[AT] Farm flooding update California - new info

[toma at risingnet.net]

Here in the Sierra foothills we have been under a "Flash flood watch" 
through most of January. We are on high ground at about 1600 ft. so I have 
thought how does this affect us. Yesterday we found out. About 2 pm a 
series of thunderstorms came through and it rained very heavy for a while. 
while we only picked up about an inch of rain 5 or 6 inches were received 
at the 2500-3500ft elevation. On the way to town there are two small 
creeks with small bridges over them. Both bridges plugged up with debris 
and water ran over the road too deep to drive through. At one bridge the 
road became undermined and a 12' chunk of road fell in making the bridge 
unpassable when the water went down. We went to bed last night thinking we 
would not be able to get to town without going out the long way. We 
learned this morning that the brige on the main road is still passable.

Tom Armstrong