Warren,
Boy do I have a suggestion. Come out here for a few days. If it rained on you last year, maybe the rain would stop if you came here. Weed isn't that far from me and it is getting rain too. So is Weaverville and Mt. Shasta. Even the Bay Area is getting soaked. Love your Avatar. I had flowers in the front yard but they only got about 4 inches high before the water covered them. Don't know if they will survive or not. I just got back from Redding and it rained all the time, just harder at times and now it is really getting heavy. No spring here for sure.
Ron