Mother Nature has backed down.

Yountville residents are closer than ever to getting their brand new community center, equipped with a multi-purpose room for programs and events, an expanded library and outdoor plaza for community gatherings — that is, if a ballot initiative drafted by critics of the costly project doesn’t put the project on ice.

Rainy weather has some tourists changing their plans to visit the  Napa Valley, with others staying a little longer than expected in order not to have to brave the rain.

Editor’s note: We asked readers at napavalleyregister.com on Friday to weigh in with their scenes from the storm. Several did, and in the course of describing what they were experiencing, they could not resist the bloggers’ urge to start a broader conversation - about whether Californians are weather wimps and more. Here is a sample: