Posted on 01/09/2005 6:27:08 AM PST by bd476
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST SUN JAN 9 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS INCLUDES THE VERDALE...SIMI AND PADUA BURN AREAS
* UNTIL 1000 AM PST
* AT 555 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED INTENSE SHOWERS PUSHING INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA. MUDSLIDES...ROCKSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW THE BURN AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT WILSON AND SANTA CLARITA...MALIBU...AND LAUREL AND COLDWATER CANYONS.
LAT...LON 3406 11869 3408 11854 3415 11850 3416 11825 3402 11813 3392 11801 3400 11785 3406 11776 3420 11771 3438 11767 3437 11777 3449 11814 3477 11885 3429 11859 3421 11863 3416 11879 3406 11895
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BRUNO/RORKE
Old liquor store still there . I am on the same side. Walk to the dead end at the beach, look at building on the left, and that is where I live. Not hippy anymore. Very yuppie.
I was in my office....heard it but missed it. I am at the Seawrd dead end right on the beach and missed it...Rats.
Yeah, I've been down there. I use to surf quite a bit, now have a daughter who surfs. I wanted to introduce her to John's spectacular shrimp sandwich. Presto, they were gone. Some sushi place was there. Soon as she graduates from high school we are so moving home to Ventura.....
Posted on Tue, Jan. 11, 2005
Victims could be billed for rescues
Pulling someone out of a swollen creek is expensive and dangerous to rescuers, emergency officials say
Leslie Griffy
The Tribune
A new state law may force people who cross storm-swollen creeks or kayak during floods to foot the bill if their excursions end in an emergency rescue.
San Luis Obispo Battalion Chief Tom Zeulner said city officials haven't decided whether kayaker Ethan Donahue should pay about $4,500 for his rescue Sunday, when city firefighters hauled him out of a downtown creek.
But such incidents potentially carry a high price.
"Not only do they endanger themselves, they endanger the rescuers," Zeulner said.
Under a law that took effect Jan. 1, any person saved from an area that a "reasonable person ... should have known is closed to the public" could be liable for the cost of the rescue.
With eight water rescues in San Luis Obispo County in the past 11 days, no one has been charged for getting stuck while crossing creeks, kayaking or driving in flooded areas.
In fact, no bills have ever been sent out for such emergency rescues.
Two people in the county already have died in storms this winter. David Calvin Finley of Arroyo Grande drowned trying to cross a creek, and Audrey Richards died when the sailboat she was in ran aground north of San Simeon.
The bill for storm-related rescues, excluding the boat accident near San Simeon, is about $8,163 this season.
County officials said sending out a specialized crew and regular rescue staff generally costs county taxpayers less than $500. A normal Coast Guard rescue costs an estimated $8,500, according to Guard accountant Marques Johnson.
When people are pulled from dangerous -- and officials say often avoidable -- high water situations it traditionally has been the taxpayer who pays the bill.
For Sunday's rescue, the San Luis Obispo Fire Department figures the bill is at least $4,563. That does not include county expenses or the use of city police for crowd and traffic control.
Donahue -- the kayaker -- could not be reached for comment about the possibility of being billed for his rescue.
Police spokesman Rob Bryn said Donahue wasn't violating any laws.
For rescue teams, it's not really about the money.
"There is a tremendous risk to the firefighter," said CDF/County Fire Battalion Chief Michael Harkness, who is based in Pismo Beach. "Money is always an issue, but the main issue is firefighter risk."
Most of all, emergency workers want people to be safe during the wet season.
"(Rescues are) part of the job when it rains around here," Zeulner said. "But please stay out of the creek. Don't use kayaks. Don't use inner tubes. This is not the ocean. This is not a mountain stream. It is dangerous."
Portrero Road, after this rain? I pass;-)
ENCINO??? Really....
1:07AM - CATHERAL OAKS RD AT SAN MARCOS RD - EVACUATING APPROX 150 HOMES - NO ONE TO ENTER EXCEPT RESIDENTS
Really!...HAHAHAAHahaha... I don't like Potero when it's sunny, I'm sober, Mario Andretti is sitting next to me, and a fire truck is leading the way.... THAT will be a pigsty right now.
uh oh...
I would bill Kayak Dude, too!!;-)
Yikes!
I hate that road. It is treacherous!
yes, they need to set a precedent....
like all those idiots that drive into the water at San Fernando and Tuxford around the closed barriers...
No Habla Ingles doesnt cut in my book.....
Agreed. Bill em good!
That's handy, thanks.
Scanner is popping with stuck-people reports.
What's going on with the Piru dam?
What areas of CA is this happening in, all over?
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