The Perfect Storm

If you live in the mountains, you have to get used to storms coming in.  As we live in Southern California these are not very life threatening, but they can be severe at times.  A trip to the grocery store before one hits will show you that people are getting ready to keep their heads down with fresh supplies.  It's usually packed.  The later in the season the storm comes usually the more benign it is, and over last weekend we had what can only be described as The Perfect Storm.



A storm exits eastwards over Metcalf Bay - it's going off towards Arizona, the East Coast and maybe even England!

We had plenty of warning with this one and it hit us about 2:00p.m. on Sunday with a little rain, then sleet then eventually snow at about 3:30p.m.  As we're near the end of March this was not a freezing storm and so we knew that things would not be too difficult for us.  As it happened, it was all over by early morning the next day and we were greeted with a cloudless sky on awakening, and six inches of fresh snow.  By mid morning, the driveway was cleared with the plough and also the deck.  The sun was warm and we enjoyed one of those perfect days after a storm has passed through - it makes mountain living very worthwhile!