Two good facets for Southern California as Hilary arrives. First, she’s losing power and has dropped into strong tropical storm strength. Second, she’s moving north very fast at 25 mph, which is contributing to the weakening. The storm event should be complete for the state in less than 24 hours. That said, the rain and flooding look to be the biggest issue for the region. [NHS Information]
Six to ten inches of heavy rain with sustained winds of 40 mph+, with higher gusts, can create major issues for an area of hard soil that doesn’t generally get large amounts of rain in a short period of time. Washed out roads, fallen trees, flash flooding and other significant risks associated with this scale of rain are the major concern. As with most storms of this type, if you are in higher elevation areas the wind will be much stronger.
Hurricane Center – {…] At 800 AM PDT (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Hilary was located near latitude 29.7 North, longitude 115.9 West. Hilary is moving quickly toward the north-northwest near 25 mph (41 km/h). Hilary is expected to accelerate even more as it moves north-northwestward to northward during the next day or so. On the forecast track, the center of Hilary will move near or over the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula during the next few hours, and then move across southern California this afternoon. (more)
All preparations should be completed and everyone in the zone of largest impact should remain indoors for the next 24 hours. Power failures are highly likely as the storm will knock out electricity throughout the region. [Good luck to those with EV’s] In the hours immediately following the storm, do not travel. Stay close to home as the emergency service and first responders will activate to the areas of greatest issue.
We have quite a few Treepers in this area. Check in when you can and if you need anything send us an email or drop a comment, I will be checking throughout. The biggest issue I would foresee is the potential for weakened infrastructure, roads, bridges and systems that perhaps have not encountered high pressure or stress for many years.
Always take these things seriously, but do not alarm yourself with dark imaginings. Be prudent, be wise and be safe. Focus on the immediate area around your home, pull your family in close, watch out for each other and mitigate risks from a 100-foot perspective. [If “it” (a risk or threat) is within 100′, that’s your focus.]
Fast moving, which is a good thing.
Lots of rain coming into an area that doesn’t usually get much rain…. that’s not so good.
(VIA CNN) […] Electricity utility Southern California Edison – which serves more than 15 million people in the region – said Thursday Hilary is on track to impact much of its service area. The company said it is preparing to respond to outages but urged residents to gather supplies including flashlights, external battery chargers and ice chests.
Additionally, roadways may be closed “proactively” out of an abundance of caution to ensure safety, according to Tony Tavares, director of the Department of Transportation.
[…] Brian Ferguson, deputy director of the Office of Emergency Services, told CNN Saturday the office is “all hands on deck” for Hurricane Hilary preparation. He said the office is particularly monitoring desert regions as they prepare for heavy rainfall and potential flooding.
“We’re keeping a very close eye on our desert regions, east of San Diego and Los Angeles. Some parts of these areas may receive double their yearly amount of water in just a single day,” he said. “Certainly, we are going to be watching very carefully for flash floods, mudslides and debris flows in that area, looking at the burn scars from fires that have happened in recent years.”
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department issued an evacuation warning for the communities of Oak Glen, Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks, and Northeast Yucaipa. Visitors to Catalina Island, as well as residents with medical, access and functional needs, were “strongly encouraged” to leave the island ahead of the storm in a news release from the City of Avalon. (more)
All starting to line up perfectly. They know when bad weather is coming way in advance of most. Home insurers pull out, houses can’t be purchased, and in come the build to rent brigade! “You will own nothing and be happy!”
Add in the destruction and taxing those supply chains to repair and replace. Disrupting lives, businesses and often destroying them. Killing crops and undermining roads and infrastructure. And the jamming airwaves to overcome the real vast loss of life in HI, hunters and joes real legal problems and the listing GOP debate for Wednesday that will be what I call a mock debate.
Most already have stopped issuing new policies. Some, like Farmers/MetLife issued a do not renew on all policies originated with MetLife. Very few options right now, let alone after.
Word is, many Life Insurance companies are in a panic. Most insurance companies must maintain a 60% profit in order to survive the lows. If they see a shift to the lower percentages last too long that’s when your premiums rise. Step 2 they start trimming the fat, cancelling policies. Step 3 is where they introduce the public to their legal team.
There’s got to be some sort of endangered skink whose protections requires them to not evacuate.
Reports from 1 hour northeast of Cabo are good. Just some rain.
Directly in the middle of the path. Just some light to moderate rain with no wind so far. Warm and humid.
I live six blocks from the ocean in Orange County, CA and welcome the rain which we haven’t had since May. It will clean the air and streets from a summer of polution. 2-4 inches of rain and max 37mph winds is not a big deal. That’s a normal day in Sundance’s Florida!
We can get more than that in an hour.😅
We had 2 inches or more three times this week. It’s terrible for the tomatoes. Oh well…
Yea, It feels good, smells good too. I just know someone somewhere is hyping this as a sign of some sort of climate emergency.
Mass Psychosis: We haven’t had this big an emergency since yesterday. It’s unprecedented.
How Dare You!?
Thank God many of us do dare!!!
Otherwise we would have been drowned in the seas of the Banality of Evil as the go along to get along crowd kills off everyone in compliance with treason.
Yes, I’m in San Diego currently looking out at no very light and no wind as of 10am. But, slick Gavin Newsome has already called out the National Guard so as to augment his presidential chops. The biggest human issue with any recent storms in SoCal is the large number of homeless people who have encampments in the low-lying canyons… which are subject to flash flooding from heavier rains in the mountains 30 miles to the east. It’s a real issue but, as with so many other things, it’s a man-made issue exacerbated by poor policy decisions.
Plus, they’ve all been run off of public property recently!
Was wondering what the runoff off the beach in San Diego is going to be like. Yuk.
Not a problem, I look at the Atlantic off the coast of Florida. The incoming tide has the ICW filled with pretty blue water twice a day.
Just keep Mike’s weather page handy this time of year.
Mike is the best!
I’d stay out of the ocean for a while!
In the 90’s I’d ride my Sea Doo from Marina del Rey to Redondo Beach and also out to Catalina.
If I put my hand into the ocean water around the LA area- the water was so turbid I couldn’t even see my hand.
At Catalina I was identifying shrimp crawling on the bottom, twenty feet below me.
I got sick every time I played in the ocean off LA.
A friend worked at a USC environmental lab and told me that there was so much bacteria in the water that if you only doubled the amount- they would be visible by the naked eye.
She had to concentrate the water samples for analysis, and frequently caught nasty bugs from the process.
Never have to worry about me getting in the Pacific, the gulf stream and Bahamas are right here.
I got rescued by a sailboat a mile off the Santa Cruz CA coast. I was probably headed to the wharf in Monterey.
After yelling at me to move out of his way. He finally recognized the international distress signal and didn’t run me over.
He threw me a line and towed me back.
I tried to return the favor while in Saint Petersburg. A big sailboat got stuck off the Pier and I had him throw me a line. I tried and tried, from every direction, but he was really stuck.
I don’t like your tides! I almost beached myself trying to recreate the rapids ride through a barrier island off San Marcos and got the tide wrong!
We once towed a motorboat with our sailboat… happened up in Lake Washington.
Made a big point of going around the loooong way to the UW Marina so that everyone could see the “fancy sailors” who had ran out of gas.
Before giving them the line, we insisted on a case of beer, which they gave us.
Regardless, they were good chumps and when we got them to the fuel pumps they gave us a LOT of beer.
All’s well that ends well.
We are about 8 miles inland in OC near where the 5/405 merge. So far nothing much other than some drizzle. It’s supposed to pickup between 2pm-5pm with heavier rain and wind. We have some friends in Riverside and San Jacinto that are prepped for even more rain and wind. Plus they are near some areas that recently burned. I’d hate to be on top of or at the bottom of a hill that recently burned. I do expect some mild flooding here though. The LA basin is likely going to flood when it hits them no doubt. Assuming we don’t get an earthquake with this much rain we should be good, otherwise there is the fear of liquefaction. If you check the map here there is a large area from Irvine all the way up to El Monte and San Fernando Valley that is ripe. https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/EQZApp/app/
We’ve got a grab bag full crap weather coming off of Africa presently, mostly looking to move north in the Atlantic.
See they just name one Emily.
hurricanes only get American names?
Just seen an article this morning that AI is you guessed it racist.
Years back I thought that calling a PB&J sammich racist was the end, silly me.
I wish! A few years ago the NHC was into Hispanic names, big time! Frankly, I found it disturbing!!!
As in Isias!
Here’s the list for Atlantic storms. Some French, some Hispanic, some English/ American. Have to have equal opportunity, you know.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
All deaths caused by hurricane Hillary will be deemed a suicide. (That’s the Babylon bee)
“Found shot in the head … twice”
I saw that too….so after this one weakens, we shift our view to the east.
Colors safe and sound in Anaheim.
To the Treeper Families in harms way…you are in our prayers! And everyone else, too. I cannot fathom two years worth of rain, in a day…Be safe! God is with you.
Stay safe,
From the east coast of Florida.
We have a saying on the coast of NC regarding flushing your toilet during storms. If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down. As a veteran of many hurricanes, starting with Hurricane Hazel in 1954, I wish you health and safety.
<If it’s yellow, let it mellow.>
I’m just mad about saffron 🙂
quite right, slick
🤣😅🤣😅
I first heard that expression in the idiocy that was the early 70s commie takeover.
Thank you, Sundance!
It looks like big tech and government uses natural disasters such as Maui to(for) their own gain. New Zealand and Hawai are perfect settlements for billionares.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
My one and only trip to the Big Island ended with racial harassment from native Hawaiians at the Kona airport while I waited to turn in my rental car. 2014.
Oh my. What kind of harassment? What race are you? Are you sure they were Hawaiian and not some other group? Like Japanese, Chinese, Samoan, Pilipino, Portuguese, Tongan, etc., etc., etc.? My experience in Hawaii was many different cultures and the actual Hawaiians were the sweetest people of them all.
Could the people of Maui be responding to the WEF big steal of their homes?
In LA, about 6 miles from the coast. Rain started lightly around 7:00 a.m., no wind at the time. Heavier rain started around 8:30 a.m. Light wind. Power went out, briefly, at least on our block, around 9:00 a.m., following a loud “buzzing” sound. Power returned within a minute or two.
We had a lot of rain and wind this past winter. This won’t be much different. The “catastrophe” in CA is the government, not the weather.
It’s a dud, so far! Barely wet the ground. No wind at all and we’re dead center in the path. The bad weather is to the East over the California- Arizona border. Luckily Lake Mead is getting pounded with rain.
Yep it’s a dud for us in Oceanside, CA. No wind at all.
Yeah, here too. I’m 2 miles south.
Looks like it will help out Lake Mead, fill the “bowl” that is the Vegas Strip, and maybe leave a puddle in Badwater, Death Valley. It’s always cool to see kayakers in Death Valley!
Yuma likely to get some flooding. I’d be leary of fresh lettuce for awhile.
“Migrants” don’t always use the porta potties conveniently lined up at unofficial border crossings by the veggie conglomerates to keep them from defecating in the fields. Flooding there, not good.
Phoenix having what us transplanted midwesterners call “Chicago skies,” light breeze, and temp has yet to reach 90!
It rained steady here in Havasu starting Friday night – no flooding because it has just been a steady rain, not a monsoonal type of rain – those are what cause damage. Looks like the storm has carried rain into SW Utah, so the Virgin River, which feeds into Mead will help a bit and the Vegas Wash will help, too. All-in-all in our drought-suffered desert this is welcome.
100-1 the money Newsome has for this gets nothing done.
Odds are probably a bit off. Add a couple 0’s and you might get closer to the real odds.
It will get him and Aunt Nanzi new homes in Maui – just wait and see.
Sundance,
Eyes on Spokane Washington as well. Three fires so far, spread out at points north of the city itself.
Antifa are present in that area, and most of the structures other than the strip malls are old and built of highly flammable materials . Easy arson for communists
A state of emergency has been declared. The air is at hazardous levels.
Prayers for all in harm’s way
I live near Spokane. I can confirm that air quality is hazardous over most of Eastern Washington. Many rural homes and structures are burned to the ground.
Lived in N San Diego county for 40 years and have many dear friends still living there. One friend in particular just brought her husband home under hospice care on Friday. Praying for everyone in the path of the storm, especially this family.
So far, it doesn’t seem to bad. Have a friend in the area and am texting.
So far, just a steady rain. High winds haven’t kicked up their heels yet.
The problem for those of us in the desert is that we may get more rain from this storm in a day than we normally get in a year. That can cause flooding, excess debris, and washed out roads.
I really hope I can trek to school tomorrow. It is only the 2nd week of school. I want to be with my kids. We’ll see!
I belive I am a sturdier vessel than RDS thinks I am!
I believe and I be-live !
Be safe!
As far as RDS, he is just listing (from the view out of the bridge), to the port side (left).
It looks like Lake Mead is getting heavy rain and up into Utah. This “should” help replenish the lake level although the environmental crazies that are in charge of our water resources will likely just flush it into the Pacific Ocean…as usual!
They’ve been releasing water from Lake Powell to help refill Lake Mead this year after the big snowfalls in Colorado this past winter. Not sure how much of today’s increase is rain and how much is Powell but they’re up .37 feet since Friday according to https://mead.uslakes.info/Level/
I’m not sure if it’s living in the Mojave Desert that creates sturdy vessels, or if sturdy vessels just congregate there, but you are a sturdy group there!
RDS, with that comment, should just fold his tent and go home.
It is pouring down now. Just got a flood alert to stay put until 5:00 pm.
Prayers for all our California Treepers in the storm’s path.
For all others in California – – God might be getting even for what you have allowed in that state.
been praying for all those on the pathways. All of our family is still there, plus many good friends. Keep us posted!
Greetings from San Diego. Been a steady light rain. That is until now, a series of huge storm cells are entering the US here now. Monitoring the 100’ radius. Been through hurricanes in NW Florida in the late 90’s. This 30-40 knots (sustained) wind will kick up a lot of projectiles. We’re on high ground here too. Will report when it hits.
Emil, are you near Poway? My sister and her family live there.
I live 30 miles north of San Diego and as of 0930 Sunday have had light rain with little to no wind. Saturday in Balboa park was crowded with people and all the freeway were busy. From the start of this weather pattern, I think the media and government organizations have been hyping this up to scare people. I have a generator and battery backup but I was skeptical of the hype from the start. Looking at the radar myself, you could see the cyclone break up into just a normal wet storm (no any worse than we already had this last rainy season). Plan for the worst and expect the worst from the media and the government.
In the words of Rahm Emmanuel- never let a crisis go to waste.
We’ll see power outages, fires, property seized (Maui 2.0).
While ramping up economic migrant invasion and advancing climate Grubering.
Dutchsinse on his Telegram was expressing more concern about the fire dangers:
8/19/2023 — Rapid spreading wildfire in Southern California ahead of Hurricane Hilary – BE PREPARED
UPDATE 1115pm August 19, 2023 West Coast time (115am central US time August 20, 2023):
Heads up, as if the news couldn’t get any worse …
Unfortunately the location burning in Southern California (East of Lompoc and West of New Cuyama) is an Oil + Gas pumping operation.
There are rubber pipelines ON THE SURFACE connecting well pump drill points to tanks and collection areas. Not good.
No one, not even the news (maybe not even all the emergency managers) is talking about this or acknowledging that is what is at the locations burning now.
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023/8/19/plant-fire/
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Original post text below here:
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ALERT to everyone in Southern California, be aware of the fire threat due to the higher winds from the Hurricane / tropical storm which is incoming!
The fire has been named the “PLANT FIRE” and is currently 5464 acres in size, zero % uncontained and growing. https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023/8/19/plant-fire/
Start Date 2023-08-19
Last Updated 2023-08-19
Admin Unit In Unified Command with Santa Barbara County Fire Department and United States Forest Service
County Santa Barbara
Location Aliso Park Road and Foothill Road , New Cuyama
Acres Burned 5464
Current images on satellite as of 1045pm central US time (845pm west coast time) August 19, 2023 show a rapid spreading wildfire fanned by the winds ahead of Hurricane Hilary (tropical storm) in the area East by Northeast of Lompoc California.
Visible satellite view here: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-Sierra-truecolor-200-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined
Infrared satellite view here: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-Sierra-natcolorfire-200-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined
Wildfire information for California here: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents
High desert. So far some intermittent pouring rain and a downed tree branch. Had to laugh at a newscaster standing in a light rain in Rancho Cucamonga focusing on a puddle saying the water was “beginning to accumulate.” There probably will be mudslides and serious flooding in some places, though.
Maybe Anderson Cooper of CNN or the Weather Channel guy, Jim Cantore, might find his way there, find a ditch, don their hip boots and report how bad the water is while people walk by a few yard away normally. 🤣🤣 . The dramatic “Climate Change” propaganda and reporting always appears in a natural weather event.
I am not making light of this storm in California as the “hills and hollers” of WV suffer many massive flooding events during a cloud burst or several days of continuous heavy rain in a concentrated area that cause a lot of damage and loss. I know what California is going through.
However, most, but not all, of the really bad flooding happened long before all this “Climate Change” hysteria was foisted upon the world by political opportunist, such as The WEF and their corporate media lap dogs, multinational corporation, radical Communist environmentalist, etc.
The Climate Change nonsense propaganda will happen during and after this weather event also, as the Grubermint pushes the Climate Change scam for money, power and total control of people’s lives. But the reality is these weather events happened just as bad or worse in the past yesteryears and will continue to happen in the future. The WEF Climate Change hysteria scam cannot and will not change what and how God has created on this planet.
I live in San Diego, CA. Right now, the hurricane is kind of a joke. We’re getting some rain but winds are mellow. Will post updates as it progresses.
And never make camp in a dry stream/ riverbed/ gully in the desert. During the desert phase of our training, we R.O.N. (rest over night) in a gully. Half the team awake the other half sleeping. We got washed down stream for a couple three miles along with all our gear. Lost a protective mask( aka gas) and the Army considers them as sensitive piece of equipment as a rifle. Even more so. You can lose your rifle and grab a battlefield pickup but your dead without a mask if hit with chemical agents.
I’ve read enough old west novels (Louis L’Amour and others) to know that. Don’t walk across the top of a ridge that will show your silhouette to those below, either.
To our California Treepers:
May God Grace you with His protection! God Bless!
Just saw that any deaths from storm Hilary to be listed as suicides.
I’m in Hilary’s path. I am declaring to all Treepers, “If I don’t make it –I am not suicidal!”
😭
Despite the 2 bullets to the back of the head?
Dutchman, please don’t give Hilary any ideas. I am rabid MAGA, sturdy at times, vessel! Still, she has quite a list. I don’t want to join it.
This storm will be less in strength than the normal winter Atmospheric Rivers we get out here in CA. The concern is for the desert areas where the amount of rain is very high. As it should. The drainage infrastructure isn’t there for areas like Palm Springs, Palm Desert, and Indio.
The Santa Ana wind events are way stronger than forecasted winds for this TS.
That’s good to hear. Being below sea level is not a good thing.
I should think Cal desert isn’t any different than western Az. Desert.
We get “severe” thunderstorms every monsoon season, with buckets of rainfall, high winds, etc.
Stay out of washes, do NOT try to drive across flooded roads, and wait it out.
Power outages are common, but service usually restored quickly.
Its no biggie,..
100%. Seems like they wanted to ramp up the fear porn to divert from the Maui coverage IMO
Southern CA could use a pressure wash.
It’s nothing more than a thunderstorm at this point. Get a grip, it should only be local news with some local flooding.
When questioned ,the hurricane said, “At this point, what difference does it make?”.
Vegas does NOT handle water well, nor do the urban areas of AZ.
They don’t even have gutters on their houses.
Stay safe out there in southern Nevada!
Thanks but I’ve never been to Nevada. I just know that from friends out there.
Stay safe. Place a flashlight in the bathroom. I always keep one there year round. Even with a generator we still do not have the bathroom light attached. Place important papers in a seal plastic bag and place high in the closet. Also pictures place all photo albums as high as you can.
Not much at 10 am in Malibu. Just a light rain, unseasonably warm, no wind, but the ocean is flat as a mirror.
Nothing at all yet here on the Central Coast.
Just in time for a spending bill with a C 130 load of cash for the Ukie money laundromat..
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on Sunday warned that the agency’s disaster relief fund could experience a shortage by mid-September.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested last week that Congress could pass a short-term extension of last year’s spending priorities to avoid a government shutdown this fall
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling, 10 there shall be no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your tent; 11 for He shall give His angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways. 12 They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. 14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, and I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.
Thank You, Father, for Your Holy Word of Life and Protection. We receive it now in Jesus’ Name, Amen and Amen!
I went through Hugo in St Thomas in ’89, which was the first direct hit the islands had seen in twenty years
we didn’t take it seriously until all hell broke loose
Hugo did a number on coastal South Carolina also.
I live 7 miles due east of Mount Palomar in North East San Diego County. I am at 4200 feet elevation in a valley that is the head waters for the San Luis Rey River. I’m currently in my casita (120 sq’ with bed, refrigerator, micro, bath and shower) which has a eight panel solar array and a small wind generator. I left my main house for safety It is adobe brick with aa metal roof but also sits in grove of ancient Oaks. This last winter I had 16 trees come down in 40-50 mph winds. One within 30′, one within 20′ and another within 12″ of my bedroom. Winds now are close to 40mph. No significant trees close to Casita. That’s why I’m here. The noise from the wind gusts is un-nerving. The side ways pelting rain comes in sheets and rattles the windows.
Last night Feather Creek (five feet deep , 12′ wide) came to the brim. There are two other creeks that merge into it and both breeched. Last week we had a thunder storm that dropped 2″ rain in 2hrs. I was not prepared. I had clogged patio drains, and gutters overflow. Water came into my house through sliding door on my patio.
Yesterday I brought food, water, fuel and a gas generator up in preparation. I can’t imagine dealing with this in real time). I’m going to ride out the storm with my dogs and hopefully not be worse for the wear.
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There is a species of bird called the O No O No Bird…
Its legs are about 2 inches long, and its family jewels
hang down about 5 inches….
Every time it tries to land, it says – O No O No…
Hunker down Amigo, and stay keen..
Joe Biden will be kept up on the amount of money needed for Gavin.
Looking like a tens of billions at this stage
Campaign funds.
10 am west coast: planes still taking off at OC airport. Forecast is most impact this evening. We are high and dry .
Ahh, California. The Big One, just 5 minutes, would turn it solid red. Some Tropical Storm ain’t it.
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Governor Hair Gel has issued a proclamation allowing residents to leave their homes to CRAP on the sidewalks.
Hi all, in the LA Valley- we have some wind and light rain. I’m a Florida girl- so I was already prepared and I helped my neighbors. I also sent them all a video on how to charge your cell with a car phone charger, 9v battery and a key. Now building indoor forts with the boys for fun 😇
Thank you, Sundance, for you valuable information and heart. 👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
Just how many are going to die because of the unaddressed and encouraged homeless in LA?
Interestingly, along the coast, just past LA, we have yet to get any wind or rain. Just heard my first siren from way off. Not to say we may not be impacted by floods from higher elevations, and hopefully get some rain, we still need it, but it won’t be like Mexico or the path across states that have been raining w wind for awhile now.
California is blessed with the California Current. This southerly flow of cold water begins at the Canadian border and continues all the way down to Mexico. Even in summer, ocean temperatures seldom reach 70 degrees off of southern California.
As our friends along the East Coast know, Hurricanes must have water temperatures over 80 degrees in order to maintain their strength. This is why it is “meteorologically” impossible for California to get hit with hurricanes even though it sits at the same latitude as East Coast areas that do get these storms.
I have been following the hurricanes that form of the west coast of Mexico since the 60’s. They represent the best chance for excellent surfing waves we have all year. These storms happen every year and most head west toward to Hawaii, but in August a few head north toward California, pushing swells in the direction of our beaches. Some years, they bring much needed light rain, but winds rarely blow at damaging speeds.
When individuals who live on the East Coast hear “Hurricane” they rightly pay attention and take precautions, but in California, its only the Media, Climate fearmongers and maybe a few newcomers that makes a big deal out of it. While we appreciate the concern, we are going to be alright out here.
Famous last words……………..If you are a weather buff. Do you not know about Hurricane Norman or the Long Beach Tropical storm? Storms like that dont hit Calif often but they can pack a punch.
I live far inland from California. But i am battening down my hatches. High winds and flash flooding are all in the forecast for the next 3 days.
Hurricane Norman, like the current Hillary storm was downgraded long before it moved into the southern California region. Like many other hurricane remnants, it brought needed rain to the area with some flooding, but no damaging winds.
The Long Beach Tropical Storm did result in the deaths of 46 people. The main reason for this was the lack of modern forecasting available in 1939. Flooding was a major problem due to inadequate drainage infrastructure. About 5 and a half inches of rain fell in Los Angeles during the storm, so it was not a big rain maker.
So much for the “forecast”you mention. You still waiting for the hurricane to make landfall? LOL
As an avid surfer from SoCl for over 50 yers, I get excited when a hurricane breaks north from Centro America. The last great one was Marie 2014
Today is different…I’m 30 miles inland and this thing is headed right for me.
Pepeeko…Big Island?
Here is a good local weather app (iPhone) –
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/newschannel-3-12-firstalert-wx/id1061191266
When I first read the title of this article I thought Hillary Clinton was moving to California.
I live in Onterio and there has been light rain here this morning, but that has stopped now and no wind so we must be ok for now
I have been wondering about HAARP technology. High frequency Active Auroral Research Program. It’s been undercover for decades and where is it now? I am always suspicious. If this Research has been advanced we are in a world of trouble. Stay safe California.
I don’t care at all or sympathize. Let them all wash away. I can’t wait to see what kind of razzle dazzle California’s “Emergency” “Services” have in store for all the dum dums who still choose to live there.
Kustie, This is coming right over my city and we are seeng a lot of rain. Dana Point, Orange County is a partically conservative area that is pretty nice to live in. I don’t know where you live, but please stay there. Me? I’m throughly enjoy living here.
Found in the bin… 🙁
Us “dum dums” that still live here do weigh a lot of factors between good and bad and make personal decisions that factor in family and employment. While there are a lot of reasons to leave, there are still some good reasons to stay, based on one’s lived experience’s. Life is finding balance and what is important to one, may not be as important to someone else. Free people can still make those decisions.
As shitty as the government is, and being the sand at every opportunity to resist the ideocracy.
Words can’t express the satisfaction of walking along a narrow stream through two hundred fifty feet Redwoods and catching a snake or two. Seeing how close you can get to that bobcat today, that hangs out in the corner of field.
Then you get to the building where you have to work.
Kustie, if you are part of Hilary’s security team — please do not come after my California vessel.
Between Hilary & Meatball I am afraid they will tag team me and I will disappear.
I am rabid MAGA. I point this out on a daily basis. I am a prime target.
California MAGA need love, too. Are you unfamiliar with rigged elections? This state is not as blue as you might think.
Kustie, was that you?! 🤡
Son of a gun !
I just lost my power!
Right after I posted to you my power died — right on cue!
Cell phone sure is handy!
Yay, Kustie, it just turned back on! ⛴️
Preach it!!!
Hey, the dum dums in my California town voted out voting machines and instituted paper ballots for future elections.
Can you say the same for yours?
Light rain at 10:30am. Expecting heavier rain and T-storms(???) between 11am and 5pm. Thats OK. I get a free watering of my garden/grass and my pool needed some water to fill up. My crew is going to Church. I said a couple of prayers for anyone living on a steep hill. Sad that most of the fresh water will go into the ocean. We get some pretty strong winds here in Yorba Linda (canyon) when the Santa anas come in the winter, so hopefully these won’t be too much worse.
BTW- The misspelled the name of this storm and potential disaster. It is Hillary not Hilary. lol
Pacific Fleet is sortieing from San Diego for storm avoidance.
Let’s hope they don’t run into each other as they’re fleeing. Today’s Navy!!
A good reminder that lots of big ships in port gets dicey when the water starts sloshing around…
The US Navy has been moving ships out of port to avoid storms for a very long time.
I recall seiche warnings for San Diego Bay when I was in the Marines at Pendleton.
Hopefully everything aboard has been secured and no wrong pronouns have been used in the process.
Hahahaha … yep, and there is “equity” on board … plenty of “underserved communities” in positions of authority