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Nathan said:
Just got flash flood warning on cellphone, I've heard from a couple friends about local flooding. No danger in my immediate area, although a couple paved roads will likely be covered in mud and rock, or even washed out.
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Oh shoot Hwy 2 going to Wrightwood is washed out. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/highway-2-impassable-after-debris-flows-hit-wrightwood-wednesday/
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Just saw that on the news re: Wrightwood
Looks like L.A. is getting hit pretty hard, too. Lots of flooding.
 
Both El Nino and El Nina make the San Francisco Bay Area rainfall "iffy". Half the time historically it drenches us and half the time we have drought.

Essentially we are the "midpoint" where the high pressure/low pressure ridges clash out in the Pacific. So there is heavy rain:
  • Southern CA
  • Far Northern CA
  • Coastal areas up to 15-20 miles from shoreline, but milder conditions the further eastwards one goes.
We live in the East Bay hills, about 25 miles from the coast. We can see the GG Bridge getting drenched, but we ended up getting barely an inch with only moderate winds. Winds are the big problem when the soil gets saturated; mudslides and trees falling are serious dangers even in urban areas.

It takes a day or so before the clouds start "stacking up" against the Sierra mountains (sort of the dividing line between CA and Nevada), and the rain finally becomes snow. So one of the ski resorts just reported today (Xmas eve) that this morning, they had barely enough snow to cover the ground, but by this Sunday, FOUR FEET is forecasted to fall up there. All the skiers will be happy with New Year's skiing, LOL.
 
Intense winds, power outages, and trees down everywhere which impacts travel.
The mountains get the worst of the winds, and the valleys get the worst of the flooding.
It's nothing new, but high winds can really make it hard to sleep, and it leaves a messy landscape. You just tough it out and hunker down. If you live in the valleys, the winds are a little less intense, but the flooding can be major.
 
willnbugs said:
We have had 2" down here in the California South Bay so far. South Bay is near Long Beach, Torrance and the Beach cities. i.e. Redondo, Cabrillo, Hermosa.

Waiting for more rain tomorrow. No real damage here i.e. lots of Palm fronds all over and wet puddles here and there. It is bad in other places tho.
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Lived in the South Bay(Hermosa Beach, Manhatten Beach), Torrence and Long Beach back in the 70s. Been in the Inland Empire since the late 70s, High Desert since the late 80s.
 
I'm glad you posted this thread GG. I've been watching news videos about the flooding and the extent of it is frightening. I hope none of our members who live in the affected areas will face severe flooding and have to evacuate and suffer property damage. I have a good friend who lives in Cali and my BFF's nephew lives in an area that might wind up being affected. So far my good friend's property is safe, but she got flooded a couple of years ago and this seems worse.
 
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