A dozen homes evacuated in Woodland Hills; flooding closes streets

[nadinbrzezinski]

Residents from 12 homes in Woodland Hills were evacuated Sunday night as a flow of debris and mud threatened a retaining wall in the area, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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(closed streets)


-- Burbank Boulevard at the 405 Freeway on the east and Balboa Boulevard on the west

-- Oxnard Street and Donna Avenue

-- Balboa Boulevard between Victory and Burbank boulevards

-- Vanowen Street between Woodley and Hayvenhurst avenues

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/a-dozen-homes-evacuated-in-woodland-hills.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm glad they're being proactive.

Flooding is no joke, even here, where we are normally so dry.

[bluewaffle]

2. Do you live in the area?

Do you live in that area, CaliforniaPeggy? Stay safe.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I am in SoCal...

But not there.

Not to worry...we're very safe.

Thank you, and welcome to DU!

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. San Diego also has a slew of warnings

oh my

[kestrel91316]

5. I'm in the area. It's almost eerie how quiet it is now - rain is falling gently.

It just absolutely ROARED on my roof for about 21 hours.

[calimary]

6. Same here in West L.A. It was such a hard rain for hours and hours that we could hear

it over the TV and all the college kids downstairs.

And a lot of our streets were already closed down for the LA Marathon. Sheesh, what a mess. LOTS of flash flood watches still in effect throughout the Santa Monica Mountains area.

One thing to watch for especially on the curvy roads (like Sunset Blvd) - BE CAREFUL in the slow lane (nearest to the curb). Our streets are so poorly maintained that there WILL be brand new potholes all over the place that will be carved into the streets, especially along the edges near the curbs. That always happens after a lot of rain. The concrete and asphalt are so cracked and compromised from all the weight of traffic hour after hour and day after day and week after week that as soon as there's a lot of water, many of those cracks get opened up all the way. Gonna be a bigger mess to come - and very rough on wheels and axles.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Louder than college kids, now that is impressive

:hi:

[calimary]

10. It's Mike's band - everybody but Ted the bass player.

And their roadie, their sound guy, and assorted girlfriends. And various video games and Harry Potter. And the pizza delivery. And the dog.

And yes, with all that going on, we could STILL hear the rain on the roof!

[whatchamacallit]

8. The storm has just lightened up a bit where I am

but It's been dumping hard all day.

[Wilms]

9. Do you know how the hills are holding up over where the wildfires were? n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. One reason I have been keeping the LA Times

so no, not really