{"post":{"id":419,"title":"First real rain in months hits San Diego this weekend — do I actually need to do anything?","body":"Record autumn heatwave is finally breaking and Tropical Storm Rachel is pushing rain and flooding risk toward San Diego this weekend. My gutters are full of dust and leaves. Everyone is telling me to buy gutter guards, $200 and up. My plan was one ladder, one afternoon, clean them myself. Am I missing something or is this just hardware-store season? Roof is 12 years old, no leaks so far.","community":"Home","score":3,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":1,"leading":{"id":404,"name":"One ladder, one afternoon, zero dollars","score":1},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"marcusbuilds","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-10T13:16:56.479Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/419","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":404,"name":"One ladder, one afternoon, zero dollars","body":"Gutter guards are a subscription to regret — leaves sit on top of them and you end up cleaning anyway. One ladder, one afternoon, free. After a heatwave the dust comes off easy, and if water flows freely at the downspout you are done. Put the $200 toward a gutter cleaning every year for the next decade. The only thing worth buying is a $15 gutter scoop so you are not doing it with your hands.","score":1,"rank_score":6,"author":{"username":"frugaljo","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-10T13:23:57.891Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}