Tropical Storm remnants expected to hit SoCal Sunday (Update: Game will go as scheduled) (2 Viewers)

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longtime lurker said:
Yep, the flooding has the potential to be a real problem out here in So Cal. I think if I was the powers that be, I would have cancelled the game to keep those extra thousands of cars off the highways. I think the stadium will be empty. The Chargers are one of the stingiest owned teams in the league, so they probably wanted to play the game due to the gameday $ the team was looking at losing. My best guess.
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Are there any evacuation orders? Googled it earlier and skimmed briefly, but couldn’t find anything.
 
Saintaholic said:
Eh. The more I read about this storm, the more I feel like it’s partly being sensationalized by the media due to its current “Hurricane” status, and also there’s an abnormally increased panic in California just because they’re not used to dealing with these things.

If it is making landfall as a tropical storm, by the time it gets to where the team is, it’ll be akin to a mere bad thunderstorm.

Play ball. If you wanted to go to the game but think it isn’t safe, don’t. But I trust the team and the league’s judgment on this one.
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It's more to it than that. You can't compare the effects of heavy rains in California to Louisiana. The soil and terrain are much different. One inch of rain in California is like 8 in Louisiana. And then you add mountains on top of that that funnels water into a small canyon, and you get flash floods like you've never seen in Louisiana. I've been stranded before by a massive flash flood, and it didn't even rain where I was at, or even look like a stormy day. They can potentially get a year's worth of rain in a single storm. Maybe it's not that bad, but it could also be biblical.

Absolutely don't trust the league when it comes to money.
 
On a possible positive note, could this be at least a temporary boost to the water depletion situation in that area of the US?
 
As I said in another thread. Los Angeles area won't be that affected by Hilary. The winds will be minimal as Hilary hits land. The water is also cold so it won't strengthen as it moves up. It will weaken before it even hits California border.

While rain could cause flooding, Los Angeles is on the left side of Hilary so it won't be that bad. It also isn't going to be early morning Monday by the time the worse rains hit.
 
LA should be fine. Las Vegas is going to get more rain in a day than they have seen in 24 months. That could get ugly.
 
Some of my friends are getting sandbags for a forecasted rainfall of 2-4 inches. Unbelievable...hahahah
It's the talk of the town for days here. The media just sensationalized it more along with officials.

The real threat as others said is flooding in some areas. Here the water doesn't flow down the drains like they do in Louisiana. There are hardly any storm drains here so any standing water will lead to localized street flooding. The other big threat is coastal erosion and mudslides so those living on mountains and hillside are at high risk of being affected by it so I do feel bad for those folks

Officials are ramping up the usual scary theme alarms. This storm doesn't seem to be any worse than our strong winter rain events. Santa Ana winds here in late Spring and Summer can be over 75 mph gusts so windy days aren't unusual here. It's just no one ever heard of a tropical storm hitting CA so it's ALL OVER the news.
 
SoggyBottomBoy said:
On a possible positive note, could this be at least a temporary boost to the water depletion situation in that area of the US?
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I just looked up some info on this. Lake Powell and Lake Mead need about 6-10 "wet years" to recharge the reservoirs. I have seen some forecasts that this storm could, by itself, dump over a year's worth of rain on the area. If the storm remnants track East into Utah and Colorado, that could result in a significant rise in both lakes, potentially dozens of feet for Lake Mead.

The area had a very "wet year" this year and a massive bump from a tropical system could really help. A disintegrating tropical system in that area historically dumps a massive amount or rain.

Utah is forecasting as much as 4 inches of rain or more in some areas. That is a massive amount of rain for that area.

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UPDATED: Flash flood warning in Zion, parts of Washington and Kane counties as outer bands of Hilary arrive

ST. GEORGE — With the eye of Hurricane Hilary hovering off the coast of Baja California Saturday afdternoon, its outer reaches have started to make an impact in Southern Utah with a flash flood warning issued for Zion National Park, Eastern Washington County and Kane County as the National...
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Lake Powell Water Database

Lake Powell Water Database
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Lake Mead Water Level

Lake Mead Water Level including historical chart
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St.Dan said:
No one will be issued federal aid without an official emergency declaration. Usually the reason those are issued.
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Hopefully they do a better, more thorough job in managing, consolidating, and controlling the natural disaster series of problems than the idiots, inept, incompetent state officials in Hawaii with the state's first-alert warning system that wasnt activated in advance and couldve saved a lot of lives in Western Maui towns, small cities like Lahaina that has been torched, figuratively and literally, to the ground. Or at least 80% of it.
 

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