January 22, 2010
A series of five vigorous El Nino fueled storms beginning January 17, 2010 delivered over seven inches of rain and strong winds to the RFS. The seasonal rainfall total for 2009-10 almost doubled to 15.26 inches (as of 3:30 PM Thursday January 21, 2010, EH&S rain gauge).
With the rains came another slug of trash from urban areas surrounding the RFS and from other places in the SF Bay. See photo below.
Bay Trail at Western Stege Marsh showing marine debris/ trash loading from the recent storms (Photo January 21, 2010.)