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Oh, the pain! So far October has been a pain. After a day and a half stay in the hospital last week (including my first ride in an ambulance) - that issue is under control, yesterday my sciatic nerve in my right leg became a problem. I can barely walk now. Never had a problem like this before. Any suggestions?

Tropical Storm Hillary has passed, but we also had an earthquake! Hilary was about 20 hours of rain that produced 3.18" of rain (~8 cm) at my house - I have a weather station. Ventura, CA, 25 miles (~42 km) to my west, gets 0.18" (0.45 cm) on average in August. Hillary dumped almost 18 times the precipitation for a typical August. There was no damage near me, but a lot of damage from debris flows and flooding elsewhere mostly to roads. At about 2 pm PDT during the rain storm, there was a magnitude 5.1 earthquake near Ojai, CA about 25 miles from me. It shook the house for perhaps 10 seconds. I had no damage. I have experienced many earthquakes but haven't for several years. It is always a shock when the ground starts moving and you wonder if it is the "Big One." And, there is no connection between the two events.

Hurricane Hilary is Coming Well, it probably won't be a hurricane when it hits South California, but it is supposed to dump lots of rain on us with a bit of wind. The hurricane will probably be a tropical storm when it hits California. We haven't had a TS since the 1930s or 40s. The California current, which brings cold water south, kills hurricanes as they come north, Oh we occasionally get the remnants from such storms - clouds and maybe a few showers. Not this time. Where I am located NW of LA we are expecting 3" (7.5 cm) of rain over the next two days. The deserts, like Death Valley, to the east and north are expecting 5" (12.5 cm) or more of precipitation. That is typically what they get in an entire year! This storm shouldn't be a problem for me, But it might be for those to my East, more in the direct path of the storm.