Stormy Weather
Hey all...(and by "all" I mean the poor soul who will happen to stumble upon this someday...)
What. A. Week.
Yea, each word deserved its own sentence.
My little town had experienced a short lived, but short tempered storm this week. I didn't think much of it. Just your average downpour, with some 60 mph wind. A small power outage. But nothing serious. Or so I thought....
Apparently, this was one of the worst storms to hit my coastal town, almost as bad as the flood back in '96. I did some exploring of the area and I must say, it looked like a disaster. The rain itself didn't do any damage, but we are heavily populated with pine trees, and as you might not know, the incredibly tall and lanky Monterey Pine trees we have don't have very deep roots. So when the water softens the soil and the ocean wind kicks in, it's safe to say...the trees are going down. And with houses residing under thousands of these trees well...
Heres what my news channel last reported:
Official damage estimate from the January 1 and 2 storm is now $8 million in ~~~~~~ County.
Today the county board of supervisors convened for an emergency meeting and unanimously ratified a local emergency proclamation.
Ten homes were destroyed in C~~~~. In addition, numerous roads need repairs and 250 fallen trees must be removed. The declaration will streamline the approval process necessary to obtain additional assistance and resources.
"We will need the state of emergency declaration even in order for public agencies to get any type of disaster fiscal reimbursement, and we will need the federal disaster declaration to provide assistance to our citizens," said Ron Alsop, County Office of Emergency Services.
Unlike the S~~~~ Earthquake, much of the damage was insured.I saw so many more homes that were smashed by trees, though not completely destroyed, but literally, every street was damaged or blocked off. Crazy.
On a lighter note...
Friday night should prove to be interesting... ;)
posted by lechicklet @ 10:41 PM
2 Comments:
Times like that are when I really enjoy living in New England. No earthquakes. No landslides. No tornadoes (well, there's been 1 that I know of, but that was a long time ago). No volcanoes. Rarely hurricanes. Sometimes flooding. Occasional Nor'Easters.
Not really any major natural disasters to worry about, with the exception of a hurricane once or twice a decade, flooding mostly when the snow and ice starts melting, and nor'easters that can dump lots of snow/ice/rain depending on the temp.
Of course, I've only got 3 more months of that relative nature-safeness :p
Hehe, for all you know, you could be assigned here...then you'd really be deep in it! :P
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