Tuesday, January 19, 2010

So "how" bad was yesterday's storm here in LA? 7,100 cubic feet per second of mud and debris flowed into the streets and channels...and it will get worse!


LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -

So just how bad was yesterday's storm that hit Southern California?

U.S. Geological Survey debris-monitoring stations near the Arroyo Seco above the Jet Propulsion Laboratory recorded 7,100 cubic feet per second of mud and debris flow for Monday's storm - the third-highest ever recorded.


With today's storm and at least two more expected later this week, "we could break the record," said Jim Bowers, chief of hydrologic monitoring for the agency.

Bowers was heading to Pasadena today to meet with Caltech scientist Lucy Jones, who has conducted extensive research into local flooding in the wake of the Station Fire, which left more than 160,000 acres of land burned of vegetation in the San Gabriel Mountain range. Monday's debris flow was second only to the 8,200 cubic feet per second recorded in 1969. An all-time high of 8,500 cubic feet per second was recorded in 1938, during what Bowers described as a 100-year storm.


This week's rains could surpass that, setting a record "for the 77 years we've been recording that data," Bowers said.

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