NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/org/usenix/1214

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From: [e-mail] (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Should I bring my wellies to Usenix ?
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Date: 11 Jan 93 21:00:35 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>The UK newspapers are reporting flooding etc in Tijuana, and other
>posters have
>mentioned lots of rain presently in San Diego. How wet is it ? average
>British winter's day rain, average British summer's day rain :-) or what ?

San Diego, on average, gets less than 9 inches (29 cm) of rain per year.
The amount of rain they've been getting lately would seem like nothing
for people from wetter climates (e.g. Britain).  The flooding is because
desert areas have poor drainage, so that when you do have a big storm,
the storm drains back up and the hills turn into mud that slides downhill.
When people start paving everywhere so the ground can no longer absorb
the runoff, flooding gets particularly bad when you do have a big storm.

Even during most of the rains, what a southern Californian would call
a heavy rain, most people from wetter parts of the world would call a
light rain.  It really hasn't been all that much rain by the standards
of most places.

>Do the weather reports indicate that things are likely to clear up by
>the time the conference starts ?

My experience with weather reports indicates that any prediction for
more than five days in advance is no better than a coin flip.  So who
knows?



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Joe Buck    [e-mail]