By Bob Walsh
It is about 1030 a.m. on 01-01-23 as I pound this out. We had a very respectable storm yesterday. A LOT of wind and a LOT of rain across NorCal. Major road flooding in Modesto, Stockton and Sacramento. A friend of mine who had to drive for work yesterday saw a whole series of one-car wrecks on I-5 in Stockton when cars going way too fast for conditions hit a significant amount of standing water on the road and hydroplaned. They all ended up nosing into the K-rail at good sped. It looked like none hit each other, but that can be hard to tell if you are trying to drive and not being a spectator. There was also supposed to be a levee breach or topover in the Wilton area, resulting in some people having to do an emergency New Years Eve evacuation. That must have been fun.
There were a lot of power outages everywhere do to the wind. The local bingo hall (next to the race track) lost power and there was a near-riot by the Saturday Night Bingo crowd.
There was only modest fireworks activity due to the wind and rain but around midnight it sounded like D-Day on Omaha Beach. A LOT of gunfire. Had to trank a couple of the dogs though. They REALLY hate loud noises. I will have to go up on my roof today and check for holes. The weather today is supposed to be very nice actually. Then another weeks worth of substantial rain. I am not knocking it, we need the reservoir refills, but.......
At any rate nobody I know died, nobody I know got arrested, nobody I know got hurt. An auspicious start to the year all things considered.
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CalTrans has closed Hwy 99 between Lodi and Sacramento for an indefinite period due to extreme flooding and possible road damage. That will be fun tomorrow and a LOT of fun for the Tuesday commute if it is still shut down then. (Monday is a holiday for a lot of people.)
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