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History, San Diego, Surprising and Strange, Weather August 11, 2023

The man who made it rain, rain, rain in 1916

It rained a lot this past winter. However, as we all know, that hasn’t always been the natural state for the arid San Diego region. It took Charles Hatfield to make it rain 107 years ago in San Diego. The only problem was he couldn’t make it stop. A deep dive through the San Diego Historical Society archives courtesy of the OB Rag reveals the…

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California, San Diego, Weather March 7, 2020

See you one local Coronavirus case, raise you one catastrophic San Diego earthquake

The heck with the one case of Coronavirus found in Chula Vista — more on that later, below — flying under the radar this week was news that should shake and quake San Diego County residents just as much, if not more: Seismologists said San Diego could face catastrophic damage from the Rose Canyon fault — thought to be inactive until just 30 years ago….

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Weather

The man who made it rain, rain, rain in 1916

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SDG&E pulls plug cause of Santa Ana winds

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Lake Hodges Dam opens its floodgates

Record rain wreaks rare results, road rubs

Virus aside; the earth quakes, rain on the way

See you one local Coronavirus case, raise you one catastrophic San Diego earthquake