Yes, you should be stocking up on umbrellas. But that doesn’t begin to address the issues we’re likely to face when El Niño finally arrives in Southern California.
The City of West Hollywood and Assemblymember Richard Bloom will advice at an El Niño Town Hall tomorrow to intended to provide more detailed information about how to prepare for winter storms. This winter’s predicted El Niño conditions, with forecasted severe weather and heavy rain, may bring flooding to the area and create hazards within West Hollywood and throughout the region.
The El Niño event will take place at 6 p.m. tomorrow night in rooms 5 and 6 of the West Hollywood Community Center at Plummer Park. The address is 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. near North Fuller. The event is free and open to the public and no advance reservations are required. Experts from a range of local public safety agencies will be on-hand to discuss preparation and offer tips, as well as to provide information about resources available to residents and local business owners.
In order to prepare for heavy rainfall and potential flooding, the L.A. County Fire Department stations in West Hollywood are stocking up on sandbags, which will be available free to local residents. Station 7 at 864 N. San Vicente Blvd. and can be reached by calling (310) 358-3430. Station 8 is located at 7643 Santa Monica Blvd. and can be reached by calling (323) 654-5445. More information regarding sandbags at local fire stations also can be found online. www.dpw.lacounty.gov/care/sandbags. The cwill also organize sand-distribution locations. Information will be posted on the City’s website, www.weho.org, as it becomes available.
In the planning of this event, I was asked by a couple friends and colleagues, “is this necessary?” to which I asked them, “Do you currently have an emergency preparedness kit at your home and in the trunk of your car?” I wasn’t questioned again about the relevance or need too move forward with such an event. Whether the topic is El Nino, Earthquakes or BioTerrorism, the message is constant: Stay Calm, Be Prepared & Get a Kit….. Until we all have done that, there will always be a need for such events. In terms of the drought, anyone who… Read more »
The most informative part of this meeting was the discussion about the “sand” and the “bag”.
sparklers, spinning plates, dancing girls, or boys, whatever the city can do to make sure they dumb us down as best they can, there’ll be a city sponsored event with a ‘facilitator’, to help us understand all of life’s travails. rain, it’s called rain, and it’s wet, and we need it, badly. oh and by the way, don’t you love how every el nino story is tagged with “…but it may not be enough rain to end the drought conditions in california”. which is code for continued forced rationing, exploding water bills, and nanny state bullying about how many showers… Read more »
Call me a cynic. But, Oh brother. This is nice and all but seriously? What could you possibly be educating us on? How to fill sandbags? How to get to higher ground? What numbers to dial in case of an emergency. Since West Hollywood is on flatland and no where near the coast or cliffs, I’m struggling to see the real value here. Short of ensuring your gutters are clean what more is there to do or know?
Tell me which station has the hottest first responders – now that’s info I can use – lol.