Crazy Day

Waist High’s LTD was skeptical of me when I said I had never seen anything like the storm we had yesterday. It is true that Bakersfield does flood. Heck, way back in the beginning, when this city was very young, it used to flood all the time. That’s the price you pay for building a town in the middle of a river.

The thing that was different about yesterday’s storm was the amount of rain that fell in such a short amount of time. The official word is that we received a quarter inch of rain in less than two hours. But, according to The Californian, “some areas of the city…got hit with more than an inch of rain.” The real heavy down pour only lasted about 20 minutes.

The result? Numerous streets and intersections closed due to flooding, the fire department received 45 calls for help and the BPD was scrambling to assist with all the car accidents and other emergencies. As the head line said, all “Hail breaks loose.” Out in the northwest there was so much hail it looked like it snowed!

The good news is, it looks like that will be the last of the winter weather. We’re expected to be in the mid 70’s by next week. The bad news is, that means summer is just around the corner.