Pics of Big Storm...Havasu to Dana Point

[BajaMike]

Went out to Havasu yesterday (Tuesday) to bring my boat and truck back to Dana Point.
The big rain storm was rolling in....this is taken from the Nautical Inn just before sunrise (6:30 a.m.) Wednesday morning.
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I then drove through heavy rain all the way to Dana Point (about 300 miles of heavy rain).
Here is a rainbow from my house in Dana Point, looking towards the the ocean, at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
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:rollside:

[HOOTER SLED-]

Cool pics. I wonder if there is Skittles at the end of that rainbow??? :D

[bunny 166]

Wow--great pics! Im a south oc resident myself...pretty rainy that day, huh? Glad you made it back safely :shift:

[HOOTER SLED-]

That first one looks like a postcard

[shadow]

Poured here all day wed.supposed to clear by fri.
Then back again by tues.

[RiverOtter]

Very Cool pic :cool:

[Mrs.Racer277]

Beautiful pictures. Thank you for sharing. :)

[mbrown2]

its still raining here :cry: :cry: no work today :mad:
So are the western slope of the rockies getting snow yet?....hope so...that is what we need to fill all these lakes out west.

[MAINEVENT]

Very Cool Pix thanx for sharing :rollside:

[Racer277]

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Cool Pic, I didn't know they have Pontoon Boat regatta's! :boxed:

[carreraboat]

racer i was going to say the same thing maybe it is hot boat's potoon speed trials

[surfer2001]

So are the western slope of the rockies getting snow yet?....hope so...that is what we need to fill all these lakes out west.
thats gonna take several years of hard rain & snowfall. Have you seen powell lately? it's empty..... :(

[mbrown2]

thats gonna take several years of hard rain & snowfall. Have you seen powell lately? it's empty..... :(
That is what they said in the past...but a couple good winters changed that...I still remember when Parker flowed over and all the lakes above filled up with one season of rain while we were supposed to have drout conditions for years...I don't believe the weather guys...A couple of good seasons (El Nino) can change things around and with early snow in the Western Slope rockies can start to change things..

[Boozer]

That is what they said in the past...but a couple good winters changed that...I still remember when Parker flowed over and all the lakes above filled up with one season of rain while we were supposed to have drout conditions for years...I don't believe the weather guys...A couple of good seasons (El Nino) can change things around and with early snow in the Western Slope rockies can start to change things..
Well if there's any year that could do it again this ould possibly be the year. Several of the ski resorts in Colorado are already opened. They are western range slopes. They havent opened the resorts this early in the season in years. :D

[BajaMike]

Cool Pic, I didn't know they have Pontoon Boat regatta's! :boxed:
They had all the Nautical's pontoons beached in the cove. The other boats are the Nautical's rental Eliminators. I think there was only about ten people staying in the whole place.
I was the only customer at the Naked Turtle Tuesday afternoon....the bartender couldn't leave till I left....so I kept there until 9 or 10 that night.....I think :confused: :confused:

[BajaMike]

thats gonna take several years of hard rain & snowfall. Have you seen powell lately? it's empty..... :(
The water at Havasu was really high....almost up to the wood at the Turtle, and Parker was really low...not sure why.

[surfer2001]

The water at Havasu was really high....almost up to the wood at the Turtle, and Parker was really low...not sure why.
I noticed the same thing last weekend. Their not letting much water out of Lake Havasu, consequently the lake is full, and the river is 3~4 feet low. I was afraid to launch on the river Saturday morning, missed breakfast at Roadrunner.

[AzLakeLizard]

thats gonna take several years of hard rain & snowfall. Have you seen powell lately? it's empty..... :(
ok.. NOT.. :hammer2: Powell is still a fantastic place to boat! we were just out there on a house boat trip in October and we are going out this weekend. This weather will help add some more needed water to start filling her up again! :D

[surfer2001]

ok.. NOT.. :hammer2: Powell is still a fantastic place to boat! we were just out there on a house boat trip in October and we are going out this weekend. This weather will help add some more needed water to start filling her up again! :D
Ya, but you need water to boat
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[AzLakeLizard]

Ya, but you need water to boat
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I, and Mardonzi will take pics for you this weekend.. the Wahweap launch ramp is still open. The Stateline ramp is closed and the antelope (old ramp) is closed.. still launching off the new antelope launch ramp also. Just keep doing the snow dance for western colorado! woohoo for the rain!

[BajaMike]

Lake Powell is really deep.....last time I was there, it was down 120 feet, and some places my depth gage was showing over 200 feet deep!
:idea:

[RiverRatMike]

didn't really rain that much here in Havasu. I recoreded only 0.85 inches of rain and never really got heavy. last weeks storm was well over 2 inches of rain

[BajaMike]

didn't really rain that much here in Havasu. I recoreded only 0.85 inches of rain and never really got heavy. last weeks storm was well over 2 inches of rain
Great lightning photos...how do you do that....my digital seems to delay a couple seconds and i miss the lightning.
:confused:

[Ziggy]

Cool Pic, I didn't know they have Pontoon Boat regatta's! :boxed:
This cracks me up because last weekend I was out in Havi(working on house) but 90% of the boats I saw trailer by were pontoons or Gayliner types :p :p
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Great pics Mike :cool: