Big storm coming for the West coast

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by DKR, Aug 17, 2023.


  1. 3M-TA3

    3M-TA3 Cold Wet Monkey

    Now downgraded to tropical storm
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weathe...-storm-warning-flooding-california-rcna100823

    Looks like a job for... a raincoat...

    But, we are talking California. Newsom supporter types will take shelter for a week and then get therapy for a year. The few remaining Republicans will simply clean up their yards, brush the palm fronds from their cars and get on with life.
     
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  2. Zimmy

    Zimmy Wait, I'm not ready!

    There may be an amazing opportunity to go food foraging in the desert after all the rain.

    Not always available, but certainly sure to be a great expansion of knowledge for our desert foragers.
     
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  3. 3M-TA3

    3M-TA3 Cold Wet Monkey

    Outstanding point! Plus some reservoirs will get additional needed water.
     
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  4. DKR

    DKR Raconteur of the first stripe

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    pulled this a few min ago (8/20)

    They are handing out free sandbags in Las Vegas.
     
  5. Wildbilly

    Wildbilly Monkey+++

    Everything in California is an overblown distraction!
     
  6. Wildbilly

    Wildbilly Monkey+++

    Most people have no idea just how much work it is to fill even a dozen sandbags and a dozen sandbags doesn't go very far. Besides, you need a vehicle capable of hauling enough sandbags to count. We had a liquor store near the river that flooded several times over about 25 years, and we found that the best thing was NOT to try keeping the water out, but to concentrate on saving the merchandise and equipment, cleaning up afterward, and re-opening as soon as possible. We actually got pretty good at it!
     
  7. SB21

    SB21 Monkey+++

    Hopefully that storm won't dump all its water on commifornia and head up to Washington St and dump some water on the fires they've got up there .
     
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  8. Zimmy

    Zimmy Wait, I'm not ready!

    And Canada

    My sister evacuated from Kelowna yesterday.
     
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  9. mysterymet

    mysterymet Monkey+++

    This area floods every year. Some year it floods very badly. We tend to use hesco barriers around here now instead of regular sand bags for large areas but there were sand bag fillers that are used too.
     
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  10. Ura-Ki

    Ura-Ki Grampa Monkey

    5.1 Earth Quake strikes L.A. in the middle of the Typhoon, as if the storm wasn't bad enough! Wrath of God mayhaps,Cali getting it's Judgement in early?
     
  11. SB21

    SB21 Monkey+++

    :sick: I haven't heard about this ,,,
     
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  12. 3M-TA3

    3M-TA3 Cold Wet Monkey

    Lousy time for surf and turf...
     
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  13. Altoidfishfins

    Altoidfishfins Monkey+++ Site Supporter+

    Gotta love the BEE
     
  14. Big Ron

    Big Ron Monkey+++

    The weather channel has pushed the fear of everyone melting for the past few months. every summer the MSM makes it sound like it's the apocalypse in AZ. People were cooking from the inside out! soon it will be about how warming is causing all the snow.
    Yeah we have some wind and rain from this storm.
     
  15. SB21

    SB21 Monkey+++

    Why is I remember stronger , more destructive storms than this one 30 yrs ago ,, and global warming didn't have anything to do with them ??
     
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  16. Wildbilly

    Wildbilly Monkey+++

    IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! YOU ARE JUST IMAGINING IT HAPPENED! UNLESS YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE EVIL CLIMATE DENIERS!:):D:LOL::ROFLMAO:
     
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  17. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    Bet not 1 drop of rain water was saved.
     
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  18. Wildbilly

    Wildbilly Monkey+++

    The storm is about to cross into Canada, so end of story!
     
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  19. 3M-TA3

    3M-TA3 Cold Wet Monkey

    That happened during the last big rainstorm - they opened the dams and let it all run to the ocean.

    ...California...
     
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  20. 3M-TA3

    3M-TA3 Cold Wet Monkey

    So, is California still there? I notice an absence of stories in the press. Perhaps the thing they didn't want us to see has gone away...
     
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