Into Humboldt County as Stronger Winds, Heavy Rain Expected Sunday
An aerial view shows vehicles carefully navigating the flooded road near Fernbridge in November of 2024, as the Eel River breached its banks. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
Forecasters report that the heaviest rainfall has shifted farther north than earlier projections, prompting the expansion of the Flood Watch into Humboldt County, while the watch remains in effect for Mendocino and Lake counties. The Flood Watch is in effect from 10 p.m. Saturday through 9 a.m. Monday and also includes southern Trinity County.
Moderate to locally heavy rain is expected during that period, with potential impacts including rapid rises of rivers, streams, and creeks; minor flooding in poor drainage and urban areas; and rock and mudslides along roadways. Low-lying roads and areas near waterways may see water over the roadway, especially during periods of heavier rainfall.
In addition to rain, the National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Humboldt, Mendocino, and Lake counties, citing south winds of 25 to 40 miles per hour with gusts up to 55 miles per hour. Locally stronger gusts are possible along exposed ridges and coastal headlands. Breezy conditions are also expected in Trinity County, particularly over higher terrain. The strongest winds are forecast through early Sunday afternoon.
Potential wind-related impacts include power outages, downed trees, tree damage, debris on roadways, and loose objects being blown around. Forecasters note that winds may be stronger than previously expected as a strong area of low pressure moves through the region.
The National Weather Service urged residents to remain alert, particularly those living near streams and creeks, and to monitor the latest forecasts as conditions evolve.
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Happy first day of winter!
I forgot to use the sarcasm font. Where is that button?
’tis the Pagan New Year
Back in 1582 Pope Gregory introduced the Gregorian calendar. By 1582 they knew exactly how long the solar year was. (365.2425 days) They also new exactly when the winter solstice occured. They knew the Earth was round.
Yet, with typical religious hubris they moved the start of the New Year to fit religious holidays and co-opt pagan holidays.
Some groups used April 1st as the start of the new year. By April 1st the days were long enough, the sun was getting warm enough to plant new crops. A reasonable time to declare a new start, a renewal, a new year, a new time to celebrate. They were written of as “April Fools”.
I have no information on Noah’s Flood. I wasn’t there for that one…..
Happy Solstice to you Ernie. I was considering a naked dance around a bonfire to entice the sun to bring back longer days but Ma Nature has decided a quiet coffee by the wood stove to be a better choice this time.
I would opt for the wood stove thing myself. I’m amazed that the power is still on, In San Francisco the power went out and all the self driving cars stopped in place and blocked everything. Hilarious.
While Waymo’s robotaxis shut down during the blackout, Tesla’s robotaxis were unaffected.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2002774307659997582
1) April – Derived from “aperire,” (to open)
2) May – Named for Maia (the goddess of growth)
3) June – Named for Juno (the goddess of marriage)
4) July – Named for Emperor Julius Caesar
5) August – Named for Emperor Augustus
6) September – From “septem,” meaning seven; it is the ninth month.
7) October – From “octo,” meaning eight; it is the tenth month.
8) November – From “novem,” meaning nine; it is the eleventh month.
9) December – From “decem,” meaning ten; it is the twelfth month.
10) January – Named for “Janus,” (the god of beginnings)
11) February – Derived from “Februa,” (a purification festival)
12) March – Named for Mars (the god of war)
I had heard . . .
Sep, Oct, Nov, and Dec were the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months, respectively, at one time, but Julius Caesar added June and July naming them after his wife and himself.
Not quite. The original Roman calendar had ten months. The New year started on March 1st. Two months were added to the end of the old Roman calendar with the reforms of the Julian calendar, but they were January and February. What is now July and August already existed as months, though they were called Quintilis (the fifth month) and Sextilis (the sixth month).
January 1st as the start of the new year wasn’t even official until the Gregorian calendar in 1582.
That’s the reason, if you are a student of history going back that far you will often see two dates given. One for the date as the people of the time used and another for modern dating. It’s also a PITA for genealogy. 🙂
IMHO: Calendar Changed ! Riots ensued !!!
(Well, sort of…)
The Calendar Riots of 1752, when Britain lost 11 days on changeover from the Julian to Gregorian calendar.
Before 1752, Britain and her Empire followed the Julian calendar, first implemented by Julius Caesar in 46 BC However this calendar had an inbuilt error of 1 day every 128 years, due to a miscalculation of the solar year by 11 minutes.
This affected the date of Easter, traditionally observed on March 21, as it began to move further away from the spring equinox with each passing year.
To get over this problem, the Gregorian calendar was introduced. This is a solar calendar, based on a 365-day year divided into 12 months.
Each month consists of either 30 or 31 days with one month, February, consisting of 28 days. A leap year every 4 years adds an extra day to February making it 29 days long.
It is also true that when the British government decided to alter the calendar and skip these 11 days, many people mistakenly believed that their lives would be shortened by 11 days.
(https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Give-us-our-eleven-days/)
“many people mistakenly believed that their lives would be shortened by 11 days.”
Yes… and they went on to breed prolifically and their descendants live with us today.
Day length & weather/temperatures on April first depends on where you are on earth though.
So that is a silly date to call a new start.
I enjoyed it.
Flooding is fun.
Has been since I rowed a boat across what is now the Willits fair grounds back in 1985.
My little weather thingy is saying over 6″ of rain out at Ruth lake since midnight. That burn scar is going to have a tough time soaking that up.
Happy Solstice!
You burning witches at the stake too huh.
The burning hair is my favorite smell.