The storm door finally opened the week of Jan. 18 prompting many to exclaim they hadn’t seen weather like this since the big 82-83 big storms that wreaked so much damage. In Boulder Creek, “the dam” rose to near 1982 levels.
In the mountain areas,rainfall levels were in excess of 12 inches in 5 days. Felton evacuated families from their homes near the covered bridge due to the river spilling over its banks. No one was hurt, the river subsided and folks were able to return to their homes.High winds coupled with saturated soil caused many trees to uproot, sometimes causing property damage, other times taking out power lines. Road closures, power outages, rising rivers and streams, mudslides; all good mountain living! Many were without electricity, some for up to three days.
Many weather stations are claiming the return of El Nino, which means the storm door, may be open during the next several weeks bringing more events like we just experienced.
Tree Solutions continues to stress the importance of tree risk assessment inspections to help determine if there are obvious signs of imminent failure. Oftentimes, these inspections and mitigative procedures can prevent tree failure and property damage from occurring.
Predictions call for a minimum amount of rainfall and by Wednesday we may actually see some sun!
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