Mudslides trap Southern California town, stranding thousands

[IDemo]

Source: CNN

Torrential rain and rapid mudslides have shut down a Southern California town, stranding thousands of people and trapping 500 children and adults at a church camp.

"Most roads are impassable due to mudflows" in Forest Falls, said San Bernardino Fire Capt. Kyle Hauducoeur. Even a local fire station had to be evacuated.

Authorities have made contact with the Forest Home camp, where the 500 visitors were staying, and said everyone is safe -- but the camp was still trapped behind mudflow late Sunday.

Crews used bulldozers and other heavy equipment to try to reach the campers, Hauducoeur said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/03/us/california-mudslides/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Agschmid]

1. Kick.

[PatrynXX]

3. hoping for the best have family in california

everyone loves going on camps out there because of the big trees. Sequoia's . Mom's babies we like to call them here. She was born in Cali... can't remember last time she was there, I I haven't in 22 yrs. But still remember those trees.

[ffr]

4. Mother Nature's way of burping up crud in the atmosphere

Too much of something up there, for sure.

[Bette Noir]

5. I know that town.

Our school sent every sixth-grader to camp there for a week, back in the days when kids and education were considered important. I worked there, more recently. It's far from the Sequoias. The semi-arid landscape is defined by Ponderosa pines and water-worn granite boulders.