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The rain here has been between an English summer rain and a bit heavier,
with occasional really brisk winds.  Not bad, and not too cold.  It
certainly isn't a hurricane.

However, the hotel is located in Mission Valley, which is a dry riverbed.
It is part of a "100-year flood plain", which has been quite dry for
some years.  When it rains hard, some of the roads crossing the valley
get flooded.  Every year some idiot tries to surf the resulting river
and dies.  The freeways continue to flow just fine.

If the rain stops even for a day, the valley drains quite quickly and is
pleasant once again, as long as you like mud.

When it's raining as it is now, the conference center is ok, and
probably the hotel is too.  If it were to do a week of really heavy rain
(heavy for us), the underground parking garage at the convention center
would be a mess but the convention center itself would be ok.

Because San Diego's storms are blown in from the Pacific (and there's
little radar at sea), it's quite hard to predict their exact arrival and
strength.  Another problem is that our chief weatherman retired about a
year ago and his replacement is more familiar with the Boston area, so
predictions are a little less reliable than in the past, and tend to err
on the cautious side - he often predicts downpours when all we get are
moderate rains.

If it's raining or rain is predicted when you leave for the conference,
I'd suggest some sensible rain gear (umbrella, raincoat, maybe some wellies)
but you don't have to pack a raft.  On the other hand, we may have a
Santa Ana condition by then, and it will bright and sunny and 70F.

Welcome to San Diego.
	- Brian