Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
GENERAL
ALL ALONG COAST
LOS ANGELES NOT THE ONLY
WET SPOT
Rainfall to Date ls Almost Equal to
Precipitation for All of Last
Season-Water Supply
Assured

Rainfall yesterday to midnight, 1.24
inches.
Rainfall for the senson, 1896 inches.
Rainfall to date last season, 400
inches.
Average rainfall for the season. 1886
inches.
! Rainfall last season. 1870 inches.
| state fOrecast-Rain Friday, light
east winds.
Another turn of the weather mans
Kaleidoscope and the strange combina-
ton of rain and squalls appears-with
which, it seems, the instrument is
| loaded Up to the present this sea-
sons fall is a trifle less than four
| inches below the average rainfall for
the entire season, but according 10
present indications this year will go
well beyond the ordinary fall. The
storm is a specimen of the Oregon
product and Forecaster Wollaber as
serts can be expected to deliver the
goods for another thirty-six hours.
Yesterdays rainfall caused consid-
cradle damage to the Southern Pacific
lines between here and San Francisco.
The southbound Owl arrived yesterday
but no other trains came in, and no
northbound trains were sent out. There
is a washout in the Burbank valley
and other trouble farther north on the
line, though at a late hour last night
it was not known how much damage
the storm had done to the tracks.
Trains Delayed
The Santa Fe limited was five hours
late owing to delays which the storms
in the east have caused, but otherwise
the Santa Fe trains are running on
schedule time.
The storm is general the length of
the coast, starting at Oregon and NOV
ing southwark until it reached San
Diego yesterday at noon. Storm warn
ings had been sent out and a strong
southwest wind was the first indication
of the general downpour which fol-
lowed. There is every prospect of a |
heavy storm there.
A report from Santa Barbara states
that the city is again without commu-
nication. Yesterdays rain carried out
coast line tracks in several places, and
both north and south trains are tied
up.
Reports from Santa Maria state that
a stream a block wide is running
through the town. Neither the Santa
Maria or Santa Ynez rivers are as high
as during last weeks flood, but they
are rising. No further damage is re-
ported. The rainfall yesterday was
l "a inches; for January, II s., and for
the season 1S. so. There is heavy snow
in the mountains. The launch Scotland,
sunk during a recent gale and floated
afterward, went on the beach last
night and will be a total loss Captain
Bennett of Ventura is the owner
Water Supply Assured
Word comes from Bakersfield that
there is another rainfall and the snow
is deep in the mountains, assuring a
plentiful supply of water for irrigation
during the summer months. There have
been heavy frosts in the last few
days. The rain has more than doubled
the average for twenty years. accord
ing to the record. For the season the
rainfall has been 6.33, an unusually
wet January. The seasons fall is .03
below the average 1905-O6 recording
1852.
Snow at Bakersfield
A heavy snow fell in the mountains
around Bakersfield Wednesday night
and early yesterday morning a hard
wind from the south arose bringing
rain at 1O:30 O'Clock. Reports from the
mountain district about Glennville say
the country is covered with more snow
than in many years past. In places it
is more than six feet deep and many
roads are blocked Although Kern
river has showed no signs of rising as
yet, considerable apprehension will be
felt should the storm continue much
longer.
Wet at San Jose
At San Jose the rainfall up to Z
O'Clock yesterday morning was 06
inches, making a total of Il 2S for the
season, as against 4.9S for the CORE
spending date last year, and 10. 7S to the
similar date in 1906. The barometer is
29.72 this forenoon, and heavy showers
and a brisk southeast wind are pre-
Vailing. Some additional snow fell on
the SUBMITS last night, but the weather
has turned warmer and rain is now
falling in the mountains, causing the
streams to rise materially, but there
is no danger of local floods, although
trains from San Francisco today are de-
layed.
Storm Is Severe
The storm which began at Stockton
late Wednesday night, following a gale,
was one of the seVerest of the season
for the time it lasted. Nearly a quarter
of an inch of rain fell in that vicinity
before morning, the wind blowing furi-
ousy. Reports from outside of town
show the storm to have been pretty
general throughout the county. The
rain at this time has the effect of re-
tarding farming operations, particularly
on the adobe lands, as no plowing can
De uoHe' lHeic 10 6leat uedl VI SHOW
in the mountains to the east and
should a warm spell follow a flood is
almost inevitable.
From Portland comes the report that
the Willamette was frozen over for a
short time early yesterday. The ther-
rnometer registered 10 degrees above
zero. This is the first time the William
ette has been frozen over since 1888.
HEAVIEST RAINFALL