Posted on 02/09/2010 1:47:28 PM PST by Beaten Valve
Foothill areas north of Los Angeles are under a flash flood watch as another winter storm approaches, threatening burn areas with more mudslides and prompting mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to drop between 1/3 of an inch to 2 inches of rain starting Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday night, said forecasters with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Though the storm will be patchy and "showery," forecasters said it could dump more than a half-inch of rain an hour in some areas.
Los Angeles County authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders Monday night for more than 500 residences in mudslide-prone areas in La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta and Acton. Sheriff's deputies are ordering residents to leave their homes by 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Oh great, does this mean another record breaking snowstorm for the East in 4-5 days when it’s done in LA?
No, we got ice here in the middle.
Seen the Yellowstone threads? ;)
;’)
an aside: Back in the 80's a Mech Engineer from LA had to fly in to Chi for a Construction meeting. He called home a couple times during the meeting to see if his house survived some Mudslide or Brush Fire. He apologized to us for the delays he was causing and said this was typical CA 'weather'.
(I didn't care about the delays, we were in the 40 something floor of Sears Tower and I just looked out the window at the cool view)
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