After a dry December and January, this weekend Northern California finally is getting some serious rain. See the Associated Press story at the Yahoo News website.
Rain was overdue; our reservoirs have been drawn down to near-puddles. One good rain is all it takes to have the hillsides and grasslands be green for the next couple of months.
As a grad student for 3 years at the University of Oregon, I experienced constant gray skies and got very tired of rain. It has taken a prolonged drought to renew my appreciation for the falling wet stuff.
