Posted on 01/07/2018 2:56:31 PM PST by janetjanet998
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Death toll now 6 at Least 25 injured....rescues still ongoing
death toll now 8
100’s of people cut off and stranded
recues still ongoing 10 hours later
Yes - it is the natural course of things - but still sad. Although it isn't completely “natural” anymore with California not doing controlled burns now. Awhile back I read where many of the states in the SE do huge amounts of controlled burning. Millions of acres a year to keep their fire risk down. You never read about huge forest fires in Alabama or Mississippi.
greta live coverage with amazing videos from Montecito...
huge boulders in town....
slabs left where homes once were
highway 101 full of feet of mud and debris
http://www.keyt.com/livestream
the area above town didn’t burn for at least 80 years..lots of thick brush and trees...lots of ash.....steep cliffs....rainfall of .54 inches in 5 minutes,,,,,,
I went to one of the twitter links you put up - amazing pictures. I 101 is completely filled with water, muck and debris. There was a short video of a 14-year old girl they rescued from a home. I forget how long she was trapped, but it took the crew 2 hours to get her out. She seemed pretty unaffected by the ordeal. She’s covered in mud from head to toe, and made some quip about her pants!
death toll now 13 and expected to increse
search and rescues expected to last into tomorrow ..100 more search and rescue personnel will be there in the morning
unknown number still missing
The state with the 3rd highest number of votes for Donald Trump is California.
The state with the most fraudulent votes against trump was California!
Lots of great places and people in Cali that are plagued by losers....
Now that they have legalized recreational drugs, it’s game over! California in about 2 yrs is going to be hell on earth. And please, take all the roving herds of drug addicts from Washington State! Way too cold for these poor bums up here....go to California....
At least several dozen homes, likely more, destroyed due to the storm, according to officials. #CAStorm #Montecito
Montecito Mudslide Death Toll Climbs to 16
Two Dozen More Still Missing; Hundreds Trapped in Romero Canyon
The death toll of the Tuesday morning Montecito mudslides that sheared homes from their foundations and sent car-sized boulders careening out of creek beds has climbed to 16 with more fatalities expected as rescue and recovery teams continue searching the wreckage. Two dozen people remain missing, with at least 300 more trapped in Romero Canyon, where airlifts are actively underway. Twenty injuries have been reported, four of them critical.
https://www.independent.com/news/2018/jan/09/montecito-mudslide-death-toll-climbs-16/
8-10 new rescues so far today.. still hearing cry for help\
here is a pic of the 101 freeway.....that’s not a creek or river..that’s the freeway
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTMicESVMAMsS5H.jpg
Quick summary 1/10/2018 10:14am They are still recovering victims from trapped rubble, and doing house-to-house searches for additional victims in #Montecito. People still being pulled out alive.
Pictures at the Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5253561/Oprah-caught-California-mudslides-killed-13.html
MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — California authorities say 100 single-family homes destroyed, 300 damaged in Santa Barbara County flash-floods.
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WATCH: Aerial footage shows extent of flooding damage in Montecito, California
over 24 hours since the mudslide ...feet of mud still in some areas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teXOT6uXSwU
in the video I posted they showed the bare mountains upstream..lots of mud and rocks to come if they get another big rain
HUGE boulders larger then cars came down the mountain and into town..many feet of mud still....the upper portion cut a deep trench .it looks like the MS river delta off New Orleans in town....
-17 people killed
-13 people still missing
-28 people injured
-100 homes destroyed
-300 homes damaged
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