rainbowsandroses Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Here's what happening this week in my neck of the woods (SoCal). Three lives lost so far due to fallen trees. https://www.cnn.com/videos/weather/2024/02/05/california-rain-storm-flood-nick-watt-lead-pkg-vpx.cnn 1 Link to comment
ShySoul Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I'm in SoCal as well rainbows. Hopefully you are staying safe and dry. Luckily my corner of Orange County hasn't been as bad, just two days of nearly constant rainfall. Seems LA and San Diego are getting it worse. My thoughts and best wishes to everyone affected by this storm. Setting all kinds of records: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/rainfall-records-continue-to-be-broken-in-los-angeles/ 1 Link to comment
catfeeder Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 My heart goes out to you both as well as all who are being impacted. I hope that you'll remain safe, Cat 1 Link to comment
Batya33 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Same from me - I knew about the OP and have been thinking of you of course! Prayers to all in this terrible situation. 1 Link to comment
greendots Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Devastating! Stay safe y'all. Thinking of you xx 1 Link to comment
boltnrun Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Flooding in the grounds of my apartment complex. Water reached halfway up my back steps but didn't reach my actual apartment. My neighbor in my complex is getting water intrusion through their windows but so far I have just got a little bit. I haven't checked my car since Monday but I could see the water reached midway up the tires and the edge of the doors but hadn't gotten inside. I have to park on the street, BTW. I told my manager I wanted to work remotely as I didn't feel safe driving since so many streets in my city were flooded. He said OK, but I would have refused to come in even if he hadn't. I'm going to look around today after the rain stops to see how bad it is. I do know tree limbs and palm fronds are everywhere. I also haven't been able to do laundry since last week (laundry room is reached through the grounds, which have been flooded!) Hopefully today. But overall I'm safe. So are my kids. 1 1 1 Link to comment
Coily Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Yikes, having been through a few flood events I feel for you all. Also @boltnrun, when safe after the water recedes go out an start the car and just let it idle for a while. There could well be water in the electrical system, you need to let the engine compartment heat up enough to start evaporating the water. Then After that do some short around the block driving. Probably fine, but I've seen enough "flood cars" break down to advise taking things slow. 1 Link to comment
BeaTlesFan77 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hoping that all of you in California are safe. Also, hoping that the soldiers from the helicopter located near San Diego are found alive and well. 1 Link to comment
boltnrun Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 10 hours ago, beatlesfan77 said: Hoping that all of you in California are safe. Also, hoping that the soldiers from the helicopter located near San Diego are found alive and well. Sadly they found their bodies. I hate to hear about this happening to any service people, who bravely chose to protect us. 2 Link to comment
rainbowsandroses Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Just read death toll thus far is 9. >>The body of the 63-year-old Fair Oaks woman was discovered after her employer requested a welfare check because she hadn’t shown up at work, the Sacramento County sheriff’s office said.<< Apparently a tree in her backyard toppled killing her. More prayers and may she, the two soldiers and all who lost their lives from this monster RIP. Stay indoors and stay safe!! Link to comment
rainbowsandroses Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 The sun is out now, peeking through clouds, thank goodness! 😀 Link to comment
rainbowsandroses Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 39 minutes ago, rainbowsandroses said: The sun is out now, peeking through clouds, thank goodness! 😀 Spoke too soon, it's pouring again. 😞 Link to comment
boltnrun Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 It was dry at home but raining at work this morning. Currently dry at work. They did a good job of clearing out the tree limbs and palm fronds off the streets in my city. Link to comment
BeaTlesFan77 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/8/2024 at 7:41 AM, boltnrun said: Sadly they found their bodies. I hate to hear about this happening to any service people, who bravely chose to protect us. Agreed, it's just awful and I'm thinking about all of the family members. Last night I found out that one of them was a local. 1 Link to comment
boltnrun Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Some of the storm damage. I was lucky. No water intrusion into my home, no damage to my car. My neighbor who lives in the other half of my duplex got water inside his apartment as well as two other neighbors in my complex. Link to comment
BeaTlesFan77 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 minutes ago, boltnrun said: Some of the storm damage. I was lucky. No water intrusion into my home, no damage to my car. My neighbor who lives in the other half of my duplex got water inside his apartment as well as two other neighbors in my complex. Woah! Thank goodness your home and car didn't get touched. Link to comment
rainbowsandroses Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 On 2/8/2024 at 7:10 AM, rainbowsandroses said: More prayers and may she, the two five soldiers and all who lost their lives from this monster RIP. Hopefully, the worst of it is over! It was downpouring this morning, but the sun's been peeking through on and off and it's supposed to be a nice weekend, and next week upcoming. Some very weird weather happening; I just read that some parts of L.A. and San Diego got an entire year's worth of rain in 4 days. Crazy. Stay safe. Link to comment
BeaTlesFan77 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 4 minutes ago, rainbowsandroses said: Hopefully, the worst of it is over! It was downpouring this morning, but the sun's been peeking through on and off and it's supposed to be a nice weekend, and next week upcoming. Some very weird weather happening; I just read that some parts of L.A. and San Diego got an entire year's worth of rain in 4 days. Crazy. Stay safe. I think we're supposed to get that rain over the weekend. The PGA Waste Management event had to be suspended a few times because of the rain we received this past week. That is incredible how you got a year's worth of rain in four days! Link to comment
boltnrun Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 And now we just had an earthquake! Rocking and rolling but no damage in my apartment. Nothing even fell down. I'm scared to ask what's next. Link to comment
rainbowsandroses Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, boltnrun said: And now we just had an earthquake! Rocking and rolling but no damage in my apartment. Nothing even fell down. I'm scared to ask what's next. 4.6 approx 6 miles west of Malibu, geez! We had a tornado warning on Wednesday! Craziness! Link to comment
BeaTlesFan77 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 2/8/2024 at 7:41 AM, boltnrun said: Sadly they found their bodies. I hate to hear about this happening to any service people, who bravely chose to protect us. Then there was another helicopter crash last night around Nipton. Only this one was with civilians. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/10/us/mojave-helicopter-crash Link to comment
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