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The stalls were emptied after floodwater submerged the farm after a series of storms. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It started with us,” Goni said of the gushing water. “Then we started hearing about it moving toward Corcoran. And it was just one dairy after the other, after the other.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Anja Raudabaugh, CEO, Western United Dairies\"]‘This was an unmitigated disaster. I don’t know how to plan for a river. It’s a nightmare.’[/pullquote]Over 72 hours, Goni, Martinez and dozens of neighbors and livestock haulers who arrived with trucks and trailers frantically herded some 2,400 cows and heifers into trailers in the dark. Even with weeks of planning, moving a few hundred head would have been difficult; moving this many in floodwaters was a nightmare, the men said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946961\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM-800x531.png\" alt=\"A man wearing a beige shirt, dark long sleeve shirt and suspenders stands in a empty cow stall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM-800x531.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM-1020x677.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM.png 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Martinez, a long-time employee of Lerda-Goni Farms, stands in the empty cow stalls on the farm on March 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cows went to six area dairies that were on safer ground, and Goni said he was overwhelmed by his community’s support. Goni remembers joking he would understand if workers left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to fight,” Martinez said, adding that Goni’s father, who died last year, would have wanted them to. “We can’t lose everything because of this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of San Joaquin Valley farmers, workers and residents are coping with acres of floodwaters and muck, tallying the damage. One industry official estimated $20 billion in losses for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/PDFs/2022_Ag_Stats_Review.pdf\">dairy, California’s No. 1 agricultural industry (PDF)\u003c/a>, generating $7 billion in revenue statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some who lost homes also fear losing weeks or months of income. After months of atmospheric rivers, storms and record floods, the long-dry Tulare Lake is rising again from the San Joaquin Valley floor. It will be fed, experts said, by a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/03/california-storm-reservoirs-flooding/\">historic snowpack\u003c/a> melting in the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will California be ready?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946962\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-800x528.png\" alt=\"Pieces of a drainage pipe in a large body of water.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-800x528.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-1020x673.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-1536x1013.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM.png 1540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pieces of canal drainage pipes that were swept away down the canal after a flood hit the area on March 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, the track record for state and local emergency response has been mixed, especially in the San Joaquin Valley, where local agencies have struggled to mediate conflicts between landowners and flooded communities, and where state officials have yet to clarify their oversight role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers, workers and residents in several flooded communities complained that it took weeks for the state to gain federal help through a disaster designation. Even with that, many farmworkers won’t qualify for federal cash assistance because they are undocumented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said some people could receive help through local partnerships using the state’s Rapid Response Fund. The state has not announced which local partners it was funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials said they are bolstering infrastructure, such as levees and canals, and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/cal_oes/status/1646612910494613508?s=46&t=pV4TRXLqzax8nmQ5Vj0zTg\">raising some roads\u003c/a> while coordinating with agencies to help people cope with floods and prepare for possible evacuations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said state officials have been meeting with emergency managers for each affected region, coordinating area-specific evacuation plans and flood prevention measures, trying to get everyone on the same page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re paying particular attention to the Tulare basin because there’s already so much water in the system and that’s where the snowpack is really concentrated,” he said. “Humans, in many cases, are the hardest part of any disaster to control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the country’s biggest farms operate in this region. Tulare, Kern and Kings counties are top-producing dairy counties in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-tulare-lake-dairies.netlify.app/#amp=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Tulare Lake basin’s vast farmland had suffered a severe drought, like most of California. Now floodwaters envelope it, looking like an inland sea when winds whip waves over swallowed houses, farms and rural Highway 43.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all of the four rivers, countless creeks and \u003ca href=\"https://www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Geography/Images/tulare2cj.pdf\">thousands of miles of canals linked to Tulare Lake (PDF)\u003c/a> are swollen and at capacity. The valley ground has soaked up so much water that every passing rainstorm floods yards and asphalt roads, even in urban centers like Bakersfield and Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946963\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 728px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.16-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946963\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.16-PM.png\" alt=\"A flooded road.\" width=\"728\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.16-PM.png 728w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.16-PM-160x103.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairy Avenue flooded with water near Hansen Ranches south of Corcoran, on March 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very important reminder that California is not well-equipped to handle these extreme wet-weather events,” said Tricia Stever Blattler, executive director of the Tulare County Farm Bureau. “The message that we would like our California Legislature to hear is it’s never too soon to make better investments in infrastructure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4699\">administration declared California’s second major disaster of the year\u003c/a> on April 3, deploying the Federal Emergency Management Agency and allowing several counties, including Tulare and Kern, to apply for additional federal assistance. Because of the declaration, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CAFSP/CalFresh/CalFresh_Disaster/D-CF-PlanApproval.pdf\">families and residents in seven counties can apply for Disaster CalFresh food benefits (PDF)\u003c/a>, the state announced Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Kings County had 47,000 acres of farmland flooded, according to the California Farm Bureau’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.agalert.com/california-ag-news/archives/april-5-2023/farmers-brace-for-more-destruction-losses-from-floods/\">online publication\u003c/a>, that county was not included in the latest emergency declaration. State officials said it could be added later. Kings County officials told The Fresno Bee that \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article273965735.html\">flooding will ruin 41% of the county’s $2.43 billion crop value\u003c/a> and cause another $1 billion in damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3.28.23-Major-Disaster-Declaration-request.pdf?emrc=c00780\">California’s request for the declaration (PDF)\u003c/a>, Newsom’s office estimated $60 million in agricultural losses in Tulare County and $70 million in Kern Counties alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California dairy industry leaders say their losses are going to be much larger. Western United Dairies CEO Anja Raudabaugh said their network is bracing for $20 billion in losses and long-term supply chain disruptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to evacuation costs and property damage, dairy farmers are estimating millions of dollars in losses from silage they had stored and crops they were growing to feed their cows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there is not enough feed, she said, farmers might have to start culling cows and shrinking their dairy operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already 75,000 cows and 15 large dairies have moved due to flooding. With major dairy processing centers like Tulare County impacted, the economic loss could be staggering, Raudabaugh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a single dairy that could have envisioned this type of catastrophe,” she said. “This was an unmitigated disaster. I don’t know how to plan for a river. It’s a nightmare.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Add to that the brief closure of the Lactalis Heritage Dairy Kraft Foods plant, which processes some of the Tulare region’s dairy products. Its damage and floodwaters were visible from Highway 99.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of California’s farmworkers, about 200,000, live in the Central Valley. Thousands are losing work and wages. Several towns and rural communities of color also are struggling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is the Central Valley has a lot of front-line communities that have borne the impacts of climate and weather extremes, whether it’s drought, smoke, flood,” said John Abatzoglou, climatology professor at the University of California, Merced. “Unfortunately, they have not had the resources to prepare for these extreme events, and that’s why they’re vulnerable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Preparing for snowmelt and ‘water jiujitsu’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several regions could experience higher-than-usual flood risk from snowmelt, experts said, but the Tulare Basin’s reservoirs are smaller than the central and northern Sierra reservoirs so they hold much less water, Abatzoglou said. It’s an unfortunate mismatch with the high \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/04/california-gun-laws-seizures/\">snowpack in the southern Sierra\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite intermittent flooding over the years, the region’s levees, canals and dams may not be able to handle such large and rapid water flows, experts said. Floodwaters in some areas are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">not sinking into the ground\u003c/a>, recharging underground water stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just don’t have the systems in play to put water in places where you can really get a lot of groundwater recharge while minimizing the impacts to communities and agriculture,” Abatzoglou said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a year like this, hopefully, will be a catalyst for the state to find ways to be more resilient to climate variability and the extremes of climate change — because this is not likely to be the last rodeo that we’re gonna go through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferguson, the state emergency services spokesperson, said the current break in storms is giving emergency management officials a rare chance to prepare for the possible coming disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are assessing potential toxic hazards from agricultural or oil sites in the flood path, he said, so they can prevent contaminating nearby farmland or waterways. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2023-04-07/compost-facility-holding-human-waste-in-cross-hairs-of-tulare-lake-flooding\">officials may build a dam around a waste treatment plant run\u003c/a> by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts in Kings County, according to a KVPR news report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re also reaching out to underserved communities to help people access emergency information in their dominant languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And state officials are working with local water managers and county emergency personnel, planning for worst-case scenarios, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be that this water is not such that there are enough sandbags, or you can’t physically stop it,” Ferguson said. “You might be doing water jiujitsu to move it, to flow with it, as opposed to trying to physically stop it … to move it in the smartest possible way to keep as many people safe as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may involve finagling a compromise from local agencies and land owners who have been working at cross purposes. In Kings, Kern and Tulare counties decisions about handling floodwaters have devolved into local tugs-of-war, with individual farmers influencing where waters go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a local conflict that made national headlines, the historic Black town of Allensworth, nearby Alpaugh, and farmers along the Tulare Lake bed were flooded after a large landowner refused to allow his property to flood. As Allensworth residents pleaded for official intervention and scrambled to save their community, SJV Water, a nonprofit newsroom, reported that \u003ca href=\"https://sjvwater.org/poso-creek-water-ends-standoff-with-powerful-the-j-g-boswell-when-it-busts-through-berms-heads-north/\">the landowner had placed heavy farming equipment in the way of a water manager’s efforts to use the farmer’s private canal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The creek recently burst into the canal anyway, after it also overflowed a bridge and a road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials have been coordinating with local emergency forces to shore up levees and distribute sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although state officials are exploring options for taking a more active role in managing floodwaters, local authorities have the jurisdiction to determine where floodwaters go, said Karla Nemeth, director of the Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several communities in southern San Joaquin Valley had opted out of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, so the ultimate authority over where water goes — and whose property floods — can reside with county officials, small flood districts and even individual property owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the moment all of those issues need to be addressed at the local level,” Nemeth said. “We are checking into our state authorities on flood management kinds of decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s office recently issued an executive order that temporarily waives several state codes related to environmental protections around the Tulare Lake basin. But the order doesn’t allow state officials to step in and arbitrate these conflicts, a governor’s spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dairies stay on high alert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Goni family has begun rebuilding their dairy. Their employees and cows are back and production is slowly restarting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone has been able to recover. Some dairies and farmland in the Corcoran area still are covered with water. Raudabaugh said two large dairies have closed or relocated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coordination among local and state emergency resources has improved since those first two weeks, when industry leaders were fielding panicked calls from farmers, Raudabaugh said. She said she hopes they’ll be ready for the next round of flooding when the snowpack melts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946965\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-800x533.png\" alt=\"A white man wearing a dark hat and a brown jacket stands near a field and body of water.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-1020x679.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-1536x1023.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM.png 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Mancebo stands near a canal by his farmland in Tulare County on March 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stephen Mancebo, a relative of Goni’s whose dairy is a few miles down the road, was among those who rushed to help Goni and hosted some of his cows. He said the lack of infrastructure exacerbated the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could have put more water storage in place, bigger and better infrastructure, more sinking basins, when we got this flood it wouldn’t have been near as bad to those guys on the west side,” said Mancebo, a board member of the Land O’ Lakes dairy co-op.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve avoided putting money into infrastructure. And I know the governor and nobody else wants to hear that, because they really like showing up to be the hero, and it’s more reactive than proactive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mancebo had to make other quick decisions that week. The canal linked to Lake Kaweah crossing his property began overflowing into fields where he grew winter wheat for his dairy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many farmers and residents, rushing to protect their property, built berms to keep the water out. He knew if he did that, too, the water would have flooded another dairy down the road and some neighboring homes. His dairy was safe on higher ground, but he didn’t try to stop the water from flooding his fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing on the banks of the Tule River and later the ditch outside his own dairy in late March, Mancebo pointed out where the river burst through the levee protecting Goni’s dairy and had ripped out large metal drainage pipes, and where water had flooded his own fields, leaving a layer of silt and debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Debris could clog the canal where it flows under the road, he said, and could cause flooding risks over the next few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody is just going to have to stay on high alert,“ he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A “domino effect” of damage to dairies and farmers has already begun, he said, with owners laying off workers because they have no work for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why I have a really hard time talking about this or feeling sorry for a couple hundred acres, you know?” Mancebo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting financial help to farm laborers could be a challenge. Dairies employ higher numbers of undocumented workers than other agricultural industries, which hire workers from a federal visa program for seasonal workers. Dairies operate year-round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Cutler resident shovel mud off his driveway in Cutler on March 12, 2023. The area was recently flooded after the levee in the area was breached during a series of storms that hit the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We couldn’t save anything’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Small communities in the Central Valley, especially on the eastern edge of Tulare County near the mountains, have flooded repeatedly this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cutler and Orosi, two towns in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2023-03-16/131-homes-affected-by-flooding-at-a-small-tulare-county-community-help-is-available\">more than 131 homes flooded in mid-March\u003c/a>, after water breached an overwhelmed canal in eight places and left many homes uninhabitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks after his home in Cutler flooded, Victor Cabrera said he still didn’t have heat or hot water. He was able to use a space heater by running an electrical cord from a neighbor’s house on higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The house next to Cabrera sustained so much damage it was condemned, and his neighbors were forced to relocate, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been rough on us,” Cabrera said, referring to his neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the hardest-hit families in Cutler lived in the Tulare County Housing Authority homes near a flooded canal. Residents pleaded for help at \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f6EpqzvVbE\">a recent Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting\u003c/a>, saying the destruction left behind was unsafe for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juanita Martinez cried during her testimony, saying her 9-year-old son fears the canal would break again if they return home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We couldn’t save anything,” she said during the meeting. “I’m in tears. I’m frustrated. I don’t know what to do anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The housing authority transferred Martinez’s family to a home in Dinuba, but she told CalMatters her application for federal disaster aid was rejected. Many families who don’t qualify for aid still need help, she said; plus, who is going to fix the canal?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want the money,” Martinez said. “We just want the canal fixed. We’re afraid it’s going to happen again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946967\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946967\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-800x528.png\" alt=\"A woman holds a broom while looking at a room with chairs and other materials stacked up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-800x528.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-1020x673.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-1536x1014.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-2048x1352.png 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-1920x1268.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina Cabrera cleaning out the water and mud in her family home after a series of storms on March 12, 2023. Cabrera, who shares the home with her brother Victor Cabrera, said that the home has been in her family for decades and hopes to salvage it. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"After weeks of rain, the long-dry Tulare Lake is rising from the San Joaquin Valley floor, endangering farms, towns, livelihoods. Now record snow on the Sierra Nevada is melting. Will the Central Valley be ready?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1681775003,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://calmatters-tulare-lake-dairies.netlify.app/#amp=1"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":75,"wordCount":3001},"headData":{"title":"‘It’s a Nightmare’: Dairy Farmers Struggle to Bounce Back From Record Floods | KQED","description":"After weeks of rain, the long-dry Tulare Lake is rising from the San Joaquin Valley floor, endangering farms, towns, livelihoods. Now record snow on the Sierra Nevada is melting. 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By the time his sister and brother-in-law, who also lived on the farm, pulled their children out of their home in pajamas, 2 to 3 feet of water was rushing everywhere, impossible to stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goni choked up recently as he and Roberto Martinez, a 30-year employee, recounted how floodwaters nearly washed away the dairy three generations of his family had built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.03-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946960\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.03-PM-800x529.png\" alt=\"Empty cow stalls on a farm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.03-PM-800x529.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.03-PM-1020x674.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.03-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.03-PM.png 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empty cow stalls on Lerda-Goni Farms outside Tulare on March 23, 2023. The stalls were emptied after floodwater submerged the farm after a series of storms. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It started with us,” Goni said of the gushing water. “Then we started hearing about it moving toward Corcoran. And it was just one dairy after the other, after the other.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘This was an unmitigated disaster. I don’t know how to plan for a river. It’s a nightmare.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Anja Raudabaugh, CEO, Western United Dairies","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Over 72 hours, Goni, Martinez and dozens of neighbors and livestock haulers who arrived with trucks and trailers frantically herded some 2,400 cows and heifers into trailers in the dark. Even with weeks of planning, moving a few hundred head would have been difficult; moving this many in floodwaters was a nightmare, the men said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946961\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM-800x531.png\" alt=\"A man wearing a beige shirt, dark long sleeve shirt and suspenders stands in a empty cow stall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM-800x531.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM-1020x677.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.12-PM.png 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Martinez, a long-time employee of Lerda-Goni Farms, stands in the empty cow stalls on the farm on March 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cows went to six area dairies that were on safer ground, and Goni said he was overwhelmed by his community’s support. Goni remembers joking he would understand if workers left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to fight,” Martinez said, adding that Goni’s father, who died last year, would have wanted them to. “We can’t lose everything because of this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of San Joaquin Valley farmers, workers and residents are coping with acres of floodwaters and muck, tallying the damage. One industry official estimated $20 billion in losses for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/PDFs/2022_Ag_Stats_Review.pdf\">dairy, California’s No. 1 agricultural industry (PDF)\u003c/a>, generating $7 billion in revenue statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some who lost homes also fear losing weeks or months of income. After months of atmospheric rivers, storms and record floods, the long-dry Tulare Lake is rising again from the San Joaquin Valley floor. It will be fed, experts said, by a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/03/california-storm-reservoirs-flooding/\">historic snowpack\u003c/a> melting in the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will California be ready?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946962\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-800x528.png\" alt=\"Pieces of a drainage pipe in a large body of water.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-800x528.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-1020x673.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM-1536x1013.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.26.22-PM.png 1540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pieces of canal drainage pipes that were swept away down the canal after a flood hit the area on March 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, the track record for state and local emergency response has been mixed, especially in the San Joaquin Valley, where local agencies have struggled to mediate conflicts between landowners and flooded communities, and where state officials have yet to clarify their oversight role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers, workers and residents in several flooded communities complained that it took weeks for the state to gain federal help through a disaster designation. Even with that, many farmworkers won’t qualify for federal cash assistance because they are undocumented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said some people could receive help through local partnerships using the state’s Rapid Response Fund. The state has not announced which local partners it was funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials said they are bolstering infrastructure, such as levees and canals, and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/cal_oes/status/1646612910494613508?s=46&t=pV4TRXLqzax8nmQ5Vj0zTg\">raising some roads\u003c/a> while coordinating with agencies to help people cope with floods and prepare for possible evacuations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said state officials have been meeting with emergency managers for each affected region, coordinating area-specific evacuation plans and flood prevention measures, trying to get everyone on the same page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re paying particular attention to the Tulare basin because there’s already so much water in the system and that’s where the snowpack is really concentrated,” he said. “Humans, in many cases, are the hardest part of any disaster to control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the country’s biggest farms operate in this region. Tulare, Kern and Kings counties are top-producing dairy counties in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-tulare-lake-dairies.netlify.app/#amp=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Tulare Lake basin’s vast farmland had suffered a severe drought, like most of California. Now floodwaters envelope it, looking like an inland sea when winds whip waves over swallowed houses, farms and rural Highway 43.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all of the four rivers, countless creeks and \u003ca href=\"https://www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Geography/Images/tulare2cj.pdf\">thousands of miles of canals linked to Tulare Lake (PDF)\u003c/a> are swollen and at capacity. The valley ground has soaked up so much water that every passing rainstorm floods yards and asphalt roads, even in urban centers like Bakersfield and Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946963\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 728px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.16-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946963\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.16-PM.png\" alt=\"A flooded road.\" width=\"728\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.16-PM.png 728w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.16-PM-160x103.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairy Avenue flooded with water near Hansen Ranches south of Corcoran, on March 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very important reminder that California is not well-equipped to handle these extreme wet-weather events,” said Tricia Stever Blattler, executive director of the Tulare County Farm Bureau. “The message that we would like our California Legislature to hear is it’s never too soon to make better investments in infrastructure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4699\">administration declared California’s second major disaster of the year\u003c/a> on April 3, deploying the Federal Emergency Management Agency and allowing several counties, including Tulare and Kern, to apply for additional federal assistance. Because of the declaration, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CAFSP/CalFresh/CalFresh_Disaster/D-CF-PlanApproval.pdf\">families and residents in seven counties can apply for Disaster CalFresh food benefits (PDF)\u003c/a>, the state announced Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Kings County had 47,000 acres of farmland flooded, according to the California Farm Bureau’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.agalert.com/california-ag-news/archives/april-5-2023/farmers-brace-for-more-destruction-losses-from-floods/\">online publication\u003c/a>, that county was not included in the latest emergency declaration. State officials said it could be added later. Kings County officials told The Fresno Bee that \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article273965735.html\">flooding will ruin 41% of the county’s $2.43 billion crop value\u003c/a> and cause another $1 billion in damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3.28.23-Major-Disaster-Declaration-request.pdf?emrc=c00780\">California’s request for the declaration (PDF)\u003c/a>, Newsom’s office estimated $60 million in agricultural losses in Tulare County and $70 million in Kern Counties alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California dairy industry leaders say their losses are going to be much larger. Western United Dairies CEO Anja Raudabaugh said their network is bracing for $20 billion in losses and long-term supply chain disruptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to evacuation costs and property damage, dairy farmers are estimating millions of dollars in losses from silage they had stored and crops they were growing to feed their cows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there is not enough feed, she said, farmers might have to start culling cows and shrinking their dairy operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already 75,000 cows and 15 large dairies have moved due to flooding. With major dairy processing centers like Tulare County impacted, the economic loss could be staggering, Raudabaugh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a single dairy that could have envisioned this type of catastrophe,” she said. “This was an unmitigated disaster. I don’t know how to plan for a river. It’s a nightmare.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Add to that the brief closure of the Lactalis Heritage Dairy Kraft Foods plant, which processes some of the Tulare region’s dairy products. Its damage and floodwaters were visible from Highway 99.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of California’s farmworkers, about 200,000, live in the Central Valley. Thousands are losing work and wages. Several towns and rural communities of color also are struggling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is the Central Valley has a lot of front-line communities that have borne the impacts of climate and weather extremes, whether it’s drought, smoke, flood,” said John Abatzoglou, climatology professor at the University of California, Merced. “Unfortunately, they have not had the resources to prepare for these extreme events, and that’s why they’re vulnerable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Preparing for snowmelt and ‘water jiujitsu’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several regions could experience higher-than-usual flood risk from snowmelt, experts said, but the Tulare Basin’s reservoirs are smaller than the central and northern Sierra reservoirs so they hold much less water, Abatzoglou said. It’s an unfortunate mismatch with the high \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/04/california-gun-laws-seizures/\">snowpack in the southern Sierra\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite intermittent flooding over the years, the region’s levees, canals and dams may not be able to handle such large and rapid water flows, experts said. Floodwaters in some areas are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">not sinking into the ground\u003c/a>, recharging underground water stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just don’t have the systems in play to put water in places where you can really get a lot of groundwater recharge while minimizing the impacts to communities and agriculture,” Abatzoglou said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a year like this, hopefully, will be a catalyst for the state to find ways to be more resilient to climate variability and the extremes of climate change — because this is not likely to be the last rodeo that we’re gonna go through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferguson, the state emergency services spokesperson, said the current break in storms is giving emergency management officials a rare chance to prepare for the possible coming disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are assessing potential toxic hazards from agricultural or oil sites in the flood path, he said, so they can prevent contaminating nearby farmland or waterways. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2023-04-07/compost-facility-holding-human-waste-in-cross-hairs-of-tulare-lake-flooding\">officials may build a dam around a waste treatment plant run\u003c/a> by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts in Kings County, according to a KVPR news report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re also reaching out to underserved communities to help people access emergency information in their dominant languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And state officials are working with local water managers and county emergency personnel, planning for worst-case scenarios, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be that this water is not such that there are enough sandbags, or you can’t physically stop it,” Ferguson said. “You might be doing water jiujitsu to move it, to flow with it, as opposed to trying to physically stop it … to move it in the smartest possible way to keep as many people safe as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may involve finagling a compromise from local agencies and land owners who have been working at cross purposes. In Kings, Kern and Tulare counties decisions about handling floodwaters have devolved into local tugs-of-war, with individual farmers influencing where waters go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a local conflict that made national headlines, the historic Black town of Allensworth, nearby Alpaugh, and farmers along the Tulare Lake bed were flooded after a large landowner refused to allow his property to flood. As Allensworth residents pleaded for official intervention and scrambled to save their community, SJV Water, a nonprofit newsroom, reported that \u003ca href=\"https://sjvwater.org/poso-creek-water-ends-standoff-with-powerful-the-j-g-boswell-when-it-busts-through-berms-heads-north/\">the landowner had placed heavy farming equipment in the way of a water manager’s efforts to use the farmer’s private canal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The creek recently burst into the canal anyway, after it also overflowed a bridge and a road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials have been coordinating with local emergency forces to shore up levees and distribute sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although state officials are exploring options for taking a more active role in managing floodwaters, local authorities have the jurisdiction to determine where floodwaters go, said Karla Nemeth, director of the Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several communities in southern San Joaquin Valley had opted out of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, so the ultimate authority over where water goes — and whose property floods — can reside with county officials, small flood districts and even individual property owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the moment all of those issues need to be addressed at the local level,” Nemeth said. “We are checking into our state authorities on flood management kinds of decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s office recently issued an executive order that temporarily waives several state codes related to environmental protections around the Tulare Lake basin. But the order doesn’t allow state officials to step in and arbitrate these conflicts, a governor’s spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dairies stay on high alert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Goni family has begun rebuilding their dairy. Their employees and cows are back and production is slowly restarting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone has been able to recover. Some dairies and farmland in the Corcoran area still are covered with water. Raudabaugh said two large dairies have closed or relocated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coordination among local and state emergency resources has improved since those first two weeks, when industry leaders were fielding panicked calls from farmers, Raudabaugh said. She said she hopes they’ll be ready for the next round of flooding when the snowpack melts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946965\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-800x533.png\" alt=\"A white man wearing a dark hat and a brown jacket stands near a field and body of water.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-1020x679.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM-1536x1023.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.37.39-PM.png 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Mancebo stands near a canal by his farmland in Tulare County on March 23, 2023. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stephen Mancebo, a relative of Goni’s whose dairy is a few miles down the road, was among those who rushed to help Goni and hosted some of his cows. He said the lack of infrastructure exacerbated the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we could have put more water storage in place, bigger and better infrastructure, more sinking basins, when we got this flood it wouldn’t have been near as bad to those guys on the west side,” said Mancebo, a board member of the Land O’ Lakes dairy co-op.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve avoided putting money into infrastructure. And I know the governor and nobody else wants to hear that, because they really like showing up to be the hero, and it’s more reactive than proactive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mancebo had to make other quick decisions that week. The canal linked to Lake Kaweah crossing his property began overflowing into fields where he grew winter wheat for his dairy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many farmers and residents, rushing to protect their property, built berms to keep the water out. He knew if he did that, too, the water would have flooded another dairy down the road and some neighboring homes. His dairy was safe on higher ground, but he didn’t try to stop the water from flooding his fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing on the banks of the Tule River and later the ditch outside his own dairy in late March, Mancebo pointed out where the river burst through the levee protecting Goni’s dairy and had ripped out large metal drainage pipes, and where water had flooded his own fields, leaving a layer of silt and debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Debris could clog the canal where it flows under the road, he said, and could cause flooding risks over the next few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody is just going to have to stay on high alert,“ he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A “domino effect” of damage to dairies and farmers has already begun, he said, with owners laying off workers because they have no work for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why I have a really hard time talking about this or feeling sorry for a couple hundred acres, you know?” Mancebo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting financial help to farm laborers could be a challenge. Dairies employ higher numbers of undocumented workers than other agricultural industries, which hire workers from a federal visa program for seasonal workers. Dairies operate year-round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Cutler resident shovel mud off his driveway in Cutler on March 12, 2023. The area was recently flooded after the levee in the area was breached during a series of storms that hit the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We couldn’t save anything’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Small communities in the Central Valley, especially on the eastern edge of Tulare County near the mountains, have flooded repeatedly this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cutler and Orosi, two towns in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2023-03-16/131-homes-affected-by-flooding-at-a-small-tulare-county-community-help-is-available\">more than 131 homes flooded in mid-March\u003c/a>, after water breached an overwhelmed canal in eight places and left many homes uninhabitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks after his home in Cutler flooded, Victor Cabrera said he still didn’t have heat or hot water. He was able to use a space heater by running an electrical cord from a neighbor’s house on higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The house next to Cabrera sustained so much damage it was condemned, and his neighbors were forced to relocate, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been rough on us,” Cabrera said, referring to his neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the hardest-hit families in Cutler lived in the Tulare County Housing Authority homes near a flooded canal. Residents pleaded for help at \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f6EpqzvVbE\">a recent Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting\u003c/a>, saying the destruction left behind was unsafe for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juanita Martinez cried during her testimony, saying her 9-year-old son fears the canal would break again if they return home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We couldn’t save anything,” she said during the meeting. “I’m in tears. I’m frustrated. I don’t know what to do anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The housing authority transferred Martinez’s family to a home in Dinuba, but she told CalMatters her application for federal disaster aid was rejected. Many families who don’t qualify for aid still need help, she said; plus, who is going to fix the canal?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want the money,” Martinez said. “We just want the canal fixed. We’re afraid it’s going to happen again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946967\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11946967\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-800x528.png\" alt=\"A woman holds a broom while looking at a room with chairs and other materials stacked up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-800x528.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-1020x673.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-1536x1014.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-2048x1352.png 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-17-at-12.38.08-PM-1920x1268.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina Cabrera cleaning out the water and mud in her family home after a series of storms on March 12, 2023. Cabrera, who shares the home with her brother Victor Cabrera, said that the home has been in her family for decades and hopes to salvage it. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11946922/its-a-nightmare-dairy-farmers-struggle-to-bounce-back-from-record-floods","authors":["byline_news_11946922"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_32646","news_18163","news_2131","news_32645"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11946959","label":"source_news_11946922"},"news_11944877":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11944877","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11944877","score":null,"sort":[1680118929000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"power-outages-claim-lost-food","title":"I Lost Power and My Food Spoiled. Can I Get Reimbursed?","publishDate":1680118929,"format":"standard","headTitle":"I Lost Power and My Food Spoiled. Can I Get Reimbursed? | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#claimoutage\">How to get reimbursed after a power outage\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">recent run of storms in the Bay Area\u003c/a> has brought high winds and downed trees — which has meant a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of power outages for people across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One big way that losing power can affect you, your household \u003cem>and\u003c/em> your finances: When your fridge and your freezer shut down for an extended period, much of your fresh food ends up spoiled and unsafe to eat. \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/08/18/avoid-foodborne-illness-during-temporary-power-outages#:~:text=4%2DHour%20Window%3A%20Your%20refrigerator,food%20to%20determine%20its%20safety.\">Food safety guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u003c/a> explicitly state that a refrigerator without power will only keep food safe to eat for up to four hours during a power outage, and that after that you should “discard refrigerated perishable food,” specifically meat, poultry, fish, eggs and leftovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when food costs keep rising and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do\">food benefits are about to drop\u003c/a>, losing a fridge or freezer’s worth of food can mean a serious loss for a home that’s trying to make every dollar stretch. If this happened to you, you’re by no means alone, says Mark Toney, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.turn.org/\">The Utility Reform Network (TURN)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard a lot of complaints from people who, because of these storms, because the electricity lines have been brought down by trees, that absolutely — they were without power for a day, two days, and lost everything in their refrigerator,” said Toney. “What’s hard is … [holding] the utility company responsible for some of these weather events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the good news is, there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> avenues available to potentially claim back the costs of food you lost due to a shutoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The not-so-good news: These routes aren’t always simple or guaranteed to work. But they do exist, so keep reading for what you should know about trying to claim compensation for spoiled food.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What you need to know about claiming the costs of spoiled food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can try to clam compensation from two sources:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>PG&E, your utility provider; or,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your insurance provider, if you have one.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For claiming compensation, it matters what kind of outage you were affected by — that is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What caused the outage: whether it was a weather event, like a storm, or a mistake by PG&E; and,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How long the outage was.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In any case, seeking compensation from either PG&E or your insurance provider may prove time-consuming and potentially confusing, and isn’t necessarily guaranteed to result in a payment. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. Keep reading for the details.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"claimoutage\">\u003c/a>How to claim compensation directly from PG&E\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>PG&E generally has \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/faq/outage-compensation-faqs.page\">two routes for getting compensated\u003c/a> for lost food during an outage: the company’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">regular claims process\u003c/a>, and their \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/extended-outage-compensation.page\">Safety Net program\u003c/a>, which automatically provides Storm Inconvenience Payments. The process you choose depends on what caused your outage and how long you were without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seeking compensation through Storm Inconvenience Payments from PG&E’s Safety Net program\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to PG&E, the Safety Net program is intended to compensate customers who experience outages caused by weather, through an automatic Storm Inconvenience Payment — but the outage \u003cem>must\u003c/em> have lasted 48 hours or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it’s meant to work: PG&E says that if your household is affected by a power outage that lasts for two days or longer, its Safety Net program will pay “$25 to $100 automatically 60 to 120 days after the outage.”[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Tip: If you were affected by an outage of 48 hours or more, put a reminder on your calendar for four months’ time — by that time you should have received an automatic PG&E Storm Inconvenience Payment.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should not have to do anything to receive this payment, or actively make a claim, but if four months have passed with no sign of your Storm Inconvenience Payment, you can call PG&E’s extended outage line at (888) PGE-4PGE (1-888-743-4743).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The payment is tiered according to how long your outage lasted, and your bill will be credited $25 for every 24-hour period you’ve been without power — but only after you’ve been without power for 24 hours:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>48–72 hours (i.e., 2–3 days): $25 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>72–96 hours (i.e., 3–4 days): $50 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>96–120 hours (i.e., 4–5 days): $75 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>120 hours or more (i.e., 5 days or longer): $100 payment, maximum\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Businesses, agricultural accounts, multifamily-building common areas, streetlights “and all other non-residential accounts” are not eligible to receive Storm Inconvenience Payments, even if the outage was 48 hour or longer. Clients who experienced what PG&E call a public safety power shutoff (PSPS) during a period of high wildfire risk also don’t qualify for these payments. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/extended-outage-compensation.page\">Read more about what’s \u003cem>not\u003c/em> covered by a Storm Inconvenience Payment\u003c/a> under PG&E’s Safety Net program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claiming compensation through PG&E’s regular claims process\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/customer-service/help/claims/form_lossclaim.pdf\">file a compensation claim for specific damages caused by a power outage using the form linked here (PDF)\u003c/a>. You can claim back the costs of spoiled food but also expenses related to a personal injury, property damage and lost wages. But according to PG&E, the outage \u003cem>cannot\u003c/em> have been caused by weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This form states that “generally speaking, PG&E is responsible for damages that result from its negligence” but also adds that the company is “not responsible for damages that we do not cause or that are the result of forces beyond our control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s beyond PG&E’s control? According to the utility company, outages that are “caused by earthquakes [or] weather conditions (such as lightning, floods, heavy storms, extreme heat or winds).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Guides from KQED' tag='kqed-guides']\u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">You can submit a claim to PG&E online, by email, by fax or by mail.\u003c/a> This process will ask you for a lot of documentation, including photographs of the spoiled food, so be sure to take photos before you toss anything. You’ll also be asked for receipts for the food. If you do not have receipts for all the food you lost, you \u003cem>could\u003c/em> try to submit the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Receipts for any replacement food you had to buy.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Screenshots from your grocery’s store website that shows the specific food items lost with their prices.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>An online receipt, if you have a membership or an account with the store you purchased your food from that tracks your purchases (for example, Target Circle).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>PG&E says they assess food spoilage complaints based on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">USDA guidelines regarding how long food stays cold\u003c/a>. Those guidelines say:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fully stocked freezers usually keep food frozen for two days after losing power.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Half-full freezers usually keep food frozen for about one day.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Refrigerators usually keep food cold for up to four hours if the door remains unopened.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This means that you probably won’t be able to claim compensation for, say, a half-full freezer that had no power for half a day — or for the contents of a fully stocked freezer that lost power for one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The outage that spoiled my food was during the storms, but it lasted less than 48 hours. What do I do?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, PG&E does not provide a clear option for claiming compensation — even though those \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/08/18/avoid-foodborne-illness-during-temporary-power-outages#:~:text=4%2DHour%20Window%3A%20Your%20refrigerator,food%20to%20determine%20its%20safety.\">USDA food safety guidelines make clear that food in a refrigerator that’s been without power for over four hours\u003c/a> is no longer safe to eat, and perishable foods should be discarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, when asked to clarify whether someone affected by storm-related food spoilage should \u003cem>only\u003c/em> wait for a Storm Inconvenience Payment and not \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">apply for compensation through PG&E’s claims portal\u003c/a>, PG&E spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian told KQED in an email that “[w]e look at each and every claim that comes through, and make decisions on an individual basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With this in mind, you may decide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">file a claim directly through PG&E’s claims portal anyway\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to claim compensation directly from your insurer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have renters insurance or homeowners insurance, your policy \u003cem>may\u003c/em> cover the loss of food due to an outage. Like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">filing a claim directly through PG&E\u003c/a>, you’ll most likely have to provide documentation and evidence of food spoilage, so take photos of your food before you throw it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this isn’t guaranteed, and you’ll need to either contact your insurer directly to inquire, or consult your policy details.[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Tip: Before you throw out food, be sure to take photos of it, in your fridge and outside it.[/pullquote]Mark Toney of \u003ca href=\"https://www.turn.org/\">TURN\u003c/a> also recommends being aware of the potential consequences of claiming for spoiled food on your insurance: Make sure you’re aware of the amount of the deductible you’d have to pay to receive a payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only that, but “just remember that there’s a trade-off,” cautions Toney. “Insurance companies have been known to increase premiums after a claim.\u003ci>“\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’ve lost your food due to outages and can’t buy more right now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your food has spoiled in your fridge or your freezer, and you are finding it difficult to replace it and secure food for your household, you have options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do#foodsupport\">our guide to finding food assistance near you\u003c/a>, from food banks and community pantries to options for picking up free or low-cost groceries in your county. You can also call 211, 24 hours a day, if you are in immediate need of food assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, helpful explainers and guides about issues like COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"When does food become unsafe to eat? During a power outage, it's a lot sooner than you think. Here are your options for making a claim from PG&E or your insurer for spoiled food.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1688413055,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":37,"wordCount":1847},"headData":{"title":"I Lost Power and My Food Spoiled. Can I Get Reimbursed? | KQED","description":"When does food become unsafe to eat? During a power outage, it's a lot sooner than you think. 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Can I Get Reimbursed?","datePublished":"2023-03-29T19:42:09.000Z","dateModified":"2023-07-03T19:37:35.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11944877/power-outages-claim-lost-food","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#claimoutage\">How to get reimbursed after a power outage\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">recent run of storms in the Bay Area\u003c/a> has brought high winds and downed trees — which has meant a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of power outages for people across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One big way that losing power can affect you, your household \u003cem>and\u003c/em> your finances: When your fridge and your freezer shut down for an extended period, much of your fresh food ends up spoiled and unsafe to eat. \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/08/18/avoid-foodborne-illness-during-temporary-power-outages#:~:text=4%2DHour%20Window%3A%20Your%20refrigerator,food%20to%20determine%20its%20safety.\">Food safety guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u003c/a> explicitly state that a refrigerator without power will only keep food safe to eat for up to four hours during a power outage, and that after that you should “discard refrigerated perishable food,” specifically meat, poultry, fish, eggs and leftovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when food costs keep rising and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do\">food benefits are about to drop\u003c/a>, losing a fridge or freezer’s worth of food can mean a serious loss for a home that’s trying to make every dollar stretch. If this happened to you, you’re by no means alone, says Mark Toney, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.turn.org/\">The Utility Reform Network (TURN)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard a lot of complaints from people who, because of these storms, because the electricity lines have been brought down by trees, that absolutely — they were without power for a day, two days, and lost everything in their refrigerator,” said Toney. “What’s hard is … [holding] the utility company responsible for some of these weather events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the good news is, there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> avenues available to potentially claim back the costs of food you lost due to a shutoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The not-so-good news: These routes aren’t always simple or guaranteed to work. But they do exist, so keep reading for what you should know about trying to claim compensation for spoiled food.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What you need to know about claiming the costs of spoiled food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can try to clam compensation from two sources:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>PG&E, your utility provider; or,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your insurance provider, if you have one.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For claiming compensation, it matters what kind of outage you were affected by — that is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What caused the outage: whether it was a weather event, like a storm, or a mistake by PG&E; and,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How long the outage was.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In any case, seeking compensation from either PG&E or your insurance provider may prove time-consuming and potentially confusing, and isn’t necessarily guaranteed to result in a payment. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. Keep reading for the details.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"claimoutage\">\u003c/a>How to claim compensation directly from PG&E\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>PG&E generally has \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/faq/outage-compensation-faqs.page\">two routes for getting compensated\u003c/a> for lost food during an outage: the company’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">regular claims process\u003c/a>, and their \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/extended-outage-compensation.page\">Safety Net program\u003c/a>, which automatically provides Storm Inconvenience Payments. The process you choose depends on what caused your outage and how long you were without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seeking compensation through Storm Inconvenience Payments from PG&E’s Safety Net program\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to PG&E, the Safety Net program is intended to compensate customers who experience outages caused by weather, through an automatic Storm Inconvenience Payment — but the outage \u003cem>must\u003c/em> have lasted 48 hours or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it’s meant to work: PG&E says that if your household is affected by a power outage that lasts for two days or longer, its Safety Net program will pay “$25 to $100 automatically 60 to 120 days after the outage.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"Tip: If you were affected by an outage of 48 hours or more, put a reminder on your calendar for four months’ time — by that time you should have received an automatic PG&E Storm Inconvenience Payment.","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should not have to do anything to receive this payment, or actively make a claim, but if four months have passed with no sign of your Storm Inconvenience Payment, you can call PG&E’s extended outage line at (888) PGE-4PGE (1-888-743-4743).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The payment is tiered according to how long your outage lasted, and your bill will be credited $25 for every 24-hour period you’ve been without power — but only after you’ve been without power for 24 hours:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>48–72 hours (i.e., 2–3 days): $25 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>72–96 hours (i.e., 3–4 days): $50 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>96–120 hours (i.e., 4–5 days): $75 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>120 hours or more (i.e., 5 days or longer): $100 payment, maximum\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Businesses, agricultural accounts, multifamily-building common areas, streetlights “and all other non-residential accounts” are not eligible to receive Storm Inconvenience Payments, even if the outage was 48 hour or longer. Clients who experienced what PG&E call a public safety power shutoff (PSPS) during a period of high wildfire risk also don’t qualify for these payments. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/extended-outage-compensation.page\">Read more about what’s \u003cem>not\u003c/em> covered by a Storm Inconvenience Payment\u003c/a> under PG&E’s Safety Net program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claiming compensation through PG&E’s regular claims process\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/customer-service/help/claims/form_lossclaim.pdf\">file a compensation claim for specific damages caused by a power outage using the form linked here (PDF)\u003c/a>. You can claim back the costs of spoiled food but also expenses related to a personal injury, property damage and lost wages. But according to PG&E, the outage \u003cem>cannot\u003c/em> have been caused by weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This form states that “generally speaking, PG&E is responsible for damages that result from its negligence” but also adds that the company is “not responsible for damages that we do not cause or that are the result of forces beyond our control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s beyond PG&E’s control? According to the utility company, outages that are “caused by earthquakes [or] weather conditions (such as lightning, floods, heavy storms, extreme heat or winds).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More Guides from KQED ","tag":"kqed-guides"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">You can submit a claim to PG&E online, by email, by fax or by mail.\u003c/a> This process will ask you for a lot of documentation, including photographs of the spoiled food, so be sure to take photos before you toss anything. You’ll also be asked for receipts for the food. If you do not have receipts for all the food you lost, you \u003cem>could\u003c/em> try to submit the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Receipts for any replacement food you had to buy.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Screenshots from your grocery’s store website that shows the specific food items lost with their prices.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>An online receipt, if you have a membership or an account with the store you purchased your food from that tracks your purchases (for example, Target Circle).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>PG&E says they assess food spoilage complaints based on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">USDA guidelines regarding how long food stays cold\u003c/a>. Those guidelines say:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fully stocked freezers usually keep food frozen for two days after losing power.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Half-full freezers usually keep food frozen for about one day.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Refrigerators usually keep food cold for up to four hours if the door remains unopened.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This means that you probably won’t be able to claim compensation for, say, a half-full freezer that had no power for half a day — or for the contents of a fully stocked freezer that lost power for one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The outage that spoiled my food was during the storms, but it lasted less than 48 hours. What do I do?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, PG&E does not provide a clear option for claiming compensation — even though those \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/08/18/avoid-foodborne-illness-during-temporary-power-outages#:~:text=4%2DHour%20Window%3A%20Your%20refrigerator,food%20to%20determine%20its%20safety.\">USDA food safety guidelines make clear that food in a refrigerator that’s been without power for over four hours\u003c/a> is no longer safe to eat, and perishable foods should be discarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, when asked to clarify whether someone affected by storm-related food spoilage should \u003cem>only\u003c/em> wait for a Storm Inconvenience Payment and not \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">apply for compensation through PG&E’s claims portal\u003c/a>, PG&E spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian told KQED in an email that “[w]e look at each and every claim that comes through, and make decisions on an individual basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With this in mind, you may decide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">file a claim directly through PG&E’s claims portal anyway\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to claim compensation directly from your insurer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have renters insurance or homeowners insurance, your policy \u003cem>may\u003c/em> cover the loss of food due to an outage. Like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">filing a claim directly through PG&E\u003c/a>, you’ll most likely have to provide documentation and evidence of food spoilage, so take photos of your food before you throw it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this isn’t guaranteed, and you’ll need to either contact your insurer directly to inquire, or consult your policy details.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"Tip: Before you throw out food, be sure to take photos of it, in your fridge and outside it.","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mark Toney of \u003ca href=\"https://www.turn.org/\">TURN\u003c/a> also recommends being aware of the potential consequences of claiming for spoiled food on your insurance: Make sure you’re aware of the amount of the deductible you’d have to pay to receive a payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only that, but “just remember that there’s a trade-off,” cautions Toney. “Insurance companies have been known to increase premiums after a claim.\u003ci>“\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’ve lost your food due to outages and can’t buy more right now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your food has spoiled in your fridge or your freezer, and you are finding it difficult to replace it and secure food for your household, you have options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do#foodsupport\">our guide to finding food assistance near you\u003c/a>, from food banks and community pantries to options for picking up free or low-cost groceries in your county. You can also call 211, 24 hours a day, if you are in immediate need of food assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, helpful explainers and guides about issues like COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"hearken","attributes":{"named":{"id":"10483","src":"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11944877/power-outages-claim-lost-food","authors":["3243"],"categories":["news_6266","news_28250","news_8"],"tags":["news_32707","news_31961","news_2131","news_26702","news_140","news_26815","news_27048","news_1084","news_26823","news_26802","news_19097"],"featImg":"news_11945073","label":"news"},"news_11944098":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11944098","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11944098","score":null,"sort":[1679344042000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"top-climate-scientists-warn-planet-on-track-for-catastrophic-warming-heres-what-world-leaders-can-do-now","title":"Top Climate Scientists Warn Planet on Track for 'Catastrophic Warming.' Here's What World Leaders Can Do Now","publishDate":1679344042,"format":"standard","headTitle":"NPR | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":253,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The planet is on track for catastrophic warming, but world leaders already have many options to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and protect people, according to a major new climate change report from the United Nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report was drafted by top climate scientists and reviewed by delegates from nearly 200 countries. The authors hope it will provide crucial guidance to politicians around the world ahead of negotiations later this year aimed at reining in climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11933485 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planet faces an increasingly dire situation, according to the report. Climate change is already disrupting daily life around the world. Extreme weather, including heat waves, droughts, floods, wildfires and hurricanes, is killing and displacing people worldwide, and causing massive economic damage. And the amount of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere is \u003ca href=\"https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/\">still rising\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health,\" the report states. \"There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are many choices readily available to policymakers who want to address climate change, the report makes clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those choices include straightforward, immediate solutions such as quickly adopting renewable sources of electricity and clamping down on new oil and gas extraction. They are also more aspirational ones, such as investing in research that could one day allow technology to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/04/04/1090577162/climate-change-un-ipcc-report\">suck carbon dioxide out of the air.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors of the report are not prescriptive. No solution is held up as the \"right\" one. Instead, scientists warn that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1025898341/major-report-warns-climate-change-is-accelerating-and-humans-must-cut-emissions-\">there is no time, and no reason, to delay action\u003c/a> on climate change. And every potential path forward includes reducing reliance on fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Earth is really hot and getting hotter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The report lays out \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1045344199/cop26-glasgow-climate-summit\">sobering facts about the state of the Earth's climate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planet is nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was in the late 1800s, and is on track to exceed 5 degrees Fahrenheit of warming by the end of the century, it warns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of extreme warming would spell disaster for billions of people, as well as critical ecosystems, and would lead to irreversible sea level rise and mass extinction of plants and animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it is still possible to change course, the report states. If humans can limit warming to no more than 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius), some of the more catastrophic effects of climate change can be avoided. Sea levels would rise a lot less. Heat waves and storms would be less deadly. And many ecosystems on land and in the oceans would be more able to adapt or recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To achieve that goal, global emissions would need to be slashed in half by the end of the decade, something the report authors say is still possible if countries around the world quickly pivot away from fossil fuels. Right now, \u003ca href=\"https://www.c2es.org/content/international-emissions/\">total global emissions are not falling\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/cop26-emissions-gap-20211019/?initialWidth=763&childId=responsive-embed-cop26-emissions-gap-20211019&parentTitle=Earth%20is%20on%20track%20for%20catastrophic%20warming%2C%20U.N.%20warns%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2023%2F03%2F20%2F1162711459%2Fcut-emissions-quickly-to-save-lives-scientists-warn-in-a-new-u-n-report\" width=\"100%\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A cheat sheet for world leaders to tackle climate change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the last two years, hundreds of scientists working for the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have published three sprawling reports that highlighted the disproportionate effects of climate change on poor people, the need to cut emissions rapidly and the policy options available for doing so. Each of those documents ran hundreds of pages long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This latest report is the slim summary of all that work: a cheat-sheet for policymakers who face increasing pressure to address global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timing of its publication coincides with an important deadline under the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to keep warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and ideally to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Paris Agreement requires countries to review their progress toward that goal at climate negotiations later this year in the United Arab Emirates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hope is that the new report will serve as a shared scientific foundation for those negotiations, as well as a menu of solutions available to world leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When we talk about climate change it's often really easy to focus on the bad outcomes, the things that are really scary,\" says Solomon Hsiang, a climate scientist at the University of California, Berkeley who has worked with the IPCC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Solomon Hsiang, climate scientist, University of California, Berkeley\"]'Investments in reducing emissions are investments in improving people's health and education and economic opportunities, and protecting the people we care about.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it's important that policymakers, and the wider public, not lose hope in the face of relentless news about extreme weather and other dangerous effects of global warming. \u003ca href=\"https://impactlab.org/news-insights/lives-saved-calculator/\">Hsiang's own research\u003c/a> has found that millions of lives, and billions of dollars, can be saved by reducing global reliance on fossil fuels, in part because extracting and burning fossil fuels releases enormous amounts of air and water pollution, on top of their damage to the climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Investments in reducing emissions are investments in improving people's health and education and economic opportunities, and protecting the people we care about,\" he explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Poor people are most threatened by climate change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The other big takeaway from the report is that people in developing countries, and poor people around the world, are disproportionately affected by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Vulnerable communities who have historically contributed the least to current climate change are disproportionately affected,\" the report states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, \"between 2010 and 2020, human mortality from floods, droughts and storms was 15 times higher in highly vulnerable regions, compared to regions with very low vulnerability,\" the authors write.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most vulnerable communities include people who live in low-income countries, low-lying areas and island nations, and Indigenous groups around the world, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are not all in this together,\" says Patricia Romero-Lankao, a climate researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Chicago who works with the IPCC. \"The poorest and most marginalized communities are the most vulnerable, in all cities and in all regions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reducing emissions will help protect such communities, now and in the future, says Romero-Lankao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, investing in low-carbon public transit, designing communities to support walking or biking, building homes and other buildings to be resilient and building cleaner power plants can reduce air pollution and save lives in low-lying and low-income neighborhoods that are currently suffering disproportionate damage, the report notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/07/1133270753/climate-change-loss-damage-cop27\">biggest topics at international climate negotiations\u003c/a> later this year will be how much richer, industrialized countries will pay to help poorer countries transition to clean energy and recover from damage caused by climate change. The industrialized world has historically been the biggest contributor of the pollution now driving climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Cut+emissions+quickly+to+save+lives%2C+scientists+warn+in+a+new+U.N.+report&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A major new climate change report from the United Nations warns that the planet is on track for catastrophic warming. But world leaders have many options to change course.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1679344038,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/cop26-emissions-gap-20211019/"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":32,"wordCount":1161},"headData":{"title":"Top Climate Scientists Warn Planet on Track for 'Catastrophic Warming.' Here's What World Leaders Can Do Now | KQED","description":"A major new climate change report from the United Nations warns that the planet is on track for catastrophic warming. But world leaders have many options to change course.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Top Climate Scientists Warn Planet on Track for 'Catastrophic Warming.' 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The authors hope it will provide crucial guidance to politicians around the world ahead of negotiations later this year aimed at reining in climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11933485","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planet faces an increasingly dire situation, according to the report. Climate change is already disrupting daily life around the world. Extreme weather, including heat waves, droughts, floods, wildfires and hurricanes, is killing and displacing people worldwide, and causing massive economic damage. And the amount of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere is \u003ca href=\"https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/\">still rising\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health,\" the report states. \"There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are many choices readily available to policymakers who want to address climate change, the report makes clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those choices include straightforward, immediate solutions such as quickly adopting renewable sources of electricity and clamping down on new oil and gas extraction. They are also more aspirational ones, such as investing in research that could one day allow technology to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/04/04/1090577162/climate-change-un-ipcc-report\">suck carbon dioxide out of the air.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors of the report are not prescriptive. No solution is held up as the \"right\" one. Instead, scientists warn that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1025898341/major-report-warns-climate-change-is-accelerating-and-humans-must-cut-emissions-\">there is no time, and no reason, to delay action\u003c/a> on climate change. And every potential path forward includes reducing reliance on fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Earth is really hot and getting hotter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The report lays out \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1045344199/cop26-glasgow-climate-summit\">sobering facts about the state of the Earth's climate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planet is nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was in the late 1800s, and is on track to exceed 5 degrees Fahrenheit of warming by the end of the century, it warns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of extreme warming would spell disaster for billions of people, as well as critical ecosystems, and would lead to irreversible sea level rise and mass extinction of plants and animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it is still possible to change course, the report states. If humans can limit warming to no more than 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius), some of the more catastrophic effects of climate change can be avoided. Sea levels would rise a lot less. Heat waves and storms would be less deadly. And many ecosystems on land and in the oceans would be more able to adapt or recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To achieve that goal, global emissions would need to be slashed in half by the end of the decade, something the report authors say is still possible if countries around the world quickly pivot away from fossil fuels. Right now, \u003ca href=\"https://www.c2es.org/content/international-emissions/\">total global emissions are not falling\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/cop26-emissions-gap-20211019/?initialWidth=763&childId=responsive-embed-cop26-emissions-gap-20211019&parentTitle=Earth%20is%20on%20track%20for%20catastrophic%20warming%2C%20U.N.%20warns%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2023%2F03%2F20%2F1162711459%2Fcut-emissions-quickly-to-save-lives-scientists-warn-in-a-new-u-n-report\" width=\"100%\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A cheat sheet for world leaders to tackle climate change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the last two years, hundreds of scientists working for the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have published three sprawling reports that highlighted the disproportionate effects of climate change on poor people, the need to cut emissions rapidly and the policy options available for doing so. Each of those documents ran hundreds of pages long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This latest report is the slim summary of all that work: a cheat-sheet for policymakers who face increasing pressure to address global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timing of its publication coincides with an important deadline under the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to keep warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and ideally to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Paris Agreement requires countries to review their progress toward that goal at climate negotiations later this year in the United Arab Emirates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hope is that the new report will serve as a shared scientific foundation for those negotiations, as well as a menu of solutions available to world leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When we talk about climate change it's often really easy to focus on the bad outcomes, the things that are really scary,\" says Solomon Hsiang, a climate scientist at the University of California, Berkeley who has worked with the IPCC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Investments in reducing emissions are investments in improving people's health and education and economic opportunities, and protecting the people we care about.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Solomon Hsiang, climate scientist, University of California, Berkeley","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it's important that policymakers, and the wider public, not lose hope in the face of relentless news about extreme weather and other dangerous effects of global warming. \u003ca href=\"https://impactlab.org/news-insights/lives-saved-calculator/\">Hsiang's own research\u003c/a> has found that millions of lives, and billions of dollars, can be saved by reducing global reliance on fossil fuels, in part because extracting and burning fossil fuels releases enormous amounts of air and water pollution, on top of their damage to the climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Investments in reducing emissions are investments in improving people's health and education and economic opportunities, and protecting the people we care about,\" he explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Poor people are most threatened by climate change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The other big takeaway from the report is that people in developing countries, and poor people around the world, are disproportionately affected by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Vulnerable communities who have historically contributed the least to current climate change are disproportionately affected,\" the report states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, \"between 2010 and 2020, human mortality from floods, droughts and storms was 15 times higher in highly vulnerable regions, compared to regions with very low vulnerability,\" the authors write.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most vulnerable communities include people who live in low-income countries, low-lying areas and island nations, and Indigenous groups around the world, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are not all in this together,\" says Patricia Romero-Lankao, a climate researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Chicago who works with the IPCC. \"The poorest and most marginalized communities are the most vulnerable, in all cities and in all regions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reducing emissions will help protect such communities, now and in the future, says Romero-Lankao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, investing in low-carbon public transit, designing communities to support walking or biking, building homes and other buildings to be resilient and building cleaner power plants can reduce air pollution and save lives in low-lying and low-income neighborhoods that are currently suffering disproportionate damage, the report notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/07/1133270753/climate-change-loss-damage-cop27\">biggest topics at international climate negotiations\u003c/a> later this year will be how much richer, industrialized countries will pay to help poorer countries transition to clean energy and recover from damage caused by climate change. The industrialized world has historically been the biggest contributor of the pollution now driving climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Cut+emissions+quickly+to+save+lives%2C+scientists+warn+in+a+new+U.N.+report&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11944098/top-climate-scientists-warn-planet-on-track-for-catastrophic-warming-heres-what-world-leaders-can-do-now","authors":["byline_news_11944098"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_13","news_356"],"tags":["news_23716","news_19204","news_255","news_30206","news_31965","news_31963","news_31612","news_2131","news_328","news_30178","news_3394","news_29783","news_3430","news_1875"],"affiliates":["news_253"],"featImg":"news_11944099","label":"news_253"},"news_11936612":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11936612","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11936612","score":null,"sort":[1672676414000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-keeps-wary-eye-on-flooding-after-powerful-storm","title":"Northern California Keeps Wary Eye on Flooding as Another Storm Approaches","publishDate":1672676414,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:45 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skip to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#resources\">Where can I find the latest on Bay Area weather?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#alerts\">How do I sign up for emergency weather updates?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/What-We-Do/Flood-Preparedness/Flood-Preparedness-Week\">\u003cstrong>How can I prepare for floods in California? \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Northern California residents are bracing for another round of powerful storms this week after flooding from a New Year's Eve deluge killed one person, prompted the evacuation of more than 1,000 incarcerated people in a county jail and washed away a section of a levee system that protects mostly rural farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another strong storm with high rainfall rates and winds is headed for Northern California, expected to hit late Wednesday and last into early Thursday. On top of the New Year's Eve rainstorms, which saturated the soil, more water is likely to produce mild to moderate flooding, and some flooding on smaller river systems like the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While smaller reservoirs are filling up, there is still plenty of capacity in larger reservoirs at the moment, given California's prolonged drought. The wet weather is expected to continue off and on for the next several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The main concern really are the smaller watersheds and steep slopes, mudslides, shallow landslides, urban and creek flooding that could get quite significant for a period of time on Wednesday night in some locations, given that everything is now completely saturated and streams and creeks are already running high,\" said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. \"In some cases, there's some residual flooding already ongoing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said heavy precipitation and strong winds could also affect parts of Southern California as far south as Los Angeles County. There will be some flooding no matter what, he said, but the question is whether it's widespread minor-to-moderate flooding or significantly more severe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is really going to help a lot with the short-term drought in Northern California, perhaps even raise short-term drought conditions,\" said Swain. \"But it's going to take a lot more to completely obviate the longer-term multiyear drought impacts. And in the broader Colorado River Basin context, this event isn't going to do very much at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyoc3DmVXyY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In south Sacramento County, crews rushed to repair a 200-foot section of a roughly 34-mile levee system along the Cosumnes River that protects just over 53 square miles of mostly vineyards and cattle ranches. Crews hope to finish repairs before the next storm is forecast to hit on Wednesday. If they can’t, they’ll seal whatever progress they have made with plastic and sandbags and hope for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A powerful “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">atmospheric river\u003c/a>” storm dumped up to 5 inches of rain in the Sacramento region on Saturday, said Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall in downtown San Francisco hit 5.46 inches on New Year’s Eve, making it the second-wettest day on record, behind a November 1994 deluge, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1935067]Another powerful system is expected Wednesday and Thursday and could bring up to 3.5 inches of rain in the Sacramento Valley and up to 3 feet of snow in the Sierra. Then, yet another storm is forecast to arrive this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, a National Weather Service forecast warned Wednesday’s storm could cause widespread flooding and power outages, calling it “truly a brutal system that we are looking at [that] needs to be taken seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeated storms make floods more likely. “It’s something we’re going to be keeping a close eye on, especially with elevated stream levels [and] saturated ground from our previous storm,” Kurth said. “With what we’re going to be getting ... adding on to that previous storm is really the big issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wilton Rancheria Tribe said floodwaters threatened to disturb ancestral burial sites along the Cosumnes River and asked the public to report to them any sightings of washed-up artifacts or remains, but to leave them undisturbed. Unlike most major California rivers, the Cosumnes River is not dammed, meaning there is no basin to collect excess water during major rain events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just kind of at nature’s mercy,” said Mark Hite, a member of the board for Reclamation District 800, which oversees the levee system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents on Monday were still drying out from Saturday’s storm, which prompted officials to order the evacuation of the Point Pleasant community near the Cosumnes River in South Sacramento County. That included 1,075 incarcerated people plus staff at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, who evacuated as a precaution though the jail had not flooded. Incarcerated people were taken to nearby jails with no timetable for their return, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Amar Gandhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency crews rescued motorists on New Year’s Eve into Sunday morning. On Sunday they found one person dead inside a submerged vehicle near Highway 99, which Dan Quiggle, deputy fire chief for operations for Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Department, told The Sacramento Bee. Highway 99 was closed for much of the day Sunday, but has since reopened in both directions\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State highway workers spent the holiday weekend clearing traffic-stopping heavy snow from major highways through the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near Lake Tahoe, dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year’s Eve along Interstate 80 after cars spun out in the snow during the blizzard, the California Department of Transportation said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rain was welcomed in drought-parched California. The past three years have been the state’s driest on record, but much more precipitation is needed to make a significant difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"resources\">\u003c/a>Resources for tracking Bay Area weather\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Plenty of online resources and apps are available for tracking weather in real time, especially ahead of rain, storms and extreme conditions. Below is a list of sites KQED regularly uses in our reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Websites to track basic weather information\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/\">National Weather Service, San Francisco Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/\">California Nevada River Forecast Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://opensnow.com/dailysnow/tahoe\">Tahoe Daily Snow\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Comprehensive scientific sites for weather watch\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://earth.nullschool.net/\">Earth\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.weatherwest.com/\">Weather West: California weather and climate perspectives\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"alerts\">\u003c/a>Where to sign up for Bay Area emergency weather alerts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/emergencysite/\">Alameda County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/safety-health/disaster-preparedness/emergency-notifications\">City of Berkeley emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/2269/Emergency-Alerts-Resources\">Contra Costa County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/\">Marin County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/2481/Emergency-Alerts\">Napa County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfdem.org/get-city-alerts\">San Francisco County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cmo.smcgov.org/smc-alert\">San Mateo County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/AlertSCC\">Santa Clara County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/emergency.asp\">Solano County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/get-ready/sign-up/\">Sonoma County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Northern California residents are bracing for another round of powerful storms this week after flooding from a New Year's Eve deluge.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1672793862,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1109},"headData":{"title":"Northern California Keeps Wary Eye on Flooding as Another Storm Approaches | KQED","description":"Northern California residents are bracing for another round of powerful storms this week after flooding from a New Year's Eve deluge.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Northern California Keeps Wary Eye on Flooding as Another Storm Approaches","datePublished":"2023-01-02T16:20:14.000Z","dateModified":"2023-01-04T00:57:42.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11936612/california-keeps-wary-eye-on-flooding-after-powerful-storm","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:45 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skip to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#resources\">Where can I find the latest on Bay Area weather?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#alerts\">How do I sign up for emergency weather updates?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/What-We-Do/Flood-Preparedness/Flood-Preparedness-Week\">\u003cstrong>How can I prepare for floods in California? \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Northern California residents are bracing for another round of powerful storms this week after flooding from a New Year's Eve deluge killed one person, prompted the evacuation of more than 1,000 incarcerated people in a county jail and washed away a section of a levee system that protects mostly rural farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another strong storm with high rainfall rates and winds is headed for Northern California, expected to hit late Wednesday and last into early Thursday. On top of the New Year's Eve rainstorms, which saturated the soil, more water is likely to produce mild to moderate flooding, and some flooding on smaller river systems like the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While smaller reservoirs are filling up, there is still plenty of capacity in larger reservoirs at the moment, given California's prolonged drought. The wet weather is expected to continue off and on for the next several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The main concern really are the smaller watersheds and steep slopes, mudslides, shallow landslides, urban and creek flooding that could get quite significant for a period of time on Wednesday night in some locations, given that everything is now completely saturated and streams and creeks are already running high,\" said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. \"In some cases, there's some residual flooding already ongoing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said heavy precipitation and strong winds could also affect parts of Southern California as far south as Los Angeles County. There will be some flooding no matter what, he said, but the question is whether it's widespread minor-to-moderate flooding or significantly more severe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is really going to help a lot with the short-term drought in Northern California, perhaps even raise short-term drought conditions,\" said Swain. \"But it's going to take a lot more to completely obviate the longer-term multiyear drought impacts. And in the broader Colorado River Basin context, this event isn't going to do very much at all.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/iyoc3DmVXyY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/iyoc3DmVXyY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In south Sacramento County, crews rushed to repair a 200-foot section of a roughly 34-mile levee system along the Cosumnes River that protects just over 53 square miles of mostly vineyards and cattle ranches. Crews hope to finish repairs before the next storm is forecast to hit on Wednesday. If they can’t, they’ll seal whatever progress they have made with plastic and sandbags and hope for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A powerful “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">atmospheric river\u003c/a>” storm dumped up to 5 inches of rain in the Sacramento region on Saturday, said Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall in downtown San Francisco hit 5.46 inches on New Year’s Eve, making it the second-wettest day on record, behind a November 1994 deluge, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"science_1935067","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Another powerful system is expected Wednesday and Thursday and could bring up to 3.5 inches of rain in the Sacramento Valley and up to 3 feet of snow in the Sierra. Then, yet another storm is forecast to arrive this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, a National Weather Service forecast warned Wednesday’s storm could cause widespread flooding and power outages, calling it “truly a brutal system that we are looking at [that] needs to be taken seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeated storms make floods more likely. “It’s something we’re going to be keeping a close eye on, especially with elevated stream levels [and] saturated ground from our previous storm,” Kurth said. “With what we’re going to be getting ... adding on to that previous storm is really the big issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wilton Rancheria Tribe said floodwaters threatened to disturb ancestral burial sites along the Cosumnes River and asked the public to report to them any sightings of washed-up artifacts or remains, but to leave them undisturbed. Unlike most major California rivers, the Cosumnes River is not dammed, meaning there is no basin to collect excess water during major rain events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just kind of at nature’s mercy,” said Mark Hite, a member of the board for Reclamation District 800, which oversees the levee system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents on Monday were still drying out from Saturday’s storm, which prompted officials to order the evacuation of the Point Pleasant community near the Cosumnes River in South Sacramento County. That included 1,075 incarcerated people plus staff at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, who evacuated as a precaution though the jail had not flooded. Incarcerated people were taken to nearby jails with no timetable for their return, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Amar Gandhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency crews rescued motorists on New Year’s Eve into Sunday morning. On Sunday they found one person dead inside a submerged vehicle near Highway 99, which Dan Quiggle, deputy fire chief for operations for Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Department, told The Sacramento Bee. Highway 99 was closed for much of the day Sunday, but has since reopened in both directions\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State highway workers spent the holiday weekend clearing traffic-stopping heavy snow from major highways through the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near Lake Tahoe, dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year’s Eve along Interstate 80 after cars spun out in the snow during the blizzard, the California Department of Transportation said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rain was welcomed in drought-parched California. The past three years have been the state’s driest on record, but much more precipitation is needed to make a significant difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"resources\">\u003c/a>Resources for tracking Bay Area weather\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Plenty of online resources and apps are available for tracking weather in real time, especially ahead of rain, storms and extreme conditions. Below is a list of sites KQED regularly uses in our reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Websites to track basic weather information\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/\">National Weather Service, San Francisco Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/\">California Nevada River Forecast Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://opensnow.com/dailysnow/tahoe\">Tahoe Daily Snow\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Comprehensive scientific sites for weather watch\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://earth.nullschool.net/\">Earth\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.weatherwest.com/\">Weather West: California weather and climate perspectives\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"alerts\">\u003c/a>Where to sign up for Bay Area emergency weather alerts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/emergencysite/\">Alameda County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/safety-health/disaster-preparedness/emergency-notifications\">City of Berkeley emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/2269/Emergency-Alerts-Resources\">Contra Costa County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/\">Marin County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/2481/Emergency-Alerts\">Napa County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfdem.org/get-city-alerts\">San Francisco County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cmo.smcgov.org/smc-alert\">San Mateo County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/AlertSCC\">Santa Clara County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/emergency.asp\">Solano County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/get-ready/sign-up/\">Sonoma County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11936612/california-keeps-wary-eye-on-flooding-after-powerful-storm","authors":["byline_news_11936612"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_20061","news_27626","news_31612","news_2131","news_1083","news_3"],"featImg":"news_11936614","label":"news"},"news_11738573":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11738573","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11738573","score":null,"sort":[1554760437000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"step-1-build-a-house-step-2-set-it-on-fire","title":"Step 1: Build A House. Step 2: Set It On Fire","publishDate":1554760437,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>An hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina, two forks in the road beyond suburbia, a freshly constructed house sits in a wind tunnel waiting to be set on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Disaster preparedness\" tag=\"wildfire,flooding\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the left of the house is a brick wall with a hole in the middle, made by a 2-by-4 propelled at 70 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of the house is a metal staircase five stories tall. At the top are the hail guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 fans begin to turn, slowly at first and then faster. The ember generators flicker on. The fire is about to begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past two years have been particularly costly for insurance companies that are on the hook for billions of dollars in damage done by hurricanes, \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2019/release14-19.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires\u003c/a>, floods and other disasters. As these disasters become more frequent and expensive, in part because of \u003ca href=\"https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, insurers are investing more in this research facility that studies how to protect homes and businesses from destructive wind, water and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility in rural South Carolina is run by the \u003ca href=\"https://disastersafety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety\u003c/a>, a nonprofit research organization funded by U.S. insurance companies. The concrete building the size of an airplane hangar can generate hurricane-force winds, realistic hail and wind-driven rain and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the only full-scale lab of its kind in the United States,\" explains Roy Wright, the organization's president and CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The research site in South Carolina has a wall of 105 fans that can generate wind gusts to blow embers. Fire engineers say most homes that burn during wildfires are ignited by embers, rather than a wall of flames. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The facility was built in 2008, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, with millions of dollars from the insurance industry. Since then, and especially in recent years, industry support for the facility has only grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've hit an inflection point where we're seeing more events impact more Americans,\" Wright says. \"Our members have increased their investment and said, 'We want more researchers here. We want to see more activity playing out here.' We are collectively responding to this changing world that we're in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the annual budget is just shy of $15 million, and the facility regularly tests, among other things, the resilience of commonly used types of roofing, siding, garage doors, porches and even landscaping during disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Half of the test home has cedar siding and other common combustible building materials. The other half has common fire-resistant materials such as cement siding. Bottom left: Fire engineer Daniel Gorham (far right) monitors the test from a control room at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety research facility. Bottom right: Roy Wright is the institute's president and CEO. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most recent full-scale test was a wildfire simulation. Engineers designed and built a full-size duplex home. On one side, the house has cedar siding, vinyl gutters, single-pane windows and bark mulch around the foundation. On the other side, the house is designed to be fire resistant, with cement siding, metal gutters, double-pane windows and gravel around the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've used construction materials and building practices that, we have found through our research, and others' research, makes a building resistant to wildfire exposure,\" explains fire engineer Daniel Gorham, who helped design and carry out the fire test. For example, a 5-foot zone around the fire-resistant side of the house is devoid of combustible material, including plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1951\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-1020x1531.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Gorham is a fire engineer and former firefighter who helped design and carry out the embers test. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's important, Gorham says, because the majority of homes that burn during wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/678853717/how-houses-themselves-become-fuel-for-wildfires\">aren't ignited by a wall of flame\u003c/a>. Instead, embers can blow hundreds of yards or even miles, starting blazes far from the main wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When embers land on gravel they eventually burn out. But when embers land on mulch, dry leaves, plants, deck furniture or other combustible materials, they can start new fire. And if the house has a wood deck or siding, it's especially likely that the house itself will eventually burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The full-scale test was designed to study both scenarios side by side by directing ember-laden wind at the duplex and seeing what happened. The difference was starkly clear: After a few minutes, one side of the house was engulfed in flame, while the other side was entirely unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11738593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"473\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A test house burns inside a research facility run by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in South Carolina. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local firefighters stepped in to put out the fire before the house burned to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The side by side couldn't be more surreal,\" Wright says. \"One side fully engulfed and the other side's getting just as many embers, just as much pummeling it, and it's just going, 'I can take it.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2018 report by Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based group that studies land management, found it \u003ca href=\"https://headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/homes-risk/building-costs-codes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs about the same amount\u003c/a> to build a new fire-resistant house as it does to build a typical house with cedar siding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test results on how different parts of the house performed will be incorporated into public reports meant to help homeowners, businesses and local officials who set building codes and plan for disasters. There are similar reports about protecting homes against the hail, wind and wind-driven rain that accompany hurricanes and tornadoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More granular versions of the research findings are shared with the companies that fund it. Wright says companies can use that information to help set insurance rates or to educate local insurance agents who field questions directly from policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of a local fire department work with research facility staff to extinguish the burning test home. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the real test of a building's resilience is during an actual storm or fire, and in many parts of the country the majority of homes and businesses are not built to withstand severe weather. Building codes are established and enforced locally and vary widely, even across single states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where sometimes the wheels fall off,\" explains Thomas Welle, head of the Denver field office for the National Fire Protection Association, which develops building standards for new homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, Welle says, \"standards are adopted piecemeal instead of whole. And sometimes they're not enforced.\" For example, some counties require that builders create a perimeter without combustible materials around a newly built home, but then there are no follow-up inspections to enforce that rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Welle says those in the private sector, including realtors and the insurance industry, have a role to play, especially when it comes to incentivizing upgrades to existing buildings to make them more resilient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although insurance companies are barred from working together to set prices, Welle explains, \"they can agree on some kind of best practices to at least promote that kind of thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The contrast between the resilience of the traditional building materials and that of the fire-resistant materials was stark. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roof resilience is an area of particular interest to insurance companies and to homeowners who live in hurricane-prone parts of the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Hurricane Michael came ashore in Florida last year, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety studied which buildings were damaged and what the buildings that survived had in common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found the storm's intense wind and rain mirrored lab results that suggested unfortified \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/236989575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garage doors\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/122671817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsealed plywood on the roof\u003c/a> could fail catastrophically during storms, leading the roof to rip off the house or water to flood in as shingles flew away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, wildfires in California last year offered insight about how to reduce risk in fire-prone areas. Many of the homes that burned in Southern California's Woolsey Fire appear to have been ignited by embers landing on combustible material on or near the house. Simply changing the landscaping or porch setup could help such homes survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Northern California, the deadly Camp Fire came with a different lesson: No one is invincible. Wright's parents lost their home in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are ways to prepare for disasters,\" Wright says. \"But there's always this sense of hopefulness or invincibility that it's not going to affect you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says helping his parents file insurance claims and figure out how to piece their day-to-day lives back together has underscored the importance of presenting actionable research that can help people become more resilient to severe weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our work here is not just about 'What does the science look like to build the \u003cem>best\u003c/em> way?' \" he explains. \"The question is, 'Is there a \u003cem>better\u003c/em> way that is affordable?' Because if it's not accessible to a homeowner or a business owner, it just becomes more noise in the system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Step+1%3A+Build+A+House.+Step+2%3A+Set+It+On+Fire&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"After back-to-back hurricanes and wildfires, insurers are looking for more resilient construction materials. That means building model homes and then blowing off their roofs or setting them on fire.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1554760668,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1523},"headData":{"title":"Step 1: Build A House. Step 2: Set It On Fire | KQED","description":"After back-to-back hurricanes and wildfires, insurers are looking for more resilient construction materials. 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Step 2: Set It On Fire","source":"NPR","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org","audioUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/20190403_atc_step_1_build_a_house_step_2_set_it_on_fire.mp3","nprImageCredit":"Ryan Kellman","nprByline":"Ryan Kellman and Rebecca Hersher","nprImageAgency":"NPR","nprStoryId":"704854496","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=704854496&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2019/04/02/704854496/step-1-build-a-house-step-2-set-it-on-fire?ft=nprml&f=704854496","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:16:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Tue, 02 Apr 2019 06:18:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:14:51 -0400","nprAudio":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2019/04/20190403_atc_step_1_build_a_house_step_2_set_it_on_fire.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1025&d=273&p=2&story=704854496&ft=nprml&f=704854496","nprAudioM3u":"http://api.npr.org/m3u/1709574131-64279c.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1025&d=273&p=2&story=704854496&ft=nprml&f=704854496","audioTrackLength":273,"path":"/news/11738573/step-1-build-a-house-step-2-set-it-on-fire","parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>An hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina, two forks in the road beyond suburbia, a freshly constructed house sits in a wind tunnel waiting to be set on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Disaster preparedness ","tag":"wildfire,flooding"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the left of the house is a brick wall with a hole in the middle, made by a 2-by-4 propelled at 70 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of the house is a metal staircase five stories tall. At the top are the hail guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 fans begin to turn, slowly at first and then faster. The ember generators flicker on. The fire is about to begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past two years have been particularly costly for insurance companies that are on the hook for billions of dollars in damage done by hurricanes, \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2019/release14-19.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires\u003c/a>, floods and other disasters. As these disasters become more frequent and expensive, in part because of \u003ca href=\"https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, insurers are investing more in this research facility that studies how to protect homes and businesses from destructive wind, water and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility in rural South Carolina is run by the \u003ca href=\"https://disastersafety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety\u003c/a>, a nonprofit research organization funded by U.S. insurance companies. The concrete building the size of an airplane hangar can generate hurricane-force winds, realistic hail and wind-driven rain and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the only full-scale lab of its kind in the United States,\" explains Roy Wright, the organization's president and CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The research site in South Carolina has a wall of 105 fans that can generate wind gusts to blow embers. Fire engineers say most homes that burn during wildfires are ignited by embers, rather than a wall of flames. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The facility was built in 2008, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, with millions of dollars from the insurance industry. Since then, and especially in recent years, industry support for the facility has only grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've hit an inflection point where we're seeing more events impact more Americans,\" Wright says. \"Our members have increased their investment and said, 'We want more researchers here. We want to see more activity playing out here.' We are collectively responding to this changing world that we're in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the annual budget is just shy of $15 million, and the facility regularly tests, among other things, the resilience of commonly used types of roofing, siding, garage doors, porches and even landscaping during disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Half of the test home has cedar siding and other common combustible building materials. The other half has common fire-resistant materials such as cement siding. Bottom left: Fire engineer Daniel Gorham (far right) monitors the test from a control room at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety research facility. Bottom right: Roy Wright is the institute's president and CEO. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most recent full-scale test was a wildfire simulation. Engineers designed and built a full-size duplex home. On one side, the house has cedar siding, vinyl gutters, single-pane windows and bark mulch around the foundation. On the other side, the house is designed to be fire resistant, with cement siding, metal gutters, double-pane windows and gravel around the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've used construction materials and building practices that, we have found through our research, and others' research, makes a building resistant to wildfire exposure,\" explains fire engineer Daniel Gorham, who helped design and carry out the fire test. For example, a 5-foot zone around the fire-resistant side of the house is devoid of combustible material, including plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1951\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-1020x1531.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Gorham is a fire engineer and former firefighter who helped design and carry out the embers test. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's important, Gorham says, because the majority of homes that burn during wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/678853717/how-houses-themselves-become-fuel-for-wildfires\">aren't ignited by a wall of flame\u003c/a>. Instead, embers can blow hundreds of yards or even miles, starting blazes far from the main wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When embers land on gravel they eventually burn out. But when embers land on mulch, dry leaves, plants, deck furniture or other combustible materials, they can start new fire. And if the house has a wood deck or siding, it's especially likely that the house itself will eventually burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The full-scale test was designed to study both scenarios side by side by directing ember-laden wind at the duplex and seeing what happened. The difference was starkly clear: After a few minutes, one side of the house was engulfed in flame, while the other side was entirely unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11738593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"473\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A test house burns inside a research facility run by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in South Carolina. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local firefighters stepped in to put out the fire before the house burned to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The side by side couldn't be more surreal,\" Wright says. \"One side fully engulfed and the other side's getting just as many embers, just as much pummeling it, and it's just going, 'I can take it.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2018 report by Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based group that studies land management, found it \u003ca href=\"https://headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/homes-risk/building-costs-codes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs about the same amount\u003c/a> to build a new fire-resistant house as it does to build a typical house with cedar siding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test results on how different parts of the house performed will be incorporated into public reports meant to help homeowners, businesses and local officials who set building codes and plan for disasters. There are similar reports about protecting homes against the hail, wind and wind-driven rain that accompany hurricanes and tornadoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More granular versions of the research findings are shared with the companies that fund it. Wright says companies can use that information to help set insurance rates or to educate local insurance agents who field questions directly from policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of a local fire department work with research facility staff to extinguish the burning test home. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the real test of a building's resilience is during an actual storm or fire, and in many parts of the country the majority of homes and businesses are not built to withstand severe weather. Building codes are established and enforced locally and vary widely, even across single states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where sometimes the wheels fall off,\" explains Thomas Welle, head of the Denver field office for the National Fire Protection Association, which develops building standards for new homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, Welle says, \"standards are adopted piecemeal instead of whole. And sometimes they're not enforced.\" For example, some counties require that builders create a perimeter without combustible materials around a newly built home, but then there are no follow-up inspections to enforce that rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Welle says those in the private sector, including realtors and the insurance industry, have a role to play, especially when it comes to incentivizing upgrades to existing buildings to make them more resilient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although insurance companies are barred from working together to set prices, Welle explains, \"they can agree on some kind of best practices to at least promote that kind of thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The contrast between the resilience of the traditional building materials and that of the fire-resistant materials was stark. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roof resilience is an area of particular interest to insurance companies and to homeowners who live in hurricane-prone parts of the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Hurricane Michael came ashore in Florida last year, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety studied which buildings were damaged and what the buildings that survived had in common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found the storm's intense wind and rain mirrored lab results that suggested unfortified \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/236989575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garage doors\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/122671817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsealed plywood on the roof\u003c/a> could fail catastrophically during storms, leading the roof to rip off the house or water to flood in as shingles flew away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, wildfires in California last year offered insight about how to reduce risk in fire-prone areas. Many of the homes that burned in Southern California's Woolsey Fire appear to have been ignited by embers landing on combustible material on or near the house. Simply changing the landscaping or porch setup could help such homes survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Northern California, the deadly Camp Fire came with a different lesson: No one is invincible. Wright's parents lost their home in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are ways to prepare for disasters,\" Wright says. \"But there's always this sense of hopefulness or invincibility that it's not going to affect you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says helping his parents file insurance claims and figure out how to piece their day-to-day lives back together has underscored the importance of presenting actionable research that can help people become more resilient to severe weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our work here is not just about 'What does the science look like to build the \u003cem>best\u003c/em> way?' \" he explains. \"The question is, 'Is there a \u003cem>better\u003c/em> way that is affordable?' Because if it's not accessible to a homeowner or a business owner, it just becomes more noise in the system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Step+1%3A+Build+A+House.+Step+2%3A+Set+It+On+Fire&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11738573/step-1-build-a-house-step-2-set-it-on-fire","authors":["byline_news_11738573"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_6266","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_25411","news_2131","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11738579","label":"source_news_11738573"},"news_11736187":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11736187","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11736187","score":null,"sort":[1553815148000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"sonoma-county-still-hoping-flooding-will-be-declared-federal-disaster","title":"Sonoma County Still Hoping Flooding Will Be Declared Federal Disaster","publishDate":1553815148,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>One month after destructive flooding tore through Sonoma County, residents are waiting for the state to decide if it will ask the federal government for a disaster declaration — a move that they say can bring them much-needed financial aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='russian-river' label='Russian River flooding']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding to help with the recovery has come in from the county and the state, but not the federal government. The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said it’s still assessing the damage, which will help it determine whether to seek a federal disaster declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the flooding is declared such a disaster, people could apply for individual aid from FEMA. That money could go toward temporary housing, home repairs or expenses incurred due to the disaster, like child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Getting assistance from FEMA would be huge,” Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins said in mid-March, as she stood next to a pile of water-logged debris outside a home in her neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are hurting. Some people lost their homes and they also lost their jobs because the small business that they worked for closed up shop, and so these folks have literally no way to make ends meet,” she added. “They can't even afford to go to the grocery store, let alone provide first-last deposit for a new rental.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='atmospheric-river' label='Atmospheric rivers in California']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late February, an atmospheric river pummeled the area, causing the Russian River to break its banks and reach a high of nearly 46 feet — the highest in more than 20 years — filling the stores and homes in downtown Guerneville with muddy water. The town of Monte Rio was also cut off by flooded roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's taking a long time,” Hopkins said. “And we sort of feel like the longer we wait, the less likely it is to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Guerneville, residents don’t have a lot to fall back on: The economy is fueled by summer tourism, and in the winter, they rely mainly on summer savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The floods came at a time when people were least financially prepared, which is what happened to Tom Orr. Today, his apartment and the restaurant where he worked are gone; he is staying with family in Seattle while he picks up the pieces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If he got FEMA aid, Orr said he could get a permanent roof over his head again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have anything backed up in savings,” he said. “It takes $5,000 to move into a place that I just don’t have.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The state said it hasn't decided yet whether to seek a federal disaster declaration for the February flooding — a move residents say could bring them much-needed FEMA financial aid.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1553816779,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":452},"headData":{"title":"Sonoma County Still Hoping Flooding Will Be Declared Federal Disaster | KQED","description":"The state said it hasn't decided yet whether to seek a federal disaster declaration for the February flooding — a move residents say could bring them much-needed FEMA financial aid.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Sonoma County Still Hoping Flooding Will Be Declared Federal Disaster","datePublished":"2019-03-28T23:19:08.000Z","dateModified":"2019-03-28T23:46:19.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11736187 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11736187","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/03/28/sonoma-county-still-hoping-flooding-will-be-declared-federal-disaster/","disqusTitle":"Sonoma County Still Hoping Flooding Will Be Declared Federal Disaster","audioTrackLength":145,"path":"/news/11736187/sonoma-county-still-hoping-flooding-will-be-declared-federal-disaster","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/03/HutsonSonomaCoFEMA.mp3","audioDuration":145000,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One month after destructive flooding tore through Sonoma County, residents are waiting for the state to decide if it will ask the federal government for a disaster declaration — a move that they say can bring them much-needed financial aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"russian-river","label":"Russian River flooding "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding to help with the recovery has come in from the county and the state, but not the federal government. The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said it’s still assessing the damage, which will help it determine whether to seek a federal disaster declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the flooding is declared such a disaster, people could apply for individual aid from FEMA. That money could go toward temporary housing, home repairs or expenses incurred due to the disaster, like child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Getting assistance from FEMA would be huge,” Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins said in mid-March, as she stood next to a pile of water-logged debris outside a home in her neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are hurting. Some people lost their homes and they also lost their jobs because the small business that they worked for closed up shop, and so these folks have literally no way to make ends meet,” she added. “They can't even afford to go to the grocery store, let alone provide first-last deposit for a new rental.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"atmospheric-river","label":"Atmospheric rivers in California "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late February, an atmospheric river pummeled the area, causing the Russian River to break its banks and reach a high of nearly 46 feet — the highest in more than 20 years — filling the stores and homes in downtown Guerneville with muddy water. The town of Monte Rio was also cut off by flooded roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's taking a long time,” Hopkins said. “And we sort of feel like the longer we wait, the less likely it is to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Guerneville, residents don’t have a lot to fall back on: The economy is fueled by summer tourism, and in the winter, they rely mainly on summer savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The floods came at a time when people were least financially prepared, which is what happened to Tom Orr. Today, his apartment and the restaurant where he worked are gone; he is staying with family in Seattle while he picks up the pieces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If he got FEMA aid, Orr said he could get a permanent roof over his head again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have anything backed up in savings,” he said. “It takes $5,000 to move into a place that I just don’t have.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11736187/sonoma-county-still-hoping-flooding-will-be-declared-federal-disaster","authors":["11216","11310"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_13","news_356"],"tags":["news_20061","news_25028","news_3431","news_2131","news_5522","news_25120","news_25105","news_4981","news_3"],"featImg":"news_11730036","label":"news_72"},"news_11729618":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11729618","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11729618","score":null,"sort":[1551316495000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"before-and-after-the-russian-river-floods-at-monte-rio","title":"Before and After: The Russian River Floods at Monte Rio","publishDate":1551316495,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe frameborder=\"0\" class=\"juxtapose\" width=\"100%\" height=\"440\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=f5ccbfdc-3aee-11e9-9dba-0edaf8f81e27\" scrolling=\"yes\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED reporter Molly Peterson made her way past flooded roads and slides to make it to the Russian River town of Monte Rio early Wednesday afternoon. Her mission was to talk to the town's longtime fire chief and get an on-the-ground look at a town that was more or less isolated by the river's rapid rise. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The people I talked to, this wasn't their first rodeo,\" Molly told KQED host Mina Kim later. \"They've got some experience preparing for floods and digging themselves out. ... It was a nonchalant atmosphere, frankly, in downtown Monte Rio.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the rest of us may not be old hands at having a river rise up and take over your community. High water running fast? It's impressive. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before she left town, Molly stopped to shoot a short video of the flood from Moscow Road, a little ways off Main Street, on the river's south bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her viewpoint of the turbulent current nearly perfectly matched one depicted in a Google Streetview image taken in June 2016. That older image shows the river in the aspect that's familiar to summertime visitors -- a rather placid stream that invites people to hang out on the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Above, the before and after. Below, the video version of what she saw:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/danbrekke/status/1100902185653624832\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Two faces of the Russian River: its placid summertime current and its turbulent wintertime floodwaters.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1551317175,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":9,"wordCount":226},"headData":{"title":"Before and After: The Russian River Floods at Monte Rio | KQED","description":"Two faces of the Russian River: its placid summertime current and its turbulent wintertime floodwaters.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Before and After: The Russian River Floods at Monte Rio","datePublished":"2019-02-28T01:14:55.000Z","dateModified":"2019-02-28T01:26:15.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11729618 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11729618","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/02/27/before-and-after-the-russian-river-floods-at-monte-rio/","disqusTitle":"Before and After: The Russian River Floods at Monte Rio","path":"/news/11729618/before-and-after-the-russian-river-floods-at-monte-rio","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe frameborder=\"0\" class=\"juxtapose\" width=\"100%\" height=\"440\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=f5ccbfdc-3aee-11e9-9dba-0edaf8f81e27\" scrolling=\"yes\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED reporter Molly Peterson made her way past flooded roads and slides to make it to the Russian River town of Monte Rio early Wednesday afternoon. 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Instead they are sent to cellphones in a certain area, like an Amber Alert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people don’t like to give their information out, which we respect and understand,\" Riordan said. \"The WEA alert system goes out using local cell systems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After large wildfires broke out in Sonoma County this month, officials \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/17/feinstein-harris-press-fcc-on-wireless-alert-failures-during-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced questions\u003c/a> over why the WEA alerts were not deployed. Napa County was not participating in the WEA program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of Saturday's resource fair at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in downtown San Jose, a slightly less high-tech form of emergency communication was on display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11626696 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outdoor emergency speaker on display in downtown San Jose. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large speaker was hoisted on top of a trailer and hooked onto the back of an SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sort of your basic, old-school loudspeaker getting out information,\" is how Councilman Raul Peralez described it. \"We have the ability to program it in multiple different languages, which we’re going to do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose resident India Meisner liked the idea of the WEA alert, but also said that a loudspeaker could be the best way to get in touch with her senior neighbors, who may not have cellphones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"y65bbGWF84EZYsZohjy4WsZHaAE4SDlL\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It would be so annoying and so loud that you’d have no choice but to evacuate,\" she said. \"So it would encourage reluctant people to evacuate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The speaker system arrived in San Jose only a couple of weeks ago, but it already went for a successful test run in Santa Rosa, where Ray Riordan brought it to broadcast public health information for residents returning to the Coffey Park neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were able to hear a message on a regular basis about what they needed to be careful of as they \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/20/post-disaster-checklist-returning-home-after-evacuation-order-lifted/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">return home\u003c/a>,\" he said. \"We can use this system for alert notifications ahead of time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose officials said they will use all available forms of communication should a flood or other disaster arise. They also urged residents to prepare their own disaster plans and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/10/heres-what-you-should-have-in-your-emergency-bag/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal kits\u003c/a>, noting the risk of future disasters like more floods, fires or an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Being better prepared individually is really one of the best things that we can do,\" Peralez said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"At winter storm resource fairs, residents favor Wireless Emergency Alerts and a new outdoor speaker system.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1509409308,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":661},"headData":{"title":"San Jose Looks to Residents, North Bay Fires for Flood Preparation | KQED","description":"At winter storm resource fairs, residents favor Wireless Emergency Alerts and a new outdoor speaker system.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Jose Looks to Residents, North Bay Fires for Flood Preparation","datePublished":"2017-10-29T18:59:24.000Z","dateModified":"2017-10-31T00:21:48.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11626685 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11626685","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/29/san-jose-looks-to-residents-north-bay-fires-for-flood-preparation/","disqusTitle":"San Jose Looks to Residents, North Bay Fires for Flood Preparation","path":"/news/11626685/san-jose-looks-to-residents-north-bay-fires-for-flood-preparation","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As the city of San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley Water District prepare for winter storms, they are garnering feedback from residents on their preferred form of emergency contact, as well as hoping to apply lessons learned from the response to the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/north-bay-fires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bay fires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from the city and the district are hoping that winter rains won't bring with them a repeat of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/22/the-san-jose-flood-what-went-wrong-and-how-the-city-plans-to-fix-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February's disaster in Coyote Creek\u003c/a>, when flooding led to 40,000 evacuations and $100 million in property damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local government was criticized at the time for not having a universal alert system in place to notify residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, the city held the last of three resource fairs, where residents were encouraged to sign up for emergency alerts, take a tutorial in preparing sandbags and hear about the \u003ca href=\"https://nextdoor.com/agency-post/ca/santa-clara-county/santa-clara-valley-water-district-1/board-to-review-draft-joint-emergency-action-plan-and-short-term-proposals-for-coyote-creek-project-60830765/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Emergency Action Plan being developed\u003c/a> to prepare for the winter storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents were also asked to vote their preference on different ways the city could contact them in an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one thing for us to write a plan that we think is effective,\" said Ray Riordan, San Jose's director of emergency management. \"It’s also important for us to get the feedback from the public and how they think it would be more effective for them to get communications and notifications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riordan said over the course of the three meetings, residents have overwhelmingly favored two modes of communication: a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wireless Emergency Alert\u003c/a> sent to a cellphone and a loud announcement from a powerful speaker driven through the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike other alert systems, Wireless Emergency Alerts do not require users to sign up. Instead they are sent to cellphones in a certain area, like an Amber Alert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people don’t like to give their information out, which we respect and understand,\" Riordan said. \"The WEA alert system goes out using local cell systems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After large wildfires broke out in Sonoma County this month, officials \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/17/feinstein-harris-press-fcc-on-wireless-alert-failures-during-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced questions\u003c/a> over why the WEA alerts were not deployed. Napa County was not participating in the WEA program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of Saturday's resource fair at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in downtown San Jose, a slightly less high-tech form of emergency communication was on display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11626696 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outdoor emergency speaker on display in downtown San Jose. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large speaker was hoisted on top of a trailer and hooked onto the back of an SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sort of your basic, old-school loudspeaker getting out information,\" is how Councilman Raul Peralez described it. \"We have the ability to program it in multiple different languages, which we’re going to do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose resident India Meisner liked the idea of the WEA alert, but also said that a loudspeaker could be the best way to get in touch with her senior neighbors, who may not have cellphones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It would be so annoying and so loud that you’d have no choice but to evacuate,\" she said. \"So it would encourage reluctant people to evacuate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The speaker system arrived in San Jose only a couple of weeks ago, but it already went for a successful test run in Santa Rosa, where Ray Riordan brought it to broadcast public health information for residents returning to the Coffey Park neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were able to hear a message on a regular basis about what they needed to be careful of as they \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/20/post-disaster-checklist-returning-home-after-evacuation-order-lifted/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">return home\u003c/a>,\" he said. \"We can use this system for alert notifications ahead of time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose officials said they will use all available forms of communication should a flood or other disaster arise. They also urged residents to prepare their own disaster plans and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/10/heres-what-you-should-have-in-your-emergency-bag/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal kits\u003c/a>, noting the risk of future disasters like more floods, fires or an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Being better prepared individually is really one of the best things that we can do,\" Peralez said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11626685/san-jose-looks-to-residents-north-bay-fires-for-flood-preparation","authors":["227"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_13","news_248"],"tags":["news_21631","news_2131","news_18541"],"featImg":"news_11626692","label":"news_72"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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