January 21, 2010
It started raining last night at about 1:30 in the morning and it's been raining all day. One of our local staffers, Joe Freedman, went out for lunch and checked out Grapevine Wash (we both have to traverse it on the way home) and came back to report it was running about six inches deep and rising.

Got a call from Kathy at 2:30 asking me to come home before the washes get any higher.

Left at about three and made it across all the washes, although the last one on Cahava Ranch Road was ripping pretty good. Made it home okay, although our driveway and the yard appear to be floating in one big lake. I can only imagine what it's like north of here. Deena Bean was supposed to go snowboarding at the Snow Bowl with a friend today but decided not to go.

Just got this report from an old Kingman friend who now lives in Flag:

"We've got snow up to James Arness's ass here."
—Tom Carpenter