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MrBillM
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Washed Away
There are isolated exceptions, of course, but the overwhelming majority of those who lose their lives in these storm-related floods are a result of
bad decisions on their parts and should be remembered in that context.
Living in North Redondo Beach (182nd st.) during the '57-'58 storm season, our street was flooded from its west end into our front yard halfway up the
block which included at its west end a large (100' x 100' or so) 10-15 feet deep fenced storm sump with a channel that extended behind our lots. A
bit later, once the floodwater subsided enough to clear the street, three (sub ?) teens went under or over the fence to wade/swim in the sump. Which,
prior to the flood had contained a substantial amount of growth. One made it out to go for help. The other two (entangled in the underwater growth)
drowned.
The rest of us kids had a great time navigating the lake at our front doors. The night of the storm's greatest intensity, my father had driven up to
Inglewood and picked up a duck-boat that my Grandmother's husband owned. It was a fun few days after the storm.
As an aside, during the remainder of the time that we lived there, no changes were made to the sump. At some point over the years, it has all been
paved over for parking area usage by (I'm assuming) the adjacent school.
Currently, here in Yucca Valley, there was (so far ?) one death of a motorist who was swept away from floodwaters in a wash crossing a road. We've
had quite a few over the years making that mistake.
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bajaric
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thanks,
btw Visiting your place is on my bucket list. I would like to have a look around the desert NE of there, seems like very remote area.
Well the storm here where I am in East San Diego was not really what I would call a gully washer, more of a wind event with a steady rain all day,
couple of inches in the orange bucket. I understand further east was more intense nonetheless pretty good soaking this year around here.
The biggest storms I have seen here were back around 1982 (?) when I was in college at UCSD. It was much of a wave event as a rain event; just storm
after storm pushing massive waves down from the Gulf of Alaska. The sand at Mission Beach, normally at the same level as the boardwalk, was all
washed away and there was a 10' vertical drop down to the sandstone bedrock. Never have seen that since. An extreme example of the littoral effect
where sand is pulled away by the large winter waves and returns in the summer.
[Edited on 2-15-2019 by bajaric]
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MrBillM
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The Good Bad Weather
In one sense, this last (less intense) storm was (winds aside) just right !
For me.
Making it possible to pinpoint the exact spot of the worrisome, though tiny, overhead leak in my travel trailer made apparent by the
previous storm.
NOW ..................... It's time to dry out and warm up.
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Tomas Tierra
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Quote: Originally posted by bajaric  |
The biggest storms I have seen here were back around 1982 (?) when I was in college at UCSD. It was much of a wave event as a rain event; just storm
after storm pushing massive waves down from the Gulf of Alaska. The sand at Mission Beach, normally at the same level as the boardwalk, was all
washed away and there was a 10' vertical drop down to the sandstone bedrock. Never have seen that since. An extreme example of the littoral effect
where sand is pulled away by the large winter waves and returns in the summer.
[Edited on 2-15-2019 by bajaric] |
Back when you could have a few good storms without everyone screaming that the sky is falling
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