If you live in central/northern California near watercourses, be ready.

[OnlinePoker]

Excessive rain, melting snow may cause worst California flooding since 1997

A large storm will affect the west coast of the United States with drenching rain, flooding and high country snow this weekend into next week.

"There is the potential for excessive rain, combined with melting snow to trigger the worst flooding in northern California since 1997 and perhaps 1986," according to Senior Vice President of AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions Mike Smith.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/weekend-storm-to-unload-widespread-heavy-rain-in-western-us/70000459

[Dustlawyer]

1. All or nothing climate change weather!

[moondust]

4. So the north coast

didn't really have a drought like the other parts?

[Downtown Hound]

6. The 2013-14 season we got about a third of our normal rainfall

and virtually no snow. That was a bad year. The year after that we got about 70% of rainfall but very little snow, not great but not totally terrible either. Last year, during El Nino, we were about average, which helped a lot. We would have gotten more but we had an unusually dry February, which is normally one of our wettest months of the year. This year is shaping up so far to be an above average year, so that's a good thing for the most part.

But this is Norcal we're talking about. Central and Southern CA have not fared quite as well as us.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Are we going to see houses built on dirt sliding down the mountain again?

[OnlinePoker]

7. I guess this answers that question.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/trending-now/hollywood-hills-home-hangs-dangerously-after-landslide/5279384391001