Pictures of devastating rockslides / mudslides in California (today)

[Liberal_in_LA]

CAMARILLO, Calif. — Mountainsides stripped bare by a wildfire last year belched a damaging debris flow into a Southern California community during a downpour from a major Pacific storm early Friday.

Rocks, boulders and mud swept downhill by runoff piled up to the eaves of homes in Camarillo Springs, a community surrounding a golf course 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

An earthmover that had been brought in ahead of the storm to clear debris was buried as well, with just its big mechanical arm left sticking up out of the muck.

"It's $200,000 (of equipment) sitting under there," said heavy equipment mechanic Tony Morris. "It was good at 11:30 when I left last night."

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/12/12/3395286/mud-impacts-homes-in-camarillo.html#storylink=cpy
















The devastated California towns buried by the 'Pineapple Express' storm: Hundreds evacuated after rain triggered huge mudslides

Mudslides have forced hundreds of people from their homes in Camarillo Springs and Glendora, California
The 2am-mudslide in Camarillo dumped rocks - some as large as couches - on the quiet streets on Friday and some piles reached the rooflines of homes, while other houses were filled with deep, thick mud
The mudslides hit areas previously ravaged by wildfires during the drought
Parts of Northern California braced for as much as a foot of rain over just two days, with roads already flooded
A teenage boy and homeless man have been killed by falling trees as huge storm batters the west coast of the U.S.
Three homes swallowed by the Pacific Ocean in Washaway Beach, Washington, as storm pummeled the northwest


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2871854/Mudslides-damage-dozens-homes-Southern-California-powerful-storm-five-years-pummels-West-Coast.html#ixzz3LjhU0VOd

[Suich]

1. I just saw that slide on the news.

I can't imagine what it's like to go through something like that. Do you just walk away from your home and hope insurance covers it, or do you clean the mess up, hoping to salvage at least some of your belongings?

Ugh.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. When evacuated, you are supposed to take the important stuff with you (photos, papers, valuables)

I hope they did. Everything else can be replaced and is probably ruined.

[KT2000]

2. How awful -

where does one even start to cleanup. Those are large rocks. I hope everyone is OK.

[XemaSab]

4. Some builder is going to get SUED

The hillslope was obviously unstable.

[Warpy]

5. It was stable while there were trees on it

The trees all burned off last year and now the hillside isn't stable any more.

I'm just glad they were able to bug out in time. Imagine waking up out of a sound sleep to find your house half filled with boulders and mud.

[morningfog]

6. Unreal.

[zappaman]

7. And a tornado in Los Angeles

http://abc7.com/weather/tornado-touches-down-in-south-la/434798/

[MisterP]

8. those houses all look real new, and packed right under the hillside by the builder

[indie9197]

9. Holy crap! I was thinking mudslides but those are serious rock slides

Imagine the energy of the water to transport boulders that size! I would think that houses should not have been built there.