[Drammach]

Here we go with the landslides again..

I hope Californians try to prepare beforehand this year..
They know it's going to happen..

[martin_fierro]

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

There was a time several years ago when a draught covered all of California and the winter snows were thin on top.

We should find out who's been praying for rain and send them to Colorado.

[Nachoman]

Send some to Texas!

[SierraWasp]

"...and divert river water to a vast wetlands."

Yeah... The stupidly named "Vic Fazio Wildlife Preserve!"

These idiots are scramblin to drain Folsom Reservoir because they didn't build it with enough outlets because the Auburn Dam and Reservoir just upstream was to serve as the flood control element on one of the world's steepest and fastest watersheds!!!

Now they won't finish what they had 2/3rds completed in 1977 mainly do to Democrat Party petty politics!!!

[tubebender]

All North Coast Rivers are at flood stage. They are starting to move people to shelters from some low lying areas.

101 is closed at Confusion Hill south of Garberville due to a perennial slide area there. They will start a bypass across the Eel River next year and complete it in 2009. Two bridges and lots of dirt to move. The EIRs are done but lawsuits are expected.

We have had about 20" in the last two months. 3" in the last 36 hours. We could lose power or fiber optic cable at any time...

[antaresequity]

27 foot plus waves jacking on the patch...

http://cdip.ucsd.edu/?nav=recent⊂=nowcast&units=metric&tz=UTC&pub=public&map_stati=1,2,3

[birbear]

The last significant flooding in Northern California was during the El Nino year of 1998 and a year earlier, when three people died after levees collapsed north of Sacramento. The danger is lower this time because there was relatively little snow in the Sierra Nevada to be melted by the warm rains.

I was there (north of Sacramento) when the levees collapsed. We had to evacuate for several days. Evac shelters are icky. I slept in my parents car, and as soon as we could, we headed to the Bay Area to find a motel.

I remember at the time of the evacuation, the police going up and down our street with their PA system, urging us all to leave. My dad took that moment in time to start sorting his sock drawer. My mom and I were kind of frantic. He just kind of ignored the situation for about 30 mins, and then decided that perhaps it was time to get the heck out of Dodge. It took three hours to traverse about 7 miles because of the stream of cars leaving town.

[DeaconRed]

The Flood program is broke, Now I guess its broker?