Wettest, wildest, weirdest rainy season in nearly 20 years comes to end in San Diego County – The San Diego Union-Tribune

From the backcountry of Campo to the back roads of Ramona, firefighters were ready to roll last fall at even the hint of wildfire.

Two years of below-average rain and high temperatures had left the landscape parched. Something as small as heat from a car muffler could be enough to ignite grass. Firefighters described the region as primed to burn.

The unexpected followed.

The rainy season that ended on Saturday night was the wettest in nearly 20 years and featured a social media sensation in the form of Hilary, the first tropical storm to make a direct hit on San Diego in more than 80 years.

via www.sandiegouniontribune.com

I don’t know why this happened but I’m glad it did. Out here we worry about wildfires. All of us seem to have gotten our fire insurance cancelled and now have to buy that super-expensive, state-subsidized stuff. So rain is good in my view.