nebula Posted January 5, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.91 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Prayers 400K without power amid Calif. storm By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press Writer 43 minutes ago SANTA ANA, Calif. - A levee break flooded hundreds of homes Saturday as the storm that has pummeled the West Coast with high wind and heavy rain dropped a thick blanket of snow on the Sierra Nevada on Saturday. Thousands of people had no power in three states and thousands more had been told to leave their homes in mudslide-prone areas of Southern California. A major highway crossing the Sierra Nevada between Nevada and Northern California had been closed since Friday evening because of the snow. East of the Sierra in Nevada's Lyon County, a levee broke early Saturday along an agricultural canal and about 3,500 people were stranded, authorities said. Water was 3 to 4 feet deep in parts of Fernley, Nev., east of Reno, resident Mariana Hicks told CNN. The area had gotten heavy rain on Friday. Rescuers were using everything from school buses to helicopters. Up to 44 inches of snow had fallen in some parts of the Sierra Nevada, the National Weather Service said Saturday morning. Forecasters expected the storm to dump as much as 10 feet at higher elevations of the mountain range by Sunday. Flights were grounded Friday and trucks overturned in Northern California as wind gusted to 80 mph during the second wave of the arctic storm that has sent trees crashing onto houses, cars and roads. Hundreds of thousands of customers lost power from central California into Oregon and Washington. In the south, residents of Orange County canyons that were stripped by wildfires last fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathqueen Posted January 5, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 962 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/26/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/16/1975 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Also, a levee broke near Reno (which is right on the CA/Nevada border), flooding about 300 homes with 3 feet of freezing water. Helicoptors were rescuing people from their roofs, and about 3500 people are directly affected by this break. More rain is coming to us here in CA, with possible hail as well, so keep praying peeps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba4J Posted January 5, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,075 Content Per Day: 0.93 Reputation: 471 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/05/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted January 5, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meagain Posted January 5, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 864 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 38 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/30/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/22/1954 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraught Posted January 6, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 105 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,741 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 28 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/23/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/30/1959 Share Posted January 6, 2008 also a grass fire half a mile wide burning homes in oklahoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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