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Posted: **Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:56 pm**

Actually the San Gabriel range provides a barrier against which coastal storms push up and drop their moisture.

The record rainfall in California during a 24-hour period was 26.12 inches occurring January 22-23, 1943, at Hoegees Camp in Los Angeles County (18 miles north of Los Angeles City Hall in the San Gabriel Mountains).

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Posted: **Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:56 pm**

Eurythmics?

I guess it would make sense that the western San Gabriels get the brunt of the rain.

Posted: **Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:45 pm**

Luciano136 wrote:Eurythmics?

I guess it would make sense that the western San Gabriels get the brunt of the rain.

Right, just like most mountain ranges. . .

Posted: **Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:16 pm**

Steve1215 wrote:Ironically, the folks who bought hillside homes also often purchased expensive flood insurance. Now their being informed that a mudslide is not defined as a flood; you actually have to live near a geological flood plain for the insurance to pay out.

~~steve

That's why I didn't buy earthquake insurance. When the next one hits and my house gets damaged, I'm sure they'll blame it on something else.

Posted: **Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:44 am**

Luciano136 wrote:Eurythmics?

I guess it would make sense that the western San Gabriels get the brunt of the rain.

Falling on my head like a new emotion!

Posted: **Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:36 am**

MikeTX wrote:just down the road a bit is a blip on the map called alvin, texas. it's a hellhole. i know y'all prolly think most of texas is the armpit of the country, but alvin is like the the little festering sore in a lice-infested armpit. the most notable thing about alvin is that it holds the national historic record for total rainfall in 24 hours - 43 inches. can you imagine? nearly four feet of rain in a day?

That's insane! So, even FL didn't break that record?

Posted: **Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:42 am**

Luciano136 wrote:
Steve1215 wrote:Ironically, the folks who bought hillside homes also often purchased expensive flood insurance. Now their being informed that a mudslide is not defined as a flood; you actually have to live near a geological flood plain for the insurance to pay out.

~~steve

That's why I didn't buy earthquake insurance. When the next one hits and my house gets damaged, I'm sure they'll blame it on something else.

Which is why maybe the earthquake damage broke a gas line and shorted out some electrical wires and started a fire.
Just sayin....

Posted: **Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:19 pm**

Steve1215 wrote:Heard some guy on the radio this morning who was DEMANDING that the County get up there RIGHT NOW and triple the size of the flood channel behind his hillside home. Because he's tired of having to evacuate. And he's tired of debris flows.

Or, ya know, he could, like, move, instead of charging the taxpayers who knows how much $$ so he can live in his dream cabin.

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