Flooding in Reno...!

my blogger colleague, skadi, reports on flooding in reno...

The Reno Hilton is flooding as per 1997. If the lake at the driving range fills, the airport will flood and close.

Clearing of debris at bridges downtown is helping. You should see the piles of debris they are pulling out of the river.

But the pictures from the Hilton don't look good. Not sure if the sandbag efforts are going to help. Just a flow of water from the river to the reservoir. Amazing.

Channel 8, doing disaster coverage as no other local station can, is keeping everyone well briefed.

Lyon County is experiencing localized and flash flooding. A shelter has been opened at Sutro Elementary. Sounds like Dayton is taking a hit. Very near the Carson River.

I may be going to Douglas to help out at the Red Cross shelter that they are expecting to open. The Truckee has gone past flood stage, peak yet to arrive.

Sparks especially hard hit. Raw sewage now seeping into the industrial area.

from the national weather service...

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1100 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005

...MODERATE TO RECORD FLOODING ON MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA...

...THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL ESTIMATES INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN VERDI AND TRUCKEE FOR 2 DAYS DUE TO A MUD SLIDE...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TODAY. MANY AREA ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...MUD SLIDES...ROCK SLIDES...AND SNOW COVER. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80...THE MOUNT ROSE HIGHWAY AND GEIGER GRADE. IF YOU ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ON FLOODED OR SNOW COVERED ROADS YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF RESCUE...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND UTILITY PERSONNEL AT RISK!!! STAY HOME!

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