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Not sure if you noticed since science and facts are beyond you, but for the last several million years or so,
the west coast has been headed EAST and UP HILL
(sea shells and fossilized saltwater life up in the "young" mountains and all...)
Some of it, anyway. There are batholiths travelling every which way on the conveyor belts caused by colliding plates along the West Coast.
Cali has always been prone to mudslides. Its basically a desert, and it can't handle large amounts of rain. The ground turns into quicksand. Just like southern BC. Same thing.
Its a engineering puzzle that has yet to be properly solved and probably cannot be. Sometimes the earth is going to do what the earth s going to do and the best you can hope for it to get out of the way.
If Cali continues to have drought summers followed by flood winters it is going to be a mess.
Its a engineering puzzle that has yet to be properly solved and probably cannot be. Sometimes the earth is going to do what the earth s going to do and the best you can hope for it to get out of the way.
If Cali continues to have drought summers followed by flood winters it is going to be a mess.
Authorities expected such mudslide before its occurring; because the regions inflicted were the same regions inflicted by the wildfire. So when rain came down on the burnt regions, thick mud streams resulted.
Lawsuit targets California utilities over deadly mudslides
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Published:
January 16, 2018
Updated:
January 16, 2018 7:49 PM EST
In this Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Engineer Rick Pinal navigates through a muddy Montecito, Calif., home backyard. The home was destroyed by deadly mudflow and debris early Tuesday morning following heavy rainfall.Mike Eliason / AP
LOS ANGELES — Two utilities were sued Tuesday for the widespread destruction from last week’s deadly mudslides that were caused when hillsides ravaged by California’s largest-ever wildfire let loose in heavy rain.
An amended negligence lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court added the Montecito Water District to the suit that originally targeted only Southern California Edison.
The litigation was brought by three people injured or related to someone hurt, plus a business damaged in flash floods that devastated the coastal town of Montecito. At least twenty people were killed by mudslides and more than 350 homes were destroyed or damaged.
Crews continued to search Tuesday for three missing people, including a 2-year-old girl.
Seven people remained hospitalized a week after they were injured in the mudslides. Twenty-eight patients have been treated and released.
In this Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Capt Adam Estabrook, left, and Engineer Rick Pinal search through a debris pile behind a Montecito, Calif., home. The home was destroyed by deadly mudflow and debris early Tuesday morning following heavy rainfall.
Transportation workers were blasting boulders and clearing other debris that littered U.S. Highway 101, the freeway linking Santa Barbara with Ventura. The route is not expected to reopen until Jan. 22, transportation officials said.
The suit claims an explosion or fire in one of SCE’s transformers sparked the enormous Thomas Fire on the night of Dec. 4 in neighbouring Ventura County, followed by another transformer fire nearly 6 miles (10 kilometres) away that was a second ignition point and that the two blazes merged. It further states that the Jan. 9 mudslides only occurred because vegetation that typically holds soil in place was burned in the blaze.
“Had SCE acted responsibly, the Thomas Fire could have been prevented,” attorney Robert Curtis said in court papers. The utility failed to properly maintain power lines and transformers and safely trim tinder-dry vegetation around their equipment, the suit said.
Southern California Edison said it was premature to speculate on litigation related to the mudslides while the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection continues to investigate the cause of the blaze.
“The devastating impact of the mudslides in Montecito has been tragic,” Edison said in a statement, adding it was supporting the recovery effort and would attempt to restore power when it was safe to do so.
In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, demolition workers break down boulders Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, that are scattered throughout Montecito, Calif., following the deadly mudslides containing rocks and debris that struck the area following heavy rains on Tuesday, Jan. 9.
The water district is accused of not having an adequate shut-off valve system to stop the flow of water when a major water main burst in hills above Montecito. At least 8 million gallons of water from large storage tanks joined the rainfall that cascaded down the steep slopes toward the town, carrying boulders and trees that crushed cars and flattened homes.
The water district did not immediately respond to phone and email requests for comment.
Among other damages sought, the suit seeks an unspecified amount of money for property ruined, emotional distress and lost wages, as well as punitive damages.
“It’s difficult to put a dollar value on property damage alone, much less the loss of life,” said attorney Peter Bezek. “But I don’t think it’s an overestimation that damages could exceed $1 billion.”
The number of single-family homes destroyed by the slides nearly doubled from last week to 115, according to a more accurate assessment Tuesday. But the number of damaged houses was lowered to 242.
That’s a fraction of the more than 1,000 homes and buildings destroyed by the fire that burned out of control for more than a month, but the mudslide was far deadlier. The fire that scorched 440 square miles (1,140 square kilometres) was responsible for two deaths, officials said.
Several other fire lawsuits have been filed against Southern California Edison and other defendants in Ventura County. Other suits are also expected in the mudslides, with one law firm soliciting clients through a TV commercial airing in the Los Angeles market.
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Associated Press Writers Brian Melley and John Antczak contributed to this story.
Lawsuit targets California utilities over deadly mudslides | Toronto Sun
Associated Press
More from Associated Press
Published:
January 16, 2018
Updated:
January 16, 2018 7:49 PM EST
In this Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Engineer Rick Pinal navigates through a muddy Montecito, Calif., home backyard. The home was destroyed by deadly mudflow and debris early Tuesday morning following heavy rainfall.Mike Eliason / AP
LOS ANGELES — Two utilities were sued Tuesday for the widespread destruction from last week’s deadly mudslides that were caused when hillsides ravaged by California’s largest-ever wildfire let loose in heavy rain.
An amended negligence lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court added the Montecito Water District to the suit that originally targeted only Southern California Edison.
The litigation was brought by three people injured or related to someone hurt, plus a business damaged in flash floods that devastated the coastal town of Montecito. At least twenty people were killed by mudslides and more than 350 homes were destroyed or damaged.
Crews continued to search Tuesday for three missing people, including a 2-year-old girl.
Seven people remained hospitalized a week after they were injured in the mudslides. Twenty-eight patients have been treated and released.
In this Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Capt Adam Estabrook, left, and Engineer Rick Pinal search through a debris pile behind a Montecito, Calif., home. The home was destroyed by deadly mudflow and debris early Tuesday morning following heavy rainfall.
Transportation workers were blasting boulders and clearing other debris that littered U.S. Highway 101, the freeway linking Santa Barbara with Ventura. The route is not expected to reopen until Jan. 22, transportation officials said.
The suit claims an explosion or fire in one of SCE’s transformers sparked the enormous Thomas Fire on the night of Dec. 4 in neighbouring Ventura County, followed by another transformer fire nearly 6 miles (10 kilometres) away that was a second ignition point and that the two blazes merged. It further states that the Jan. 9 mudslides only occurred because vegetation that typically holds soil in place was burned in the blaze.
“Had SCE acted responsibly, the Thomas Fire could have been prevented,” attorney Robert Curtis said in court papers. The utility failed to properly maintain power lines and transformers and safely trim tinder-dry vegetation around their equipment, the suit said.
Southern California Edison said it was premature to speculate on litigation related to the mudslides while the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection continues to investigate the cause of the blaze.
“The devastating impact of the mudslides in Montecito has been tragic,” Edison said in a statement, adding it was supporting the recovery effort and would attempt to restore power when it was safe to do so.
In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, demolition workers break down boulders Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, that are scattered throughout Montecito, Calif., following the deadly mudslides containing rocks and debris that struck the area following heavy rains on Tuesday, Jan. 9.
The water district is accused of not having an adequate shut-off valve system to stop the flow of water when a major water main burst in hills above Montecito. At least 8 million gallons of water from large storage tanks joined the rainfall that cascaded down the steep slopes toward the town, carrying boulders and trees that crushed cars and flattened homes.
The water district did not immediately respond to phone and email requests for comment.
Among other damages sought, the suit seeks an unspecified amount of money for property ruined, emotional distress and lost wages, as well as punitive damages.
“It’s difficult to put a dollar value on property damage alone, much less the loss of life,” said attorney Peter Bezek. “But I don’t think it’s an overestimation that damages could exceed $1 billion.”
The number of single-family homes destroyed by the slides nearly doubled from last week to 115, according to a more accurate assessment Tuesday. But the number of damaged houses was lowered to 242.
That’s a fraction of the more than 1,000 homes and buildings destroyed by the fire that burned out of control for more than a month, but the mudslide was far deadlier. The fire that scorched 440 square miles (1,140 square kilometres) was responsible for two deaths, officials said.
Several other fire lawsuits have been filed against Southern California Edison and other defendants in Ventura County. Other suits are also expected in the mudslides, with one law firm soliciting clients through a TV commercial airing in the Los Angeles market.
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Associated Press Writers Brian Melley and John Antczak contributed to this story.
Lawsuit targets California utilities over deadly mudslides | Toronto Sun
Earthquake felt in California early in the morning of Jan /25/ 2018
It was grade 4, but because it was relatively shallow below the ground, it was felt by many people.
It has come a few days after a major earthquake hit Alaska, and before it the earthquakes in South America.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquake-shakes-southern-california/
It was grade 4, but because it was relatively shallow below the ground, it was felt by many people.
It has come a few days after a major earthquake hit Alaska, and before it the earthquakes in South America.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquake-shakes-southern-california/
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