Looks like you are right Surandy. One of the local Californian...

Looks like you are right Surandy. One of the local Californian news sites has reported exactly that overnight.

Richard Phillips has lost nearly a hundred blooming almond trees just in the last three days. He is hoping that today and the rest of the week, there will be no repeat of Friday’s strong wind that sent hundreds of the nut-producing staple all over Manteca and surrounding areas falling like sticks to the ground.

“Lots of downed trees,” said the lifetime farmer who not only grows almonds but runs a huller as well on South Union Road.

When he visited farmer friends in South Manteca along South Airport Way over the weekend, he saw the same devastation in their orchards. Like him, they are also worried about what this week’s weather will further bring upon their nut crop this year, he said.


No wonder the bees don't want to leave their hives.

Reading over the news reports from California over the past few days, it sounds like the weather over there has been atrocious. My feeling is that we will likely be seeing more reports like the one above in the days ahead.