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The Office of Emergency Services activated its operations center and positioned thousands of personnel and equipment in areas throughout the region most at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 7:50 p.m. Sunday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a massive storm continues to roll over the region, the National Weather Service said thunderstorms, lightning and hail are still impacting the Bay Area Sunday evening, with power outages impacting more than 700,000 customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scattered thunderstorms and showers will last through the night until most of the rain has passed by Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There still could be some residual flooding on the roadways with the soils being saturated,” said NWS meteorologist Sarah McCorkle. “We could still see some downed trees, but overall, things should calm down by tomorrow morning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state Office of Emergency Services, in the last few hours, Santa Clara County has seen the number of customers in the dark more than quadruple, to nearly 109,000. Close to 80,000 customers are without power across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo power outages have more than tripled in that time frame to over 74,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got hundreds of crews out there responding to these outages, and it’s all storm-related,” said Jeff Smith with PG&E. “You know there’s a lot of heavy winds, and winds can knock power lines together and sometimes cause trees and branches to get into power lines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High wind warnings and wind advisories remain in effect through Sunday at 10 p.m. as wind speeds diminish this evening except at higher peaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The NWS Storm Prediction Center in northern Oklahoma, usually the place that issues severe thunderstorm and tornado watches, just highlighted this region as having at least a slight chance of generating tornadic thunderstorms in the next one to two hours,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said on Sunday, pointing out that the extreme rain and intense winds stretched from Santa Cruz to San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists with the NWS Bay Area office explained there’s a 5% chance they’ll issue a tornado watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1754275921971060738?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water officials in the South Bay said the worst of today’s storms have passed — without flooding along the Guadalupe River in San Jose, which city officials thought could overflow. Water levels reached above seven feet around noon but have since declined. That’s short of the 9-and-a-half feet the National Weather Service defines as flood stage for the river.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valley Water spokesman Matt Keller says that’s good news for nearby residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, if the forecast would have delivered what it was, they would have seen flooding in that area,” he said. “But because, you know, Mother Nature could do what Mother Nature does, it’s as much as we like to forecast, it can still be unpredictable. And, we did not see the impacts that we were expecting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of San José remains under a wind advisory with gusts expected up to 60 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:30 p.m. Sunday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A community center in San José will remain open today for unhoused residents seeking shelter from the wet weather. The Roosevelt Community Center on Santa Clara Street will accept walk-ins today — with space for 90 individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, the city ordered an evacuation for unhoused residents living along the banks of the Guadalupe River, which ultimately avoided flooding. San José Mayor Matt Mahan says city police broadcast a message over a loudspeaker warning people to leave the river banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the most efficient tool we have for letting homeless residents living along the waterways know that there’s a risk and that they need to relocate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Saturday’s evacuation order, more than 40 people stayed at the Roosevelt Community Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, it’s just the wind that I’m keeping an eye on because we could have more trees and power lines down and more power outages,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland on Sunday, Eugene Jacobs, who has been unhoused since 2017, tied a tarp over his tent under the 980 overpass at Sycamore St. The Oakland native said he lives in a tent just a few hundred feet away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My whole front door and back door have been torn off,’ he said. “It’s been hard to deal with, but as long as you stay under this underpass right here when you’re homeless, you stay dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Bay Area is still experiencing the lingering wind and rain, much of the effects have yet to hit Southern California, but Swain says that will change as the day continues with flash flood warnings from Santa Barbara south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re in Los Angeles and San Diego, you’re still saying ‘what storm?’ because it is essentially raining lightly on the west side of LA with partly cloudy conditions or sunny conditions relatively warm, east and south of that, but just wait, it is coming,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11936674\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/pexels-dids-1986996-1-1020x680-1.jpg\"]The Bay Area is preparing for extreme weather conditions, flooding, massive waves, downed trees and power outages as an atmospheric river-boosted storm sweeps across the region. The National Weather Service expects the storm to last through Monday and could be stronger and more intense than any storm this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NWS meteorologists said Sunday up to three inches of rain could fall on the Santa Clara area, which could be the hardest hit this afternoon and evening. NWS expects up to five inches of rain on the coastal side of the Santa Cruz Mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The heavier rain is expected this afternoon when there’ll be heavier downpours and thunderstorms,” said NWS meteorologist Sarah McCorkle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991292\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298.jpg\" alt=\"Several people wearing rain ponchos walk outside as the wind blows.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of tourists walk through Alamo Square Park during a storm in San Francisco on Feb. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San José has issued a mandatory evacuation along four creeks — the Coyote, Los Gatos, Penitencia and Ross Creeks — and the Guadalupe River. The city has alerted unhoused residents that the waterways are likely to rise. The \u003ca href=\"https://cnrfc.noaa.gov/obsRiver_hc.php?id=GUDC1\">river forecast center with NWS\u003c/a> now predicts the Guadalupe River will peak at 2 p.m. today above the flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please do not be anywhere near the waterway and be aware while driving or parked vehicles,” said San José Mayor Matt Mahan in a Saturday press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RobMayeda/status/1754157436460822690?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Power outages and flight delays\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california\">More than 120,000 customers from Sonoma to Monterrey Counties are without power\u003c/a>, according to the PowerOutage site, including residences from Rohnert Park, Tiburon, San Francisco, Pacifica, Newark, and San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greatest concentration of power outages in the region is in the South Bay. Around 23,000 PG&E customers are without power in the San José, Cupertino and Sunnyvale areas. In the North Bay, there are around 12,000 PG&E customers without power. PG&E has hundreds of crews responding to storm-related outages across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area airports are seeing a rise in delays and cancellations as heavy wind and rain move through the region. The San Francisco Chronicle \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/bay-area-california-storm-18647684.php\">reported\u003c/a> San Francisco International Airport temporarily delayed landings this morning and rerouted two flights to Oakland airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaley Skantz, public information officer at Oakland International Airport, said the airport has had 18 departure delays and two cancellations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do recommend checking flight status with your airline before coming to the airport just to ensure that you have the most recent information about your travel itinerary,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, officials with Minetta International Airport said they had 57 delays and two cancellations so far today, which a spokesperson says is higher than normal, but not out of the ordinary for a stormy day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the San Mateo coastline, waves crashing on the shore are 25 feet tall, according to San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, Highway 1 is completely closed south of Pescadero due to downed powerlines in roads,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1469px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991300\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B.jpg\" alt=\"A tree blocks part of a street in a city.\" width=\"1469\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B.jpg 1469w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1469px) 100vw, 1469px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tree blocks Market Street at 18th during a storm in San Francisco on Feb. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Strong winds\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The storm, lasting through Monday, is also expected to bring 30-80 miles per hour of winds across the region as well as nuisance flooding. Weather officials expect hurricane-force winds off the Monterey Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nwsbayarea/status/1754219146794111130?s=46&t=8L9OHVE58oUXKjH2wCBDtA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first time in their history, there’s a hurricane-force wind warning for the offshore waters of Monterey County and that does not mean that the storm itself is a true hurricane,” said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. “In most places, the strongest winds haven’t occurred yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RobMayeda/status/1754153339758301245?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said the storm, with its tail reaching past Hawaii, is developing in place and the worst of the precipitation is yet to come. As the storm heads south, he said, water spouts or tornadoes are possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s far from over yet and in some respects, the storm won’t peak until this afternoon or evening,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Weather_West/status/1754196799676391903?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Potential flooding\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regarding flooding, Swain said he doesn’t think the flood risk will be widespread in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not an epic flood event for Northern California because it isn’t in the right position for the storm to see high rainfall totals, but it could be for Southern California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the storm sweeps over the Bay Area, Swain expects it to hit Southern California, where flash flooding could inundate the region and a few evacuation orders are already in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just going to increasingly align across Southern California for the next day and does bring for flooding risk later on across Southern California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the Sierra Nevada snowpack, Swan said this storm will likely give it a “kickstart” and could be the biggest snow event of the year so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emergency services\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to San José’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/news-stories/news/emergency-notifications\"> official website\u003c/a>, Roosevelt Community Center (901 East Santa Clara Street) will serve as an extended Overnight Warming Location (OWL). Walk-ins will be accepted at the OWL today and Monday, and pets are welcome. Additional information about Santa Clara County’s warming locations can be found \u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety?utm_campaign=preparescc-vanity-redirect&utm_medium=redirect&utm_source=vanity\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Annelise Finney, Rachael Vasquez, Lakshmi Sarah and Beth LaBerge contributed reporting to this story. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":" The National Weather Service expects the storm to last through Monday and could be stronger and more intense than any storm this year.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1707260899,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":58,"wordCount":2151},"headData":{"title":"Severe Bay Area Storm Brings Historic Winds, Regional Flooding and Power Outages | KQED","description":" The National Weather Service expects the storm to last through Monday and could be stronger and more intense than any storm this year.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Severe Bay Area Storm Brings Historic Winds, Regional Flooding and Power Outages","datePublished":"2024-02-04T20:42:47.000Z","dateModified":"2024-02-06T23:08:19.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1991290/severe-bay-area-storm-brings-historic-winds-regional-flooding-and-power-outages","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 12 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least three people in Northern California were killed in the massive storm that slammed the region on Sunday and Monday before moving farther south, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An 82-year-old man in Yuba City, north of Sacramento, was found crushed beneath a redwood tree in his yard on Monday, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services confirmed. Investigators said the man, \u003ca href=\"https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/82-year-old-man-killed-falling-tree-yuba-city/103-eeb5e2aa-0a08-4193-b1ef-5a2f5b57a1b1\">identified as David Gomes\u003c/a>, appeared to be using a ladder in an attempt to clear the damaged tree away from his home when it fell on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on Monday, a 45-year-old man in Boulder Creek, in the Santa Cruz mountains, was killed when a tree fell on his home, officials confirmed. The man, Robert Brainard III, was pronounced dead at the scene, \u003ca href=\"https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/02/05/boulder-creek-man-dies-after-tree-falls-into-home/\">the \u003cem>Santa Cruz Sentinel\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Sunday, Chad Ensey, a 41-year-old man in the Sacramento suburb of Carmichael, also died after a tree fell on him in his backyard, the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/storm-pge-outages-atmospheric-river-18649070.php\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> \u003c/em>reported.\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>The intense atmospheric river-fueled storm that pummeled the region with heavy rainfall and hurricane-force winds — \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1754593798448111748\">nearing or topping 100 mph\u003c/a> in a handful of mountainous Bay Area locations — left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power on Sunday and into Monday. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, more than 63,000 homes in the Bay Area — including upward of 27,000 in the North Bay — were still in the dark, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3918-pg-e-responding-atmospheric-river-storm-outages\">PG&E.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the storm expected to wreak even more havoc in already-saturated Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/02/04/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-in-southern-california-as-powerful-storm-makes-landfall/\">declared a state of emergency\u003c/a> for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, which allows the state to mobilize the National Guard for emergency response if necessary. The Office of Emergency Services activated its operations center and positioned thousands of personnel and equipment in areas throughout the region most at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 7:50 p.m. Sunday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a massive storm continues to roll over the region, the National Weather Service said thunderstorms, lightning and hail are still impacting the Bay Area Sunday evening, with power outages impacting more than 700,000 customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scattered thunderstorms and showers will last through the night until most of the rain has passed by Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There still could be some residual flooding on the roadways with the soils being saturated,” said NWS meteorologist Sarah McCorkle. “We could still see some downed trees, but overall, things should calm down by tomorrow morning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state Office of Emergency Services, in the last few hours, Santa Clara County has seen the number of customers in the dark more than quadruple, to nearly 109,000. Close to 80,000 customers are without power across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo power outages have more than tripled in that time frame to over 74,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got hundreds of crews out there responding to these outages, and it’s all storm-related,” said Jeff Smith with PG&E. “You know there’s a lot of heavy winds, and winds can knock power lines together and sometimes cause trees and branches to get into power lines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High wind warnings and wind advisories remain in effect through Sunday at 10 p.m. as wind speeds diminish this evening except at higher peaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The NWS Storm Prediction Center in northern Oklahoma, usually the place that issues severe thunderstorm and tornado watches, just highlighted this region as having at least a slight chance of generating tornadic thunderstorms in the next one to two hours,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said on Sunday, pointing out that the extreme rain and intense winds stretched from Santa Cruz to San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists with the NWS Bay Area office explained there’s a 5% chance they’ll issue a tornado watch.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1754275921971060738"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Water officials in the South Bay said the worst of today’s storms have passed — without flooding along the Guadalupe River in San Jose, which city officials thought could overflow. Water levels reached above seven feet around noon but have since declined. That’s short of the 9-and-a-half feet the National Weather Service defines as flood stage for the river.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valley Water spokesman Matt Keller says that’s good news for nearby residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, if the forecast would have delivered what it was, they would have seen flooding in that area,” he said. “But because, you know, Mother Nature could do what Mother Nature does, it’s as much as we like to forecast, it can still be unpredictable. And, we did not see the impacts that we were expecting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of San José remains under a wind advisory with gusts expected up to 60 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:30 p.m. Sunday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A community center in San José will remain open today for unhoused residents seeking shelter from the wet weather. The Roosevelt Community Center on Santa Clara Street will accept walk-ins today — with space for 90 individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, the city ordered an evacuation for unhoused residents living along the banks of the Guadalupe River, which ultimately avoided flooding. San José Mayor Matt Mahan says city police broadcast a message over a loudspeaker warning people to leave the river banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the most efficient tool we have for letting homeless residents living along the waterways know that there’s a risk and that they need to relocate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Saturday’s evacuation order, more than 40 people stayed at the Roosevelt Community Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, it’s just the wind that I’m keeping an eye on because we could have more trees and power lines down and more power outages,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland on Sunday, Eugene Jacobs, who has been unhoused since 2017, tied a tarp over his tent under the 980 overpass at Sycamore St. The Oakland native said he lives in a tent just a few hundred feet away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My whole front door and back door have been torn off,’ he said. “It’s been hard to deal with, but as long as you stay under this underpass right here when you’re homeless, you stay dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Bay Area is still experiencing the lingering wind and rain, much of the effects have yet to hit Southern California, but Swain says that will change as the day continues with flash flood warnings from Santa Barbara south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re in Los Angeles and San Diego, you’re still saying ‘what storm?’ because it is essentially raining lightly on the west side of LA with partly cloudy conditions or sunny conditions relatively warm, east and south of that, but just wait, it is coming,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11936674","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/pexels-dids-1986996-1-1020x680-1.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The Bay Area is preparing for extreme weather conditions, flooding, massive waves, downed trees and power outages as an atmospheric river-boosted storm sweeps across the region. The National Weather Service expects the storm to last through Monday and could be stronger and more intense than any storm this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NWS meteorologists said Sunday up to three inches of rain could fall on the Santa Clara area, which could be the hardest hit this afternoon and evening. NWS expects up to five inches of rain on the coastal side of the Santa Cruz Mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The heavier rain is expected this afternoon when there’ll be heavier downpours and thunderstorms,” said NWS meteorologist Sarah McCorkle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991292\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298.jpg\" alt=\"Several people wearing rain ponchos walk outside as the wind blows.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/IMG_5298-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of tourists walk through Alamo Square Park during a storm in San Francisco on Feb. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San José has issued a mandatory evacuation along four creeks — the Coyote, Los Gatos, Penitencia and Ross Creeks — and the Guadalupe River. The city has alerted unhoused residents that the waterways are likely to rise. The \u003ca href=\"https://cnrfc.noaa.gov/obsRiver_hc.php?id=GUDC1\">river forecast center with NWS\u003c/a> now predicts the Guadalupe River will peak at 2 p.m. today above the flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please do not be anywhere near the waterway and be aware while driving or parked vehicles,” said San José Mayor Matt Mahan in a Saturday press conference.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1754157436460822690"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>Power outages and flight delays\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california\">More than 120,000 customers from Sonoma to Monterrey Counties are without power\u003c/a>, according to the PowerOutage site, including residences from Rohnert Park, Tiburon, San Francisco, Pacifica, Newark, and San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greatest concentration of power outages in the region is in the South Bay. Around 23,000 PG&E customers are without power in the San José, Cupertino and Sunnyvale areas. In the North Bay, there are around 12,000 PG&E customers without power. PG&E has hundreds of crews responding to storm-related outages across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area airports are seeing a rise in delays and cancellations as heavy wind and rain move through the region. The San Francisco Chronicle \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/bay-area-california-storm-18647684.php\">reported\u003c/a> San Francisco International Airport temporarily delayed landings this morning and rerouted two flights to Oakland airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaley Skantz, public information officer at Oakland International Airport, said the airport has had 18 departure delays and two cancellations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do recommend checking flight status with your airline before coming to the airport just to ensure that you have the most recent information about your travel itinerary,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, officials with Minetta International Airport said they had 57 delays and two cancellations so far today, which a spokesperson says is higher than normal, but not out of the ordinary for a stormy day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the San Mateo coastline, waves crashing on the shore are 25 feet tall, according to San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, Highway 1 is completely closed south of Pescadero due to downed powerlines in roads,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1469px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991300\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B.jpg\" alt=\"A tree blocks part of a street in a city.\" width=\"1469\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B.jpg 1469w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/8BE641FA-73E8-4D77-B53D-39E32AC9B80B-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1469px) 100vw, 1469px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tree blocks Market Street at 18th during a storm in San Francisco on Feb. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Strong winds\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The storm, lasting through Monday, is also expected to bring 30-80 miles per hour of winds across the region as well as nuisance flooding. Weather officials expect hurricane-force winds off the Monterey Coast.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1754219146794111130"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“For the first time in their history, there’s a hurricane-force wind warning for the offshore waters of Monterey County and that does not mean that the storm itself is a true hurricane,” said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. “In most places, the strongest winds haven’t occurred yet.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1754153339758301245"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Swain said the storm, with its tail reaching past Hawaii, is developing in place and the worst of the precipitation is yet to come. As the storm heads south, he said, water spouts or tornadoes are possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s far from over yet and in some respects, the storm won’t peak until this afternoon or evening,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1754196799676391903"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>Potential flooding\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regarding flooding, Swain said he doesn’t think the flood risk will be widespread in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not an epic flood event for Northern California because it isn’t in the right position for the storm to see high rainfall totals, but it could be for Southern California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the storm sweeps over the Bay Area, Swain expects it to hit Southern California, where flash flooding could inundate the region and a few evacuation orders are already in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just going to increasingly align across Southern California for the next day and does bring for flooding risk later on across Southern California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the Sierra Nevada snowpack, Swan said this storm will likely give it a “kickstart” and could be the biggest snow event of the year so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emergency services\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to San José’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/news-stories/news/emergency-notifications\"> official website\u003c/a>, Roosevelt Community Center (901 East Santa Clara Street) will serve as an extended Overnight Warming Location (OWL). Walk-ins will be accepted at the OWL today and Monday, and pets are welcome. Additional information about Santa Clara County’s warming locations can be found \u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety?utm_campaign=preparescc-vanity-redirect&utm_medium=redirect&utm_source=vanity\">here\u003c/a>.\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\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Annelise Finney, Rachael Vasquez, Lakshmi Sarah and Beth LaBerge contributed reporting to this story. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1991290/severe-bay-area-storm-brings-historic-winds-regional-flooding-and-power-outages","authors":["11746"],"categories":["science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_2227","science_4417","science_4414","science_5235","science_2878"],"featImg":"science_1991291","label":"science"},"science_1991280":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1991280","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1991280","score":null,"sort":[1707001436000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"incoming-storm-bringing-powerful-wind-rain-to-the-bay-area","title":"Storm Brings More Powerful Wind and Rain to the Bay Area","publishDate":1707001436,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Storm Brings More Powerful Wind and Rain to the Bay Area | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Sunday 8:30 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet another atmospheric river-boosted storm is bringing heavy rain and gusty weather to the Bay Area. The storm is forecast to last through Monday and is expected to be more powerful than those that have hit the region thus far this year, bringing with it the potential of flooding rain and strong winds that could damage trees and lead to power outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose has issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/news-stories/news/emergency-notifications\">proclamation of local emergency — \u003c/a> a mandatory evacuation for unhoused individuals living along the banks of the waterways. The Bay Area Taxi Cab Inc. (408-573-7777) is providing free rides to the Roosevelt Community Center which serves as a warming center for unhoused individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A list of \u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety?\">warming centers in San Jose\u003c/a> is located here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#start\">How should I prepare my home for a storm?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sandbags\">Where can I get free sandbags?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#poweroutages\">How can I be ready for potential power outages?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#driving\">What are best practices for driving in heavy rain and wind?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#updates\">How can I receive updates about my area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The system appears aimed at the Central Coast and Southern California, but the National Weather Service is warning that recent models suggest the Bay Area will be facing much stronger gusting winds than previously anticipated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service’s latest forecast discussion from the Bay Area office said that the “second half of Saturday is when the magic happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shower activity and south to southeast winds build in the southern portions of the [region], particularly along the Big Sur coast. Winds and showers spread north and east through Saturday night with dangerously strong winds expected in the late night and through Sunday. Rain rates begin to increase into the late night as the main rainband arrives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologist Roger Gass with the National Weather Service says he recommends people stay home Sunday if they can — a message that officials have plastered on digital billboards overhead the Bay Bridge, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impacts will be the greatest with some gusts up to 80 miles per hour in the hills,” he said. “We may get up to 70 miles per hour along the coast and within the city we’re expecting gusts in the 45 to 55 mile per hour range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the Bay Area and Central Coast are also under a flood watch through Monday morning, meaning roads, rivers, creeks and rivers are at risk of flooding. Burn scars are also at risk of flash flooding and debris flows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is monitoring five rivers across the state it says are at risk of flooding, including the Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County, the Russian River in Mendocino County and the Carmel River in Monterey County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1753554716360106346?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has activated emergency operations centers around the state and mobilized 8,300 workers to respond to storm impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Avoid going outside as there are dangerous debris, falling tree limbs, and downed power lines. High winds may lead to power outages. Keep your batteries handy for your devices,” said Cal OES director Nancy Ward during a Saturday press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area is forecast to get about three inches of rain between now and Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest impact for the Bay Area, according to UCLA’s Daniel Swain, could come from the strong winds, which could be “highly disruptive and possibly substantially damaging winds” at times, along the central coast and even parts of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With an explosively developing surface low expected to be located just a couple hundred miles southwest of the SF Bay Area by late tonight, a major and possibly widespread damaging windstorm will be likely along much of the Central Coast, portions of the SF Bay Area, and possibly also farther north and east (especially across the northern San Joaquin and southern/central Sacramento Valley),” Swain wrote in a blog post posted this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This latest series of storms will also bring heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada. The weather service’s Sacramento office warns of “significant mountain travel impacts” from Sunday into Tuesday and that driving in the Tahoe region will bring delays, snow-covered roads, chain control and possible road closures, and could be dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nwsreno/status/1753648693155332543?s=46\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"start\">\u003c/a>How should I start preparing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First up, understand just how much you — and your home — could be affected by another storm of this magnitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous storms in the Bay Area have knocked down trees, flooded roads and cut power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses, and contributed to several deaths. Winds have also previously forced the cancellation of flights at local airports including San Francisco International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding could mean you have to evacuate your home, or live without crucial services for an extended period. Besides flashlights, experts recommend having \u003ca href=\"https://www.ready.gov/floods#prepare\">an emergency supply kit\u003c/a> ready in both your home and car — should you need to evacuate — that includes nonperishable foods, necessary medications, cleaning supplies and water for several days, in case services are cut off in your area. You can also include \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">a copy of your ID, charging cables for your cellphone\u003c/a> and a portable cellphone battery pack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous storms in the Bay Area have resulted in power outages that affected over 100,000 \u003ca href=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/\">PG&E customers\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"#poweroutages\">Read more about preparing your home for a potential power outage \u003c/a>in this next storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937690\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11937690\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/5D65DA1F-1731-42C5-834B-6BA5B80BEF7F.jpg\" alt=\"two people in raincoats stand in shin deep water as they try to clear a drain on a city street in San Francisco\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11833686\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/pexels-dids-1986996-1-1020x680-1.jpg\"]If your home experienced flooding during previous storms this year — or in storms from years past — officials recommend having sandbags, plastic sheeting and other flood control materials ready. Counties, public utilities and even community organizations across the Bay Area are distributing free sandbags. Keep in mind that some distribution sites, like those in San Francisco and San José, may ask you to show ID to prove you are a resident. \u003ca href=\"#sandbags\">Learn more about where to find sandbags.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the atmospheric river storm that hit Northern California on New Year’s Eve, officials around the Bay Area have doubled down on efforts to keep waterways and storm drains clear to reduce the risk of flooding in residential areas. Both \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/adopt-a-drain\">Oakland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfpuc.org/learning/how-you-can-help/adopt-drain-sf\">San Francisco\u003c/a> have programs where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923319/you-can-adopt-a-drain-in-san-francisco-with-naming-rights-included\">residents can “adopt” a storm drain in their community\u003c/a> and help remove leaves and other debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/valleywater/status/1633925512853856256\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA also has created a tool that tracks which parts of a city are under flood risk — and to what extent. You can input your address in the \u003ca href=\"https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home\">FEMA Flood Map Service Center\u003c/a>. Once the map tool locates your address, you can select the “Dynamic Map” option to see a more detailed map that may have certain neighborhoods or blocks color coded to represent flood risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are a homeowner, keep in mind that most home insurance plans do \u003cem>not\u003c/em> cover damage caused by flooding. However, you can buy an additional policy with the \u003ca href=\"https://floodsmart.gov/\">National Flood Insurance Program\u003c/a> through your existing insurance provider. It’s important to mention that if you decide to buy a plan now, there is a 30-day wait period for the benefits to begin, so the policy would not cover damages potentially caused by this week’s storms.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sandbags\">\u003c/a>I need sandbags. Where can I get them?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, officials in the past have stressed that only residents who have previously experienced flooding in their homes should seek out the free sandbags provided by city agencies. Additionally, San Mateo County has added on its emergency preparation website that \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/prepare-now-heavy-rains-and-strong-winds-forecast-san-mateo-county\">sandbags brought out during a previous storm can be reused\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara Valley Water has \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpvVAQ57uqM&t=39s\">created a helpful video tutorial on how best to place sandbags around a home\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your home has flooded in the past and you’re looking to pick up free sandbags, several options are available. Be aware that some sites may offer bags and sand separately or exclusively, and that you may need to bring your own shovel to some locations. You may also be required to prove county residency with an ID. Be sure to research the site you’re visiting before leaving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>: In Alameda County, \u003ca href=\"https://www.acpwa.org/prepare-for-winter-storms.page\">residents can pick up sandbags supplied by the County Public Works Agency from four sites\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>: Each city in Contra Costa County has its own sandbag pickup locations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/55575/Sandbag-City-Contacts-11-20-18-PDF?bidId=\">You can find the contact information for your city’s sandbag distribution site here (PDF).\u003c/a> Additionally, if you live in an unincorporated part of the county,\u003ca href=\"https://contracosta.ca.gov/5976/Sandbags\"> six additional locations are available\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>: Marin County has a list of both government-provided locations and commercial/retail options for sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/pages/flooding#sandbags\">Where to find sandbags in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong>: In addition to the county-run sandbag locations below, Napa County also recommends residents of American Canyon, Napa, St. Helena, Calistoga and Yountville \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/20444/2023-Sandbag-Locations-PDF?bidId=\">contact their city directly for sandbag locations and availability (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/publicworks/storm-preparedness\">Where to find sandbags in San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County: \u003c/strong>Santa Clara County residents can pick up free sandbags from \u003ca href=\"https://www.valleywater.org/flooding-safety/flood-ready/sandbags\">several locations managed by Santa Clara Valley Water\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>: All locations are self-serve and require your own shovel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/grs/storm_ready/sandbag_information.asp\">Where to find sandbags in Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County\u003c/strong>: Sandbags are available at over 10 locations around the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/flooding/sandbags/\">Where to find sandbags in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"poweroutages\">\u003c/a>How can I be ready for potential power outages?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flooding, downed trees and downed power lines: All of these can create the very real possibility of power outages during a storm like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: It can sometimes take days for PG&E to do safety checks and turn your power back on, particularly if an outage affects a large enough number of people. If you have medical needs that rely on power, consider planning which family members or friends you can stay with during a lengthy power outage. You might also talk to your doctor in advance about how to prepare with medications or mobility needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Things to have close at hand before a potential power outage\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Battery-powered flashlights, ideally one for every household member.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A supply of fresh batteries.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Portable chargers or battery packs to keep your mobile phone charged.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>LED candles, instead of wax candles, are recommended by PG&E.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A battery-powered radio to hear updates on storm conditions and outages.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nonperishable food (think canned goods) and water: The state recommends having enough food and water for every member of your household for three days.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A thermometer to make sure your food is safe to eat (more on that below).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Make sure you know exactly where these crucial items are, so you’re not scrambling to find them in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other things to do ahead of an outage\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fully charge your cellphone and any portable chargers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Get cash, as ATMs may not work during a power outage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Top your vehicle up with a full tank of gas (similarly, gas stations may not be operational during an outage).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fill up plastic containers with water and store them in your freezer, which you can use later as ice substitutes to keep food fresh.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Additionally, make sure you and your household all know:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>How to manually open any door in your home or building that requires electricity (think garage doors, apartment complex doors that require key cards).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How you’ll communicate in an emergency situation, and not depend on a phone that needs electricity.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How you’ll operate a generator, if you have one — check ahead of time that the one you have works, and make sure you know \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/electrical-safety/electric-generator-safety/electric-generator-safety.page\">how to use it safely and eliminate the risk of carbon-monoxide poisoning\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As always, you should also consider checking on neighbors, especially those who may need assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I do if a power outage hits my home?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Turn off almost all your appliances\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your power goes out, be sure to unplug or turn off any appliances and equipment to prevent damage from surges when the power is restored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E recommends keeping one lamp turned to the on position, to alert you when power has returned. You can then turn each appliance back on one by one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stay far away from any downed power lines, and report them\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/emergency-preparedness/natural-disaster/storms/storms.page\">If you’re near a downed power line, PG&E advises that you assume it’s energized and dangerous\u003c/a> and stay far away from it. You should:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Make sure that others in your household, especially children, also stay far back from any downed lines.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call 911 to report the downed power line, and make sure you give the location clearly.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Then call PG&E to report the downed line, at \u003ca href=\"tel:18007435000\">(800) 743-5000\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keep your food safe and edible during an outage \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once your power is out, be especially purposeful about when you open your freezer or your refrigerator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A refrigerator that loses power can keep food cold for about four hours, and a freezer for about 48 hours, if kept closed. Plan to rely on coolers with ice or any water-filled plastic containers you’ve frozen ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state recommends that during an outage, you monitor food temperatures with a thermometer — and throw out any food that has a temperature of 40 degrees or higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re opting to use a camp stove or a grill in the absence of your oven or microwave, you should only use these appliances outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re without power for more than 48 hours, you may qualify for compensation from PG&E. \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 the PG&E Safety Net program\u003c/a>, which offers these payments due to “severe events, like storms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"driving\">\u003c/a>How can I drive safely in rain and strong winds?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During these storms, officials urge residents to limit unnecessary travel and stay home if at all possible during weather events like these, citing the potential dangers presented by downed trees and power lines in addition to flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you must drive, use your headlights, turn off cruise control, maintain a firm grip on the steering wheel and drive more slowly and cautiously than usual. Leave twice as much space between your vehicle and the one in front of it; wet roads might mean it takes longer to stop. Be alert for debris on the road. If your car begins to hydroplane, do not slam on the brakes. Remain calm, ease off the gas, steer in the direction you want to go and very lightly pump the brakes until you regain traction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936994\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1478px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11936994\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/E2081DCF-BC1D-480F-B27A-DBB7E0C45B3A.jpg\" alt=\"A red car lies abandoned under a flooded underpass with another car submerged behind it.\" width=\"1478\" height=\"985\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two cars are stuck in a flooded underpass at 34th and Webster streets in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2023.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If flooding occurs, err on the side of caution. Don’t assume you know the depth of a pool of water or the conditions of the road underneath it, especially at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Always turn around rather than driving through a flooded area\u003c/strong> — as few as 6 inches of water is enough to disable or stall a small car, while 12 inches can sweep away a vehicle. If floodwaters begin to rise around your car, abandon the car and move to higher ground on foot. According to the California Department of Water Resources, more people become trapped and die in their vehicles than anywhere else during a flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"updates\">\u003c/a>How can I receive updates about my area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t done so already, sign up to receive emergency weather alerts from your county. County officials use these notifications to inform residents of weather alerts, street and road closures, and evacuation orders. Find your county below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/emergencysite/\">Alameda County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/EmergencyAlerting/\">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://sf.gov/information/be-know-official-emergency-alerts\">City and County of San Francisco 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>In San Francisco, officials have asked the public to call 311 to report flooding inside homes, instead of 911. “We still have to run all our critical 911 calls whether it’s a cardiac arrest, a car accident or a fire. If you add all these flooding issues … it can really overtax the system,” Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson said. “So if you have a little bit of flooding in your home, call 311. If someone is having a heart attack or if someone is being swept by water, call 911.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was published on Jan 30, 2024. KQED’s Danielle Venton, Kevin Stark, Daisy Nguyen and Erin Baldassari contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The storm is forecast to last through Monday and is expected to be more powerful than those that have hit the region thus far this year. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1707066255,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":62,"wordCount":2850},"headData":{"title":"Storm Brings More Powerful Wind and Rain to the Bay Area | KQED","description":"The storm is forecast to last through Monday and is expected to be more powerful than those that have hit the region thus far this year. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Storm Brings More Powerful Wind and Rain to the Bay Area","datePublished":"2024-02-03T23:03:56.000Z","dateModified":"2024-02-04T17:04:15.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Atmospheric River","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1991280/incoming-storm-bringing-powerful-wind-rain-to-the-bay-area","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Sunday 8:30 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet another atmospheric river-boosted storm is bringing heavy rain and gusty weather to the Bay Area. The storm is forecast to last through Monday and is expected to be more powerful than those that have hit the region thus far this year, bringing with it the potential of flooding rain and strong winds that could damage trees and lead to power outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose has issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/news-stories/news/emergency-notifications\">proclamation of local emergency — \u003c/a> a mandatory evacuation for unhoused individuals living along the banks of the waterways. The Bay Area Taxi Cab Inc. (408-573-7777) is providing free rides to the Roosevelt Community Center which serves as a warming center for unhoused individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A list of \u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety?\">warming centers in San Jose\u003c/a> is located here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#start\">How should I prepare my home for a storm?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sandbags\">Where can I get free sandbags?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#poweroutages\">How can I be ready for potential power outages?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#driving\">What are best practices for driving in heavy rain and wind?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#updates\">How can I receive updates about my area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The system appears aimed at the Central Coast and Southern California, but the National Weather Service is warning that recent models suggest the Bay Area will be facing much stronger gusting winds than previously anticipated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service’s latest forecast discussion from the Bay Area office said that the “second half of Saturday is when the magic happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shower activity and south to southeast winds build in the southern portions of the [region], particularly along the Big Sur coast. Winds and showers spread north and east through Saturday night with dangerously strong winds expected in the late night and through Sunday. Rain rates begin to increase into the late night as the main rainband arrives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologist Roger Gass with the National Weather Service says he recommends people stay home Sunday if they can — a message that officials have plastered on digital billboards overhead the Bay Bridge, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impacts will be the greatest with some gusts up to 80 miles per hour in the hills,” he said. “We may get up to 70 miles per hour along the coast and within the city we’re expecting gusts in the 45 to 55 mile per hour range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the Bay Area and Central Coast are also under a flood watch through Monday morning, meaning roads, rivers, creeks and rivers are at risk of flooding. Burn scars are also at risk of flash flooding and debris flows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is monitoring five rivers across the state it says are at risk of flooding, including the Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County, the Russian River in Mendocino County and the Carmel River in Monterey County.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1753554716360106346"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has activated emergency operations centers around the state and mobilized 8,300 workers to respond to storm impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Avoid going outside as there are dangerous debris, falling tree limbs, and downed power lines. High winds may lead to power outages. Keep your batteries handy for your devices,” said Cal OES director Nancy Ward during a Saturday press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area is forecast to get about three inches of rain between now and Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest impact for the Bay Area, according to UCLA’s Daniel Swain, could come from the strong winds, which could be “highly disruptive and possibly substantially damaging winds” at times, along the central coast and even parts of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With an explosively developing surface low expected to be located just a couple hundred miles southwest of the SF Bay Area by late tonight, a major and possibly widespread damaging windstorm will be likely along much of the Central Coast, portions of the SF Bay Area, and possibly also farther north and east (especially across the northern San Joaquin and southern/central Sacramento Valley),” Swain wrote in a blog post posted this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This latest series of storms will also bring heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada. The weather service’s Sacramento office warns of “significant mountain travel impacts” from Sunday into Tuesday and that driving in the Tahoe region will bring delays, snow-covered roads, chain control and possible road closures, and could be dangerous.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1753648693155332543"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"start\">\u003c/a>How should I start preparing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First up, understand just how much you — and your home — could be affected by another storm of this magnitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous storms in the Bay Area have knocked down trees, flooded roads and cut power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses, and contributed to several deaths. Winds have also previously forced the cancellation of flights at local airports including San Francisco International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding could mean you have to evacuate your home, or live without crucial services for an extended period. Besides flashlights, experts recommend having \u003ca href=\"https://www.ready.gov/floods#prepare\">an emergency supply kit\u003c/a> ready in both your home and car — should you need to evacuate — that includes nonperishable foods, necessary medications, cleaning supplies and water for several days, in case services are cut off in your area. You can also include \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">a copy of your ID, charging cables for your cellphone\u003c/a> and a portable cellphone battery pack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous storms in the Bay Area have resulted in power outages that affected over 100,000 \u003ca href=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/\">PG&E customers\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"#poweroutages\">Read more about preparing your home for a potential power outage \u003c/a>in this next storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937690\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11937690\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/5D65DA1F-1731-42C5-834B-6BA5B80BEF7F.jpg\" alt=\"two people in raincoats stand in shin deep water as they try to clear a drain on a city street in San Francisco\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11833686","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/pexels-dids-1986996-1-1020x680-1.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If your home experienced flooding during previous storms this year — or in storms from years past — officials recommend having sandbags, plastic sheeting and other flood control materials ready. Counties, public utilities and even community organizations across the Bay Area are distributing free sandbags. Keep in mind that some distribution sites, like those in San Francisco and San José, may ask you to show ID to prove you are a resident. \u003ca href=\"#sandbags\">Learn more about where to find sandbags.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the atmospheric river storm that hit Northern California on New Year’s Eve, officials around the Bay Area have doubled down on efforts to keep waterways and storm drains clear to reduce the risk of flooding in residential areas. Both \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/adopt-a-drain\">Oakland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfpuc.org/learning/how-you-can-help/adopt-drain-sf\">San Francisco\u003c/a> have programs where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923319/you-can-adopt-a-drain-in-san-francisco-with-naming-rights-included\">residents can “adopt” a storm drain in their community\u003c/a> and help remove leaves and other debris.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1633925512853856256"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>FEMA also has created a tool that tracks which parts of a city are under flood risk — and to what extent. You can input your address in the \u003ca href=\"https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home\">FEMA Flood Map Service Center\u003c/a>. Once the map tool locates your address, you can select the “Dynamic Map” option to see a more detailed map that may have certain neighborhoods or blocks color coded to represent flood risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are a homeowner, keep in mind that most home insurance plans do \u003cem>not\u003c/em> cover damage caused by flooding. However, you can buy an additional policy with the \u003ca href=\"https://floodsmart.gov/\">National Flood Insurance Program\u003c/a> through your existing insurance provider. It’s important to mention that if you decide to buy a plan now, there is a 30-day wait period for the benefits to begin, so the policy would not cover damages potentially caused by this week’s storms.\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\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sandbags\">\u003c/a>I need sandbags. Where can I get them?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, officials in the past have stressed that only residents who have previously experienced flooding in their homes should seek out the free sandbags provided by city agencies. Additionally, San Mateo County has added on its emergency preparation website that \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/prepare-now-heavy-rains-and-strong-winds-forecast-san-mateo-county\">sandbags brought out during a previous storm can be reused\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara Valley Water has \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpvVAQ57uqM&t=39s\">created a helpful video tutorial on how best to place sandbags around a home\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your home has flooded in the past and you’re looking to pick up free sandbags, several options are available. Be aware that some sites may offer bags and sand separately or exclusively, and that you may need to bring your own shovel to some locations. You may also be required to prove county residency with an ID. Be sure to research the site you’re visiting before leaving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>: In Alameda County, \u003ca href=\"https://www.acpwa.org/prepare-for-winter-storms.page\">residents can pick up sandbags supplied by the County Public Works Agency from four sites\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>: Each city in Contra Costa County has its own sandbag pickup locations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/55575/Sandbag-City-Contacts-11-20-18-PDF?bidId=\">You can find the contact information for your city’s sandbag distribution site here (PDF).\u003c/a> Additionally, if you live in an unincorporated part of the county,\u003ca href=\"https://contracosta.ca.gov/5976/Sandbags\"> six additional locations are available\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>: Marin County has a list of both government-provided locations and commercial/retail options for sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/pages/flooding#sandbags\">Where to find sandbags in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong>: In addition to the county-run sandbag locations below, Napa County also recommends residents of American Canyon, Napa, St. Helena, Calistoga and Yountville \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/20444/2023-Sandbag-Locations-PDF?bidId=\">contact their city directly for sandbag locations and availability (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/publicworks/storm-preparedness\">Where to find sandbags in San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County: \u003c/strong>Santa Clara County residents can pick up free sandbags from \u003ca href=\"https://www.valleywater.org/flooding-safety/flood-ready/sandbags\">several locations managed by Santa Clara Valley Water\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>: All locations are self-serve and require your own shovel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/grs/storm_ready/sandbag_information.asp\">Where to find sandbags in Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County\u003c/strong>: Sandbags are available at over 10 locations around the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/flooding/sandbags/\">Where to find sandbags in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"poweroutages\">\u003c/a>How can I be ready for potential power outages?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flooding, downed trees and downed power lines: All of these can create the very real possibility of power outages during a storm like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: It can sometimes take days for PG&E to do safety checks and turn your power back on, particularly if an outage affects a large enough number of people. If you have medical needs that rely on power, consider planning which family members or friends you can stay with during a lengthy power outage. You might also talk to your doctor in advance about how to prepare with medications or mobility needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Things to have close at hand before a potential power outage\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Battery-powered flashlights, ideally one for every household member.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A supply of fresh batteries.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Portable chargers or battery packs to keep your mobile phone charged.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>LED candles, instead of wax candles, are recommended by PG&E.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A battery-powered radio to hear updates on storm conditions and outages.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nonperishable food (think canned goods) and water: The state recommends having enough food and water for every member of your household for three days.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A thermometer to make sure your food is safe to eat (more on that below).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Make sure you know exactly where these crucial items are, so you’re not scrambling to find them in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other things to do ahead of an outage\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fully charge your cellphone and any portable chargers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Get cash, as ATMs may not work during a power outage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Top your vehicle up with a full tank of gas (similarly, gas stations may not be operational during an outage).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fill up plastic containers with water and store them in your freezer, which you can use later as ice substitutes to keep food fresh.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Additionally, make sure you and your household all know:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>How to manually open any door in your home or building that requires electricity (think garage doors, apartment complex doors that require key cards).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How you’ll communicate in an emergency situation, and not depend on a phone that needs electricity.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How you’ll operate a generator, if you have one — check ahead of time that the one you have works, and make sure you know \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/electrical-safety/electric-generator-safety/electric-generator-safety.page\">how to use it safely and eliminate the risk of carbon-monoxide poisoning\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As always, you should also consider checking on neighbors, especially those who may need assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I do if a power outage hits my home?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Turn off almost all your appliances\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your power goes out, be sure to unplug or turn off any appliances and equipment to prevent damage from surges when the power is restored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E recommends keeping one lamp turned to the on position, to alert you when power has returned. You can then turn each appliance back on one by one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stay far away from any downed power lines, and report them\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/emergency-preparedness/natural-disaster/storms/storms.page\">If you’re near a downed power line, PG&E advises that you assume it’s energized and dangerous\u003c/a> and stay far away from it. You should:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Make sure that others in your household, especially children, also stay far back from any downed lines.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call 911 to report the downed power line, and make sure you give the location clearly.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Then call PG&E to report the downed line, at \u003ca href=\"tel:18007435000\">(800) 743-5000\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keep your food safe and edible during an outage \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once your power is out, be especially purposeful about when you open your freezer or your refrigerator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A refrigerator that loses power can keep food cold for about four hours, and a freezer for about 48 hours, if kept closed. Plan to rely on coolers with ice or any water-filled plastic containers you’ve frozen ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state recommends that during an outage, you monitor food temperatures with a thermometer — and throw out any food that has a temperature of 40 degrees or higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re opting to use a camp stove or a grill in the absence of your oven or microwave, you should only use these appliances outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re without power for more than 48 hours, you may qualify for compensation from PG&E. \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 the PG&E Safety Net program\u003c/a>, which offers these payments due to “severe events, like storms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"driving\">\u003c/a>How can I drive safely in rain and strong winds?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During these storms, officials urge residents to limit unnecessary travel and stay home if at all possible during weather events like these, citing the potential dangers presented by downed trees and power lines in addition to flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you must drive, use your headlights, turn off cruise control, maintain a firm grip on the steering wheel and drive more slowly and cautiously than usual. Leave twice as much space between your vehicle and the one in front of it; wet roads might mean it takes longer to stop. Be alert for debris on the road. If your car begins to hydroplane, do not slam on the brakes. Remain calm, ease off the gas, steer in the direction you want to go and very lightly pump the brakes until you regain traction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936994\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1478px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11936994\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/E2081DCF-BC1D-480F-B27A-DBB7E0C45B3A.jpg\" alt=\"A red car lies abandoned under a flooded underpass with another car submerged behind it.\" width=\"1478\" height=\"985\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two cars are stuck in a flooded underpass at 34th and Webster streets in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2023.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If flooding occurs, err on the side of caution. Don’t assume you know the depth of a pool of water or the conditions of the road underneath it, especially at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Always turn around rather than driving through a flooded area\u003c/strong> — as few as 6 inches of water is enough to disable or stall a small car, while 12 inches can sweep away a vehicle. If floodwaters begin to rise around your car, abandon the car and move to higher ground on foot. According to the California Department of Water Resources, more people become trapped and die in their vehicles than anywhere else during a flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"updates\">\u003c/a>How can I receive updates about my area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t done so already, sign up to receive emergency weather alerts from your county. County officials use these notifications to inform residents of weather alerts, street and road closures, and evacuation orders. Find your county below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/emergencysite/\">Alameda County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/EmergencyAlerting/\">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://sf.gov/information/be-know-official-emergency-alerts\">City and County of San Francisco 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>In San Francisco, officials have asked the public to call 311 to report flooding inside homes, instead of 911. “We still have to run all our critical 911 calls whether it’s a cardiac arrest, a car accident or a fire. If you add all these flooding issues … it can really overtax the system,” Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson said. “So if you have a little bit of flooding in your home, call 311. If someone is having a heart attack or if someone is being swept by water, call 911.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was published on Jan 30, 2024. KQED’s Danielle Venton, Kevin Stark, Daisy Nguyen and Erin Baldassari contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\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":"/science/1991280/incoming-storm-bringing-powerful-wind-rain-to-the-bay-area","authors":["11608"],"categories":["science_31","science_35","science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_2227","science_4417","science_365"],"featImg":"science_1991281","label":"source_science_1991280"},"science_1991249":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1991249","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1991249","score":null,"sort":[1706572828000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"north-bay-expecting-heavy-rains-swelling-rivers-possible-flooding","title":"North Bay Expecting Heavy Rains, Swelling Rivers, Possible Flooding","publishDate":1706572828,"format":"standard","headTitle":"North Bay Expecting Heavy Rains, Swelling Rivers, Possible Flooding | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 11:50 a.m. Tuesday\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nA major storm boosted by an atmospheric river remains on track to hit Northern California beginning early Wednesday morning and lasting through Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service’s Bay Area office has issued a flood watch for the region from 4 a.m. Wednesday through 4 a.m. Friday, as well as a wind advisory from 4 a.m. Wednesday until 4 a.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Cruz and Santa Lucia mountains are under a high wind warning during that same time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1752310020627423738\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Weather Service also adjusted its forecast to reflect that the “likelihood of reaching flood stage at mainstem rivers across the North Bay has increased to a 30-50% chance at the Russian River at Guerneville, the Napa River at Saint Helena, and the Napa River at Napa.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also said that a “15-35% chance of reaching flood stage remains for the Russian River at Healdsburg in the North Bay and the San Lorenzo River at Big Trees in Santa Cruz County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1751951669846577417\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story continues: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the main front of a storm will move through the Bay Area, bringing heavy rains, strong winds and possible flooding in the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heaviest rain is expected between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Wednesday. Scattered showers will continue throughout the rest of the week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service recently adjusted its forecast — and now predicts the storm system will move through the region slower than initially expected. The storm could drop between 4 and 6 inches on the coastal mountains on Wednesday and 2 and 4 elsewhere across the Bay. The city of San Francisco is expected to receive up to 3 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main stem of the Russian River at Guerneville has a 30% chance of rising above the minor flood stage between Thursday and Saturday. Some localized creeks and waterways, such as the Laguna de Santa Rosa at Stony Point Road in Cotati, may also rise above their banks. Other roadside flooding is likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1751951669846577417?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re also looking at some slight potential for landslides due to how saturated the soils are,” said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High winds may bring down trees and electrical lines, causing power outages. Wind-blown debris may clutter roadways. The Weather Service forecasts peak gusts throughout the Bay Area at 30–40 miles per hour and isolated gusts up to 50 miles per hour on the coast and ridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CW3E_Scripps/status/1751008081486758049?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Sierra Nevada, the Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch between Wednesday morning and Friday morning. Snow may accumulate between 1 and 2 feet and up to 3 feet on mountain peaks. Winds may gust up to 50–60 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travel might be difficult, as chains could be needed or roads closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Kevin Stark contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The North Bay can expect heavy rains, strong winds and possible flooding as the main front of a storm moves through the Bay Area on Wednesday. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1706644071,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":522},"headData":{"title":"North Bay Expecting Heavy Rains, Swelling Rivers, Possible Flooding | KQED","description":"The North Bay can expect heavy rains, strong winds and possible flooding as the main front of a storm moves through the Bay Area on Wednesday. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"North Bay Expecting Heavy Rains, Swelling Rivers, Possible Flooding","datePublished":"2024-01-30T00:00:28.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-30T19:47:51.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1991249/north-bay-expecting-heavy-rains-swelling-rivers-possible-flooding","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 11:50 a.m. Tuesday\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nA major storm boosted by an atmospheric river remains on track to hit Northern California beginning early Wednesday morning and lasting through Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service’s Bay Area office has issued a flood watch for the region from 4 a.m. Wednesday through 4 a.m. Friday, as well as a wind advisory from 4 a.m. Wednesday until 4 a.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Cruz and Santa Lucia mountains are under a high wind warning during that same time period.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1752310020627423738"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The Weather Service also adjusted its forecast to reflect that the “likelihood of reaching flood stage at mainstem rivers across the North Bay has increased to a 30-50% chance at the Russian River at Guerneville, the Napa River at Saint Helena, and the Napa River at Napa.”\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>They also said that a “15-35% chance of reaching flood stage remains for the Russian River at Healdsburg in the North Bay and the San Lorenzo River at Big Trees in Santa Cruz County.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1751951669846577417"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story continues: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the main front of a storm will move through the Bay Area, bringing heavy rains, strong winds and possible flooding in the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heaviest rain is expected between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Wednesday. Scattered showers will continue throughout the rest of the week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service recently adjusted its forecast — and now predicts the storm system will move through the region slower than initially expected. The storm could drop between 4 and 6 inches on the coastal mountains on Wednesday and 2 and 4 elsewhere across the Bay. The city of San Francisco is expected to receive up to 3 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main stem of the Russian River at Guerneville has a 30% chance of rising above the minor flood stage between Thursday and Saturday. Some localized creeks and waterways, such as the Laguna de Santa Rosa at Stony Point Road in Cotati, may also rise above their banks. Other roadside flooding is likely.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1751951669846577417"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“We’re also looking at some slight potential for landslides due to how saturated the soils are,” said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High winds may bring down trees and electrical lines, causing power outages. Wind-blown debris may clutter roadways. The Weather Service forecasts peak gusts throughout the Bay Area at 30–40 miles per hour and isolated gusts up to 50 miles per hour on the coast and ridges.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1751008081486758049"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In the Sierra Nevada, the Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch between Wednesday morning and Friday morning. Snow may accumulate between 1 and 2 feet and up to 3 feet on mountain peaks. Winds may gust up to 50–60 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travel might be difficult, as chains could be needed or roads closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Kevin Stark contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1991249/north-bay-expecting-heavy-rains-swelling-rivers-possible-flooding","authors":["11088"],"categories":["science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_2227","science_4414","science_1213","science_107","science_2878"],"featImg":"science_1991251","label":"science"},"science_1991123":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1991123","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1991123","score":null,"sort":[1705608041000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-giant-balloons-are-helping-california-prepare-for-intense-storms","title":"How Giant Balloons Are Helping California Prepare for Intense Storms","publishDate":1705608041,"format":"standard","headTitle":"How Giant Balloons Are Helping California Prepare for Intense Storms | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>Just before the rays of dawn on Jan. 12 paraded over the cliffs that separate Bodega Bay from the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Adolfo Lopez Miranda and Jacob Morgan inflated a shapeless giant silicone balloon with helium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The duo worked inside a wooden gray shed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few minutes before seven, the two men hiked to a nearby hilltop, carrying the now bulging balloon, around 3 feet long and wide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They attached a tiny red parachute with a translucent cord, added an array of weather sensors, and released it like kids at a birthday party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991143\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a blue jacket holds a red parachute on a string. A person in a black jacket and blue LA Dodgers hat holds a large white balloon attached to the parachute.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob Morgan (left) and Adolfo Lopez Miranda inflate a weather balloon before launching it into an atmospheric river-fueled storm to help forecast precipitation levels and locations in the Bay Area at the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute’s Bodega Marine Laboratory in Bodega Bay on Jan. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They watched it lift over the dark ocean toward an incoming rainstorm forced over the Bay Area by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">an extended, narrow region in the sky transporting moisture called an atmospheric river\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lopez Miranda and Morgan, engineers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, are attempting to better understand these rivers in the sky, which can dump an onslaught of precipitation \u003cstrong>—\u003c/strong> several inches of rain in less than an hour \u003cstrong>— \u003c/strong>and trigger catastrophic flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jacob Morgan, engineer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography\"]‘It’s really helpful for getting a better understanding of water availability in California and how we can better manage the water that we have and when we should expect to receive a big load of precipitation.’[/pullquote]The duo flew up from San Diego to the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute’s Bodega Marine Laboratory for this storm. The weather balloon they launched directly into the atmospheric river will send back data on the storm’s course as it approaches the coast of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, a family of atmospheric rivers dumped so much rain over California that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984643/reluctant-retreat-one-familys-fight-against-climate-induced-flooding\">multiple levees crumbled from the weight and intensity of the water, destroying hundreds of homes and disrupting life for thousands of people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For each storm, the team launches a new balloon every few hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the balloons float higher and higher into the atmosphere, they expand. Attached is a small white styrofoam radiosonde, which collects data — temperature, location, wind speed, wind direction, humidity and pressure — and transmits it to a computer in the wooden shack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the balloon ascends, the atmospheric pressure decreases, and the balloon eventually swells to the size of a school bus. “When it’s that big, the latex is stretched so thin that eventually it pops,” Morgan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991144\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991144\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a black jacket and blue LA Dodgers hat holds a large white balloon while another person holds a red parachute on the end of a string attached to the balloon.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adolfo Lopez Miranda (left) and Jacob Morgan prepare to launch a weather balloon into an atmospheric river-fueled storm. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Morgan, the balloon he released on the morning of Jan. 12 burst around 15 miles into the atmosphere and parachuted down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, they might land in a tree or mountain,” Lopez Miranda said. “We know where they are, but sometimes they’re miles away from here where we don’t have access to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"forum_2010101894135,science_1984737,science_19828220\"]All the information the device collects is vital to tell forecasters how fast the storm is approaching, where it’s headed, how warm it will be, and how much rain the storm will likely drop. Within a few hours, the data is uploaded to the university’s database and made available to the National Weather Service to incorporate into real-time forecasting models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really helpful for getting a better understanding of water availability in California and how we can better manage the water that we have and when we should expect to receive a big load of precipitation,” Morgan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the balloons float into the stratosphere, airplanes equipped with similar sensors fly over the storm and survey it from above to understand how the storm is progressing from that perspective above the cloudy mass. The information researchers collect from above and within the storm allows cities, counties and emergency officials to know how to prepare in real time. The information also helps reservoir operators make more informed decisions about how much water to keep in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This gives us a better idea of the weather and our decision-making with water-related things,” Lopez Miranda said. “I feel like we’re making better decisions now with all the information we’re getting, so you don’t feel like you’re gambling anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991147\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991147\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"Five people look up toward an overcast sky with vehicles behind them.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob Morgan points upward at a weather balloon while Adolfo Lopez Miranda (right) and a group of docents look up to spot it in the clouds. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Scripps balloon project has helped close the gap in knowledge of how a storm will progress, said Lopez-Miranda, who started as an intern with the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These real-time weather observations provide insights into the potential behavior of future storms made more intense by human-caused climate change, said Chad Hecht, a meteorologist at the Centre for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of research that still needs to be done using this data, but what we are seeing is an exacerbation of that feast or famine hydroclimate in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991150\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991150\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A person looks at a computer screen with green, red, and blue lines on a graph.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob Morgan, an engineer with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, looks at a program that follows the location of the weather balloon launched into an atmospheric river-fueled storm. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With the pace of human-caused climate change speeding up, the frequency of storms could increase. A study from June 2022 by Bay Area scientists found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983299/san-franciscos-aging-infrastructure-isnt-ready-for-its-wetter-future\">these deluges from the sky could become up to 37% wetter by the end of the century\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our infrastructure is not designed for these big storms, and we’re never going to be able to design it to handle them,” said Kris May, founder of the Pathways Climate Institute, a San Francisco-based consulting firm behind the study. “We’re gonna see more areas that flood that have never flooded before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991146\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991146\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A white balloon with a string hanging from it floats in the sky with clouds behind it.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A weather balloon launched by Adolfo Lopez Miranda and Jacob Morgan heads toward an atmospheric river-fueled storm. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hecht said data collected by these balloon launches and aircraft is only “scratching the surface” of the knowledge needed to understand future weather intensifying because of climate change. Still, in the immediate, the new precipitation information is helping forecasters better inform people and water managers how to prepare for storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To optimize water operations, we need to have the best precipitation forecast as possible because we want to store as much water as possible, but we also don’t want to store too much that leads to flooding impacts,” he said. “We can better prepare, whether that’s going to be on the impactful or beneficial end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California scientists launch weather balloons into atmospheric river-fueled storms to better forecast where they will hit the Bay Area and how hard. The information is all the more important as climate change increases their frequency and intensity.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705608525,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1207},"headData":{"title":"How Giant Balloons Are Helping California Prepare for Intense Storms | KQED","description":"California scientists launch weather balloons into atmospheric river-fueled storms to better forecast where they will hit the Bay Area and how hard. The information is all the more important as climate change increases their frequency and intensity.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"How Giant Balloons Are Helping California Prepare for Intense Storms","datePublished":"2024-01-18T20:00:41.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-18T20:08:45.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1991123/how-giant-balloons-are-helping-california-prepare-for-intense-storms","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Just before the rays of dawn on Jan. 12 paraded over the cliffs that separate Bodega Bay from the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Adolfo Lopez Miranda and Jacob Morgan inflated a shapeless giant silicone balloon with helium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The duo worked inside a wooden gray shed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few minutes before seven, the two men hiked to a nearby hilltop, carrying the now bulging balloon, around 3 feet long and wide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They attached a tiny red parachute with a translucent cord, added an array of weather sensors, and released it like kids at a birthday party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991143\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a blue jacket holds a red parachute on a string. A person in a black jacket and blue LA Dodgers hat holds a large white balloon attached to the parachute.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-13-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob Morgan (left) and Adolfo Lopez Miranda inflate a weather balloon before launching it into an atmospheric river-fueled storm to help forecast precipitation levels and locations in the Bay Area at the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute’s Bodega Marine Laboratory in Bodega Bay on Jan. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They watched it lift over the dark ocean toward an incoming rainstorm forced over the Bay Area by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">an extended, narrow region in the sky transporting moisture called an atmospheric river\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lopez Miranda and Morgan, engineers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, are attempting to better understand these rivers in the sky, which can dump an onslaught of precipitation \u003cstrong>—\u003c/strong> several inches of rain in less than an hour \u003cstrong>— \u003c/strong>and trigger catastrophic flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘It’s really helpful for getting a better understanding of water availability in California and how we can better manage the water that we have and when we should expect to receive a big load of precipitation.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Jacob Morgan, engineer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The duo flew up from San Diego to the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute’s Bodega Marine Laboratory for this storm. The weather balloon they launched directly into the atmospheric river will send back data on the storm’s course as it approaches the coast of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, a family of atmospheric rivers dumped so much rain over California that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984643/reluctant-retreat-one-familys-fight-against-climate-induced-flooding\">multiple levees crumbled from the weight and intensity of the water, destroying hundreds of homes and disrupting life for thousands of people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For each storm, the team launches a new balloon every few hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the balloons float higher and higher into the atmosphere, they expand. Attached is a small white styrofoam radiosonde, which collects data — temperature, location, wind speed, wind direction, humidity and pressure — and transmits it to a computer in the wooden shack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the balloon ascends, the atmospheric pressure decreases, and the balloon eventually swells to the size of a school bus. “When it’s that big, the latex is stretched so thin that eventually it pops,” Morgan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991144\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991144\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a black jacket and blue LA Dodgers hat holds a large white balloon while another person holds a red parachute on the end of a string attached to the balloon.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adolfo Lopez Miranda (left) and Jacob Morgan prepare to launch a weather balloon into an atmospheric river-fueled storm. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Morgan, the balloon he released on the morning of Jan. 12 burst around 15 miles into the atmosphere and parachuted down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, they might land in a tree or mountain,” Lopez Miranda said. “We know where they are, but sometimes they’re miles away from here where we don’t have access to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"forum_2010101894135,science_1984737,science_19828220"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>All the information the device collects is vital to tell forecasters how fast the storm is approaching, where it’s headed, how warm it will be, and how much rain the storm will likely drop. Within a few hours, the data is uploaded to the university’s database and made available to the National Weather Service to incorporate into real-time forecasting models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really helpful for getting a better understanding of water availability in California and how we can better manage the water that we have and when we should expect to receive a big load of precipitation,” Morgan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the balloons float into the stratosphere, airplanes equipped with similar sensors fly over the storm and survey it from above to understand how the storm is progressing from that perspective above the cloudy mass. The information researchers collect from above and within the storm allows cities, counties and emergency officials to know how to prepare in real time. The information also helps reservoir operators make more informed decisions about how much water to keep in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This gives us a better idea of the weather and our decision-making with water-related things,” Lopez Miranda said. “I feel like we’re making better decisions now with all the information we’re getting, so you don’t feel like you’re gambling anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991147\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991147\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"Five people look up toward an overcast sky with vehicles behind them.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob Morgan points upward at a weather balloon while Adolfo Lopez Miranda (right) and a group of docents look up to spot it in the clouds. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Scripps balloon project has helped close the gap in knowledge of how a storm will progress, said Lopez-Miranda, who started as an intern with the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These real-time weather observations provide insights into the potential behavior of future storms made more intense by human-caused climate change, said Chad Hecht, a meteorologist at the Centre for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of research that still needs to be done using this data, but what we are seeing is an exacerbation of that feast or famine hydroclimate in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991150\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991150\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A person looks at a computer screen with green, red, and blue lines on a graph.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-38-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob Morgan, an engineer with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, looks at a program that follows the location of the weather balloon launched into an atmospheric river-fueled storm. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With the pace of human-caused climate change speeding up, the frequency of storms could increase. A study from June 2022 by Bay Area scientists found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983299/san-franciscos-aging-infrastructure-isnt-ready-for-its-wetter-future\">these deluges from the sky could become up to 37% wetter by the end of the century\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our infrastructure is not designed for these big storms, and we’re never going to be able to design it to handle them,” said Kris May, founder of the Pathways Climate Institute, a San Francisco-based consulting firm behind the study. “We’re gonna see more areas that flood that have never flooded before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991146\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991146\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A white balloon with a string hanging from it floats in the sky with clouds behind it.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240112-ARBalloons-27-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A weather balloon launched by Adolfo Lopez Miranda and Jacob Morgan heads toward an atmospheric river-fueled storm. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hecht said data collected by these balloon launches and aircraft is only “scratching the surface” of the knowledge needed to understand future weather intensifying because of climate change. Still, in the immediate, the new precipitation information is helping forecasters better inform people and water managers how to prepare for storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To optimize water operations, we need to have the best precipitation forecast as possible because we want to store as much water as possible, but we also don’t want to store too much that leads to flooding impacts,” he said. “We can better prepare, whether that’s going to be on the impactful or beneficial end.”\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>\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":"/science/1991123/how-giant-balloons-are-helping-california-prepare-for-intense-storms","authors":["11746"],"categories":["science_31","science_40","science_4450","science_98"],"tags":["science_2227","science_4417","science_4414","science_813","science_2878","science_365","science_5205"],"featImg":"science_1991145","label":"science"},"science_1985131":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1985131","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1985131","score":null,"sort":[1699905018000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-weather-atmospheric-river-storm-nov-2023-snow-forecast-sierra","title":"Incoming Storm to Bring Widespread Rain to the Bay Area","publishDate":1699905018,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Incoming Storm to Bring Widespread Rain to the Bay Area | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:38 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> A storm swirling off the Bay Area’s coast will bring rain to the region this week, albeit much less than meteorologists at the National Weather Service originally forecasted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm stayed further offshore than last week’s forecast anticipated. Meteorologists say that shift will mean less rainfall for the Bay Area and the Central Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While the overall week can be categorized as wet, there will likely be breaks in the precip throughout,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/wrh/TextProduct?product=afdmtr\">NWS’s Bay Area office in its latest forecast discussion\u003c/a>, noting that they expect the wettest period for the Bay Area to be Wednesday afternoon into the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s coastal mountains could see up to 2 inches of rain through Saturday, the North Bay and coastal areas 1 to 1.5 inches and inland valleys up to an inch, according to the latest forecast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1724207494904385922\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the NWS is confident in a soaking rain this week, meteorologists note that there is still a lot of uncertainty about this slow-moving storm — meaning the forecast could significantly change in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said the spinning low-pressure system off the coast “adds a level of uncertainty to the forecast,” which they described as “not a slam dunk forecast by any means.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original November 8 story below:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is forecasting the Bay Area’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">major atmospheric river\u003c/a> of the season next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between Tuesday and Thursday, a storm could drop as much as 2 inches of rain from Marin to Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the higher peaks in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Sonoma Coast could get even more,” NWS meteorologist Dalton Behringer said. “It looks like it’s going to hit everyone, even as far down south as Big Sur and Central Coast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weather is forecast to hit during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965942\">the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco\u003c/a> — an event that was already predicted to disrupt traffic and public transit as world leaders gather in the city for the high-security event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm follows a deep, low-pressure system coming from the Gulf of Alaska. It is supposed to drop down the West Coast, and it’s part of an active, progressive pattern that could last into the middle of the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1721997248576585801\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atmospheric river is also expected to drop ample snow in the Sierra Nevada. Still, snowfall totals this early are hard to forecast, Behringer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of now, it looks to be the first big snowpack producer for them as well,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/UCB_CSSL/status/1721934240177373649?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of the century, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094722000275\">climate change may make these deluges from the sky up to 37% wetter\u003c/a>, according to a June 2022 study by Bay Area climate scientists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm is on par with a traditional winter storm event, and Behringer said while there is an active pattern in the atmosphere, he is unsure if additional storms will follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can tell that things are going to come through, but it’s almost impossible to nail down details of exactly how strong they will be or where they’ll set up,” Behringer said. “But this will be the first major event of the season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behringer said he does not expect widespread flooding from this storm and said it is too early to provide other details like wind speeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That could change if this system decides to stall in one area versus another,” he said. “The silver lining is that we’re not nearly as saturated as we were when we had these rapid succession events last year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the storm would likely move pretty quickly over the Bay Area, but if last winter’s storms taught Behringer anything, it’s that movements within a weather pattern can change fast. He advises Californians to pay close attention to weather reports as the storm progresses and to prepare their homes for what could be the first of many Bay Area-wide storms this fall and winter. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">Read more about how to prepare your home for a storm.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?format=CI&glossary=1&issuedby=MTR&product=AFD&site=MTR&version=1\">Keeping up with the forecast right now\u003c/a> is the best preparation you can make,” Behringer said. “We’re still putting the finishing touches on the changes to the forecast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A storm is on its way to the Bay Area. Here's how much rain forecasters are now predicting.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704845834,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":767},"headData":{"title":"Incoming Storm to Bring Widespread Rain to the Bay Area | KQED","description":"A storm is on its way to the Bay Area. 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Meteorologists say that shift will mean less rainfall for the Bay Area and the Central Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While the overall week can be categorized as wet, there will likely be breaks in the precip throughout,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/wrh/TextProduct?product=afdmtr\">NWS’s Bay Area office in its latest forecast discussion\u003c/a>, noting that they expect the wettest period for the Bay Area to be Wednesday afternoon into the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s coastal mountains could see up to 2 inches of rain through Saturday, the North Bay and coastal areas 1 to 1.5 inches and inland valleys up to an inch, according to the latest forecast.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1724207494904385922"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>While the NWS is confident in a soaking rain this week, meteorologists note that there is still a lot of uncertainty about this slow-moving storm — meaning the forecast could significantly change in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said the spinning low-pressure system off the coast “adds a level of uncertainty to the forecast,” which they described as “not a slam dunk forecast by any means.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original November 8 story below:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is forecasting the Bay Area’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">major atmospheric river\u003c/a> of the season next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between Tuesday and Thursday, a storm could drop as much as 2 inches of rain from Marin to Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the higher peaks in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Sonoma Coast could get even more,” NWS meteorologist Dalton Behringer said. “It looks like it’s going to hit everyone, even as far down south as Big Sur and Central Coast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weather is forecast to hit during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965942\">the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco\u003c/a> — an event that was already predicted to disrupt traffic and public transit as world leaders gather in the city for the high-security event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm follows a deep, low-pressure system coming from the Gulf of Alaska. It is supposed to drop down the West Coast, and it’s part of an active, progressive pattern that could last into the middle of the month.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1721997248576585801"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The atmospheric river is also expected to drop ample snow in the Sierra Nevada. Still, snowfall totals this early are hard to forecast, Behringer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of now, it looks to be the first big snowpack producer for them as well,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1721934240177373649"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>By the end of the century, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094722000275\">climate change may make these deluges from the sky up to 37% wetter\u003c/a>, according to a June 2022 study by Bay Area climate scientists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm is on par with a traditional winter storm event, and Behringer said while there is an active pattern in the atmosphere, he is unsure if additional storms will follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can tell that things are going to come through, but it’s almost impossible to nail down details of exactly how strong they will be or where they’ll set up,” Behringer said. “But this will be the first major event of the season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behringer said he does not expect widespread flooding from this storm and said it is too early to provide other details like wind speeds.\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>“That could change if this system decides to stall in one area versus another,” he said. “The silver lining is that we’re not nearly as saturated as we were when we had these rapid succession events last year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the storm would likely move pretty quickly over the Bay Area, but if last winter’s storms taught Behringer anything, it’s that movements within a weather pattern can change fast. He advises Californians to pay close attention to weather reports as the storm progresses and to prepare their homes for what could be the first of many Bay Area-wide storms this fall and winter. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">Read more about how to prepare your home for a storm.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?format=CI&glossary=1&issuedby=MTR&product=AFD&site=MTR&version=1\">Keeping up with the forecast right now\u003c/a> is the best preparation you can make,” Behringer said. “We’re still putting the finishing touches on the changes to the forecast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1985131/bay-area-weather-atmospheric-river-storm-nov-2023-snow-forecast-sierra","authors":["11746"],"categories":["science_31","science_35","science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_2227","science_4992","science_2924","science_4417","science_2114"],"featImg":"science_1985140","label":"source_science_1985131"},"science_1981930":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1981930","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1981930","score":null,"sort":[1680008405000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"you-have-to-make-this-work-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-rural-emt-during-a-winter-of-atmospheric-rivers","title":"'You Have to Make This Work': A Day in the Life of a Rural EMT During California's Winter of Atmospheric River Storms","publishDate":1680008405,"format":"audio","headTitle":"‘You Have to Make This Work’: A Day in the Life of a Rural EMT During California’s Winter of Atmospheric River Storms | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Hours into the rescue mission, paramedic Jessica Farmer realized her toes were completely numb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a late afternoon in early March, and Farmer and her partner found themselves standing in thigh-deep snow above a steep canyon in the Sierra foothills outside of Grass Valley. The pair were still dressed in their standard uniforms, without snow pants or heavy socks, heading slowly toward a cabin deep in the woods, where a man had called hours earlier complaining of severe chest pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any other situation in life, and I think I would have given up at that point,” said Farmer, 36, a seasoned emergency responder and homeschool teacher to her two children. “This is too hard. But this is a 911 call. This is a patient having a heart attack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier that afternoon, Farmer and her partner, Clarence Ortega, sped out of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in their Mercedes van ambulance, snow pelting the windshield. They eventually reached an unplowed road and were forced to stop several times to help local fire department crews shovel out stranded cars blocking their route and chain saw fallen trees into heavy rounds and toss them off the hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/RS63832_002_Winter2_SierraFoothills_03052023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982007 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/RS63832_002_Winter2_SierraFoothills_03052023.jpg\" alt=\"Five emergency workers pull a man wrapped in a blue tarp on a makeshift sled.\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/RS63832_002_Winter2_SierraFoothills_03052023.jpg 480w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/RS63832_002_Winter2_SierraFoothills_03052023-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Farmer (left) and other emergency workers pull a man having a heart attack down a snow-covered road. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jessica Farmer)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At that point, her radio crackled, and dispatch notified her that the patient’s pain was getting worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to make this work,” Farmer told herself, she said. “This is going to be the hardest day of your life. But you have to make this work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmer and Ortega abandoned the ambulance on the slushy road and started trudging on foot through fresh powder, sinking like a posthole with each step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, about a mile down the blanketed road, a large cabin with a wraparound deck came into view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing it was “just pure happiness,” Farmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They rushed into the house and found a man in his 70s lying in bed grabbing his chest, his skin strikingly pale, sweat glistening on his forehead. Farmer quickly checked his pulse and then explained that the road was “disastrous” and they would have to walk him out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He then tells us that he has a broken hip,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmer took a deep breath, pulled off her wet socks, replacing them with a few dry pairs borrowed from the patient, and wrapped her feet in plastic bags and duct tape in an effort to keep them dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the man’s garage, Farmer found a small kid’s sled pinned high in the rafters, along with a large blue tarp, which she and Ortega used to wrap the patient up like a burrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We pulled him out like a dogsled team,” she said, describing the hour-long ordeal of dragging him on the sled through the snow back to the ambulance — with the help of the fire department emergency crew. They quickly loaded him inside and headed over slick roads back to the hospital, about five hours since they had left earlier that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmer helped admit the man to the emergency room. She later learned he had been transferred to the ICU and recovered, and was discharged several days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such an extraordinary rescue has become par for the course this winter for a growing number of emergency responders in rural communities in California, which has been pummeled by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943031/atmospheric-river-storm-san-francisco-bay-area-impacts-march-9-2023\">12 massive atmospheric river storms\u003c/a> since the beginning of the year, and is bracing for a 13th on Tuesday. The storms have delivered hurricane-force winds and a seemingly endless amount of precipitation, washing out roads, toppling trees, and isolating many residents — leaving those in need of immediate medical care in a particularly tenuous position.[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"atmospheric-rivers\"]Retaining and hiring new paramedics — particularly those, like Farmer, willing to do whatever it takes to rescue people in need — has become a daunting challenge for the health care industry. Most hospitals and other medical emergency facilities in the state are struggling with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11940555/hospitals-struggling-to-stay-afloat-across-california\">severe staffing shortages\u003c/a>, amid rampant burnout and pandemic-related delays in many training programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that particular storm, Farmer said, a number of her colleagues slept at the hospital because they were concerned they would get stuck at home and not be able to make it back in time for their next shift. One doctor, she added, even snowshoed on shut-down roads to care for a sick child trapped at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks later, Farmer said she still hasn’t had time to fully process what happened in the woods that day in early March. Less than an hour after returning to the hospital from the rescue, another call came in: A 24-year-old man had accidentally shot himself in the pelvis. Farmer and Ortega hopped back in their ambulance and headed out once again into the storm, attempting yet another rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am proud that I can wake up every single day and do this job,” she said. “Like, it’s a lot, right? But I’m just not letting it beat me down. Every day I just stay positive for my children.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A paramedic in the Sierra foothills recently found herself trudging a mile on foot through thigh-deep snow to rescue a patient suffering from a heart attack — the kind of mission that's become par for the course for many first responders in California's rural communities this season.\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846069,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":889},"headData":{"title":"'You Have to Make This Work': A Day in the Life of a Rural EMT During California's Winter of Atmospheric River Storms | KQED","description":"A paramedic in the Sierra foothills recently found herself trudging a mile on foot through thigh-deep snow to rescue a patient suffering from a heart attack — the kind of mission that's become par for the course for many first responders in California's rural communities this season.\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"'You Have to Make This Work': A Day in the Life of a Rural EMT During California's Winter of Atmospheric River Storms","datePublished":"2023-03-28T13:00:05.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:21:09.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Snow","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-4[…]f-aaef00f5a073/1b3f790b-583c-483c-a766-afcc0108156e/audio.mp3","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1981930/you-have-to-make-this-work-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-rural-emt-during-a-winter-of-atmospheric-rivers","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hours into the rescue mission, paramedic Jessica Farmer realized her toes were completely numb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a late afternoon in early March, and Farmer and her partner found themselves standing in thigh-deep snow above a steep canyon in the Sierra foothills outside of Grass Valley. The pair were still dressed in their standard uniforms, without snow pants or heavy socks, heading slowly toward a cabin deep in the woods, where a man had called hours earlier complaining of severe chest pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any other situation in life, and I think I would have given up at that point,” said Farmer, 36, a seasoned emergency responder and homeschool teacher to her two children. “This is too hard. But this is a 911 call. This is a patient having a heart attack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier that afternoon, Farmer and her partner, Clarence Ortega, sped out of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in their Mercedes van ambulance, snow pelting the windshield. They eventually reached an unplowed road and were forced to stop several times to help local fire department crews shovel out stranded cars blocking their route and chain saw fallen trees into heavy rounds and toss them off the hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/RS63832_002_Winter2_SierraFoothills_03052023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982007 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/RS63832_002_Winter2_SierraFoothills_03052023.jpg\" alt=\"Five emergency workers pull a man wrapped in a blue tarp on a makeshift sled.\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/RS63832_002_Winter2_SierraFoothills_03052023.jpg 480w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/RS63832_002_Winter2_SierraFoothills_03052023-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Farmer (left) and other emergency workers pull a man having a heart attack down a snow-covered road. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jessica Farmer)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At that point, her radio crackled, and dispatch notified her that the patient’s pain was getting worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to make this work,” Farmer told herself, she said. “This is going to be the hardest day of your life. But you have to make this work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmer and Ortega abandoned the ambulance on the slushy road and started trudging on foot through fresh powder, sinking like a posthole with each step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, about a mile down the blanketed road, a large cabin with a wraparound deck came into view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing it was “just pure happiness,” Farmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They rushed into the house and found a man in his 70s lying in bed grabbing his chest, his skin strikingly pale, sweat glistening on his forehead. Farmer quickly checked his pulse and then explained that the road was “disastrous” and they would have to walk him out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He then tells us that he has a broken hip,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmer took a deep breath, pulled off her wet socks, replacing them with a few dry pairs borrowed from the patient, and wrapped her feet in plastic bags and duct tape in an effort to keep them dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the man’s garage, Farmer found a small kid’s sled pinned high in the rafters, along with a large blue tarp, which she and Ortega used to wrap the patient up like a burrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We pulled him out like a dogsled team,” she said, describing the hour-long ordeal of dragging him on the sled through the snow back to the ambulance — with the help of the fire department emergency crew. They quickly loaded him inside and headed over slick roads back to the hospital, about five hours since they had left earlier that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmer helped admit the man to the emergency room. She later learned he had been transferred to the ICU and recovered, and was discharged several days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such an extraordinary rescue has become par for the course this winter for a growing number of emergency responders in rural communities in California, which has been pummeled by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943031/atmospheric-river-storm-san-francisco-bay-area-impacts-march-9-2023\">12 massive atmospheric river storms\u003c/a> since the beginning of the year, and is bracing for a 13th on Tuesday. The storms have delivered hurricane-force winds and a seemingly endless amount of precipitation, washing out roads, toppling trees, and isolating many residents — leaving those in need of immediate medical care in a particularly tenuous position.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"atmospheric-rivers"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Retaining and hiring new paramedics — particularly those, like Farmer, willing to do whatever it takes to rescue people in need — has become a daunting challenge for the health care industry. Most hospitals and other medical emergency facilities in the state are struggling with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11940555/hospitals-struggling-to-stay-afloat-across-california\">severe staffing shortages\u003c/a>, amid rampant burnout and pandemic-related delays in many training programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that particular storm, Farmer said, a number of her colleagues slept at the hospital because they were concerned they would get stuck at home and not be able to make it back in time for their next shift. One doctor, she added, even snowshoed on shut-down roads to care for a sick child trapped at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks later, Farmer said she still hasn’t had time to fully process what happened in the woods that day in early March. Less than an hour after returning to the hospital from the rescue, another call came in: A 24-year-old man had accidentally shot himself in the pelvis. Farmer and Ortega hopped back in their ambulance and headed out once again into the storm, attempting yet another rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am proud that I can wake up every single day and do this job,” she said. “Like, it’s a lot, right? But I’m just not letting it beat me down. Every day I just stay positive for my children.”\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>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1981930/you-have-to-make-this-work-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-rural-emt-during-a-winter-of-atmospheric-rivers","authors":["11229"],"categories":["science_31","science_40","science_4450","science_98"],"tags":["science_2227","science_1648","science_107"],"featImg":"science_1982006","label":"source_science_1981930"},"science_1981943":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1981943","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1981943","score":null,"sort":[1679593948000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"3-reasons-why-californias-drought-isnt-really-over-despite-all-the-rain","title":"3 Reasons Why California's Drought Isn't Really Over, Despite All the Rain","publishDate":1679593948,"format":"standard","headTitle":"3 Reasons Why California’s Drought Isn’t Really Over, Despite All the Rain | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Ask a water expert if California’s drought is finally done, and the answers sound something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes and no.” “Kind of.” “Depends what you mean by drought.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has been deluged by storms this winter, hit by 12 atmospheric rivers that have led to evacuation orders, rising rivers and broken levees. In some parts of the Sierra Nevada, more than \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/UCB_CSSL/status/1637893296411508736?s=20\">55 feet of snow\u003c/a> have fallen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With reservoirs filling up, many Californians are eager to put the severe, 3-year drought behind them. A major water supplier in Southern California recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.mwdh2o.com/press-releases/metropolitan-board-rescinds-emergency-conservation-mandate-imposed-on-dozens-of-communities\">lifted mandatory conservation rules\u003c/a> that limited outdoor watering. Large parts of the state are now free of drought, according to the federal government’s \u003ca href=\"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\">Drought Monitor\u003c/a>, which looks at rainfall and soil moisture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in California, water shortages aren’t just due to a lack of rain, and the state’s chronic water problems are far from over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’ve seen some pretty fantastic wet weather and we’ve seen conditions improve, in a whole lot of places we still have some lingering impacts that still challenge California,” says Mike Anderson, the state’s climatologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades of drought have taken their toll, and experts say that deeper issues need to be addressed before California can be fully-drought free. Here are three reasons why:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>#1 – California’s groundwater drought is still bad\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When California’s reservoirs declined, many cities and farmers turned to another water source: vast aquifers underground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In drought years, groundwater has supplied up to 60% of California’s water. But the pumping has been largely unregulated. So over the decades, water levels have fallen dramatically in California’s aquifers. Before this winter, some groundwater wells were at the lowest points ever recorded. That’s because in the Central Valley, groundwater \u003ca href=\"https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021WR030352\">hasn’t been replenished after previous droughts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Groundwater is the dark matter of the hydrologic cycle,” says Graham Fogg, professor emeritus of hydrogeology at the University of California Davis. “The fact that these are such huge volumes of water allows them to take a lot of abuse and to be depleted year after year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981945\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1981945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-800x579.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded water on agricultural land.\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-768x555.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-1536x1111.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-2048x1481.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-1920x1389.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floodwater in Fresno County, Calif., is diverted onto agricultural land, so it can seep into underground aquifers. Groundwater levels have fallen dramatically during the state’s droughts. \u003ccite>(Andrew Innerarity/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a result, more than 2,000 household wells went dry over the last three years in California, many in low-income communities of color. Temporary water supplies, including bottled water, had to be brought in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not out of a drought,” says Susana De Anda, executive director of the Community Water Center, an environmental justice organization in the Central Valley. “In California, the human right to water was passed in 2012. Unfortunately to this day, many Californians don’t have that reality, and it’s important to recognize that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This winter, a new effort is underway to use some of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1037370430/water-is-scarce-in-california-but-farmers-have-found-ways-to-store-it-undergroun\">floodwaters to fill aquifers\u003c/a>. California is also in the process of implementing a new groundwater law, intended to get over-pumping under control. Water users are currently writing plans for keeping groundwater use in balance with supply, but they won’t be fully implemented until 2040.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the years, pretty consistently, California has been using a lot more water than its surface water and groundwater system can supply,” Fogg says. “So that has to change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>#2 – California’s other water source is still in drought\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of California’s major cities exist today because their water is delivered from hundreds of miles away. In Southern California, that distance is thousands of miles, because the region uses water from the Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A two-decades long drought has hit the Colorado River hard, causing its massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1067716380/western-megadrought-climate-lake-powell-glen-canyon-reservoir\">reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, to plummet\u003c/a>. Climate change is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1003424717/the-drought-in-the-western-u-s-is-getting-bad-climate-change-is-making-it-worse\">shrinking the snowpack\u003c/a> that feeds the river, and the seven states that use it have long made claim to more water than is available on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981946\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1981946\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A drone provides a view of an excavator placing large rocks to close a levee break caused by flood waters from the Pajaro River near the township of Pajaro in Monterey County, California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy storms caused a levee to break in Pajaro, Calif., flooding nearby homes. The parade of winter storms has tested the state’s infrastructure. \u003ccite>(Ken James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those states are now in emergency negotiations over cutbacks to their water supply, but are \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/27/1119550028/7-states-and-federal-government-lack-direction-on-cutbacks-from-the-colorado-riv\">struggling to agree\u003c/a>. With some of the oldest water rights on the river, California has seniority and is technically last in line for cuts. But its water supply will still be impacted. Many Southern California cities have been \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/recycled-sewage-water-southern-california\">working on conserving and recycling\u003c/a> water locally, so they’re less dependent on faraway supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just have to get better at managing the more limited resources that we have there, and that means figuring out how to share a smaller pool of water than what we’ve been using up till now,” says Ellen Hanak, director of the Water Policy Center at the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>#3 – The next drought is coming…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cue \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/837403-during-the-dry-years-the-people-forgot-about-the-rich\">the John Steinbeck quote\u003c/a> – it’s easy to forget about the dry times once the rains come. But drought will return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always have to be ready,” Hanak says. “Drier times could come again as soon as next year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the climate gets hotter, California’s extremes \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1003424717/the-drought-in-the-western-u-s-is-getting-bad-climate-change-is-making-it-worse\">are expected to get more extreme\u003c/a>. That means droughts will be drier, putting even greater strain on the state’s water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the last major drought ended in California in 2017, some \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/are-californias-cities-conserving-enough-water/\">water conservation behavior seemed to stick\u003c/a>. Water use didn’t rebound to pre-drought levels, because some residents made lasting changes, like replacing water-hungry lawns and swapping for more efficient fixtures and appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, experts warn that keeping a drought-mindset can only help California weather future challenges. So there’s a risk in acting like drought is a thing of the past. Saving water now could help keep reservoirs fuller, a safe bet in a state where next year’s winter storms are never guaranteed.\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=3+reasons+why+California%27s+drought+isn%27t+really+over%2C+despite+all+the+rain&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California has been deluged by storms this winter, but fixing the state's severe drought will take more than rain; the state has deeper problems in how it uses water.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846071,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1061},"headData":{"title":"3 Reasons Why California's Drought Isn't Really Over, Despite All the Rain | KQED","description":"California has been deluged by storms this winter, but fixing the state's severe drought will take more than rain; the state has deeper problems in how it uses water.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"3 Reasons Why California's Drought Isn't Really Over, Despite All the Rain","datePublished":"2023-03-23T17:52:28.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:21:11.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"NPR","sticky":false,"nprImageCredit":"Ken James","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/803934365/lauren-sommer\">Lauren Sommer\u003c/a>","nprImageAgency":"California Department of Water Resources","nprStoryId":"1165378214","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1165378214&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1165378214/3-reasons-why-californias-drought-isnt-really-over-despite-all-the-rain?ft=nprml&f=1165378214","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:20:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:03:34 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:03:34 -0400","nprAudio":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2023/03/20230323_me_3_reasons_why_californias_drought_isnt_really_over_despite_all_the_rain.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1167&d=203&p=3&story=1165378214&ft=nprml&f=1165378214","nprAudioM3u":"http://api.npr.org/m3u/11165527303-a2bcdf.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1167&d=203&p=3&story=1165378214&ft=nprml&f=1165378214","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1981943/3-reasons-why-californias-drought-isnt-really-over-despite-all-the-rain","audioUrl":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2023/03/20230323_me_3_reasons_why_californias_drought_isnt_really_over_despite_all_the_rain.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1167&d=203&p=3&story=1165378214&ft=nprml&f=1165378214","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ask a water expert if California’s drought is finally done, and the answers sound something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes and no.” “Kind of.” “Depends what you mean by drought.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has been deluged by storms this winter, hit by 12 atmospheric rivers that have led to evacuation orders, rising rivers and broken levees. In some parts of the Sierra Nevada, more than \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/UCB_CSSL/status/1637893296411508736?s=20\">55 feet of snow\u003c/a> have fallen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With reservoirs filling up, many Californians are eager to put the severe, 3-year drought behind them. A major water supplier in Southern California recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.mwdh2o.com/press-releases/metropolitan-board-rescinds-emergency-conservation-mandate-imposed-on-dozens-of-communities\">lifted mandatory conservation rules\u003c/a> that limited outdoor watering. Large parts of the state are now free of drought, according to the federal government’s \u003ca href=\"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\">Drought Monitor\u003c/a>, which looks at rainfall and soil moisture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in California, water shortages aren’t just due to a lack of rain, and the state’s chronic water problems are far from over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’ve seen some pretty fantastic wet weather and we’ve seen conditions improve, in a whole lot of places we still have some lingering impacts that still challenge California,” says Mike Anderson, the state’s climatologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades of drought have taken their toll, and experts say that deeper issues need to be addressed before California can be fully-drought free. Here are three reasons why:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>#1 – California’s groundwater drought is still bad\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When California’s reservoirs declined, many cities and farmers turned to another water source: vast aquifers underground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In drought years, groundwater has supplied up to 60% of California’s water. But the pumping has been largely unregulated. So over the decades, water levels have fallen dramatically in California’s aquifers. Before this winter, some groundwater wells were at the lowest points ever recorded. That’s because in the Central Valley, groundwater \u003ca href=\"https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021WR030352\">hasn’t been replenished after previous droughts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Groundwater is the dark matter of the hydrologic cycle,” says Graham Fogg, professor emeritus of hydrogeology at the University of California Davis. “The fact that these are such huge volumes of water allows them to take a lot of abuse and to be depleted year after year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981945\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1981945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-800x579.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded water on agricultural land.\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-768x555.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-1536x1111.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-2048x1481.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_13_ai_0432_groundwater_recharge_custom-5349d6e5a724fbfe9e15e34b9b5b1e618be5cedb-1920x1389.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floodwater in Fresno County, Calif., is diverted onto agricultural land, so it can seep into underground aquifers. Groundwater levels have fallen dramatically during the state’s droughts. \u003ccite>(Andrew Innerarity/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a result, more than 2,000 household wells went dry over the last three years in California, many in low-income communities of color. Temporary water supplies, including bottled water, had to be brought in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not out of a drought,” says Susana De Anda, executive director of the Community Water Center, an environmental justice organization in the Central Valley. “In California, the human right to water was passed in 2012. Unfortunately to this day, many Californians don’t have that reality, and it’s important to recognize that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This winter, a new effort is underway to use some of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1037370430/water-is-scarce-in-california-but-farmers-have-found-ways-to-store-it-undergroun\">floodwaters to fill aquifers\u003c/a>. California is also in the process of implementing a new groundwater law, intended to get over-pumping under control. Water users are currently writing plans for keeping groundwater use in balance with supply, but they won’t be fully implemented until 2040.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the years, pretty consistently, California has been using a lot more water than its surface water and groundwater system can supply,” Fogg says. “So that has to change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>#2 – California’s other water source is still in drought\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of California’s major cities exist today because their water is delivered from hundreds of miles away. In Southern California, that distance is thousands of miles, because the region uses water from the Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A two-decades long drought has hit the Colorado River hard, causing its massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1067716380/western-megadrought-climate-lake-powell-glen-canyon-reservoir\">reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, to plummet\u003c/a>. Climate change is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1003424717/the-drought-in-the-western-u-s-is-getting-bad-climate-change-is-making-it-worse\">shrinking the snowpack\u003c/a> that feeds the river, and the seven states that use it have long made claim to more water than is available on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981946\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1981946\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A drone provides a view of an excavator placing large rocks to close a levee break caused by flood waters from the Pajaro River near the township of Pajaro in Monterey County, California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/03/2023_03_12_kj_0127_pajaro_levee_break_drone_custom-e21092fb295c9262bda0d149683b5b49a90cb4e0-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy storms caused a levee to break in Pajaro, Calif., flooding nearby homes. The parade of winter storms has tested the state’s infrastructure. \u003ccite>(Ken James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those states are now in emergency negotiations over cutbacks to their water supply, but are \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/27/1119550028/7-states-and-federal-government-lack-direction-on-cutbacks-from-the-colorado-riv\">struggling to agree\u003c/a>. With some of the oldest water rights on the river, California has seniority and is technically last in line for cuts. But its water supply will still be impacted. Many Southern California cities have been \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/recycled-sewage-water-southern-california\">working on conserving and recycling\u003c/a> water locally, so they’re less dependent on faraway supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just have to get better at managing the more limited resources that we have there, and that means figuring out how to share a smaller pool of water than what we’ve been using up till now,” says Ellen Hanak, director of the Water Policy Center at the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>#3 – The next drought is coming…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cue \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/837403-during-the-dry-years-the-people-forgot-about-the-rich\">the John Steinbeck quote\u003c/a> – it’s easy to forget about the dry times once the rains come. But drought will return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always have to be ready,” Hanak says. “Drier times could come again as soon as next year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the climate gets hotter, California’s extremes \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1003424717/the-drought-in-the-western-u-s-is-getting-bad-climate-change-is-making-it-worse\">are expected to get more extreme\u003c/a>. That means droughts will be drier, putting even greater strain on the state’s water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the last major drought ended in California in 2017, some \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/are-californias-cities-conserving-enough-water/\">water conservation behavior seemed to stick\u003c/a>. Water use didn’t rebound to pre-drought levels, because some residents made lasting changes, like replacing water-hungry lawns and swapping for more efficient fixtures and appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, experts warn that keeping a drought-mindset can only help California weather future challenges. So there’s a risk in acting like drought is a thing of the past. Saving water now could help keep reservoirs fuller, a safe bet in a state where next year’s winter storms are never guaranteed.\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=3+reasons+why+California%27s+drought+isn%27t+really+over%2C+despite+all+the+rain&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\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/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1981943/3-reasons-why-californias-drought-isnt-really-over-despite-all-the-rain","authors":["byline_science_1981943"],"categories":["science_31","science_40","science_4450","science_98"],"tags":["science_2227","science_194","science_572"],"featImg":"science_1981944","label":"source_science_1981943"},"science_1981508":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1981508","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1981508","score":null,"sort":[1675899193000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"storm-recovery-begins-at-beloved-state-beach-in-santa-cruz-county","title":"Storm Recovery Begins at Beloved State Beach in Santa Cruz County","publishDate":1675899193,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Storm Recovery Begins at Beloved State Beach in Santa Cruz County | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>On Jan. 5, a frightening storm clobbered Seacliff State Beach and its famous ocean pier leading to a sunken cement ship off the coast of Santa Cruz County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A high tide carried over 15-foot waves ashore, flipping cement benches and smashing driftwood through bathroom doors. The ground collapsed, forming sinkholes in the park’s day use and campground areas, and over half of its iconic pier was destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This storm was one of the nine atmospheric river storms that would pummel Northern California in a span of three weeks. Landslides from the storm parade persisted for many days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anticipating sea level rise and climate change, the state may need to relocate camping and gathering sites and set bathrooms back from the formidable Pacific Ocean. Officials also are considering building coastal dunes as a buffer against powerful storm waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Shepherd, a California State Parks employee, speculates that many coastal California parks will inevitably have to do the same: reassess what recreational activities they can provide in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want people to lose hope,” Shepherd said. He still foresees RV camping, field trips and fishing returning to Seacliff. “It just may look a little different than it has before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jill Polizzi and Alice Cannella have walked the length of Seacliff State Beach in Santa Cruz County for over 15 years. The longtime friends often stroll along the park’s accessible walkways, preferring that to their own neighborhood and its streets without sidewalks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 25, three weeks after unprecedented storms caused expensive damage to the park, they’re back — with a stroller and sunhats. Unfortunately, for now, their ritual is cut short by large fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s sad now that they’ve blocked off the other end,” Polizzi said. “I just hope they can afford to get all this back to normal.” The Jan. 5 storm cut power to Polizzi’s block for three days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These kinds of storms aren’t new for California, or necessarily caused by climate change, said Gary Griggs, an oceanographer with UC Santa Cruz. A similar storm hit the park 40 years ago, for example. But climate models predict wetter atmospheric rivers, more landslides and more flooding in the state’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sea level is going to continue to rise, so anything on the shoreline is probably going to be more and more affected as the years and the decades go by,” Griggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that California’s winter storms could get wetter and cover larger areas. They detailed their findings in a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Their \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01578-0\">soggy storm projections were based on worst-case climate scenarios\u003c/a> of greenhouse gas emissions not reducing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ruby Leung, an atmospheric scientist and author on the study, said Californians should engineer more resilient buildings and bridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The information that we used before to design the infrastructure may not be relevant anymore,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Investing in stronger infrastructure\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The January storm brought down Seacliff’s retaining wall, which now needs reengineering. Its job was to protect the park’s campsites and roadways from the ocean. The wall, which has been destroyed eight times now, should be rebuilt differently, Griggs said, fortified with steel and larger wood logs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State park employees are discussing which materials to use, hoping to brace the retaining wall for rising sea levels coupled with larger storms, said Chris Pereira, the Santa Cruz district roads and trails manager for California State Parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything is on the table, he said, from rebuilding the wall as-is, bolstering it with steel or large rocks, or building dunes, stabilized with plants, logs and rocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His team is now working with engineers specializing in coastal sea level rise to determine what’s salvageable at the park. The pier, they’ve determined, is not, Pereira said. They’ll have to take it down or rebuild it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitor center volunteer Dave Miller used to walk his kids along the pier; he taught them how to fish off the ship at the end. He’s optimistic that the park will be revamped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once you’re destroyed this far, they’re gonna build it back — as the president said, build it back better,” said Miller, referencing Pres. Biden’s visit to Seacliff on Jan. 19. “These parks were never designed for things like ADA compliance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his visit, Biden pledged to help the state rebuild. He expanded \u003ca href=\"https://www.disasterassistance.gov/\">federal assistance to Californians\u003c/a>, in addition to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.padilla.senate.gov/disaster-resources/\">state’s resources already in place\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If anybody doubts the climate is changing, then they must have been asleep for the last couple years,” Biden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He noted California’s vulnerability to extreme weather, from storms to wildfires, saying, “We have to invest in stronger infrastructure to lessen the impact of these disasters, because they become cumulative in a sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981522\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981522\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut.jpg\" alt=\"Government officials in dark coats walk in front of a broken pier. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Pres. Joe Biden (center) and Gov. Gavin Newsom (far right) visit with first responders and state and local officials to survey recovery efforts in Seacliff State Park in Aptos, on Jan. 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Rebuilding begins at Seacliff State Beach\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Park employees don’t have a time estimate for Seacliff’s restoration. But on Jan. 25, a 13-person crew hauled piles of beached wood into a truck, some of it destined for repairing storm-ravaged trails elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team was pulled off fire restoration at Big Basin Redwoods State Park to assist with storm recovery. They helped armor the park with hundreds of tons of rock, to protect it from subsequent swells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t typically do this kind of work,” said Eamon Reynolds, a crewmember. “[It’s] a little overwhelming at first, but very rewarding at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981520\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981520\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bearded man with a chainsaw stands in front of piles of wood. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piles of driftwood litter the post-storm landscape in Santa Cruz County. State park crewmember Eamon Reynolds repurposed a small amount to build retaining walls in other storm-damaged parks. \u003ccite>(Anna Marie Yanny/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reynolds recently built a retaining wall in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park with wood repurposed from Seacliff. Next, he’ll help repair storm damage in other parks, including at Wilder Ranch, Portola Redwoods and Butano state parks. Rebuilding trails takes longer than people may think, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cannella, one of the local walkers, hopes all pathways at Seacliff will be restored soon. Unfortunately, Pereira said, that likely won’t happen by the spring, with all the damage the storm brought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a scary storm, Polizzi recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But, I mean, look where we live. Who could complain?” she said, gesturing at the ocean. “You know, we’re lucky compared to other states that have hurricanes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby, Reynolds revs his chain saw over the sound of crashing waves.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California officials estimate damages from winter storms that pummeled Seacliff State Beach to be in the tens of millions of dollars.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846094,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1177},"headData":{"title":"Storm Recovery Begins at Beloved State Beach in Santa Cruz County | KQED","description":"California officials estimate damages from winter storms that pummeled Seacliff State Beach to be in the tens of millions of dollars.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Storm Recovery Begins at Beloved State Beach in Santa Cruz County","datePublished":"2023-02-08T23:33:13.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:21:34.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Storms","sticky":false,"nprByline":"Anna Marie Yanny","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1981508/storm-recovery-begins-at-beloved-state-beach-in-santa-cruz-county","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Jan. 5, a frightening storm clobbered Seacliff State Beach and its famous ocean pier leading to a sunken cement ship off the coast of Santa Cruz County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A high tide carried over 15-foot waves ashore, flipping cement benches and smashing driftwood through bathroom doors. The ground collapsed, forming sinkholes in the park’s day use and campground areas, and over half of its iconic pier was destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This storm was one of the nine atmospheric river storms that would pummel Northern California in a span of three weeks. Landslides from the storm parade persisted for many days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anticipating sea level rise and climate change, the state may need to relocate camping and gathering sites and set bathrooms back from the formidable Pacific Ocean. Officials also are considering building coastal dunes as a buffer against powerful storm waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Shepherd, a California State Parks employee, speculates that many coastal California parks will inevitably have to do the same: reassess what recreational activities they can provide in the future.\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>“We don’t want people to lose hope,” Shepherd said. He still foresees RV camping, field trips and fishing returning to Seacliff. “It just may look a little different than it has before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jill Polizzi and Alice Cannella have walked the length of Seacliff State Beach in Santa Cruz County for over 15 years. The longtime friends often stroll along the park’s accessible walkways, preferring that to their own neighborhood and its streets without sidewalks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 25, three weeks after unprecedented storms caused expensive damage to the park, they’re back — with a stroller and sunhats. Unfortunately, for now, their ritual is cut short by large fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s sad now that they’ve blocked off the other end,” Polizzi said. “I just hope they can afford to get all this back to normal.” The Jan. 5 storm cut power to Polizzi’s block for three days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These kinds of storms aren’t new for California, or necessarily caused by climate change, said Gary Griggs, an oceanographer with UC Santa Cruz. A similar storm hit the park 40 years ago, for example. But climate models predict wetter atmospheric rivers, more landslides and more flooding in the state’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sea level is going to continue to rise, so anything on the shoreline is probably going to be more and more affected as the years and the decades go by,” Griggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that California’s winter storms could get wetter and cover larger areas. They detailed their findings in a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Their \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01578-0\">soggy storm projections were based on worst-case climate scenarios\u003c/a> of greenhouse gas emissions not reducing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ruby Leung, an atmospheric scientist and author on the study, said Californians should engineer more resilient buildings and bridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The information that we used before to design the infrastructure may not be relevant anymore,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Investing in stronger infrastructure\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The January storm brought down Seacliff’s retaining wall, which now needs reengineering. Its job was to protect the park’s campsites and roadways from the ocean. The wall, which has been destroyed eight times now, should be rebuilt differently, Griggs said, fortified with steel and larger wood logs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State park employees are discussing which materials to use, hoping to brace the retaining wall for rising sea levels coupled with larger storms, said Chris Pereira, the Santa Cruz district roads and trails manager for California State Parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything is on the table, he said, from rebuilding the wall as-is, bolstering it with steel or large rocks, or building dunes, stabilized with plants, logs and rocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His team is now working with engineers specializing in coastal sea level rise to determine what’s salvageable at the park. The pier, they’ve determined, is not, Pereira said. They’ll have to take it down or rebuild it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitor center volunteer Dave Miller used to walk his kids along the pier; he taught them how to fish off the ship at the end. He’s optimistic that the park will be revamped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once you’re destroyed this far, they’re gonna build it back — as the president said, build it back better,” said Miller, referencing Pres. Biden’s visit to Seacliff on Jan. 19. “These parks were never designed for things like ADA compliance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his visit, Biden pledged to help the state rebuild. He expanded \u003ca href=\"https://www.disasterassistance.gov/\">federal assistance to Californians\u003c/a>, in addition to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.padilla.senate.gov/disaster-resources/\">state’s resources already in place\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If anybody doubts the climate is changing, then they must have been asleep for the last couple years,” Biden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He noted California’s vulnerability to extreme weather, from storms to wildfires, saying, “We have to invest in stronger infrastructure to lessen the impact of these disasters, because they become cumulative in a sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981522\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981522\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut.jpg\" alt=\"Government officials in dark coats walk in front of a broken pier. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62626__qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Pres. Joe Biden (center) and Gov. Gavin Newsom (far right) visit with first responders and state and local officials to survey recovery efforts in Seacliff State Park in Aptos, on Jan. 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Rebuilding begins at Seacliff State Beach\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Park employees don’t have a time estimate for Seacliff’s restoration. But on Jan. 25, a 13-person crew hauled piles of beached wood into a truck, some of it destined for repairing storm-ravaged trails elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team was pulled off fire restoration at Big Basin Redwoods State Park to assist with storm recovery. They helped armor the park with hundreds of tons of rock, to protect it from subsequent swells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t typically do this kind of work,” said Eamon Reynolds, a crewmember. “[It’s] a little overwhelming at first, but very rewarding at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981520\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981520\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bearded man with a chainsaw stands in front of piles of wood. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62625__qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piles of driftwood litter the post-storm landscape in Santa Cruz County. State park crewmember Eamon Reynolds repurposed a small amount to build retaining walls in other storm-damaged parks. \u003ccite>(Anna Marie Yanny/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reynolds recently built a retaining wall in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park with wood repurposed from Seacliff. Next, he’ll help repair storm damage in other parks, including at Wilder Ranch, Portola Redwoods and Butano state parks. Rebuilding trails takes longer than people may think, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cannella, one of the local walkers, hopes all pathways at Seacliff will be restored soon. Unfortunately, Pereira said, that likely won’t happen by the spring, with all the damage the storm brought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a scary storm, Polizzi recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But, I mean, look where we live. Who could complain?” she said, gesturing at the ocean. “You know, we’re lucky compared to other states that have hurricanes.”\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\u003cp>Nearby, Reynolds revs his chain saw over the sound of crashing waves.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1981508/storm-recovery-begins-at-beloved-state-beach-in-santa-cruz-county","authors":["byline_science_1981508"],"categories":["science_35","science_40","science_4450","science_98"],"tags":["science_2227","science_4417","science_4414"],"featImg":"science_1981523","label":"source_science_1981508"},"science_1981391":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1981391","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1981391","score":null,"sort":[1675305651000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"east-palo-alto-searches-for-storm-recovery-money-and-a-long-term-flooding-fix","title":"East Palo Alto Searches for Storm Recovery Money, and a Long-Term Flooding Fix","publishDate":1675305651,"format":"standard","headTitle":"East Palo Alto Searches for Storm Recovery Money, and a Long-Term Flooding Fix | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>East Palo Alto is dealing with the aftermath of January’s big storms, and residents living with the consequences of flooding want a long-term fix so it never happens again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On New Year’s Eve, a storm parked over the peninsula, drenching it with nearly 4 inches of rain, flooding Highway 101, downing trees and leaving thousands without power. In East Palo Alto, water spilled over San Francisquito Creek banks into a neighborhood on the western edge of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The murky brown water enveloped Woodland Avenue and other streets beyond, swamping more than 20 cars and transforming a parking garage into a muddy lake. The front doorsteps of apartment complexes in this part of town, sandwiched between Highway 101 and the creek, became a gunky tributary originating in the hills at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871565/the-real-history-behind-the-myths-and-mystery-of-stanfords-searsville-lake\">Searsville Lake\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Antonio López, East Palo Alto’s vice mayor, got the call that the creek had overtopped its borders on New Year’s Eve, he rushed over and found a woman frantically trying to get into her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was heartbreaking trying to salvage all of her possessions because the water came up all the way to the window,” López said as he walked the still-muddy streets following the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews from East Palo Alto and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a 3-foot-tall and several-hundred-yard-wide sandbag wall to keep the rising water out of the neighborhood as more atmospheric river storms threatened the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary fix successfully kept the mushrooming creek from again inundating the community of mostly lower-income renters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The silver lining is it has certainly been a wake-up call,” López said. “A few pounds of sand separates us from flooded parking garages in Silicon Valley. I don’t feel so proud about that. It’s insufficient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early estimates from the city and community groups are that flooding caused more than $100,000 worth of damage. This includes totaled cars, tools and other personal belongings stored in trunks and in low-lying garages. Marisela Ramos, president of the East Palo Alto West Side Neighborhood Committee, is organizing residents seeking outside aid to help pay for damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a brown jacket and yellow boots poses next to mud brown water. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonio López, East Palo Alto’s vice mayor, stands next to floodwaters in the city. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The cars were their means of transportation to go to work and to generate money to pay their rent for their children’s food,” she said. “They lost basically everything because, without transportation, it is very hard to make a living.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said most of the residents did not have flood insurance and are struggling to get aid. Ramos questions whether the flooding amounts to negligence by the city, landlords or the authorities who manage the creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why didn’t they act before to prevent this?” she asked. “This happened before. So, why didn’t they put protection on the banks of the creek before the storm?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Palo Alto has flooded many times over the years. In 1998 a flood of record swamped 1,700 properties, causing more than $28 million in damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is applying for a grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to compensate for the damages, but it’s a slow process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County homeowners and renters with damage or losses from the storms can apply for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4683\">federal disaster assistance\u003c/a>, including grants to pay for temporary housing, transportation, child care and moving expenses. The deadline to apply for aid is March 15, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be of great help to individuals and business owners who suffered losses during the severe storms that dumped 13 inches of rain on the county in December and January,” said U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin, who represents East Palo Alto, in a \u003ca href=\"https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-eshoo-and-mullin-announce-federal-disaster-relief-san-mateo-county-0\">release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981450\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut.jpg\" alt='Men in yellow jackets and green helmets create piles of white sandbags behind red tape that says \"danger.\" ' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the San José Conservation Corps pile sandbags along the San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto on Jan. 4, 2023. The creek spilled over its banks and into a nearby community during the storm on Dec. 31. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Climate change means a wetter future\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, atmospheric river storms — monster storms that form over the ocean and flow inland — will only get more intense. The wettest winter storms could become around \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/wettest-winter-storms-western-us-growing-wetter\">30% wetter by mid-century\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The precipitation will be more intense, which is important because it can cause flash floods,” said Ruby Leung, study co-author and climate scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that the atmospheric river storms would do more than engorge small creeks, also challenging the capacity of larger streams and rivers, especially when infrastructure like levees, freeways or bridges surround them. Waterways that used to sprawl into large marshy areas are now contained into managed stretches with limited capacity; larger storms are expected to bring more water than they can contain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The information we used before to design infrastructure may not be relevant anymore, and we need to incorporate the knowledge that we now have about how the future may be changing,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A renewed call to action for East Palo Alto\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>East Palo Alto council member Ruben Abrica lived through the 1998 storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said bolstering the flood protection system for this community of more than 90% people of color is worth the investment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Climate change is going to affect everyone, but the most vulnerable communities are the ones that will suffer the most unless we join together,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reducing the flood risk along this meandering waterway is what Margaret Bruce also mulls over daily as the executive director of the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know we can’t completely do away with the risk of flooding,” she said. “We can no longer plan our future looking in the rearview mirror. But looking forward is very difficult to foresee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981454\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut.jpg\" alt='A white sign with black paint says \"Please take no more than 10 bags.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign posted in East Palo Alto during a three-week stretch between December 2022 and January 2023, when nine atmospheric river storms pummeled California. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Her group is leading a creek restoration project from the San Francisco Bay to the mouth of Searsville Dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project has multiple parts. The agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcjpa.org/reach-1-downstream-project\">finished the first reach in 2019\u003c/a>, which should protect more than 1,700 properties from the bay to Highway 101 from a 100-year creek flood during a king tide event, plus 3 feet of sea level rise. Compared to today’s high tide, all the work would give the first section \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973805/climate-solutions-in-east-palo-alto\">10 feet of protection from rising tides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second reach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcjpa.org/reach-1-downstream-project\">Highway 101 to the Pope-Chaucer Bridge\u003c/a>, is the portion that recently flooded along the borders of East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. The plan is to widen the channel and replace the bridge with a new one allowing more water to pass under it, protecting the community from a 100-year flood event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tentatively scheduled to be completed sometime between 2024 and 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one big issue in completing the project is how to fund it. Bruce said it would cost at least $50 million to restore about a mile of the creek. State or federal infrastructure dollars could help with this effort; otherwise, the partners that make up the authority — East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Mateo County and the Santa Clara Valley Water District — are on the hook to get it finished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third reach, the rest of the watershed from the recently flooded area to Searsville Dam, is very much in its formative stage. Officials would like to create holding reservoirs along the creek’s upper stretch to store water during a storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know yet if it’s going to be completely feasible,” Bruce said. “It may be so disruptive, costly or technically difficult that we’ll want to think twice about it. But we are considering it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even further upstream, at Searsville Lake, Stanford University is designing \u003ca href=\"https://searsville.stanford.edu/overview\">a project to reestablish creeks flowing from the lake\u003c/a>. The reservoir holds only about 10% of its original capacity because it has slowly filled with earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university, which owns the dam, wants to create a tunnel gate at its base, establishing water channels to other creeks off the lake, increasing storage capacity by flushing sediment into San Francisquito Creek and then out to the bay. But this would only go into operation after the downstream reaches are finished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project could free up the reservoir to hold more water during storms to be released after the creek recedes; the state is reviewing its design and environmental impact analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of having the creek as a boundary, the creek has ended up being the thing that joins the counties and these three cities,” Bruce said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981451\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Strips of muddy tire prints behind four orange cones.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mud on the edge of Woodland Avenue along the San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto on Jan. 4, 2023. The creek spilled over its banks and into a nearby community during the storm on Dec. 31. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Everybody’s paying attention’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The levee reconstruction and creek restoration along the lower stretch of the waterway significantly reduced the damage that could have happened in this set of atmospheric river storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the flooding “puts the spotlight on all of us to somehow find the money one way or another, even if we have to beg the president or talk to the governor,” said East Palo Alto council member Abrica. “You can’t just say it’s your problem down there. Because then you condemn the poor communities to be flooded.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palo Alto and Menlo Park are taking an active role in the creek restoration. The recent storms flooded parts of Menlo Park, said Nikki Nagaya, the city’s deputy manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw the creek levels spike throughout the lower section in Menlo Park, and we saw some overtopping in that area as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the recent storms are a precursor of what’s to come in a warming world, Nagaya said she isn’t sure the project can be sped up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it will hopefully be a renewed call to action,” she said. “Everybody’s paying attention and wanting to see the work proceed as quickly as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí and Anna Marie Yanny contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The city of East Palo Alto and its residents are searching for money to pay for flood damages they estimate are more than $100,000.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846103,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":45,"wordCount":1803},"headData":{"title":"East Palo Alto Searches for Storm Recovery Money, and a Long-Term Flooding Fix | KQED","description":"The city of East Palo Alto and its residents are searching for money to pay for flood damages they estimate are more than $100,000.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"East Palo Alto Searches for Storm Recovery Money, and a Long-Term Flooding Fix","datePublished":"2023-02-02T02:40:51.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:21:43.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Flooding","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1981391/east-palo-alto-searches-for-storm-recovery-money-and-a-long-term-flooding-fix","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>East Palo Alto is dealing with the aftermath of January’s big storms, and residents living with the consequences of flooding want a long-term fix so it never happens again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On New Year’s Eve, a storm parked over the peninsula, drenching it with nearly 4 inches of rain, flooding Highway 101, downing trees and leaving thousands without power. In East Palo Alto, water spilled over San Francisquito Creek banks into a neighborhood on the western edge of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The murky brown water enveloped Woodland Avenue and other streets beyond, swamping more than 20 cars and transforming a parking garage into a muddy lake. The front doorsteps of apartment complexes in this part of town, sandwiched between Highway 101 and the creek, became a gunky tributary originating in the hills at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871565/the-real-history-behind-the-myths-and-mystery-of-stanfords-searsville-lake\">Searsville Lake\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Antonio López, East Palo Alto’s vice mayor, got the call that the creek had overtopped its borders on New Year’s Eve, he rushed over and found a woman frantically trying to get into her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was heartbreaking trying to salvage all of her possessions because the water came up all the way to the window,” López said as he walked the still-muddy streets following the storm.\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>Crews from East Palo Alto and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a 3-foot-tall and several-hundred-yard-wide sandbag wall to keep the rising water out of the neighborhood as more atmospheric river storms threatened the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary fix successfully kept the mushrooming creek from again inundating the community of mostly lower-income renters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The silver lining is it has certainly been a wake-up call,” López said. “A few pounds of sand separates us from flooded parking garages in Silicon Valley. I don’t feel so proud about that. It’s insufficient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early estimates from the city and community groups are that flooding caused more than $100,000 worth of damage. This includes totaled cars, tools and other personal belongings stored in trunks and in low-lying garages. Marisela Ramos, president of the East Palo Alto West Side Neighborhood Committee, is organizing residents seeking outside aid to help pay for damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a brown jacket and yellow boots poses next to mud brown water. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62503_IMG_0807-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonio López, East Palo Alto’s vice mayor, stands next to floodwaters in the city. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The cars were their means of transportation to go to work and to generate money to pay their rent for their children’s food,” she said. “They lost basically everything because, without transportation, it is very hard to make a living.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said most of the residents did not have flood insurance and are struggling to get aid. Ramos questions whether the flooding amounts to negligence by the city, landlords or the authorities who manage the creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why didn’t they act before to prevent this?” she asked. “This happened before. So, why didn’t they put protection on the banks of the creek before the storm?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Palo Alto has flooded many times over the years. In 1998 a flood of record swamped 1,700 properties, causing more than $28 million in damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is applying for a grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to compensate for the damages, but it’s a slow process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County homeowners and renters with damage or losses from the storms can apply for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4683\">federal disaster assistance\u003c/a>, including grants to pay for temporary housing, transportation, child care and moving expenses. The deadline to apply for aid is March 15, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be of great help to individuals and business owners who suffered losses during the severe storms that dumped 13 inches of rain on the county in December and January,” said U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin, who represents East Palo Alto, in a \u003ca href=\"https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-eshoo-and-mullin-announce-federal-disaster-relief-san-mateo-county-0\">release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981450\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut.jpg\" alt='Men in yellow jackets and green helmets create piles of white sandbags behind red tape that says \"danger.\" ' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61867_015_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the San José Conservation Corps pile sandbags along the San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto on Jan. 4, 2023. The creek spilled over its banks and into a nearby community during the storm on Dec. 31. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Climate change means a wetter future\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, atmospheric river storms — monster storms that form over the ocean and flow inland — will only get more intense. The wettest winter storms could become around \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/wettest-winter-storms-western-us-growing-wetter\">30% wetter by mid-century\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The precipitation will be more intense, which is important because it can cause flash floods,” said Ruby Leung, study co-author and climate scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that the atmospheric river storms would do more than engorge small creeks, also challenging the capacity of larger streams and rivers, especially when infrastructure like levees, freeways or bridges surround them. Waterways that used to sprawl into large marshy areas are now contained into managed stretches with limited capacity; larger storms are expected to bring more water than they can contain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The information we used before to design infrastructure may not be relevant anymore, and we need to incorporate the knowledge that we now have about how the future may be changing,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A renewed call to action for East Palo Alto\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>East Palo Alto council member Ruben Abrica lived through the 1998 storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said bolstering the flood protection system for this community of more than 90% people of color is worth the investment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Climate change is going to affect everyone, but the most vulnerable communities are the ones that will suffer the most unless we join together,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reducing the flood risk along this meandering waterway is what Margaret Bruce also mulls over daily as the executive director of the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know we can’t completely do away with the risk of flooding,” she said. “We can no longer plan our future looking in the rearview mirror. But looking forward is very difficult to foresee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981454\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut.jpg\" alt='A white sign with black paint says \"Please take no more than 10 bags.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS62506_IMG_0815-1-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign posted in East Palo Alto during a three-week stretch between December 2022 and January 2023, when nine atmospheric river storms pummeled California. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Her group is leading a creek restoration project from the San Francisco Bay to the mouth of Searsville Dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project has multiple parts. The agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcjpa.org/reach-1-downstream-project\">finished the first reach in 2019\u003c/a>, which should protect more than 1,700 properties from the bay to Highway 101 from a 100-year creek flood during a king tide event, plus 3 feet of sea level rise. Compared to today’s high tide, all the work would give the first section \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973805/climate-solutions-in-east-palo-alto\">10 feet of protection from rising tides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second reach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcjpa.org/reach-1-downstream-project\">Highway 101 to the Pope-Chaucer Bridge\u003c/a>, is the portion that recently flooded along the borders of East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. The plan is to widen the channel and replace the bridge with a new one allowing more water to pass under it, protecting the community from a 100-year flood event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tentatively scheduled to be completed sometime between 2024 and 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one big issue in completing the project is how to fund it. Bruce said it would cost at least $50 million to restore about a mile of the creek. State or federal infrastructure dollars could help with this effort; otherwise, the partners that make up the authority — East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Mateo County and the Santa Clara Valley Water District — are on the hook to get it finished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third reach, the rest of the watershed from the recently flooded area to Searsville Dam, is very much in its formative stage. Officials would like to create holding reservoirs along the creek’s upper stretch to store water during a storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know yet if it’s going to be completely feasible,” Bruce said. “It may be so disruptive, costly or technically difficult that we’ll want to think twice about it. But we are considering it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even further upstream, at Searsville Lake, Stanford University is designing \u003ca href=\"https://searsville.stanford.edu/overview\">a project to reestablish creeks flowing from the lake\u003c/a>. The reservoir holds only about 10% of its original capacity because it has slowly filled with earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university, which owns the dam, wants to create a tunnel gate at its base, establishing water channels to other creeks off the lake, increasing storage capacity by flushing sediment into San Francisquito Creek and then out to the bay. But this would only go into operation after the downstream reaches are finished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project could free up the reservoir to hold more water during storms to be released after the creek recedes; the state is reviewing its design and environmental impact analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of having the creek as a boundary, the creek has ended up being the thing that joins the counties and these three cities,” Bruce said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981451\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Strips of muddy tire prints behind four orange cones.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS61858_006_KQED_BombCyloneStorm_01042023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mud on the edge of Woodland Avenue along the San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto on Jan. 4, 2023. The creek spilled over its banks and into a nearby community during the storm on Dec. 31. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Everybody’s paying attention’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The levee reconstruction and creek restoration along the lower stretch of the waterway significantly reduced the damage that could have happened in this set of atmospheric river storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the flooding “puts the spotlight on all of us to somehow find the money one way or another, even if we have to beg the president or talk to the governor,” said East Palo Alto council member Abrica. “You can’t just say it’s your problem down there. Because then you condemn the poor communities to be flooded.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palo Alto and Menlo Park are taking an active role in the creek restoration. The recent storms flooded parts of Menlo Park, said Nikki Nagaya, the city’s deputy manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw the creek levels spike throughout the lower section in Menlo Park, and we saw some overtopping in that area as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the recent storms are a precursor of what’s to come in a warming world, Nagaya said she isn’t sure the project can be sped up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it will hopefully be a renewed call to action,” she said. “Everybody’s paying attention and wanting to see the work proceed as quickly as possible.”\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\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí and Anna Marie Yanny contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1981391/east-palo-alto-searches-for-storm-recovery-money-and-a-long-term-flooding-fix","authors":["11746"],"categories":["science_31","science_35","science_40","science_4450","science_98"],"tags":["science_2227","science_2943","science_4414","science_2114"],"featImg":"science_1981453","label":"source_science_1981391"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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