Posted on 01/20/2010 10:38:37 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
......What’s this with flooding?.....
The flooding and mudslides and obliterated houses are the solution to the woes of those who have empty dwellings for sale. The excess inventory problem is no more
1 to go, Kimosabe?
Ya see next weeks forecast yet? ;-)
You haven’t heard the news? nObama is ordering the banks to turn all repos over to the Haitians and the 40,000 prisoners being ordered out of jail...
Probably to reimburse the sheriff and fire overtime costs...that is the only thing I can think of.
I don’t doubt you in the reasoning.. it’s just incredible to me. ‘we want to free up state funds (that aren’t there) to pay for stuff, so let’s declare a disaster next Tuesday that might or might not actually be needed’ cha-ching!
and no one is up in arms. It boggles my mind the way CA works.
When a friend of mine in El Centro and I communicate we do so in Spanish as that is the native language in Southern California. :) I am subtlety encouraging you to learn Spanish at same time telling you that “Dude, I pray that you get plenty of rain because I don’t want you to steal our water”.
BTW, I took French in H.S. and my college transcripts show I had a “B” in advanced German. That’s another story though.
Haven’t looked out very far....when I read the forecast last night I thought there was a strong storm yet to come...today... and then something much weaker late tomorrow... then all clear for the weekend...
Storms Continue Their Attack on Southern California, Southwest
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The end to the storm onslaught for the Southwest is just around the corner, but residents cannot breathe a sigh of relief yet. Yet another storm will slam onshore today into tonight. Evident by where the heaviest rain and snow is projected to fall during this time, Southern 
The rain alone on the above graphic would lead to flooding and mudslides in Southern California and Arizona, especially in the recently burned areas. Since rain from storms earlier this week has already saturated the ground, more of the region is susceptible to these dangers.
The storm today into tonight will dump 1 to 2 feet of snow on the southern Sierra and the mountains across Southern California and the Four Corners. Strong winds, whipping the hardest in Southern California and Arizona, will combine with the snow to make travel virtually impossible. The winds will severely blow and drift the snow around, creating dangerous blizzard conditions.
Periods of rain and mountain snow will persist across the Southwest on Friday, adding to these totals.
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Yet another episode of strong winds will target Southern
One of the deaths occurred Tuesday afternoon northeast of San
The strongest winds through tonight will blast the mountains and coast. Los Angeles and Phoenix could be subject to gusts of 60 mph or higher, especially in any thunderstorm. Winds of this magnitude could lead to more downed trees, power outages and property damage. As evident by Tuesday's death, falling trees could cause death or bodily harm.
(KFI)
Debris basins full. Mud in home at base of La Canada hills. LA Cty officials call on Gov to declare state of emergency.
Are you getting any reports for south of the border? Northern Baja looks like it is getting hammered...
Is there such a thing as mudslide insurance? I guess it would be covered under a standard policy or would it?
That’s a pretty big glob too..
San Diego weather.. looks like after Friday, some drying out..
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=92101
Ouch
spin-offs of El Neenjaaa?
A Night of Tornadoes in East Texas, Louisiana
http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?blog=Weathermatrix
Late Wednesday piece posted this morn.
Drought-busting El Niño has come to town
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2434096/posts
I’m not sure. Is it considered to fall under ‘flood’ insurance? People either have that or they don’t..kinda like specific earthquake insurance.
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