Hurricane Hilary - SoCal

[MateoinLosAngeles]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Heavy rain in August is unusual for southern California, but we just got past one of the wettest, stormiest winters on record. Rain is rain, wind is wind, at any time of year. At my house, anything loose has already been dealt with last winter. I am just covering up my Mediterranean-climate terrestrials, that need to be kept dry (or at least relatively dry) in their summer dormancy. Garbage bags (trash can size) will be covering them. "Warm wet" that the rest of the plants will get from this storm is better than the "cold wet" that they got all winter. Oh, I will also turn off the sprinklers for a few days,

Having lived in NYC during Sandy and with my mother in law living in Fort Myers, I gotta say that "wind" isn't just wind. And water when its torrential flooding isn't just water. It's not about the chemistry, is about the physics of force... Hurricane Ian was a tropical storm just hours before being upgraded to a Category 5. Hurricane Sandy never surpassed category 3. Hurricane Hilary coming our way is currently category 4.

This can be dangerous for unprepared citizens and infrastructures in communities not familiar with the devastating effects of hurricanes.