CAUTION Hillary's coming through

[Plotus]

My So Cal friends, be careful exploring after Hillary.. and be safe durring. Much new ground will be exposed so trails will change.

 

[Kev250R]

Thanks, so far in my area it's just been a couple of hours of rain, which my yard appreciates. I think the mountains will be getting a harder hit, however I spent the night in Big Bear Friday night (needed to move my camper to higher ground and make sure it was secured properly) and was treated to some of the best conditions I've seen up there this summer. Saturday morning it was cloudy and it was obvious a change in the weather was coming so we packed-up early and came home.

The deserts look like they're the ones taking the brunt of the storm. Last winters rains really did a lot of damage to a lot of the roads and trails out there (part of the Mojave Trail had to be re-routed) so I can only imagine what this storm will do.

I'm all about being prepared but I think some people go over-board. My GF's Sister had been planning on coming to So.Cal. this week for a visit from Texas but cancelled at the last minute because she's convinced that So.Cal. will be a "wasteland of downed power lines, flooded streets and we'll all be pooping in bucket's" (her exact words). I work in infrastructure, I'm not too worried. The winds worry me more then anything else (the stuff I work on doesn't do well with high-winds). To that end the company I work for asked that anyone who's available be on stand-by today, so I am. Not much else to do today anyways.

I did tidy-up my yard, secure some loose items and dug the generator I keep for my house out of it's home in the back of my shed, fired it up and let it run for a bit. I was over due for doing that so if nothing else it's good to have it ready if I need it for this, or another calamity.

 

[SneakyDingo]

I work in infrastructure, I'm not too worried.

That's a fancy word for poop bucket salesman

 

[BaldRider]

I was in Big Bear yesterday as my dog was having surgery there. It was cloudy.

Out driving around in my town this morning hoping to find some bad weather (cloud fog) to test my new giant lights on the Subaru, I couldn't find any. It is supposed to pick up around 1. We'll see. Looks like the mountains aren't going to get hit very hard.

 

[Plotus]

I read this early this morning.... In anticipation of the heavy rainfall, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office issued evacuation notices for residents in Oak Glen, Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks, and NE Yucaipa.

I'm sure Mill Creek will be a torent, the back way up to Big Bear on Highhway 38...

 

[Kev250R]

That's a fancy word for poop bucket salesman

Could be LOL!

Nah, I'm a specialized Electrician who works primarily on Traffic Signals and Street Lighting. But I drive a Bucket Truck, so does that count?

 

[BaldRider]

I read this early this morning.... In anticipation of the heavy rainfall, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office issued evacuation notices for residents in Oak Glen, Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks, and NE Yucaipa.

I'm sure Mill Creek will be a torent, the back way up to Big Bear on Highhway 38...

They are always evacuating those areas due to burn scars. There's only one way out of Forest Falls so they get evacuated a lot

 

[Kev250R]

I read this early this morning.... In anticipation of the heavy rainfall, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office issued evacuation notices for residents in Oak Glen, Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks, and NE Yucaipa.

I'm sure Mill Creek will be a torent, the back way up to Big Bear on Highhway 38...

Could be, although all summer long they've had crews out on 38 repairing, rebuilding and enlarging the culverts and catch basins. I drove it last Friday and yesterday. It looks like they still have more to do but it's in a lot better shape then it was last May when there were several places where water was draining across the roadway.

Hwy 38 is the way I typically go to get up and down the hill (most of the things I do are on the east-side of the valley). Like I said earlier we went-up on Friday around mid-day. What I found interesting was typically in the summer Hwy 38 is busy with RV's and watercraft. Friday I saw one RV going-up the hill, Saturday we didn't see any, however the road was busy with lots of cars and SUV's. We surmised that most were people like us who were going-up to check on property or toys they have stored up there.

Saturday the gas stations were busy and the no-name one we stopped at in Big Bear City ran-out of 87 & 89 Ocatane just after we filled-up. The Manager said their delivery was late and their demand a lot higher then they typically see. A little while later we saw a Stater Brothers Semi towing a very large Trailer-mounted generator up the hill, so the busiest grocery store in the Valley will be able to keep their lights on. Making a last-minute run to Staters when I get to town seems to be a tradition for my friends and I.

 

[Kev250R]

They are always evacuating those areas due to burn scars. There's only one way out of Forest Falls so they get evacuated a lot

Exactly. Same with Silverado Canyon down by me for much the same reason.

 

[AZ7000']

Sea of Cortez about 8 miles from our baja house...

 

[Admangia]

I was in Big Bear yesterday as my dog was having surgery there. It was cloudy.

Out driving around in my town this morning hoping to find some bad weather (cloud fog) to test my new giant lights on the Subaru, I couldn't find any. It is supposed to pick up around 1. We'll see. Looks like the mountains aren't going to get hit very hard.

Hope dog doing well

 

[SneakyDingo]

But I drive a Bucket Truck, so does that count?

Only if bunnies poop in it

 

[Kev250R]

Only if bunnies poop in it

20+ Years in and I've yet to have that happen...yet!

 

[dmonkey]

My GF's Sister had been planning on coming to So.Cal. this week for a visit from Texas but cancelled at the last minute because she's convinced that So.Cal. will be a "wasteland of downed power lines, flooded streets and we'll all be pooping in bucket's" (her exact words).

It sounds like she's projecting Texas' infrastructure struggles, though PG&E don't have a great track record either. A little rain, wind, or snow anywhere it's outside the norm can wreak havoc. 100-year flood planning is great until the 100-year flood arrives. I have a friend who grew up just outside Dallas and went to college for Emergency Management, his first time watching the movie Fargo he about lost his mind over the opening scene where there's a front-wheel drive Oldsmobile 98 (?) hauling an Olds Cutlass Ciera down a snowy road on a tow dolly like it's business as usual. It didn't align with his experiences of one or two days a year of snow driving chaos in the DFW area.

 

[Cpd419]

San Francisco would benefit from a lot of rain. Give the poop scoopers a break

 

[BaldRider]

It sounds like she's projecting Texas' infrastructure struggles, though PG&E don't have a great track record either.

Much of California's infrastructure is 20 years passed it's projected usefulness. The lack of poor weather makes it last longer...until there is bad weather. There has been a big push for grid modernization in the last 5 years, though. We've come a long way in those years, at least in SoCal.

I remember getting half an inch of snow when I lived in East Texas and whole towns lost power for days.

 

[Fishwishin]

I was in Big Bear yesterday as my dog was having surgery there. It was cloudy.

Out driving around in my town this morning hoping to find some bad weather (cloud fog) to test my new giant lights on the Subaru, I couldn't find any. It is supposed to pick up around 1. We'll see. Looks like the mountains aren't going to get hit very hard.

I hope pup is recovering well! This weekend ended up bringing you southerners more than anticipated today with the extra bonus earthquake and whatnot. I hope y'all are good to go!

 

[BaldRider]

Pup is good. Recovering from a suspected machete to the skull (long story) but he doesn't like the rain much.

 

[Fishwishin]

Pup is good. Recovering from a suspected machete to the skull (long story) but he doesn't like the rain much.

Glad to hear it!

 

[dmonkey]

Much of California's infrastructure is 20 years passed it's projected usefulness. The lack of poor weather makes it last longer...until there is bad weather. There has been a big push for grid modernization in the last 5 years, though. We've come a long way in those years, at least in SoCal.

I remember getting half an inch of snow when I lived in East Texas and whole towns lost power for days.

I believe it. That's true for much of the USA's infrastructure. When I worked at Sears Holdings Corp one of my morning calls was a Major Incident Management status report that included retail outages. Sears regularly had several stores closed each day because they didn't have electricity, telco service, running water (required for restrooms), or had other dangers present to them such as threats to the mall they were in, flooding, gas leaks, fires, building or road damage, etc. It was like the department store version of the Waffle House Index.

I used to regularly visit Carlsbad, now I stay at a place in Encinitas. The Desalination plant is the largest infrastructure project I've noticed, incredibly impressive. As someone who's there seasonally I also notice occasional traffic signal improvements (lights used to be down often) as well as sidewalk replacements. It's also been wild to watch as the ocean inches closer and closer to the multi-million dollar homes on the bluff each time I'm there.

Pup is good. Recovering from a suspected machete to the skull (long story) but he doesn't like the rain much.

That's just awful, hope it was an accident. Glad he's recovering.