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STORM CENTER

Jeez. Now it's the "superstorm".

If Quakes Weren’t Enough, Enter the ‘Superstorm’

I know we have the drainage for the 100 year storm. The sluices and waterways are huge.

They say that there was a hundred year storm in the 60's. It took out the Bogert bridge, parts of Indian Canyon Drive and a piece of 111.

Here is more than you need to know about the Flood Control District and flooding in Riverside County. Some of it is about our part of it here in the eastern section. The "rivers and creeks" referred to here are largely dry and small except when it rains and are natural flood courses off the mountains.

A big problem here are the boulders that are rolled down the sides of the mountains and into the courses in any storm. They break dams and bridges and, occasionally, some people.

So, if it already happened in the 60's, doesn't that mean we are safe for fifty more?

I guess not.

Somehow the yahoos do not get that the effects of global warming are not simple temperature effects. They will be storm effects. Weather patterns will shift and become more fierce.

Our condo has a pretty high ceiling. If we can rig up something we will stay above the ten feet.

But I don't know about the boulders. We are in the middle of our four unit section. Lee and Francis will get it first. Then us.

Labels: condo, desert, global warming, weather