A tornado in the O.C.

[marmar]

from the LA Times:



Storm pounds Southland, flooding streets and homes
At least one tornado is reported as winds shatter windows and rain hammers the area.

By Paloma Esquivel, My-Thuan Tran and Jeff Gottlieb
January 19, 2010 | 7:27 p.m.


The second of four rainstorms forecast for Southern California pummeled the coast this afternoon, with gale-force winds and at least one tornado lifting boats in Orange County 30 to 50 feet, causing serious flooding across the region and promoting a new round of evacuations.

But forecasters said the worst is yet to come, in the form of a stronger, colder storm set to hit the L.A. area Wednesday evening. Authorities plan to evacuate 489 homes in the mudslide-prone foothill areas including La Cañada Flintridge on Wednesday morning in advance of the storm. Those evacuations are expected to remain in place until Monday.

"With the first two storms, we got lucky," said Bill Patzert, a climatologist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. "Wednesday could be horrendous. Monday we got the right jab. Tuesday we got the left jab. Wednesday we could get the haymaker to the chin."

Two fatalities have been blamed on the series of storms so far. An El Cajon woman was fatally crushed this afternoon when the passing storm uprooted a tree, which fell on her. On Monday night, a 100-foot tree crashed to the ground, crushing a Frazier Park man and his home. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rains20-2010jan20,0,7577900.story

[ddeclue]

1. Or what people in Oklahoma call "Tuesday"...

:eyes:

[guitar man]

2. Exactly

It's pretty much routine here. ;)

[abelenkpe]

3. Pretty unheard of in LA tho

there are no basements for anyone to seek shelter in. People pretty much don't know what to do.

[guitar man]

4. yeah they are scary

I've been up close and personal with a few tornados in my 40 years of living in Oklahoma. The best thing to do is get as low as you can and find a stout room or something to hang on to!