Posted on 08/20/2023 1:38:30 AM PDT by Morgana
Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as California braces for Hurricane Hilary to hit today.
Residents in the south of the state have been given evacuation orders ahead of the historic storm making landfall around 1pm.
The governor's office has tried to reassure them extensive preparations are underway, including the deploying of 'more than 7,500 boots on the ground'.
But panic buying has set in and some supermarket shelves in San Diego and Los Angeles were stripped bare of essentials such as water and tinned food.
The tropical storm, the first set to make landfall in California since 1939, could impact more than 42million people.
'California continues to mobilize ahead of Hurricane Hilary's projected landfall in Southern California.
'People are urged to take all necessary precautions today' the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement on Saturday evening.
'Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for much of Southern California to support Hurricane Hilary response and recovery efforts as the state continues mobilizing and coordinating resources ahead of the storm's forecasted impacts starting today.
'At the Governor's direction, there are currently more than 7,500 boots on the ground deployed to help local communities protect Californians from the impacts of Hurricane Hilary,' it read.
The state has prepared water rescue teams, California National Guard personnel and flood fighting equipment ahead of Hilary's arrival, officials said.
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California: Panic buying sweeps stores as 42M brace for storm.
Nothing like waiting to the last minute to prepare for an emergency.
It’s California Jim
Fear mongering. By Newscum and Mail.
It’s not a hurricane. It keeps dissipating as it moves north over the ocean.
It should a lot later today.
Where does that NWS graphic show rainfall East of the Rockies?
“ We’re now up to 13 hours of steady rain…”
Where are you?
“Just got booted off 2 of the 3 free hotspots here BEFORE I could get back on and post”
Something just hit my firewall twice because I was posting in this thread. Keywords Climate BS, Hype, climate porn, Etc.
My box locked up and shut down to prevent it.
Why the bell isn’t Newsom signing orders on an EV, not a gargantuan gas guzzling Hummer? When times turn tough, gasoline it is!
The headwaters of the Rio Grande are in Colorado.
Waiting for the looting and shoplifting to go ballistic. Hows those Defund The Police liberal democrat policies working for ya California?
WOW history says different, the hurricanes become tropical storms and do cause damage.
gavin’s a little late to the party, most of the effected counties already had taken steps on friday!!!
Just a bit dramatic unless the Good Lord called on Noah to start building an ark.
no one is under any evacuation orders in any of the socal counties, neither in the central valley county of kern, just more DM BS
We don’t know how this year’s hurricane season will impact Florida. It might be better for DeSantis to zip it until after hurricane season.
“no one is under any evacuation orders in any of the socal counties.”
Yeah, I figured. Just climate hoax chicken little propaganda.
yep and i have seen no ark’s being build
yep just more warming BS
Isn’t that rain in Las Vegas good for Lake Mead?
Big Daddy will jump right on that.|
Will also be there asap so the sheep will shout praises upon me.
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