You’ve perhaps read or heard that Southern California is getting rain, lots of it. You may have seen stories like this from NBC News saying Santa Barbara County is experiencing dangerous mud slides as the area burned off by the Thomas fire lost its ground cover. All true.
Some of you know the DrsC are currently in SB county and may wonder if we are at risk. Short answer: no.
The area we are in did not burn off in the Thomas fire and was, until yesterday, picturesque but dry as dust. Other than a lot of rain, a power outage caused by wind knocking down trees is the worst thing we’ve experienced.
Heavy rain is not unknown in this area; several years ago we saw the large reservoir by which we park our RV fill up overnight! Santa Barbara would love it to fill again this year, it’s their main water supply.
