Re: Ducks swim on Freeway
During the first series of 2023 California storms about a month ago, I read a historical paper on the Great Flood of 1862 in San Francisco.
No photos available, but some great magazine illustrations.
It literally rained for the entire month of January 1862.
San Francisco got 40 inches of rain! Residents were paddling around the streets in boats for weeks after it stopped.
Not only that, the rain melted all of the low elevation snow surrounding SF. Every river and creek that flowed into the Bay Area was flooded for weeks.
Amazingly, at the same moment in time, 3,000 miles east of SF, Americans were killing each other in the Civil War.
1861 - 1862 0.00July 0.00A 0.02S 0.00O 4.10N 9.54D 24.36Jan 7.53F 2.20M 0.73A 0.74M 0.05June Total 49.27
https://www.ggweather.com/sf/monthly.html
Pretty amazing history. Had to look it up because I like learning a little history about weather. Like Lake Tahoe has received 49+ ft of snow this season.