Flooding

I pretty much ignore local flood warnings. To be clear I can ignore them if I’m staying home. When your house is on the side of a mountain flooding isn’t your main concern. There have been times when all the roads out of the area were flooded though.

It looks like we’ll be dealing with rain until the end of the week. Rivers have been rising. A friend’s son  had to swim from his vehicle while camping next to a river. He’s okay but the vehicle was flooded to the roof. That will be a total loss. 

The rain has set my plans back a good week. There’s a SUV I’m supposed to look at. The problem is that it was parked at a very off grid location. The “road” is a soupy mud track right now. Frankly, even walking to the location would be extremely difficult. 

Floods are a killers. During hurricanes it’s not usually the wind that gets you, it’s the flooding. At the time of this post western states are in serious danger from floods. Huge melting snow packs will cause flooding that hasn’t been seen in some time. Historically, there’s a huge area in the center of California that can turn into a giant temporary lake. This could be the year. 

Interesting times. Keep your life jacket handy.

-Sixbears