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Offline FreeLancer

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Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« on: October 15, 2015, 05:47:54 PM »
Big slide has traffic stopped, possibly in both directions.  Weird weather here since last night, with heavy rain and thunder/lightening. 
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2015, 05:56:05 PM »
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2015, 07:26:54 PM »
http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/flooding-rains-cause-mudslide-that-shuts-northbound-interstate-5-over-the-grapevine-thursday

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CHP reported several hundred cars were abandoned in the area.



I-5 will probably stay closed for 24 hours.
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2015, 09:10:37 PM »
Quote from: FreeLancer on October 15, 2015, 05:47:54 PM
Big slide has traffic stopped, possibly in both directions.  Weird weather here since last night, with heavy rain and thunder/lightening.

And we haven't even gotten a drop of rain down here in San Diego.
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2015, 09:16:56 PM »
crazy, that is a major freeway. ANother reminder to keep stuff in the car in case stuck
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2015, 12:04:20 PM »
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2015, 01:30:01 PM »
One of the local TV weather guys reported that the rainstorm responsible for this muddy mess is predicted to occur only about once every thousand years.
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2015, 03:12:29 PM »
This is a picture of a mudslide over the 58, in the Mojave, from the same storm.




They're predicting more rain this afternoon.
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2015, 03:27:42 PM »
Quote from: FreeLancer on October 16, 2015, 03:12:29 PM
This is a picture of a mudslide over the 58, in the Mojave, from the same storm.




They're predicting more rain this afternoon.


This is similar to the pictures my California friends are posting on Facebook.


Not good.

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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2015, 04:13:10 PM »
They say the mud is 3 miles long on the 58, and will take three days to clean up, as long as they don't get more flooding this afternoon.

The northbound I-5 is now open, southbound in a couple hours, hopefully.
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2015, 06:47:58 PM »
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Re: Mudslide on I-5 North of LA
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2015, 08:06:27 PM »
It looks like the mudslide took at least one life on the 58 last week.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/body-and-buried-car-found-at-scene-of-california-flooding/

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The Los Angeles County Fire Department began digging up a car buried under 6 feet of mud that was found in a drainage culvert off the road, authorities said.
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