In preparation for the rainstorm - Modjeska, Silverado, and Williams Canyons are being evacuated.

[KitchenWitch]

My thoughts are with everyone there, may the mud stay where it belongs.

[IcyPeas]

1. where, exactly are these areas?

can you show us a map? thanks.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Here, I had to do a screen cap

[SPKrazy]

3. Same Here

Mud stay!

Hope you are safe!

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

4. Thankfully I am in the flat lands - the bowl, as it were.

No mud can get me here!

:D

I just feel for those people up in the hills, who dodged the fire bullet only to get evacuated for fear of mud.

aaack.

[SPKrazy]

6. Good for you

bad/sad for them

:hug:

[Shakespeare]

5. Yikes. That's not good. Family friends in Ensenada, Mexico just lost their home to a mudslide.

Friday night, after the heavy rains they'd gotten. They live about halfway up a mountain, and the top half slid down and through their gorgeous house. Swept their big SUV down the mountain, wiped out their garden and chicken coop--just destroyed the place. Fortunately, it spared their guest house (TEENY), so they'll live there while they rebuild.

I may drive down this weekend to help them start to clean up.

You're not in danger of any of those slides, I hope, KW?

[KitchenWitch]

10. Not in danger

I am a flatlander. I am about 2 miles from the foothills.

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. I hope they are evacuating La Conchita too

They had a horrible mudslide there a couple years back.

[begin_within]

8. In 1969, we got stuck in the mud on Santiago Canyon Road.

It was right after some big rains that winter, and my Dad (who worked for the Orange County Road Department) took us for a drive along Santiago Canyon Road, to visit the Modjeska Bird Sanctuary and see the sights in the "back country." The area was rural and only sparsely developed at that time - small ranches here and there, a whole different world from the urbanized part of Orange County. It was a neat trip, but he made a wrong turn and our red 1964 Pontiac became hopelessly stuck in the mud on a side road. I don't remember how we got out of the situation, but it became a "story" we talked about for years later in the family.

[KitchenWitch]

11. I love Santiago Canyon Rd.

It is totally a different world from the rest of OC and it is where I drive when I need to clear my head.

[begin_within]

13. Isn't it built up now?

When I was a kid, we lived in the city of Orange, and the only things in Santiago Canyon were Irvine Park, Coto de Caza and the Tucker Bird Sanctuary. When I was up there a few years ago I was surprised (and disappointed) at all the housing developments. Then when they built that 241 toll road, I thought that was the end for that area. I hope they set aside some of it at least. I remember we would take a 10 minute drive up Chapman Avenue, and suddenly it was like being in another state completely.

[KitchenWitch]

14. There are a couple of small developments, but it is mostly untouched.

Certainly far less densely populated than Irvine (which is way too dense for my taste). There is not much development between the 241 and 261 toll roads, aside from a couple of horse ranches and two housing developments that are ~15 units each. And nobody drives back there much unless they actually have business back there.

[begin_within]

15. I'm glad to hear it. My main memory of Irvine Park is how quiet it was there. The

"background roar" of the cities was completely absent, and the silence was thundering to my ears. We also used to go to Villa Park Dam (what we called it) which is now called "Santiago Oaks Regional Park" which was beautiful, peaceful and had a wild, natural feel, not like a manufactured park feel. That was a great place to get back to nature. When I lived there, Limestone Canyon and Weir Canyon parks hadn't been created yet.

[KitchenWitch]

16. Irvine Park is still very quiet and beautiful

I have not been to Santiago Oaks Regional Park yet...must make it a point to get there soon.

[begin_within]

19. Oops - I just read that 90% of Santiago Oaks Regional Park burned in a fire last March,

but the park is mostly back open now. It will take several years until it's beautiful again.

[Parche]

9. rain

Is it going to be as bad as it was up here in Oregon this past week?
Floods
Hurricane force winds
nonstop rain

Our awesome Dem Gov Kulongoski declared a state of emergency
:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

12. I don't think we will get as much rain as you all up in the Pacific NW got.

They are thinking maybe an inch or so.

[Parche]

17. Thats what she said last night

But there was 6 instead.........:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

18. ...

:eyes:


:spank:


:rofl: