9:30 am SM PD just finished a drive through the canyon announcing condition RED and voluntary evacuations are in place. The storm that will be moving through today in tomorrow is anticipated to drop 2-3 inches of rain. The City PIO site does not have the alert status posted but does have the weather forecast [...]
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RED Flag Alert
Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thursday Morning
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As of 7 am this morning we are still at a yellow alert level. Iam going to assume with no new rain forcasted that that will change by noon today unless there is some instability on the hillsides.
It looks as if we made it through this big storm with no significant slides. Take alook a the [...]
Back to Yellow – UPDATED
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rain continues to fall this afternoon and is expected to continue this evening. As of this afternoon no mud problems have been reported. I took a drive around the canyon about 1 pm and there was no evidence of any flows, just wet dirty streets in some areas.
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As of about 6:30 pm last night the City [...]
Green Flag
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The city downgraded to a Green Flag alert level yesterday afternoon. There is another storm that will be moving through tonight with a 70% chance of showers, and scattered showers tomorrow. Those in the slide potential areas to stay alert during this unsettled weather.
Now that all the k-rails are in place and many of the [...]
Yellow Flag Alert
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As of this morning the City has issued a yellow flag alert. This means no street parking in the canyon, and to be ready for possible mudslides. The rain is supposed to start later tonight and continue through tomorrow. As always Bill has the latest at www.sierramudre.info.
Downgrade to Green Flag
Posted in Uncategorized on November 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As of about 6 pm the City downgraded the status to Green Flag alert. There is still a chance of showers tonight, however parking in the canyon can resume. I heard a bullhorn from a police car as it drove past but I called the PD just to verify. The City’s PIO website has a full scoop, [...]
Canyon Open
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As of about 12:15. Not sure if they are intending to open and close as needed.
Noon report
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Upper canyon is closed. I went out to the Post office about an hour ago and was unable to drive back up. I had to walk in. Yellow flag continues and upper canyon closed. There was a slide at 801 Skyland and as of this time it is still raining pretty significantly here. They are [...]
Morning Report
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Our friend Bill Coburn was up warly and toured all the potential areas that could have sustained mudflows. Nothing. In his words we dodged a bullet, I agree. Here is his full report. City sites have no updates as of 8 am this morning. My question would be when will they lift the yellow flag [...]
Yellow Flag Alert
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this afternoon a yellow flag alert was issued. Police and City cars drove the upper canyon with a bull horn announcing the change in status from green to yellow and to move all cars to avoid any towing. This parking situation is going to be a problem if we get alot of rain this [...]
