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Rio Dell Council Briefed on Hazards of ‘Tectonic Bumper Car Area’
“I will try not to scare you,” Dr. Wendy Bohon of the California Geologic Survey’s Seismic Hazards and Earthquake Engineering division told the Rio Dell City Council at the start of her April 7 presentation on “seismic hazards.”. Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes had alluded to the...
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[UPDATE 6:38 p.m.: Photo Showing More Hail Added] Large Hail Pounds Northern Humboldt as NWS Warns of Possible More Hailstorms
A thunderstorm brought heavy hail to the Orleans shortly before 1 p.m. today, April 9, coating decks, driveways and yards in icy white balls. The NWS issued a warning that said there was a potential for winds up to 60 mph and for quarter-sized hail. According to Jacob Boomsma, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Eureka, radar showed strong storm intensity over Orleans at the time the hail began falling.
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‘Only Rain Down the Storm Drain!’: City of Arcata
This spring, the City of Arcata reminds community members that outdoor gutters, grates and culverts are part of the storm drain system, and anything that enters these drains flows directly into local creeks, rivers and Humboldt Bay without any treatment or filtration. In Humboldt County, the storm drain system is...
North Coast Journal
Nobody is Coming to Help After a Disaster — Nobody but Us
What each of us can do to make our community more resilient. It’s been a difficult start to the year in our corner of far Northern California, with record tidal flooding that inundated more than 40 homes in King Salmon Jan. 4-6, the same weekend as the fire in downtown Arcata. Just over a year prior on Dec. 5, 2024, our community experienced a magnitude 7.0 earthquake and tsunami warning — a stark reminder of the seismic risks our region faces. To the east, huge wildfires return almost annually, with the August Complex and Slater fires in 2020 burning through communities in Trinity and Siskiyou counties, killing three people and destroying hundreds of homes.
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Hoopa Valley Tribe seeks input on $10M winter storm recovery funds at March 31 meeting
HOOPA, Calif. — Hoopa Valley residents and tribal members are being asked to help shape how $10 million in disaster recovery funding will be spent following the impacts of the 2023-2024 winter storms. The Hoopa Valley Tribe Office of Emergency Services is inviting the community to a Community Disaster...