A STORM FOR THE BOOKS RAINS MADE OCTOBER A.V.'S WETTEST IN HISTORY.Byline: Greg Botonis and Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writers PALMDALE - The latest storm made this the Antelope Valley's wettest October in history, but left the valley relatively unscathed. The rain - 1.26 inches in Palmdale by early afternoon Wednesday and 0.87 of an inch in Lancaster - caused minor flooding on streets in Quartz Hill and elsewhere and a few weather-related traffic crashes. ``We did get a pretty good storm but it wasn't anything we weren't prepared for,'' said Palmdale Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Director Leon Swain. ``This was a decent storm but we had already addressed areas that we felt needed to be addressed so it was just a pretty routine storm.'' As of early Wednesday afternoon, the storm brought the rainfall total since Oct. 1 to 2.86 inches in Palmdale. The previous wettest October on record was in 1987, when 2.05 inches fell in Palmdale and 2.39 inches fell in Lancaster, most of it on Halloween night. On Halloween 1987, 1.04 inches fell in Palmdale and 1.52 inches in Lancaster. The second-wettest October had been in 1934, when 1.63 inches fell Oct. 18. In Quartz Hill and west Lancaster, water flooded streets but appeared less than in last week's storm. Quartz Hill Town Council President Ed Frommer said a storm-water catch basin catch basin n. 1. A receptacle at the entrance to a sewer designed to keep out large or obstructive matter. 2. A reservoir for collecting surface drainage or runoff. that protects part of the town from storm runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. appeared nearly full before the storm arrived. ``If it's already 90 percent filled just from one night, the potential from a real heavy storm is just scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar . If that were to overflow, the residents all around there would have had some serious, serious problems,'' Frommer said. A couple of residential garages were flooded but no real damage to homes or property was reported, officials said. In the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los , the storm produced the heaviest October snowfall anyone can remember in the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. . Up to 18 inches fell on the Mountain High ski ara, allowing it to open Wednesday for the first time ever in October. ``It's lots of powder and it's snowing pretty hard right now,'' snowboarder snow·board n. A board resembling a small surfboard and equipped with bindings, used for descending snow-covered slopes on one's feet but without ski poles. intr.v. Eric Rodebock, 20, of Lakewood said Wednesday afternoon at Mountain High. ``Right now it looks better than it did all last season, so I think it's going to be a good one.'' Eighteen inches of snow fell overnight at Mountain High's 8,200-foot peak on Blue Ridge Blue Ridge, eastern range of the Appalachian Mts., extending south from S Pa. to N Ga.; highest mountains in the E United States. Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 ft (2,037 m) high, is the tallest peak. Beginning with a narrow ridge in the north, c. and 8 inches at the ski area's 6,600-foot base on Angeles Crest Highway The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane (one lane of travel in each direction) segment of California State Route 2 in the United States. The road is 66 miles in length, with its western terminus at the intersection at Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge and its eastern west of Wrightwood. Mountain High switched on its chairlifts at noon Wednesday. The ski area usually opens in mid-November, with Nov. 3 its previous earliest opening - and those come on predominantly man-made snow. ``This is our earliest opening in history,'' Mountain High spokesman John McColly said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Motorists take their chances Wednesday and drive through a large puddle of water on 45th Street West caused by the recent storm. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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