ComputerGuy Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Biggest rain in six or seven years in Chula Vista. The house in Chula Vista often floods in the back room, but not all the way to the front of the house. Anyone else experience this, or was it one of those isolated downpours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineyDay Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 You must have upset the rain gods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bournemouth Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 The weather station in Rancho del Oro, just west of us, reports 1.75 inches overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Am I the only one here who is ready for the rainy season to taper off? September was another unusually wet month and last night we got almost the entire average for October. And still the lake hasn't reached the level of last year. Where is all this water going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave0415 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 The current Lake Level is 95.12 metres, at this time last year it was 94.88 metres. That is where all the rain has gone. At least some of it. The majority of water comes from the River Lerma not from local rainfall. So it looks to me that we could have another 20-25 centimetres to go. BUT if we look at the same performance as last year, the rise in water level was 1.45 metres which when added to the 2016 low means we have a lot more to go. It could mean the lake could go as high as 95.57 or another 44 centimetres. Looking at the lirios on the lake they appear to be letting more water from the Lerma river dams, so who knows. Want to start a maximum lake level pool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 I had four inches of standing water in my garden this morning, the ground is so soaked from all the rain the last couple days that is not sinking in...and more rain to come...in Ajijic Centro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBearII Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Yup, we have a standing pool in the side yard, as the ground is saturated, I threw some Chlorox in it, hoping to prevent mosquitoes from hatching, and I also threw another chlorine tablet in the fountain, which I run for a while every day. Stagnant water in fountains here are a big source of mosquitoes hatching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcelonaman Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 as long its just lirio coming out of the lerma !! 15 bodies found in it this week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 1 hour ago, dave0415 said: The current Lake Level is 95.12 metres, at this time last year it was 94.88 metres. That is where all the rain has gone. At least some of it. The majority of water comes from the River Lerma not from local rainfall. So it looks to me that we could have another 20-25 centimetres to go. BUT if we look at the same performance as last year, the rise in water level was 1.45 metres which when added to the 2016 low means we have a lot more to go. It could mean the lake could go as high as 95.57 or another 44 centimetres. Looking at the lirios on the lake they appear to be letting more water from the Lerma river dams, so who knows. Want to start a maximum lake level pool? I don't know, that contest is all wet and I am wet enough as it is! Didn't think to check what the level was on the same date last year. So we might go up some, good news. But I really am ready for less rain and more sun!. I did get lucky on my recent moto trip however as I got through Durango before the floods there. It was sopping wet from Mazatlan to Magdelena, however. Amazing green all the way from the Mexico/AZ border to here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giltner68 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 You guys are doing a heck of a job with the rain dance apparently. You got almost the whole month of Oct quota on the first day, way to go. I think it's tapering off some now, the season is basically over, but then again you can always have a passing hurricane in Oct etc that brings a bunch. It's so dry up here at the N station that mosquitoes are buying bottle water to breed in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Our rain gauge showed 2.4". The thunder and lightening were terrific. Had to comfort both dogs for over 2 hours while the worst of the storm was doing it's thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobos Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 You should see the village this morning. Rivers flowing down the streets. La Floresta is flooded as well as parts of Riberas. Mud and rocks near Salvadors. It is a mess out there. My Mexican neighbor said there was a tromba in the mountains but did not know details yet. Her son is a fireman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegarn Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 At the intersection of Revolution and the carreterra, it looks the storm grate got washed away. There is a huge gully going across Revolution at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 From what I saw, it appears the crew there had actually jacked out the four grates to allow the water to run out more easily, down the lateral, while they worked away at repairing everything, including the inlaid rocks around the grates. They were doing a pretty good job of directing traffic... better than the lone transito who was parked there. Anyway, I guess the responses and my morning drive through town has answered my question: we weren't the only ones. Still, the biggest storm in Chula Vista in many years, and I guess most other places here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichosalocura Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Last night when I went down to the Chapala malecon to see the fireworks and castillo display, I ran across the voladores de Papantla, they have set up a pole on the sand next to the pier (actually they have been here for a month maybe two months), well when they were all up at the top playing their flutes, I asked the guy that was going around asking for cooperation or donations from the audience, I told him it appeared that they were petitioning the gods for something, what are they asking the gods for and he said they were asking for more rain to help with the fall harvest. I told him that they can stop doing that now, that we have had plenty of rain already this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 We had 3.7 inches in my part of San Juan Cosala. This is the most overnight here since June 2010. Rivers and rocks were running down many of the streets. On the carretera east of Piedra Barrenada it was a mess. A lot of water and rocks coming on to the carretera from side roads. The Raquet Club security guards told me that a tromba (waterspout) hit there at 10 last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semalu Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Well I left the garbage barrel out again and it is completely full of water. I drove through upper La Floresta and the river down the center drag has left quite a channel. I think the church may have flooded again too but did not get up that far to see. I drove out to Sayula today via Joco and the waterfalls off the mountains were beautiful. The damage along the stretch was impressive too, including a raging river where the bike path should have been and many of the roads too. I saw mud flows and rock and debris falls and a section of the Joco bpass that may still fail over the next couple of days. The restaurant strip by San Juan Cosala had a lot of mud to shovel but looked like they would be ready to open for the lunch crowd. Cheers to them for that. There will be a lot of tired hombres out there tonight. My kudos go to all the emergency crews and volunteers I saw working in clean up and on flood control, with and without heavy machinery to help out. I saw a lot of both machinery and pica y pala work going on. Judging by the exhausted mud covered condition of many I saw, I am guessing they were up most of the night shoveling mud. They did themselves proud today. I would watch for landslides and rock bursts as things begin to dry out over the next couple of days, but overall The Riberas weathered that system admirably. Anyone hear anything about Racquet Club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semalu Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 By the way, Civil defense was on the free highway just past Sayula blocking access due to the erupting volcano. Anyone planning to travel that way may need to make alternate plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetteforron Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Waterfalls in San Juan. I have not seen them in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Woke up this morning grateful for a break in the constant rain. Oh well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Well it's raining in upper Ajijic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave0415 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Pleased to say that the annoying early morning drizzle in La Canacinta has now stopped. It is pouring down now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtech1950 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 the big rain is predicted for 8 pm..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 I drove to the airport this morning in a downpour, pretty scary so it was not dry everywhere this morning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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