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In article <kpevl9INNr7m@agate.berkeley.edu>, abulloch@garnet.berkeley.edu (Anthony Bulloch) writes:
> Rain here is intermittent as of 11.30 pm Monday night.
> We've had showers for the last day, but a lot of the
> rain fell over the ocean before reaching land, apparently,
> so forecasts of heavy rainfall have not been fulfilled
> so far. But probability of rain tomorrow is supposedly
> 100%, so we'll see.   San Jose seeded the clouds, I
> heard; I expect we'll read in due course what the result was.
> (Are there any toxic hazards, by the way, involved
> in seeding?)
-- 

  I live in the San Fernando Valey, just a few miles from the Sepulveda Flood
Control Basin. Last night was a total mess; took me 3 hours to get home.
The entire Venture Freeway was closed between the Hollywood and San Diego
Freeways and further west. Lot of underasses were closed, and the Hollywood
Burbank airport was cut off, ads all the major streets in and out
were flooded and then closed.

  Over the flood control basin, rescuers were trying to save a lot of people
who got caught inside the basin when the water rose (the basin is used for
traffic and recreational use when dry). At one point, a KCOP cameraman,
hitching a ride with the KNX radio helicopter, had to jump into the water to
rescue a man who was too tired to grab onto the helicopter runners. The
cameraman, Lawrence Welk III (Yes, THAT Lawrence Welk's grandson) and the man
were later pulled out by the LAFD chopper.

Looks like another one is headed in this afternoon, may even be worse if that's
possible.


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