CA: L.A.'s latest storm brings heavy flooding ( Storm #3 Wed #4 arrives tomorrow )

Los Angeles Times ^ | January 21, 2010 | Ann M. Simmons, Rong-Gong Lin II and Jeff Gottlieb

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Traffic is a nightmare, with portions of the 710 and 405 freeways inundated by several feet of water and the Grapevine and Cajon Pass closed by snow. Evacuations are ordered for more than 1,000 homes.

The third day of an intense series of winter storms brought widespread flooding, huge waves and more evacuations throughout Southern California, with another powerful front expected to hit this morning.

Wednesday's storm lacked the dramatic tornado conditions of Tuesday's, but it dropped significantly more rain.

Streets from San Pedro to Sunland flooded. And the afternoon commute turned into a nightmare when portions of the 405 and 710 freeways were inundated by several feet of water, stranding several cars. The Grapevine was closed for much of the day because of snow, and officials Wednesday night shut down Interstate 15 at the Cajon Pass. A rock slide closed California 1 at Mugu Rock in Ventura County.

There were reports of hail and scattered power outages. At least one waterspout off the coast of Hermosa Beach prompted city officials to call residents, telling them to stay indoors. And a dozen children were rescued in separate swift-water rescues in La Habra and Yorba Linda.

[lainie]

No I haven’t actually. Good q. A quick search brought up this: http://bit.ly/58xlHo d.u. was ON IT

;)

[NormsRevenge]

just a side thought.. I can see the court cases where arguments are made over was it a mud or a debris slide, was it soupy enough to be covered as a flood or torrent? one can never have enough lawyers yaknow to battle the ‘evil’ insurance companies. ;-)

[tubebender]

thanks... I think?

[BurbankKarl]

It is all about funding the emergency workers...I heard the news say last night that there would be no Caltrans snow plows on Friday because of furloughs. What drivel!

[lainie]

I had to change “is” on it to “was” because that was from Monday. They were very very concerned about homeless encampments in L.A. and whether or not they’d survive the incoming rainfall. I just thought it was amusing.. sorry

[lainie]

Oh man. That’s priceless.

[tubebender]

Oh I’m always amused by the nutcase foaming at the mouth over the dumbest things. Case in point... a three story unreinforced brick building partially collapsed on to the building next door during our recent 6.5 EQ and the “preservationist” screaming at the owner to save it in all it’s destructive glory so it could really kill someone.

Ir looked like Bakersfield was getting hammered big time about a hour ago?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Sky is lightening up...is it over?

,...radar is encouraging!