Posted on 02/04/2024 8:28:58 PM PST by Libloather
The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers battered California on Sunday, prompting the first-ever warning for hurricane-force winds in the state's history.
California is bracing for what could be days of heavy rains, flooding on roads and knocking out power to nearly 800,000 people, with 97 percent of the state's population under flood warning.
The current 'bomb cyclone' - a term denoting a storm that rapidly intensifies over 24 hours - could dump more than 8 trillion gallons of precipitation on the state.
The storm inundated streets and brought down trees and electrical lines across the San Francisco Bay Area, where winds topped 60 mph in some areas, blowing what looked like a white flag of tarpaulin off a building. Gusts exceeding 80 mph were recorded in the mountains.
A video out of Los Angeles caught chilling images of planes flying into the city as they tried to navigate the terrible conditions.
In Southern California, officials warned of potentially devastating flooding and ordered evacuations for canyons that burned in recent wildfires that are at high risk for mud and debris flows.
The National Weather Service office for Los Angeles warned that 'all systems are go for one of the most dramatic weather days in recent memory.'
One Home Depot in Santa Barbara, which saw some of the worst of the chaos in videos posted online, sold out on sandbags and was instead offering customers potting soil and fertilizer.
'This storm is predicted to be one of the largest and most significant in our county´s history, and our goal is to get through it without any fatalities or any serious injuries,' Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown told reporters Saturday.
Classes were canceled Monday for schools across the county, which was devastated by mudslides caused by powerful storms in 2018.
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Yep, mud season is upon them.
95% of the people are under flood watch. Seriously? I don’t think so.
It’s just another rainy winter. It happens there.
I generally don’t respond to nonsense. WTF are you on about?
We should be fine. Levels have been drawn down for winter. These types of storms, while not an every wonter occurance—do happen if one lives on a long enough timneline to experience these types of things. No need for Climate Change Therapists around here.
Power out in many places. Including the repeater up on Sutter Buttes that covers a very wide area. Running off of battery power at the moment. Our little GMRS neighborhood radio watch repeater is workin g just fine. There will be localized flooding, some trees will be going down and many of us will loose power.
I have the generator staged ( just a little 2k job that runs off of propane) A ready light running off of one of my many outputs on my ham radio battery box Just a flip of the switch and voila—no fumbing for candles and matches...
There will be some that will be affected by trees going through their roof or flooding streets and what not. All in all a big winter storm up and down the state.
You’re not kidding. Shasta is the largest reservoir in the state at 4.5 million acre feet. It began last season at about 500k before a record-breaking season. Now it’s still at about 3.8M acre feet. All major reservoirs in the state are similar. See the link
This brunt of this storm is missing the northern Sierra and the major reservoirs. El Niño has not quite paid off as hoped. Still all the reservoirs will spill—- they’ve got the floodgates open now to maintain some flood control capability. Vast amounts will be dumped into the sea
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=rescond.pdf
Just to tack one more one because I’m enjoying myself: 8 trillion gallons, if sold at Sacramento’s current domestic water rate, could pay down about .03% of our current national debt.
However, the stream fishing for trout in the foothills is going to be fun this Spring!
Then don’t.
Get stuffed ‘ MO.
Went through Harvey and got 32 inches of rain at the house in 5 days, horrible stuff.
Prayers up for the folks put there. Keep tabs on your friends families and neighbors, because you are going to be on your own, make sure you and your people are safe.
Well, they had been complaining about a drought for several years. This should recharge the water table......
Fear not. The CA dem led government is here to squander it for you.
They'll be crying *Drought* and rationing water after dumping most of the surplus in the ocean yet again.
Prayers up for you and other CA FReepers.
How are you doing so far?
They could have gone with Olympic pools.
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What? No warning of intense wildfires this summer from a record setting “fuel load” caused by all the rain?
Hey, take it up up with Dr. Franklin; he’s the one who thinks it’s a good idea to wipe out LA. I was just taking it to his logical conclusion.
God is getting fed up with California.
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