What's Rove up to now?
Posted on 04/07/2006 12:55:23 PM PDT by SmithL
State and federal officials are bracing for flooding and levee failures next week on the San Joaquin River near Modesto and Manteca as reservoirs reach capacity and still more rain is forecast.
The National Weather Service predicts the river at Vernalis will reach 28 feet Saturday night and continue rising, toward the flood stage of 29 feet, as new storms move through the area this weekend weekend.
By Wednesday, the weather service predicts San Joaquin River levels will reach 31.5 feet at Vernalis as another, wetter storm arrives Monday and Tuesday. This is well above the river's "danger stage" of 29.5 feet.
Click here for more... "Chances are, we're going to break a levee before we reach those flows," said Cindy Matthews, a weather service hydrologist based in Sacramento. "We haven't seen levels like this since 1997, and these are significant levels on the lower San Joaquin River."
Already, state and federal flood officials are working together to prepare for levee failure and overtopping on San Joaquin River levees. Teams from the California Conservation Corps are being called out, and flood-fighting materials ordered into position.
Some low-lying areas have already been urged to evacuate, including a mobile-home park in Mossdale, near Manteca.
"Starting Monday, another series of storms is supposed to be starting through that will equal the storms we've had this week," said Don Strickland, a spokesman for the state Department of Water Resources. "We're expecting (levee) overtopping or failure. There is going to be that much water."
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What's Rove up to now?
Ping!
Rove has his weather machine cranked up again to hit another blue state! ha ha!
Prayers go out to folks in California's great central Valley.
*PING* !
Bush hates Californians!
It`s Bushs fault, he is controlling the weather.
As always Women Children and Minerorties hardest hit!
Just axe Comrade Courik... Oh that's right we dont get to axe her she only tells us what to believe!
I went through this some years back when my family lived in Stockton. We were under a vountary evacuation order for over a week, they erected earthen barriers under the freeway (hwy 5) overpasses, and issued sand bags to residents. It was absolutely terrible. My wife and I moved all our crud from the 1st floor to the 2nd and waited. Thankfully, the levee broke on the other side of the river, flooding mostly farmland instead of our neighborhood.
It may sound strange, but give me an earthquake anytime (knock on wood). They happen and are over and then you pick up the pieces. Floods just go on and on.
I'm looking out the window right now at more rain clouds moving in...
Dang! I was just outside enjoying the sunshine.
Dry Creek here in Modesto is anything but.
I did manage to get the lawn mowed last weekend between downpours.
Don't really have to worry too much about flooding at our location, but those low elevation sites along the Tuolumme (Two-all-emme) River and Dry Creek would be wise keep an eye on the water level.
I'd think a Diver would call all this wet-mess job security.
; )
Howdy, D.
My mom's old house is awfully close to Dry Creek, which I'm sure is NOT dry right now.
Modesto 10 day forecast....
Rain, Partly Cloudy, Partly Cloudy, Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain, Partly Cloudy, Rain and Rain.
add Melted Snow.
Maximizing federal income. I'd suggest some research on who controls Friant Dam, who sells the water stored behind the dam and why the Bureau was not releasing water months ago in preperation for its flood control role.
And you thought you were making a joke.
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