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[dc3k]

Oh man, does this mean the Oroville area is fucked?

Doesn't seem that way right now

http://www.kcra.com/article/former-nfl-player-arrested-while-naked-again/8955636

 

[Souzetsu]

Depends where you're at.

Tulare County.

 

[Damaniel]

I'll take a picture of the creek outside my apartment when it hits my bottom step, it's crazy. Neighbor says it's happened in years prior

I'm in the outside Sacramento area

If you expect the flooding to get bad enough to reach your steps, shouldn't you think about leaving?

 

[ImaLemming]

Mother Nature: "Oh, you didn't like that drought the past couple of years? HAVE A FLOOD, BITCHES."

California: "We're just saying a little middle ground would be nice..."

 

[perfectchaos007]

It's been extremely wet the past couple of months

NorCal needs to transport some of their water to the severe drought areas in SoCal

 

[Kadin]

Oh man, does this mean the Oroville area is fucked?

Yesterday a video on weather.com seemed to indicate that officials there felt the dam would be fine with the incoming weather today. I know early yesterday they were around 49ft lower than when the spillway incident happened so it seems all should be fine.

"Officials at the Oroville Dam said the reservoir levels are low enough to accept the incoming storm runoff safely."

 

[NullPointer]

Doesn't seem that way right now

http://www.kcra.com/article/former-nfl-player-arrested-while-naked-again/8955636

Uhhh... hrmmmhm.

 

[kutthoat5150]

Coming down hard here in the east bay area but nothing we haven't seen in the last couple months.

 

[Trevelyan]

I'm in the Shenandoah Valley/sierra foothills and it's been a steady rain so far today. Nothing terrible as my wife and I are out visiting family, but it's supposed to be pretty bad tonight, and really windy.

 

[Negaduck]

Prayers to everyone that is getting mad flooded, hope you and yours are safe.

Fresno has been pretty wet, but nothing too crazy in regards to actual flooding. At least not in my area of town

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

I've been wanting this rain for a while, I am on well water where I live. But at this point, my wells are full and I need things to dry out. Really hope the two creeks on the property don't flood.....

 

[QisTopTier]

Tulare County.

Prayers to everyone that is getting mad flooded, hope you and yours are safe.

Fresno has been pretty wet, but nothing too crazy in regards to actual flooding. At least not in my area of town

o/ greetings from shitty Merced

 

[Souzetsu]

o/ greetings from shitty Merced

o/ Greetings! Can't be much shittier than here. In more ways than one!

 

[Username1198]

I'm in Roseville and there are Flooded signs everywhere. I don't think it's stopped raining since last night. This is crazy, haven't seen anything like this ever I think. Wind was legit nuts last night as well. Fuck it's pouring right now

Stay safe y'all

 

[Eye for an Eye]

Even in the past years, water has flooded the front walkway. I just hope it doesn't reach the door. When we had new flooring put in a couple summers ago, I put down an extra barrier sheet to keep moisture from coming up through the concrete. At least we're getting a momentary break.

 

[dc3k]

Uhhh... hrmmmhm.

hahaha what the hell did I link

It was supposed to be this: http://www.kcra.com/article/week-later-heres-where-lake-oroville-stands-now/8954182

 

[fauxtrot]

Been watching @NWSSacramento and they just put this up:

If anyone has any other suggestions for keeping up to date, it'd be appreciated.

 

[StopMakingSense]

NorCal needs to transport some of their water to the severe drought areas in SoCal

Wait till the update this week.

Coming down hard here in the east bay area but nothing we haven't seen in the last couple months.

It's more the worry the atmospheric river is going to park itself atop NorCal. Not necessarily harder rain, just nonstop.

 

[King Kovu]

Im in Stockton. I noticed a couple of knocked down trees when I was out earlier. Still pouring like crazy over here.

 

[Tranqueris]

Been watching @NWSSacramento and they just put this up:



If anyone has any other suggestions for keeping up to date, it'd be appreciated.

Ah fuck I'm in the dark green zone. Only barely but still.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Yeah, I woke up this morning and my windows were absolutely covered in rain.

 

[RedHill]

All of NorCal is not in danger. A good chunk including mine is below watch level. The real concern is the Oroville dam (which is stable rn)

 

[DoomGyver]

One extreme to the next, that's not good. Cali might just go drought > flood > drought.

 

[TheGreyHulk]

So tired of this rain. Can we get a solid 10 days of dry weather for once. -_-

 

[studyguy]

All our streets out here in socal have been taking a fucking beating. There's pothole after pothole thanks to heavy rainfall. It's a bit worrisome just driving to work now having to dodge a giant ass hole.

This last storm shut down the 101 north. My family up in Monterrey had their god damn neighborhood fences all blown over with trees getting felled by wind. Further north you go the worse it is, but this is all ignoring what happens when the snowfall in the mountains melts too so it's gonna be tough for a while.

 

[TyrantII]

What happened with the drought in California?

Extreem weather events are becoming more extreem and more common.

We all burn or drown together.

One extreme to the next, that's not good. Cali might just go drought > flood > drought.

That's always been the case. The problem is it's increasingly hitting the extreems

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

So tired of this rain. Can we get a solid 10 days of dry weather for once. -_-

Starting Friday, it's supposed to be sunny.

Which is good, cause I don't want to go to GDC in the rain.

 

[Nothing1016]

o/ greetings from shitty Merced

Greetings from Modesto. The greatest place on earth.

 

[Forerunner]

Extreem weather events are becoming more extreem and more common.

We all burn or drown together.




That's always been the case. The problem is it's increasingly hitting the extreems

Spoiler

Fuck all this rain though.

 

[PsychBat!]

We got some flood warnings in San Jose

 

[Pancake Mix]

Uh-oh, hope GAFers down there are safe. Your soil is just not used to absorbing that kind (quite a fair amount in a short period of time) of precipitation levels I'm afraid. Best wishes.

 

[bsp]

Greetings from Modesto. The greatest place on earth.

They closed down the La Loma and Dry Creek parks this morning. I guess MPD is taking the flood warning seriously.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Levee-breached-evacuations-ordered-in-San-10946717.php

MANTECA, Calif. (KCRA) — A levee near Manteca was breached Monday night, leading to mandatory evacuations in the area, according to San Joaquin County officials.

Mandatory evacuations were ordered for people living within the below boundary:

— South of Woodward Avenue
— West of Union Road
— North of Airport Road
— East of the Stanislaus River

Officials said the levee is near farmland and there are not many homes in the area. An evacuation center is being set up at the Lathrop Community Center.

 

[Armadilo]

They closed down the La Loma and Dry Creek parks this morning. I guess MPD is taking the flood warning seriously.

Modesto Gaf, hey

 

[Mariolee]

Live in Sac. This is insane. With my parents' care home it's not as if we can just pack it all up.

Edit: As I understand it, doesn't seem like Sac will be uber flooded.

 

[f0nz0]

In sac roughly a block from American River, it's been the highest I've ever seen since 2003 when moved here..

But yeah it seems Sacramento proper is not in the flood zone... Stay safe people in surrounding areas

 

[v1lla21]

280 was crazy apparently and I could barely see shit while driving home north on 101. Got the exit to my house just to see that it was flooded and rather deep. Powered through that sucker. My neighbors palm tree is fucked now though. It covered the whole street in its leaves.

 

[darklin0]

o/ greetings from shitty Merced

Tulare County.

Prayers to everyone that is getting mad flooded, hope you and yours are safe.

Fresno has been pretty wet, but nothing too crazy in regards to actual flooding. At least not in my area of town

Greetings from Modesto. The greatest place on earth.

Yoooooo. Central Cali represent!

 

[SkyOdin]

I live in an area of Sacramento that isn't in the flood plain, but I'm still a little nervous. I hope the rest of you remain safe.

 

[Manzanas]

There's a park by my house that has a creek and a pond that have been dried up for a few years. Today I felt like running in the pouring rain with some good music

Spoiler

I love rain

and I wanted to see how the park looked. Well the pond and creek were over filled and the creek was raging with muddy water and a bunch of debris like tree branches. I just stopped and watched for a few minutes. It was pretty relaxing. I didn't have my phone with me (didn't want to get it wet) but the creek looked something like this:

Its strange having something that was dried up dirt just a few months ago being a raging looking river.

 

[timshundo]

Today was normal rainy in SF but now it's intensely windy...

 

[TrynUrLuck]

Stockton here. Damn this is scary shit. Hopefully the rain stops but it's been pretty consistent with some crazy ass wind...

 

[titiklabingapat]

The problem with the flooding is that it might break some of the levees which might cascade the whole system down. Many of these infrastructure are way too old and crumbling already as it is and an especially bad deluge might break a few.

The whole California water control system is actually dual purpose: to control flooding and provide water in the dryer months. It would suck for the state to get flooding and then a water emergency since there won't be water in the dryer months.

Brown or a new governor really need to start a huge infrastructure maintenance project in the state. New shiny things are good and all but the unsexy maintenance stuff is just as important.