There is a song: "It Never Rains in Southern California by Albert Hammond.
Usually in this parts of California we are staying at that is quite true,
but sometimes it is not.

The radar showed showers for El Centro about 32km (20. mi) away.
A few minutes after I was back in the trailer I could hear the "pitter patter" of rain drops on the roof - for about 5 minutes. The next day dawned with overcast skies and we got a longer shower of about an hour. Actually "shower" is vastly exaggerated. It was a light, very light rain. Hardly noticeable on the ground.
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flashback from 2011, heavy rainfall in the desert Years ago, December 13, 2011, we experienced a real rainstorm right here in the desert. |
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before the rain (2011) |
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after the rain (2011) That was something different! Because of the bone-dry ground the water pooled on the surface. I joked at the time that we had a "lakefront" property for a couple of days. |
Not so today. But that is winter in the desert. When the sun is lowest in the sky we get colder nights, even a thin layer of ice can be on the birdbath
Today's Birds
Cooper's hawk |
Monk Parakeets |
Translation
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Vor ein paar Jahren erlebten wir einen so kräftigen Regen daß wir hier, zwei Tage lang, ein "Seegrundstück" hatten. Riesige Pfützen hatten sich gebildet; der supertrockene Boden konnte das Wasser nicht so schnell aufnehmen.