Ann, the weather tonight was talking about our expected rain fall for winter and it was 15.5 inches. That's a lot for winter! I remember we had an El Nino year when I was a freshman in college. I thought my parents were exaggerating how wet it was until I came home for Christmas and they had sandbags around the well pump.
This is a good discussion of bird food, though. I'm really enjoying it even though I don't have bird feeders. Still, very informative and good info to have!