Four Inches from the Top

At 33.87 inches of rain so far this season, So Cal is just 4.31 inches from the total rainfall of the historic record rainy season of 1883-84. And how were things in that year?

"The sight was pitiable in the extreme. Men, women and children were wading in the water, carrying their valuables on their backs and pale with terror, wondering what horror would come next."

That report, from the now defunct Los Angeles Herald, is part of an LA Times story that chronicles those days. Weather buffs and historians will want to read on here.