For those that haven't been following the news, the Santa Barbara area (specifically Montecito and Carpinteria) got hammered below the burn areas.
6 dead so far, several still missing, and dozens of rescues underway. Many roads including the 101 are closed. Lots of rescues taking place by helicopter. They showed a 14 year old girl being pulled from a collapsed house full of mud. She was trapped in mud for something like 5 hours, but survived. Another 2 year old was found in the mud, and also survived.
As predicted, the volume of the runoff and debris flow was 10 times greater as a result of recent fires.
Several homes were just saved from the Thomas Fire, only to be wiped out by mud and debris flow.
What a mess....
6 dead so far, several still missing, and dozens of rescues underway. Many roads including the 101 are closed. Lots of rescues taking place by helicopter. They showed a 14 year old girl being pulled from a collapsed house full of mud. She was trapped in mud for something like 5 hours, but survived. Another 2 year old was found in the mud, and also survived.
As predicted, the volume of the runoff and debris flow was 10 times greater as a result of recent fires.
Several homes were just saved from the Thomas Fire, only to be wiped out by mud and debris flow.
What a mess....
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