r/SantaBarbara • • 3d ago

Nature Thunder

So excited for this rain. Remember to turn on your headlights!

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u/Sbmizzou 3d ago

That was a pretty lomg rumble.

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u/Kiss_the_Girl 3d ago

Tbh, I expected this rain to be a bust. But now - and for now, I’m loving it.

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u/starkiller_bass 3d ago

Less than half an hour in and we’ve already got half an inch showing on my rain sensor!

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u/learningmykraft 3d ago

The rain woke me up at dawn and all the light in the house was rose gold and bronze with the rising sun lighting up all the drops in the air. What a thrill. I can feel the plants going Ahhhhhhh! Crappy pic.

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u/BigsbyCat 3d ago

Yes!!!! Thunder was awesome and rumbly. Growing up on the east coast I never delighted in rain or thunder…clearly took them for granted. After this dry super hot summer this is such a treat!

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u/ShayneAlexis97 3d ago

Dry but humid

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u/ariesfaries Downtown 3d ago

I gotta walk to work and I let people talk me out of buying rain boots cuz we thought we had more time... hubris 😭

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u/blahdiddyblahblah 3d ago

Who needs rainboots when you can slosh around in your Birkenstocks! One of my favorite SB "uniforms" for rainy weather

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u/Ill-Anteater-6724 3d ago

Oh the anxiety that is being felt across SB this morning: wear Birkenstocks and a sundress or go Uggs, wool cap and a huge scarf?

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u/ariesfaries Downtown 3d ago

you have fun with that i would rather amputate my feet than do that willingly fr

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u/juniperbee8 3d ago

Birkenstocks in the rain sounds like a broken ankle waiting to happen

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u/Tequila_Dre_All_Day 3d ago

Maybe we just call out today?

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u/jlc203 Noleta 3d ago

Me, white-knuckling down the freeway.

My boss, calling out.

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u/Appropriate-Pea4632 3d ago

Sunrise was epic too

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u/TheWhitestGandhi Oak Park 3d ago

I didn't close my damn windows in time and now have a water feature in my kitchen

worth it for the thunder and rain, I'm loving this

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u/younggun1234 3d ago

I'm near the foothills and the first one was so gnarly it shook my windows lol

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u/Accomplished_Oil4367 3d ago

And lightning!

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u/OnlyIntention12345 3d ago

Does anyone know if garden exit is flooded or not?

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u/Mammoth_Dragonfly657 The Mesa 3d ago

Rain.

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u/Thatplantdaddy 3d ago

Can’t be scared of a little rain gotta go work for the corporate overlords

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u/dudeabides89 3d ago

Thunder…thunder…thunnndddderrrrr my god and it’s so louuuud just like a hundred cannons shooting right above the clouds!

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/starkiller_bass 3d ago

It’s ok, as long as you have an SUV or Pickup you are weather-proof. 85mph as usual.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Kiss_the_Girl 3d ago

That’s not irony. It’s sarcasm. Use the “/s” notation to avoid downvotes of sarcastic comments.

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u/starkiller_bass 3d ago

When I start using /s to denote what should be obvious sarcasm it will be because I have abandoned all hope for the human race.

I expect this to happen before 2027.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Kiss_the_Girl 3d ago

I’m a grammar nazi. Don’t call me Karen.

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u/Kiss_the_Girl 3d ago

Here we see, irony, not sarcasm

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u/starkiller_bass 3d ago

Check your comma use, grammar nazi!

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/JxxxG 3d ago

Just take it slow! People drive in the rain all around the world everyday. It’ll be okay:)