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CA: Levee break in Merced floods trailer park
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^
| 4/4/06
| AP
Posted on 04/04/2006 1:10:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Two Central Valley levees broke Tuesday, flooding a trailer park in Merced and inundating farmland in Sacramento County as heavy rain continued to fall across Northern California, the State Department of Water Resources said.
A breach on Black Rascal Creek at the confluence of Bear Creek was threatening about 50 nearby homes in Merced, said Michael Miller, a department spokesman.
A couple hours later, a private levee built by a farmer east of Highway 99 at the crossing of the Consumnes River south of Sacramento swamped fields but posed no threat to homes, the highway or railroad tracks. The same area broke in January during heavy storms.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; floods; leveebreak; merced; trailerpark
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More rain is coming into next week.
To: NormsRevenge
More rain, and probably more levee breaks.
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:11:28 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
To: NormsRevenge
If the rockin' don't come a knockin'! ;)
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:11:44 PM PDT
by
TXBSAFH
(Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
This proves George Bush doesn't care about....whatever kinda people were living in that trailer park!
Someone call Kanye West! (What should we call him?)
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:12:58 PM PDT
by
FormerLib
("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here over ten years, in what some call Aztlan.")
To: NormsRevenge
Will someone please take Mr. Rove's finger off the "Dynamite Levees" button?
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:13:03 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Enterprise
yup,, snowpack is huge this year in the Sierras as well.. too bad we don't have more reservoirs to catch runoff..
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:13:57 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Have you hugged an illegal alien today?)
To: theDentist
WEather manipulation, surely you jest.. ;-)
The Pacific region is just bubbling and quaking away, el ninar is coming back.
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:15:08 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Have you hugged an illegal alien today?)
To: NormsRevenge
So, umm, how does this work? (Some of the) folks who lost their homes in Katrina got free trailers - since these folks lost their trailers, does that mean that they get free homes? And when it floods, what do they get to loot? I mean, geeze, the coke machine has got to have a few extra cans, but the thrill just isn't there compared to a plasma screen tv...
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:16:13 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Liberalism: The art of sticking your fingers in your ears and going NANANANA..)
To: NormsRevenge
The jackals in Sacramento are ready to go "See? We need that gazillion dollar infrastructure bond NOW!"
To: CounterCounterCulture
To: NormsRevenge
el ninar is coming back. Will someone please take Mr. Rove's foot off the "El Nina" pedal?
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:19:29 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: NormsRevenge
What is it about trailer parks and disasters?
Trailers must be made out of disaster-magnet steel...
To: TXBSAFH
No trailer trash jokes! This is a serious issue! LOL !!!!
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:21:09 PM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: NormsRevenge
Or simple diversions to send it to other .... God forbid .... parts of the state. Personally I don't for the North - South thing .... that's an artificial division. East - West would make much more sense, look at our Red and Blue counties ...
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:23:02 PM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: NormsRevenge
So now we know the difference between California trailers and Tennessee trailers. California trailers get levee breaks while Tennessee trailers attract tornadoes.
How is a Tennessee divorce like a tornado? - Someone's fixin' to lose a trailer.
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:23:20 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:23:40 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Have you hugged an illegal alien today?)
To: NormsRevenge
Any domed stadiums in the area for the refugees?
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:24:39 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
("Now having seen muslim mercy, I would rather worship cobras.")
To: SmithL
Actually, that nasty line of T-storms east of Modesto just might spawn a small tornado or two.
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:25:14 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: NormsRevenge
Actually we're BARELY in a La Nina; actually somewhat in dispute, some claim it's still neutral.
There hasn't been a strong El Nino since 1997-98.
To: NormsRevenge
Wow, I was just thinking a few minutes ago... chunks of Hwy 1 are now floating in the Pacific Ocean, Hwy 9 is clogged with mud, I wonder when the levees will break.....
Sorry, I'll stop thinking 'cause next will be the houses tumbling down the hillside.
oops
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