Re: I-80 closed in the Sierra

Mark Roberts wrote:
Rich Piehl <rpiehl5REMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had written:
| Per the Caltrans web site
| | IS CLOSED FROM THE NORTH JCT OF SR 89 (NEVADA CO) TO THE NEVADA STATE LINE
| - DUE TO A ROCK SLIDE - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE
| | No word on any time for reopening.
| | It's a little odd to look at the I-80 streaming video webcams and see no | traffic.

The storm is one of the worst that I can remember in nearly seven
years here. There's all sorts of flooding in Sonoma, Marin, Napa,
and Solano counties. A levee broke in Novato, in a place where
flooding is normally rare. Caltrans is reporting flooding on many
freeways and routes. Even here in Oakland, some of the neighbors
have the chain saws going this morning, and the winds from the storm ripped my telephone and cable service connection off the
house (but, miraculously, they're still connected for now, at least
until a big truck rumbles down the street). Lake Merritt is
reportedly overflowing as well.

Some rainfall totals for the last 24 hrs, as reported by SFGate.com (sourced from NWS):

Santa Rosa 4.07
St Helena 7.08
Petaluma 4.52
SFO 2.37
Oakland Airport 2.11
Ben Lomond 4.71

That St. Helena number is amazing. No wonder the Napa River is at flood stage - 30 feet at the moment, 5 ft above flood stage.

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Robert I. Cruickshank
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