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Originally Posted by Fbone
Three storm systems converging likely to produce 8-12 inches of rain. Also, the storm surge will hit at high tide that will cause the tidal rivers to overflow. Already, the river is cresting the bulkheads.
I live across the street from mandatory evacuations. Police knocked on their doors to get them to leave.
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We had one earlier this year that dumped 7 feet in 24 hours in some mountain areas. 2-3 feet in 24 hours is pretty much the norm. And the storms in the Pacific are always much bigger than hurricanes since they have much more open sea to develop and grow. But deaths are very rare (probably because people don't live right next to the ocean and houses are usually very solid, not built of wood). The only time there were a lot of deaths was when a giant mudslide wiped out some villages and 700 people died a few years ago.
But most people like the big storms, helps us to cool off and we get most of our water this way, it is collected in several reservoirs.