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2023-01-09 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Free Sandbags in California to mitigate upcoming flooding

[FresnoCounty] ....the following road yards will remain open 24 hours a day. Empty bags are provided free of charge to County residents, homes located in unincorporated areas.

You must bring your own shovel in order to shovel sand into bags yourself.

For more information, please call the County of Fresno, Public Works & Planning Department, Road Maintenance Division at (559) 600-4240, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00 pm

If you have an emergency, please call the Fresno County Sheriff's Department at (559) 488-3111.
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other counties in California have similar free sand bag programs; another strong atmospheric river event is expected to begin early am 9 January. This is after several similar storms; ground is already saturated. Also, snow levels will rise and be near 7000'for a few hours thus melting snow will add to the valley rain runoff. Above pass levels, especially above 7000', avalanche danger is about as bad as it ever gets as the snow-pack is about double the long term average in the Sierra.

Posted by lord garth 2023-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Do they come with the sand already installed?

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-01-09 08:46|| 2023-01-09 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 What is Sandbagging?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-09 09:20|| 2023-01-09 09:20|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Not the same as teabagging I assume.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-09 09:23|| 2023-01-09 09:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Nope, shovel required.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-09 10:42|| 2023-01-09 10:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Mind you, they're still having a drought.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-01-09 11:03|| 2023-01-09 11:03|| Front Page Top

#6 That will surely mess up your Tesla.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-09 12:43|| 2023-01-09 12:43|| Front Page Top

#7 List of all the major dams in California, and their levels as of yesterday. The New Melones dam was built in 1980, the last dam built, and since then California's population has gone from 23.67 million to 39.44 million.

https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-01-09 13:49|| 2023-01-09 13:49|| Front Page Top

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