After four days of rain, I revisited some old Ojai Valley News clips I put together a few years ago. This past storm was nowhere near what the valley experienced in 1969!

"On January 19th (1969), Ojai’s season total was six inches (of precipitation). In eight days two major storms dumped 24 inches and resulted in the valley being declared a national disaster area… That was a prelude to this week. Nine inches in the valley and up to 15 inches in the mountain ranges… Of the 44 inches of rain this year, 38 fell in the past four weeks… an amount not recorded since the valley was settled over a hundred years ago.”

What can I say… weather is another one of my special interests… :)