[pct-l] Weather!

[Kevin]

Saw Whitewater Creek on Tuesday. It looked like a river! I grew up traveling between Riverside and Joshua Tree frequently. I've never seen that creek run that high!

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On Mar 24, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> Wow, we've had some weather here lately. I guess this isn't going to  
> be a mild spring after all. I hope I didn't jinx it with my  
> prediction last month. Sorry about that. :(
> 
> Here is a trip report from a trip in the wilderness near Santa  
> Barbara where I usually go hiking.
> Two people go for a backpack on the Sisquoc River:
> http://www.backpacker.com/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi? 
> act=ST&f=852107219&t=9991147595
> If nothing else, look at the FOOD they ate! Wow, that's almost enough  
> to make me switch to heavy trucker mode.
> 
> Here's a video of the river. This is pretty far upstream along this  
> river. I can only imagine what it looked like downstream at the  
> confluence of the Manzana and the Sisquoc, where they had been two  
> days earlier.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGqPwRK_mz4
> 
> What do you suppose Hauser Creek looked like last weekend? Or  
> Whitewater Creek! I bet that's one scary creek!
> 
> Dozens of people were rescued last weekend including a cub scout  
> troop and three Sierra Club groups out backpacking. Nobody expected  
> it. If you all think So Cal is the desert, well, maybe not so much  
> this year.
> 
> My new prediction: Lots of little creeks will be flowing in So Cal  
> meaning where the guide book says "seasonal stream" it'll be in  
> season! Oops. Hope I didn't jinx that, too. But none of you whipper- 
> snappers use the guide book anymore so never mind.
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