Storm Damage in Southern California
@DeborahDiane (40054)
Laguna Woods, California
February 19, 2017 9:18pm CST
Some of you may have heard about the storm damage over the past few days in Southern California.
After the heavy rains and high winds, at least ten trees had fallen down within a few blocks of our home. I took a photo of the tree above, which was on the edge of our golf course. Fortunately, none of the trees in our neighborhood fell on a home.
In other areas, a number of homes and cars were damaged by the Southern California storm. A large tree branch fell into a parking spot near our house where I sometimes park my car. I'm so glad it wasn't sitting there the night of the storm!
I hope all of you are getting safely through this winter without any damage to your home, cars or neighborhood.
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@LadyDuck (458085)
• Switzerland
21 Feb 17
@DeborahDiane We had many eucalyptus trees in the gardens in Monte-Carlo. Here there are many pine trees, they look pretty solid because I have never seen one fall and we can have very strong winds both in winter and summer.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
22 Feb 17
@LadyDuck - Your pine trees must grow deeper roots than ours do. I wonder if we over-water them, which makes the roots shallow. Whatever is the problem, I have seen several fall over!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 17
@LadyDuck - These types of trees have very shallow roots. Eucalyptus trees fall over very easily in high winds. We have also had problems with pine trees falling over. It is scary.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
20 Feb 17
Lots of damage caused by typhoon, its good you are in better situation now.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 17
Yes, everything should be much better now.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
22 Feb 17
@ilocosboy - Things have calmed down a lot here. Thank you for wishing us safety. I think we will be OK now ... I hope!
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
20 Feb 17
@DeborahDiane I watch it in CNN and it's really frightening, be safe there
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
20 Feb 17
We have witnessed damaged in North Carolina that really caused major issues. Roads blocked, houses crushed, people and animals harmed. Just not a fun thing.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Feb 17
@DeborahDiane We are not looking forward the storm season. The huge, old trees here are tough, but we are always concerned.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
23 Feb 17
@PatZAnthony - Yes, whenever there are storms, we never know what could happen!
@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
22 Feb 17
@PatZAnthony - We have had some pretty powerful storms across the U.S. this year, and we haven't even gotten into tornado and hurricane season!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 May 17
@TheHorse - I feel sorry for the people in the Midwest and Texas right now. The flooding is pretty awful.
@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 17
@JudyEv - Yes, the fire truck going over the edge was here in Southern California. It fell about 20 feet and it was totally ruined. It was quite a shock. Fortunately, the firemen got out in time.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 17
@DeborahDiane I hadn't realised it was a fire truck. I'm glad the men got out safely.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
22 Feb 17
@JudyEv - It was shocking to see that fire truck fall over the edge of the road. So scary. I was also glad that the men got out safely.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 17
@syeow1 - Yes, my family and I are fine. I heard that a teenage girl was struck by a falling tree and she is in the hospital, though.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 17
@shaggin - We were very fortunate that no one was hurt in the storm.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Feb 17
i know we have several mylotters in california like you and hope you all stay safe
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 17
@hereandthere - Today, they are getting another big storm in Northern California, but everything seems fine here in Southern California.
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@RasmaSandra (73407)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Feb 17
No problems here. I am glad you have made it safely through the storms. I feel sorry for that tree and wonder if it could be saved. i always worry about nature. Hope the storms are now in the past.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 17
@RasmaSandra - That was the worst storm we have had in over ten years. I don't think we will have another one this winter.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
25 Feb 17
It is sad to see trees uprooted like that!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
26 Feb 17
@garymarsh6 - I agree. I was sad to see so many trees uprooted!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
27 Feb 17
@DianneN - Yes, I was relieved that no one was hurt by any of the trees that fell in our area. We were lucky!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Feb 17
@just4him - At least the storm was short-lived ... just about 12 hours long.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Feb 17
I am also in SoCal. There were a few of sinkholes. Not so much mudslides as anticipated.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 17
@JohnRoberts - Those sinkholes were pretty amazing, but I'm glad there were no mudslides. My husband and I had breakfast in Laguna Beach this morning. They have had bad mudslides in the past, but things looked fine this morning.
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