The rotating storm off the coast of Southern California is putting a huge hurt on Southern California. It is rotating like a tropical storm, but in cooler water than we are use to seeing. Some are happy to see the rain because that means that no Santa Ana conditions exist possibly causing or assisting large Wildfires, so in essence for some it is a major plus. However if you live on the coastal cliffs of Southern California for instance in Malibu or Topanga Canyon area, the lingering rains are a scary notion indeed.

Meteorologists have not named the 2005 winter season an El Nino but for a week in mid and late October you could have fooled them. Sure feels and looks like an El Nino with the huge unrelenting deluge of rain with many inches from Santa Barbara to San Diego and from Los Angeles into the high desert regions.

The major problem has been the constant rain as the storm is stalled over Los Angles and is not going anywhere, which is the best scenario for fire season, helping the dried brush stay green incase there is Santa Ana winds later in the Southern California Fire Season. But it is the worst case scenario for those folks who live in areas of recent fires with little water shed to stop flooding. And of course we are to well aware of those who live in the Coastal Mountainous areas like Malibu, Laguna Beach, Palos Verdes and the cliffs of San Diego. It never rains in Southern California, but if and when it does it can be both good and bad. Think on this.

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