Some California residents are urged to prepare 2 weeks of essentials ahead of expected flooding

[rollin74]

CNN
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Officials in California are imploring residents to prepare for a powerful storm set to lash the region with torrential rain later this week as the state continues to recover from colossal amounts of snow that trapped mountain communities.

About 16 million people across central and Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, were under flood watches Wednesday ahead of a storm set to drench the region Thursday with dangerous amounts of rain in most of the places that currently have existing layers of heavy snow from previous brutal storms.

“The combination of heavy rain and snowmelt may lead to flooding,” the Weather Prediction Center said. “Creeks and streams in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada will be most vulnerable to flooding from rain and snowmelt.”

[link:https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/weather/california-atmospheric-river-flood-wednesday/index.html|

[Sympthsical]

1. Stop. Raining.

We get it, Nature. You vape.

But yeah, supposed to kick in tomorrow morning and just go for a full week.

On the plus side, North Bay is so green, it looks like Ireland up in here. It’s very picturesque.

[rollin74]

3. I'm over on the eastern side of the Sierra but still remember the '97 New Years Flood

just hoping we aren't about to experience something that awful again

[Tree Lady]

4. I have been trying to get down last few weeks

To Bay Area from southern Oregon and waiting for a break in weather. I made plans again for next Thursday but won't know until the last min. Keeps saying rain or snow around Mt Shasta city. I have a Prius now and don't want to drive in snow. Rain ok as long as not flooding!

[Lovie777]

2. More rain coming on Friday..............

[ripcord]

5. Nice try but it won't work

They said the same thing to the residents of the Southern California mountains but many were convinced it could never be as bad as predicted. My cousin is still stuck up there, they have plenty of the necessities but he is running out of pot

[Timewas]

6. 2 weeks supplies

Would be a bare minimum, you will almost always need/want more than that.

[hunter]

7. Now I know what it's like when a hurricane is approaching.

I talked to my wife's dad this morning and they're not evacuating. The house is high enough that it probably won't flood. Some of their neighbors might not be so fortunate.

If the bridges wash out they'll all be living on an island.