STORM BEATS DOWN ON CITY VALLEY MOBILE HOMES SLAMMED BY FLOODING.Byline: Carol Rock and Eugene Tong Staff Writers SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - More wild weather hit Santa Clarita on Monday with lightning, driving rain, high winds and a brief tornado warning A tornado warning is issued when:
Commuters found gridlocked grid·lock n. 1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets. 2. freeways well before dawn with all alternates to the local freeways closed because of flooding or mudslides. But it was the region's mobile-home parks that again took the brunt of the storm. About a dozen mobile homes were destroyed or heavily damaged Sunday and Monday, including one double-wide in Sand Canyon that fell into the raging Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
``Everyone used to envy my space until today,'' owner Vince Kitchen said, referring to the 20-foot frontage he used to have that sported a half-pipe for neighborhood skaters and motocross training Motocross training is the combination of practicing the sport of motocross, exercising to build strength and endurance in the muscles used in the sport, nutrition that is needed to fuel the human body for optimum performance in the sport, and mental preparation. . Kitchen, 38, had an hour Sunday afternoon to get his belongings out of the mobile home after floodwaters washed away its supports. But a piano and pool table that couldn't be moved were soon underwater and a palm tree on the banks of the river was torn away as firefighters ordered the resident of the neighboring home to leave. Rainwater - measuring nearly 10 inches since Friday morning - caused the collapse of a flood control channel Flood control channels are a series of large, concrete, and empty (except when a flood is actually present) open-air channels that extend a ways below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if and when a flood occurs, the flood will run into the channels, and proceed to be alongside the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. at Calgrove Boulevard, said Officer Wendy Hahn of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . The southbound on-ramp was closed pending repairs. ``It's a mess,'' Hahn said. ``All the water flows that way.'' A flood watch will continue through today, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the National Weather Service. But Wednesday promises some relief with sunny skies and the service predicts no rain through Sunday. A school bus carrying two special-education students was stuck in thick mud about 4:30 p.m. on The Old Road at Hillcrest Parkway in Castaic, and a swift-water rescue team was called in to transport them and their driver to safety. A mile north, more than 2 feet of muddy water raged past businesses. Plants from a nursery at the base of a sliding hill were strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. about the road as a bulldozer made its way through. ``It's so bad,'' said Lola Garcia, 33, the nursery's manager. ``You're losing everything and nobody can help.'' Just south of the nursery at a flooded boat lot, dozens of speedboats sat idle on some 3 feet of water. The muck trapped about five cars that attempted to drive through it. ``They ignore the signs, and they get stuck,'' CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Ed Jacobs said, monitoring the rescue of a stranded motorist. Rescuers were stymied in their effort to save three horses standing stuck in a sink hole The opening to a sink drain A cesspool Same as Sink, n. os>, 3. See also: Sink Sink Sink near Sierra Highway and Agua Dulce Canyon Road because a section of highway had washed out. A team came in from the Antelope Valley. In Saugus, at least two abandoned cars were swept into a creek when a section of Bouquet Canyon Road was undermined near Lombardi Ranch. Residents of Val Verde were trapped in their community when mud gushed down nearly every street, a day after slide warnings were issued by the U.S. Geological Survey. Just north of Castaic, water was 4 feet deep outside 20 homes at the 94-unit Paradise Ranch Mobile Home Park, as flows toppled patios and ruined homes. A county Fire Department swift-water rescue team rescued those residents, whose access was blocked by mud and debris, and officials recommended voluntary evacuation. ``It was like the water was coming in from both ends of the street,'' said resident June Hess, 49. ``The force of the water coming in here was out of control. We're still in disbelief. We're hoping there are answers out there for us on how we can continue our lives.'' The mobile-home park's residents had defended their homes with garden hoses from a brush fire last August, but they were powerless to halt mudslides from the drenched drench tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es 1. To wet through and through; soak. 2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3. , still bare hillsides. ``(The rain) just dumped on us,'' said Sharon Jewett, 53, a resident of five years and the community's emergency coordinator. ``And with the fire, there's no vegetation, and it just all came down.'' The water receded as quickly as it arrived, and county fire officials helped clear a way out. Most of the residents opted to leave and wait out the storm at a motel or with friends, Jewett said. ``It happened real fast,'' said Marvin Johnson, 72, who resisted leaving when his home was flooded. ``Within five minutes, it was in the house. And then it was gone. I'm so overwhelmed. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to do.'' Staff Writer Patricia Farrell Aidem contributed to this story. CAPTION(S): 5 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) A mobile home in Sand Canyon is shown after it fell into the river after being overtaken by water on Monday morning. (2 -- 3) At left, Lisa Noell watches her neighbors cross muddy roads at Paradise Ranch Mobile Home Park in Castaic; above, trucks are stranded in mud after a large mudslide on Monday morning cut off The Old Road. The slide is more than 6 feet deep in spots. David Crane/Staff Photographer (4) A bulldozer and a Ford truck that were cleaning up mud that washed through the Plant Warehouse Nursery in Castaic from a hillside became stuck in the mud in the driving rain on Monday. (5) Mike Norbenstron helps daughter April through mud as Alyssa Bloom laughs and Mindy Bloom leads the way through Paradise Ranch in Castaic. John Lazar/Staff Photographer Box: RAIN GAUGE Source: L.A. County Public Works |
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