Round Up: “Blue Skies”

Shining at me, unless they are cloudy skies that hold a lot of moisture in them. Maybe even an atmospheric river could be hiding behind those clouds. We experienced this over the last two weeks and the creeks did rise!

You may even have read that even meteorologists (which I am not one), had a hard time estimating the actual rainfall that was going to fall. With our ridges, valley’s, drainages, and microclimates, there were a lot of different amounts of rain that fell in the Bay Area.

There were at least two successful water rescues in West Marin on Platform Bridge on Tuesday of last week. I am not privy to every detail or other incidents, but we did learn that there were two fatalities in Sonoma County during this past storm.

Flooding is not anything to mess with. 

Incoming blob of water. From Windy.com 10:40 AM February 11, 2025

I did get to KWMR early last Tuesday. When I was ready to head home under that amazing sunset, I had to drive 40 minutes through Nicasio to get from Point Reyes Station to Olema, usually a seven minute drive.

All you need to do is look around after the waters have receded to understand the power of a flood. Please please do not drive into deep water.

There is another storm in the forecast that we should see the brunt of the rainfall early Thursday morning (as of the current forecast which is subject to change). And the tide will be low early Thursday morning, but rising throughout the day, and all the runoff does go into a bay with tides.

So be prepared for this upcoming storm system. Batten down the hatches, cover the wood pile, and secure things that might fly around. Sand bags are available at several locations around Marin County.

A few helpful places to get information are here, but they don’t all cover every incident (trust me), but they are better than nothing.

• County of Marin Point Reyes Rainfall measuring. 
• National Weather Service
• Alert Marin Emergency Portal
• Caltrans Quickmap
• Windy

There are lots of sources of information out there.

• Ready Marin
• Know who your Disaster Council contact is. 

And a reminder that during storms and ongoing situations, we will broadcast information at the top and bottom of the hour. I know this can be frustrating for those of us who are accustomed to immediate information (regardless of whether it is accurate), but we are a tiny staff with a small budget and not a news room, and we do our best!

KWMR is working on ways to make getting updates easier, please stand by!

So here’s hoping the power stays on and we all come out all right!

If you missed the Fire Safe Marin “Wildfire Watch Special” last night (Monday, February 10), you can catch it soon on their Youtube channel. It should be up in a day or so. It was very informative and people asked really good questions.

Thanks for reading and stay dry!

Amanda Eichstaedt
Station Manager and Executive Director