For the past two days everyone I know in Northern California has been talking about the storm that's due to hit us later tonight. Everything is calm now, but several inches of rain are expected to fall between now and Friday, plus at least a couple feet of snow in the Sierras. Wind gusts of 50-75 mph are expected in various areas. Right now the NOAA buoy 18 miles due west is registering 29 knot gusts and 10 foot waves, with 20 foot waves are predicted for mid-day Thursday. People are being told to stay off the beaches. SF schools are closed tomorrow. We had a rainstorm a week or two ago that dumped more rain in California than we had all the previous year. As a result the ground is saturated and another 2-4 inches of rain will probably cause flooding and mudslides. Keep an eye on the news to see if we get washed into the ocean.