amy jackson , 35 , of los angeles , expressed joy as she had a cigarette in the lee of a downtown skyscraper .
the unusually cold spring storm brought heavy rain and hail to parts of northern california and coated the mountains in snow - a welcome respite but one that will do little to ease the historic drought , forecasters say .
` it 's been scary , as to how low our reservoirs have gotten ... so to even have this little bit , it 's great .