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First EVER hurricane alert issued for Central California as 97 PERCENT of state's population put under flood warning - as 'bomb cyclone' prepares to batter LA and millionaire playground of Santa Barbara - sparking emergency alert from Gov. Newsom
Daily Mail ^ | 2/04/24 | Stephen M. Lepore

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 countyยดs 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; History; Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: california; cyclone; emergency; hurricane; newsom; storm; weather
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To: wildcard_redneck

Astrologers are better at predictions than “climate scientists”...welcome to the Idiocracy.


61 posted on 02/05/2024 4:22:14 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

If the “bomb cyclone” combines with an “atmospheric river” and the “pineapple express” forces the “polar vortex” to form “thundersnow”, it will be an “existential crisis”.


62 posted on 02/05/2024 4:42:52 AM PST by brookwood (If we pay $400 billion for Green New BS, do we get a guarantee that the weather will improve? )
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To: Libloather
Yes

63 posted on 02/05/2024 5:09:12 AM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: mabarker1

Can the hyperbole get more ridiculous? Pretty soon those into scaring people will start naming each cloud some scary name.


64 posted on 02/05/2024 5:31:46 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: Libloather

They complained about the drought, now they complain about the rain.

There’s just no pleasing some people.................


65 posted on 02/05/2024 5:37:21 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Libloather

I thought it was an atmospheric river???


66 posted on 02/05/2024 6:38:38 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: Libloather

Judgment of God on California?
Well, I don’t mean that I have the authority to say that is what is happening. But I think the question should be obvious to others.
Fires
Mudslides
Invasion by illegal aliens
Drugs and overdose deaths
Torrential rains
Will big earthquakes be coming soon?
I know there are many good people, and even some Christians trying to live Godly lives there. But I guess I am just having my Captain Obvious moment.


69 posted on 02/05/2024 7:04:01 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: metmom

We’re in Reno. In downtown not too much snow. At our place around a foot. Driveway here we come. ๐Ÿ˜ณ. We get “shaddowed” out a lot of the heavy precip.


70 posted on 02/05/2024 7:07:45 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: ping jockey

Lake Meade is about a third full. It is at ~10M acre feet now. Full capacity is ~30M.


71 posted on 02/05/2024 7:18:57 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: BenLurkin

The media frenzy is amusing.

Heavy rain and high winds but hardly a state of emergency.

Drove through it and it was windy with very heavy rain but not that big of a deal

Would not want to be one of the homeless living in the drainage tunnels though


72 posted on 02/05/2024 7:19:46 AM PST by rdcbn1
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To: Libloather

If they just had some dams to capture the water for future use. Oh wait..
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-largest-dam-removal-project-in-us-history-begins-final-stretch-welcoming-salmon-home-180983621/


73 posted on 02/05/2024 7:20:09 AM PST by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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To: Libloather

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-largest-dam-removal-project-in-us-history-begins-final-stretch-welcoming-salmon-home-180983621/


74 posted on 02/05/2024 7:22:32 AM PST by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Are you always this much of a jerk, or are you just feeling frisky today?

CC


75 posted on 02/05/2024 8:06:28 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

A little of both. Par for the course on this site.


76 posted on 02/05/2024 8:43:45 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: MotorCityBuck

Well, at least you’re honest and well adjusted about it.

Cheers,

CC


77 posted on 02/05/2024 8:48:28 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‘


78 posted on 02/05/2024 9:13:28 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: Libloather
The PGA canceled the fourth round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am tournament due to the storm.

Wyndam Clark was declared the winner, leading after 54 holes.

-PJ

79 posted on 02/05/2024 9:19:45 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Libloather

Alright..... who let little Timmy play with the weather machine?


80 posted on 02/05/2024 1:47:39 PM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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