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Debra
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11-20-2003

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
The second round of the storm did some major property damage around Sacramento but thank God no one was injured. We have hail and thunderstorms forecast for today.






If you want to see more pics
click here.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
We actually have sun...no rain...partly cloudy tho. 47 degrees. Not sure about wind...but more than likely there will be some. I was hoping for it to be pouring rain when I went to work...less people out and about...but no such luck.

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Good morning, darling TVCHers. We had a heck of a night. Our evacuation was voluntary, so of course, we didn't leave. We only leave if they make us.
It was a rough night, though. BIG rains and lots of mud came down with rocks, boulders, branches, etc. Quite a mess out there. The neighbors (God bless them all) have shown up with shovels and bulldozers and are clearing it all up. I would say about four feet of solid mass crosses our road.
But no one was hurt...no houses lost.
The sound of that wall of mud coming down was really something else, though. Scary. Like a combination of thunder and earthquake.

If we leave, we don't get back in when we're under evacuation notice, so no one leaves. We all band together and help one another and it's times like this that keep our community together. I am always so proud of my little neighborhood when we work together to help eachother and today is definately one of those days.

They (I won't be working today...I am recovering) will work all day, clearing and preparing for tonight's next onslaught. What a mess! But I wouldn't trade living out here for anything in the wide world.

Hope everyone else stays safe and sound.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I woke up to sun this morning but 2 hours later it's getting really dark fast. We were lucky that our town didn't have too much flooding yesterday, just a lot of downed branches and electricity out from those awful winds. I thought our storm today was supposed to wait until tonight but it doesn't look like it. I've heard thunder storms and low snow are expected.

Everyone be safe and stay home!! a

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Dark and windy here, though the wind has died down some since I got up. We have some small branches and leaves and trash in the front and back yards (we tend to end up with the neighbors stuff too!) but nothing too bad.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I feel bad for the people in Fernley, Nevada (north of Reno). With the levee breaking, temps at about 30 degrees, it must be a real mess. Flooding is a mess at any time, but to have 3 feet of frigid waters surrounding you? I'm glad there have been no injuries and all the stranded folks are getting rescued.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
War, OMG! what a nite ya all had!!! Glad to hear that you got the power back but wow!! what ya all went thru!!

Debra, amazing no one was injured! those pictures look like war. Very scary.

((Beekind))) prayers are with you

I woke up at 2am because water was dripping on me!! Our roof is leaking grrrrrrrrrrr Bill fixed it a couple years ago looks like the fix needs fixing LOL

I swear ever since we decided to splurge and go on our first family trip in 9 yrs we have had all these major expenses happen. I wish we werent going.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
It's getting very dark here and some sprinkling has started. Another storm is coming in.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
The storm has arrived here.

Beekindpleez
Member

07-18-2006

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Pamy..you know what they say...when it rains, it pours. Take your vacation, do your splurge...because it's always going to be something. That's just the way life is and always will be. If you can go, you should...and I hope you get to.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
My land line phone is out but amazingly the internet that connects to it is up. My tv is out but I still have electricity for now. Water is flowing through my garage and there is flooding already across the street.

The storm has arrived! Be safe everyone!!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
We've got some really good thunder and lightening going right now. The cats are freaked!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Sun, what a gorgeous picture! Sounds beautiful in your area.

Beek, saw you had posted in the poll, so knew you stayed put. What a dramatic night and what a lovely sense of community too.


Here in our complex it is wet, I had some water get into the garage (but that doesn't take much).. No rain now, just very grey, some leaves down but no branches in front, but I attribute that to the great tree trimming effort around Thanksgiving and then some high winds previously that "cleaned" up loose branches.

Since we are supposed to have more rain, I ventured out to the garage.. all my plants look so happy.. and brought in toilet paper, Pepsi and cat litter, so I'm good to go for days!

I see from my neighbors to the north, more is on the way.

Stay dry, folks!!

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
LOL, Sea. Toilet paper, cat litter and Pepsi could get me thru a few days, too.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
Well...the storm passed us and went to Southern California. No rain all day, just really windy...and cold. We had sun up until about 2 and then we started getting cloudy. We're expected to have rain tomorrow, though. Guess we'll see

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
I just got back home from visiting with my sister in Central California, near Fresno. At her house, we dealt with howling wind and heavy rain all through the day and into the night. Here at home, we apparently got the same thing and a huge thick branch cracked off one of our backyard trees and fell into our neighbor's yard...ut ohhh...

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, I didn't realize Sacramento got hit so hard, and as I was coming home from a Memorial service we heard a levee had broken and Truckee was being evacuated. It had been pretty nice here in Walnut Creek, CA this morning, but around 11:30ish, it started to rain again, then pour and it rained all through the memorial. When we came home around 3:30 all of a sudden the sun came out, and I had birds on my patio picking that the seeds that come out of these round ball things that are on the tree. Don't know if it is done, but it is lovely outside right now, so clean and crisp. And the little creek by my house has gone down to only about 4 feet deep.

Hope everyone down south stays safe, I worry about the mud slides, I know how bad they can be. Stay safe and warm!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
THx Beekind...you are right :-)

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
egbok, not much has changed...windy and rainy again...

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Dripping. Snow and Ice are FINALLY starting to melt.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Still a mellow, mild -1

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Glad you are safely home.. bummer about the tree..

LOL Beek.. well I was actually down to the last roll in each bathroom, but had a big package of rolls in the garage, needed to bring in a new cat litter and had two in the garage, and I knew I had one last 12 pack of Pepsi in the garage. Just decided to get them in so as not to be caught short when it was raining really hard, which hasn't happened, so far. I also stockpiled sandwiches from Togo's.. still have two whole ones and just eat half at a time.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Even with the rain today it was so much milder than yesterday. No wind, huge difference. I hear we have one more front coming through .. I hope it's more like today.

LOL ... I had my toilet paper and food all lined up for a weekend in. Thankfully, I was able to actually shop this afternoon but if I hadn't have been able to I would have been fine. :o))

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
A "strong" underwater earthquake occurred off the coast of B.C. early Saturday morning, registering a magnitude of 6.7."We thought nothing of it, put out an information statement on it, and approximately 20 minutes later the larger quake came in with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, and that was located almost in the same spot about 135 miles (241 kilometres) southwest of Sandspit, Queen Charlotte Islands."

Sandspit is located on Moresby Island, north of Vancouver Island.

Urban said there is little or no chance of a tsunami occurring, but officials followed standard procedure and released a "tsunami information statement high" to make people aware that a quake had taken place.

"A damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts," says the statement from the centre. "Some of these areas may experience non-damaging sea level changes. At coastal locations which have experienced strong ground shaking, local tsunamis are possible due to underwater landslides."

The underwater quake registering a magnitude of 6.7 could easily cause major damage were it to occur on land, Urban said.

"It would probably cause walls to crack and probably concrete foundations to tumble a little bit, so it could be fairly devastating. It's called a strong earthquake so it's large enough to cause some damage."

Urban said underwater earthquakes of 30 seconds or more have the potential to cause a tsunami.

Wow! Sun did you feel anything?

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 9:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2008/eq_080105_lvaw/neic_lvaw_l.html