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04/20/2007: "StormWatch 2007"

Lord, what is this damnable plague with which you strike us? What is this evil fluid that falls from the sky without end? What have we done that you would forsake us?

Oh, wait ... I know what this is ... rain! I've heard about it in the old texts ...

OK, so maybe it's not quite that bad, but we are getting the first real rain of 2007. The weatherheads like to remind us that Southern California really is a coastal desert plain, and that it's only because we've drained the Colorado River and Mono Lake that we have all the golf courses and lawns. But this has been a particularly dry year, even by our standards - this is literally the first measureable rain we've had since last winter - over a year!

Making it all the more unusual, both the Dodgers and Angels are starting homestands tonight - one of the very few times both teams are in town at the same time. Bet a rainout was the lasting thing they were expecting upon their returns home ...

I gotta so - suddenly I feel the urge to sing in the rain ... or at least listen to "Riders On The Storm" ...