I'd heard that as of late last week, we'd actually gotten double Seattle's rainfall for this year. We must be getting all of the Northwest's weather: they're having a severe drought this season, and the ski resorts have pretty much closed already. Their totals are what we normally get for a decently wet year.

How can we -not- blame El Nino? And actually, the rainfall total should crack 30 inches by today (2/21/05), potentially putting this year into the top five wettest years in (recorded) L.A. history...and the season isn't even over yet.