A week full of rain, with 5.18".  December total at 12.59", 126% of normal, while the Water Year now stands at 24.31", 127% of normal.  Average high and low for the week 54.3F, 43.2F.  The Mad River has dropped back below monitor stage, as has the Eel River.  Large scale flooding caused local ranchers to move cattle, and some county roads sill closed due to damage or fallen trees.  A joint study between Cal Poly Humboldt and University of Oregon has revealed that forest fires in areas of serpentine rock formations can change Chrome 3 into the carcinogenic Chrome 6.  The Chrome 6 then enters groundwater systems, and could then affect both animals and humans. (Chrome 6-hexavalent chromium--think of Erin Brockovich and PG&E).