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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency, sheriff orders evacuations as Hurricane Hilary bears down on California: Panic buying as 42M brace for 'catastrophic flooding' |
| 2023-08-20 |
| No relief of Habeas Corpus, so I guess there's still constraints on looter shooting. [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as California braces for Hurricane Hilary to hit today. Residents in the south of the state have been given evacuation orders ahead of the historic storm making landfall around 1pm. The governor's office has tried to reassure them extensive preparations are underway, including the deploying of 'more than 7,500 boots on the ground'. But panic buying has set in and some supermarket shelves in San Diego and Los Angeles were stripped bare of essentials such as water and tinned food. The tropical storm, the first set to make landfall in California since 1939, could impact more than 42million people. The state has prepared water rescue teams, California National Guard personnel and flood fighting equipment ahead of Hilary's arrival, officials said. Hurricane Hilary is currently registered as a Category 1 storm, downgraded from a Category 2 on Saturday night. The National Hurricane Center warned Hilary could bring 'catastrophic and life-threatening flooding' to Baja California and the Southwestern US. The threat has triggered California's first ever tropical storm warning extending from the state's southern border to just north of Los Angeles. The storm may dump more than a year's worth of rain on parts of the Southwest, the National Weather Service has warned. Part of Nevada and Southern California may see as much as 10 inches of rainfall hit in a matter of hours. Evacuation notices have been issued to residents in Oak Glen, Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks, and NE Yucaipa by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's office. On Saturday night the storm had sped up, moving at around 18 mph, around 500 miles southeast of San Diego. It is expected to continue to weaken as it moves north-northwestward through cooler waters toward Southern California. However, the harshest effects are expected later on Sunday and into Monday including possible winds of 90 miles per hour. Schools in Mexico's Cabo San Lucas were being readied to use as temporary shelters while police patrolled closed beaches in the Baja California Sur state to keep swimmers out. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #12 Now a 'minor' 5.1 equake. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-20 22:25 |
| #11 TS Hilary crossed into the USA a few hours ago. Moving north at a good speed now, 20-25mph |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-08-20 20:24 |
| #10 I have always found what people buy in these 'panics'. Ice Storm will knock out power so they buy an extra gallon of milk and other perishables that need to be refrigerated ...right. Some more saltines, peanut butter and canned tuna, long-term nonperishable items would seem far wiser and if the problem doesn't hit you can still eat them eventually! |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-08-20 19:26 |
| #9 In the late 90’s during hurricane season in NC, there was one that the weather channel hyped so bad that more than 10 elderly had heart attacks and died. Then it turned back out to sea a missed everything. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-08-20 15:21 |
| #8 I think it was '81' when we had the Pineapple Express"....seven storms in week...makes this democratic hurricane episode look like childs play. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2023-08-20 14:10 |
| #7 As of three hours ago, Hilary was downgraded to a Tropical Storm. The worst flooding will be in low population areas east of the San Diego and LA metro areas. Also, the worst wind will be in those places. For example, Death Valley will likely get 3" of rain and that will form a long temporary lake and prevent travel in the National Monument area. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-08-20 13:44 |
| #6 The 'weathertainment" complex has to build up every potential storm. Yet another of the "tropical disturbances" they have been avidly tracking is about to become a hurricane in the middle of the Atlantic - where it will affect no one but mariners who probably don't belong at sea. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-08-20 13:42 |
| #5 Yawn. We live in South Carolina and are quite used to hurricanes. I've looked at the predictions for wind speeds and amount of rainfall. This is nothing. |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-08-20 13:31 |
| #4 My money is on fear pòrn. It is California, after all. Whenever I see words such as "catastrophic", "epic", or "Biblical", then I put my money on b.s. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-08-20 11:40 |
| #3 Most of the LA stores should probably keep the plywood up until law and order is restored in a decade or so. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-08-20 11:37 |
| #2 The Fates getting ready to power wash the LA sidewalks. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-08-20 11:25 |
| #1 The gas line at Costco yesterday was ridiculous. I'm thinking: WTF? Where are you gonna drive to? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-08-20 10:26 |