Breaking: HOTEL getting evacuated

[nadinbrzezinski]

by swift water rescue in San Diego...

Yes down the road, literally, from where I am typing this. Got some good shots of the water cresting too.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Why being evacuated????

Storm?
Bomb?
Surly cook?

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Water, they are flooded out

why swift water rescue is on the scene.

San Diego is having the worst floods since 1993

[originalpckelly]

6. Dayum.

Stay safe you, or we'll travel to CA and kick your ass, OK? :P

[originalpckelly]

3. I think it ate the seafood appetizers at the dinner last night.

It really needs to take something for it, I can smell it here in CO.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Surly cook?? Now, that's funny.

:spray:

[mitchtv]

5. We got evacuated Sun nite 1130pm

The utility pole caught fire in the rain. Extra large pole too. We were back by 130am luckily our neighbors took us in.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. San Diego River has crested, I think, according to Weather Service

but it is about three feet from flooding my parking lot.

[gateley]

22. Are you going to be okay? What are you going to do?

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Oh we are fine, this is the 20 year flood

if this was the 50 year flood I'd be going to my sister's

But the newsies are all kind of fun.

[gateley]

10. That almost sounds surreal. I swear, if I were a Christian I'd be thinking End Times! nt

[mitchtv]

19. this is in the desert yet

still raining here. More rain than most years in 4 days

[gateley]

7. I just saw that! I didn't know that San Diego had been affected! Just e-mailed

a friend of mine there - awaiting word back.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. I got to figure out how to upload photos

to the web... I mean I no longer have a site, so I need to find if I can upload to Prosperous and post them.

[gateley]

23. Like w/Photobucket? That's how I do it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. I would be interested in photos.

No tv, Mr. d' daughter is in Dan Diego,tho exactly where I have no idea.
I need to find him and tell him to check in with her.

Can you do Photobucket???

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Here, my posterous accunt

http://nadinbrzezinski.posterous.com/

Uploaded them earlier in the day

[nadinbrzezinski]

61. wrong place

self delete

[villager]

20. thanks to Nadin's thread, I was similarly prompted to email a cousin in East S.D. county!

And likewise await word....

[gateley]

21. I heard back from her but she didn't say anything about how she was doing in

her area! But at least she didn't float away. Hope you hear from your cousin soon! :hi:

[villager]

9. Holy cow! Which hotel?

I guess it's a good thing these rains aren't happening during Comic-Con! ;-)

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. I think it is the Handlery but don't take my word

Trying to locate the damn thing on Goggle maps

[villager]

13. Wow -- so over on Hotel Circle? That might mean other evacs will follow...!

n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. According to weather service the river has crested

but yes, that is a possibility.

Camino del rio is bad. My hubby got some pictures from where we used to live. Camino del Rio North... it is a literal mess.

[villager]

16. There's some ravine-like terrain in that area, yes?

If memory serves... the light rail tracks, the golf course... wow, gonna be a memorable weather day....

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Yep...

Good memory

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. It is the premiere

2484 Hotel Circle Place

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. Oh and drove by the Handlery... and it is NOT pretty.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Here... nooz story sorry for the link to local fox station

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Mission-Valley-Hotel-Guests-Evacuated-from/dGXjBy7DnECflXAKDiRThA.cspx?rss=800

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Some photos

http://nadinbrzezinski.posterous.com/37191457

And no, cannot host there and post here.

[Lucinda]

25. Ack!

Stay safe!

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. The trolley has a funny

don't waste water....

[Lucinda]

27. Seriously?

:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. Yep, seriously

You'd think they'd leave that car in the barn.

[Lucinda]

30. Yeah...but at least it gives people something to smile about

in all this mess?
I grew up in California, haven't been there in years...I'm stunned by how hard this storm sequence is hitting the state. Someone posted last night about all the rain and snow at Big Bear...a lot of those trees have pretty shallow roots. Going to be so much damage before this thing is done.:(

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. People have already died

(In Tijuana) and I expect deaths these side as well.

[Lucinda]

32. I cannot even imagine how hard it will be across the border

Unless things have changed there since I last went, they will be really suffering.

I'm worried about all the wood frame construction and the damage it will be taking in SO Cal. A lot of those homes weren't built for this kind of weather. :(

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Sadly I can...

I did the command of that flood... back in '93. Hills literally become rivers, and it ist he same places... Colonia Tres de Octubre, Sanchez Taboaada, the same places.

Per twitter 5,000 were evacuated last night.

As to San Diego... most places will be fine... but Fashion Valley is somewhat of a ghost town and 1\4 of it's parking is under water.

[Lucinda]

34. At least they evacuated. I hope something will be standing to return to.

:(

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. Oh lord just drove though that area of the city

It is a mess... a royal mess...

and yes, officially this is worst than 1993 already, and the road closures tell the story about that,

[DainBramaged]

36. YOU be careful, do not be a hero

be well. I don't want to have to come and rescue you off your roof now.......

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. It is the 20 year flood, not the fifty year flood

it is worst than 1993, but will not be like oh 1916... now THAT was a flood





Cows drowned back then.

Today the trolley station on Fashion valley got closed down. They are literally under five feet of water.

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. Irony: famed water park has closed for the day due to wet weather.

Sea World closed because of traffic issues.

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Chiefly you cannot get to it.

Friars Rd IS a mess. If I should have to leave put parrots in bed, and find a way out will be interesting.

[dixiegrrrrl]

54. Parrots??????

[nadinbrzezinski]

57. Yes, two conures, the kids

a nanday and a sun.

Here is a web photo of both



No, not m mine, they are quite camera shy.

[DainBramaged]

44. Still, be careful, I do not want to have to put my waders on......

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. On a serious note, I almost added my rope gear

to the truck... I know what to do with a rope in an emergency.

[DainBramaged]

53. On a more serious note, bought Darksiders for PC

getting mini-fixes till Diablo III in Q3 2011....sigh......

[Capn Sunshine]

41. Mission Valley has this little meandering stream running through it

and in Heavy rains, it turns into a torrent.
I remember this happened in 1972 as well. But they kept building.

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. River Run, one of the NEW developments

is ... you guessed it, a river run.

[MadHound]

45. You and everybody else in the path, stay safe and best wishes.

Having been through a few massive floods myself, I know what you're going through and you have my sympathy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

47. What is absolutely insane is that in this town

a few feet make all the difference.

I am where we would neet boats IF this was a fifty or hundred year flood.

The 20 year flood, we are doing just fine...

BUT... a hillside in front of Fashion Valley Mall, Friars is closed, not just because of the water... but I think it is getting unstable. There are houses at the top.

SHOULD get some bottled water though. I know better. Will do tomorrow.

[MadHound]

49. NO BOTTLED WATER? BAD NADIN, BAD, BAD NADIN!

I kid, I really do, hey we all forget shit from time to time.

I used to live in a town like yours, Springfield Missouri. They would get an inch of rain in an hour and large parts of town were under water. But that was simply due to the lack of a decent stormwater drainage system. Is that the problem where you live or, as I suspect, is it due to your land simply can't handle it?

I went through the Missouri River five hundred year flood in '93, I should get some pictures scanned in to show you sometime. Absolutely amazing what that amount of water can do. Houses floating away, highways simply gone, it was a nightmare that took us five plus years to recover from. There are still lakes that the river dug out, fully stocked, miles away from the river.

Hey, remember, if you can't get bottled water, the water in the toilet will do in a pinch. At least the water in the back, the water in the bowl:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

50. The land is water logged

we are a desert. We just got the rain of a year in five days.

And this is a river valley...

Now thankfully our water systems are far away from usual flooded zones... but this is bad enough I expect a boil water order in the next 12 hours or so.

It is just that going out NOW would be stupid, so I will bool water.

[Irishonly]

51. Been a pain

We have relatives in Rancho Valencia and keep checking on them. They aren't too far from some of the bad fires a couple of years ago and mud slides are a problem. It's just irritating around here. No flooding or slides although communities around us cannot say the same.

[nadinbrzezinski]

52. Well the sun if finally peeking

welcomed sight to be honest.

[Irishonly]

67. It was awesome

I love the sun. I hope I can walk the dogs tomorrow. To be honest I was the wuss. Two of the three would have loved it. My guy in the wheelchair probably not. But sun willing, we go in the morning.

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. Well I went to get my water

yes I know better.

[malaise]

56. Stay safe folks

What a mess

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. It is starting to pass, but you know what is ironic as hell?

The Press release from Cal Fire... you'd think OUR media would be on it right? Nope, found it in the Tijuana news, where they are up to thousands of affected, hundreds displaced and one dead, so far, People are PRAYING this is not as bad as the '93 storms. From local conditions it already is. but in Tijuana they might have bit that bullet.

Yes the San Diego River crested hither than '93 by a foot.

[TheKentuckian]

59. Be safe

[slackmaster]

60. Tagged for photos. The one with the stop sign is hilarious.

:D

[nadinbrzezinski]

62. that's the fashion valley mall fer ya!

there are few others that are funny as well. Trolley on the side, save water.

[slackmaster]

68. Most of that stuff should never have been buili

Pete Ferrari was right. Development in Mission Valley wiped out some of the best farmland in the country.

[nadinbrzezinski]

69. When they started developing the trolley I remember telling them

what happens when you are UNDER WATER.

Well that would never happen.

Historic 1916 flood, yes it can happen.

Nah we have all this flood control, yada, yada.

I should go over to the planning commission meeting with photos of the Fashion Valley station. Oh and this is NOT the 1916 (read 100 year) flood.

[slackmaster]

70. They'll treat you as a crackpot, politely listen and thank you for your time

Been there, done that many times.

The only thing that could possibly stop development in the flood plain would be insurance companies refusing to cover improvements.

The golf course provides somewhat of a buffer, but they'll probably want to develop that some day as well.

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. Posted a few more images

http://nadinbrzezinski.posterous.com/a-few-more-images

[lonestarnot]

64. bunch of houses floated away over here.

[nadinbrzezinski]

65. It has not been fun

I know

:hugs:

[lonestarnot]

66. It's pouring here now.