They said that the storm would be even more serious on Tuesday night. The
pouring rain on Saturday night continues the whole day on Sunday. The
storms alert was issued in the morning and the whole bay area was under
thunder, lightning and the over 60 mph wind gusts.

Raining was common but thunder and lightening in December was unusual.
Looking our through the window, the rained-blurred valley just settled with
silence. There was no better time to play Chopin's "Raindrop". Raindrop is
the nickname of Chopin's Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat. Following the first few
peaceful notes, the repeated A-Flat or G-Sharp note just reflected the
seemlingly endless rain drop. Toward the end, the tone slowed down, and
ended with peaceful notes. The scene and the music just released the
tension of my quickened days. I still couldn't figure out the music was
the preludes to what. Rain quieted down, I went out to clean up the
mess. They jrushed out with me, jumping, stepping on the water, splashing
to each other.We didn't even bother to put the rain coast or rain boot
on them. It was nice to feel the wetness against the skin on the face. The
sweet dripping grass and flower vine, the rain-mist hill, and the irised cloud
formed the nature impressionism.

Raindrop in Dublin Hill

Luckily, no serious damage was done so far. This morning, we lifted all our blinds and saw, the brownist hill has turned green just after couple days of heavy rain. It is winter, change of the season.