California DUers

[malaise]

please stay safe - watch the mud slides

[calikid]

1. Thank you.

Per our fire chief, Lake County (our neighbor to the west) has over 18" of water running over it's main east/west artery on the east end. And the rain hasn't stopped yet, we're getting more, much more than they anticipated.
At noon the Oroville Dam presser has everything hunky dory.

[ailsagirl]

2. Thank you, malaise

Not to mention all the lakes and rivers at capacity!!

And, of course, the damn dam

[Brother Buzz]

3. Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole spilled over today at high noon

http://www.democraticunderground.com/104016014

[malaise]

4. You saw it coming

[Brother Buzz]

8. No, the drone saw it coming

Unfortunately, the drone was grounded today because there are some wicked winds at Devil's gap, the location of the dam.

Here's yesterday's footage:

It is raining steady, so I expect the hole to flowing, it all its glory, by Sunday and Monday.

[malaise]

9. That's very cool

[ffr]

5. Watch out for Oroville too. Forecast appears to be for 5 days & 6" precip

starting today. https://www.wunderground.com/us/ca/oroville

Dear Mother Nature,
No pineapple expresses please.

861 feet of water behind that dam. Emergency overflow levy weakened, primary overflow damaged.

[malaise]

6. THey're doing great work

Hope it holds

[AnotherMother4Peace]

7. Thank you, gotta make it through the next 5 hours - roof tiles are already flying on my block.

Gonna really hit in about 2 hours. yikes - not used to this.

[malaise]

10. Looks like a hurricane

Stay safe

[mcar]

11. Yes

Scary weather there this weekend. Take all precautions, CA DUers.

[Iggo]

12. Thanks!

[rainbow4321]

13. Thanks...they've named it Lucifer

I'm in San Gabriel Valley and mudslides are a big concern. I'm not in the potential mudslide area but the local news keeps going to live shots in Duarte where muddy water is flowing down the streets but not into driveways/yards yet.

Lots of downed trees and flooded highways in LA proper...big rigs being shown on the news look like submarines plowing thru the water.

Twitter has a lot of stuff to follow:

#Stormwatch
"LArain
#Lucifer

[Lucinda]

16. I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley

Haven't been back in a long time. Stay safe.

[mountain grammy]

14. Stay safe, everyone.

Sending warm, dry thoughts to all!

[KingCharlemagne]

15. Anyone curious about California's ecosystem should consider reading

Mike Davis' Ecology of Fear and City of Quartz. Reading them substantially altered the way I view man's place in California's natural order.