1982 was the wettest year in recorded California history.Heaviest US
rainfall ever outside of Hawaii was January 4-5, 1982, Inverness,
California. Thirty-two measured inches of rain in 48 hours. Inverness
is made up of a series of wooded canyons composed of decomposed
granite. I was on the fire department then. Aside from the main
station downtown there is a substation with a single squad in the
northernmost canyon where I lived. We were called out to open the
drains on a flat roofed house where the owner hadn't cleared his
drains in twenty years. It only took us twenty minutes and we were
loading up when we got a call for a house fire two valleyts over. We
got as far as the bottom of the hill where we were stopped by chest
deep mud.Turned out that all of the valleys suffered a massive
slipping of the decomposed granite at almost the same time. Two dozen
homes were destroyed, scores more damaged. The house fire was caused
by the propane tank (installed uphill from the house!) rolling down
the hill and detonating inside the house. Even the foundations were
reduced to sand. No fatalities, only one major injury. Inverness was
cut off from the rest of the world for over a week.As the department's
LZO I arranged for several helicopter landings, both news crews and
relief supplies. We had received word of a house in Tomales Bay a
couple of miles south. A KGO TV Bell 206 landed and we commandeered it
for recce. Turned out that the people on the house had a boat and were
not signalling for help, they were signalling that they were OK. We
were back in Inverness in ten minutes, just in time to evacuate a
cardiac patient. A fellow IPMSer back east somewhere called to ask
what I was doing commandeering a helicopter on the evening news? I
might do a vignette of that someday. :-)About eighteen years later the
entire Inverness ridge area went up in flames along with a couple of
dozen homes. Main cause was the failure to clear the massive increase
in brush which followed the rains and slides. TomOn Jul 22, 12:26=A0am,
frank <dhssresearc... at (no spam) netscape.net> wrote:> I think it was 82, lived
out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was> it was cheap and closest
to the base. Had a few feet of water that> stayed around for a few
weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my> 280Z made it through it,
was a few feet deep, but it did.> > A few places in Adelanto built
right on or just about in the wash,> when it rains was pretty bad. Why
they let them build there I'll never> know. There was one road that
had a good sized gully run across it.> You'd drive through this area
that looked like a river bed. When it> rained, it was.

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295c1b66-0531-4052-a34a-9b93cb5d6977 at (no spam) d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, frank
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I think it was 82, lived out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was
it was cheap and closest to the base. Had a few feet of water that
stayed around for a few weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my
280Z made it through it, was a few feet deep, but it did.

A few places in Adelanto built right on or just about in the wash,
when it rains was pretty bad. Why they let them build there I'll never
know. There was one road that had a good sized gully run across it.
You'd drive through this area that looked like a river bed. When it
rained, it was.
i know those areas. it really was stupid to build in those. sometimes the
state of ca is beyond belief in where it allows houses. all those places on
those hills covered with brush that burns like a torch when dry. i just don't
get it.
We were pretty much dried out the day after - the "flash" in "flash
flood". Just lots of dirt all over the streets now, and that's getting
dry enough to start blowing away. Between that the the eucalyptus
flowering this is no place to be with allergies or hay fever.

the smell of plants after is amazing, though.

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
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someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
In article
295c1b66-0531-4052-a34a-9b93cb5d6977 at (no spam) d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, frank
dhssresearcher at (no spam) netscape.net> wrote:
I think it was 82, lived out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was
it was cheap and closest to the base. Had a few feet of water that
stayed around for a few weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my
280Z made it through it, was a few feet deep, but it did.

A few places in Adelanto built right on or just about in the wash,
when it rains was pretty bad. Why they let them build there I'll never
know. There was one road that had a good sized gully run across it.
You'd drive through this area that looked like a river bed. When it
rained, it was.
i know those areas. it really was stupid to build in those. sometimes the
state of ca is beyond belief in where it allows houses. all those places on
those hills covered with brush that burns like a torch when dry. i just
don't
get it.
We were pretty much dried out the day after - the "flash" in "flash
flood". Just lots of dirt all over the streets now, and that's getting
dry enough to start blowing away. Between that the the eucalyptus
flowering this is no place to be with allergies or hay fever.

the smell of plants after is amazing, though.


....the smell of our brand new tower yesterday was worse...it smelled
like a pet shop...that had been closed for the weekend with no ventilation.

sounds like an unvented locker room with a buttload of sweating footsballers.

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someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
In article
295c1b66-0531-4052-a34a-9b93cb5d6977 at (no spam) d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, frank
dhssresearcher at (no spam) netscape.net> wrote:
I think it was 82, lived out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was
it was cheap and closest to the base. Had a few feet of water that
stayed around for a few weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my
280Z made it through it, was a few feet deep, but it did.

A few places in Adelanto built right on or just about in the wash,
when it rains was pretty bad. Why they let them build there I'll never
know. There was one road that had a good sized gully run across it.
You'd drive through this area that looked like a river bed. When it
rained, it was.
i know those areas. it really was stupid to build in those. sometimes the
state of ca is beyond belief in where it allows houses. all those places on
those hills covered with brush that burns like a torch when dry. i just
don't
get it.
We were pretty much dried out the day after - the "flash" in "flash
flood". Just lots of dirt all over the streets now, and that's getting
dry enough to start blowing away. Between that the the eucalyptus
flowering this is no place to be with allergies or hay fever.

the smell of plants after is amazing, though.

....the smell of our brand new tower yesterday was worse...it smelled
like a pet shop...that had been closed for the weekend with no ventilation.

sounds like an unvented locker room with a buttload of sweating footsballers.
or the worst stinkfoot ever....

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
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someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
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someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
In article
295c1b66-0531-4052-a34a-9b93cb5d6977 at (no spam) d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, frank
dhssresearcher at (no spam) netscape.net> wrote:
I think it was 82, lived out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was
it was cheap and closest to the base. Had a few feet of water that
stayed around for a few weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my
280Z made it through it, was a few feet deep, but it did.

A few places in Adelanto built right on or just about in the wash,
when it rains was pretty bad. Why they let them build there I'll never
know. There was one road that had a good sized gully run across it.
You'd drive through this area that looked like a river bed. When it
rained, it was.
i know those areas. it really was stupid to build in those. sometimes the

state of ca is beyond belief in where it allows houses. all those places
on
those hills covered with brush that burns like a torch when dry. i just
don't
get it.
We were pretty much dried out the day after - the "flash" in "flash
flood". Just lots of dirt all over the streets now, and that's getting
dry enough to start blowing away. Between that the the eucalyptus
flowering this is no place to be with allergies or hay fever.

the smell of plants after is amazing, though.

....the smell of our brand new tower yesterday was worse...it smelled
like a pet shop...that had been closed for the weekend with no ventilation.

sounds like an unvented locker room with a buttload of sweating footsballers.
or the worst stinkfoot ever....

Brand new everything - new carpet, paint, cubes, etc. The tower just
opened a few weeks ago, and folks have just been moved into it. They
got all the chillers running overnight, but I haven't been over there to
see if anything improved.

sbs?

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someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
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someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
In article
295c1b66-0531-4052-a34a-9b93cb5d6977 at (no spam) d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, frank
dhssresearcher at (no spam) netscape.net> wrote:
I think it was 82, lived out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was
it was cheap and closest to the base. Had a few feet of water that
stayed around for a few weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my
280Z made it through it, was a few feet deep, but it did.

A few places in Adelanto built right on or just about in the wash,
when it rains was pretty bad. Why they let them build there I'll never
know. There was one road that had a good sized gully run across it.
You'd drive through this area that looked like a river bed. When it
rained, it was.
i know those areas. it really was stupid to build in those. sometimes the
state of ca is beyond belief in where it allows houses. all those places
on
those hills covered with brush that burns like a torch when dry. i just
don't
get it.
We were pretty much dried out the day after - the "flash" in "flash
flood". Just lots of dirt all over the streets now, and that's getting
dry enough to start blowing away. Between that the the eucalyptus
flowering this is no place to be with allergies or hay fever.

the smell of plants after is amazing, though.
....the smell of our brand new tower yesterday was worse...it smelled
like a pet shop...that had been closed for the weekend with no ventilation.

sounds like an unvented locker room with a buttload of sweating footsballers.
or the worst stinkfoot ever....
Brand new everything - new carpet, paint, cubes, etc. The tower just
opened a few weeks ago, and folks have just been moved into it. They
got all the chillers running overnight, but I haven't been over there to
see if anything improved.

sbs?

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
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In article
295c1b66-0531-4052-a34a-9b93cb5d6977 at (no spam) d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
frank
dhssresearcher at (no spam) netscape.net> wrote:
I think it was 82, lived out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was
it was cheap and closest to the base. Had a few feet of water that
stayed around for a few weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my
280Z made it through it, was a few feet deep, but it did.

A few places in Adelanto built right on or just about in the wash,
when it rains was pretty bad. Why they let them build there I'll never
know. There was one road that had a good sized gully run across it.
You'd drive through this area that looked like a river bed. When it
rained, it was.
i know those areas. it really was stupid to build in those. sometimes
the
state of ca is beyond belief in where it allows houses. all those
places
on
those hills covered with brush that burns like a torch when dry. i just
don't
get it.
We were pretty much dried out the day after - the "flash" in "flash
flood". Just lots of dirt all over the streets now, and that's getting
dry enough to start blowing away. Between that the the eucalyptus
flowering this is no place to be with allergies or hay fever.

the smell of plants after is amazing, though.
....the smell of our brand new tower yesterday was worse...it smelled
like a pet shop...that had been closed for the weekend with no
ventilation.

sounds like an unvented locker room with a buttload of sweating
footsballers.
or the worst stinkfoot ever....
Brand new everything - new carpet, paint, cubes, etc. The tower just
opened a few weeks ago, and folks have just been moved into it. They
got all the chillers running overnight, but I haven't been over there to
see if anything improved.

sbs?


All I know is that the colors clash...orange, avocado, and walnut...I
dunno what they were thinking. We'll break it in.

how 1980's. barf, retch....

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someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
In article
295c1b66-0531-4052-a34a-9b93cb5d6977 at (no spam) d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
frank
dhssresearcher at (no spam) netscape.net> wrote:
I think it was 82, lived out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was
it was cheap and closest to the base. Had a few feet of water that
stayed around for a few weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my
280Z made it through it, was a few feet deep, but it did.

A few places in Adelanto built right on or just about in the wash,
when it rains was pretty bad. Why they let them build there I'll never
know. There was one road that had a good sized gully run across it.
You'd drive through this area that looked like a river bed. When it
rained, it was.
i know those areas. it really was stupid to build in those. sometimes
the
state of ca is beyond belief in where it allows houses. all those
places
on
those hills covered with brush that burns like a torch when dry. i just
don't
get it.
We were pretty much dried out the day after - the "flash" in "flash
flood". Just lots of dirt all over the streets now, and that's getting
dry enough to start blowing away. Between that the the eucalyptus
flowering this is no place to be with allergies or hay fever.

the smell of plants after is amazing, though.
....the smell of our brand new tower yesterday was worse...it smelled
like a pet shop...that had been closed for the weekend with no
ventilation.
sounds like an unvented locker room with a buttload of sweating
footsballers.
or the worst stinkfoot ever....
Brand new everything - new carpet, paint, cubes, etc. The tower just
opened a few weeks ago, and folks have just been moved into it. They
got all the chillers running overnight, but I haven't been over there to
see if anything improved.

sbs?

All I know is that the colors clash...orange, avocado, and walnut...I
dunno what they were thinking. We'll break it in.

how 1980's. barf, retch....

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
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In article
295c1b66-0531-4052-a34a-9b93cb5d6977 at (no spam) d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
frank
dhssresearcher at (no spam) netscape.net> wrote:
I think it was 82, lived out in North Edwards. Sole saving grace was
it was cheap and closest to the base. Had a few feet of water that
stayed around for a few weeks in the low spots. I was surprised my
280Z made it through it, was a few feet deep, but it did.

A few places in Adelanto built right on or just about in the wash,
when it rains was pretty bad. Why they let them build there I'll
never
know. There was one road that had a good sized gully run across it.
You'd drive through this area that looked like a river bed. When it
rained, it was.
i know those areas. it really was stupid to build in those. sometimes
the
state of ca is beyond belief in where it allows houses. all those
places
on
those hills covered with brush that burns like a torch when dry. i
just
don't
get it.
We were pretty much dried out the day after - the "flash" in "flash
flood". Just lots of dirt all over the streets now, and that's
getting
dry enough to start blowing away. Between that the the eucalyptus
flowering this is no place to be with allergies or hay fever.

the smell of plants after is amazing, though.
....the smell of our brand new tower yesterday was worse...it smelled
like a pet shop...that had been closed for the weekend with no
ventilation.
sounds like an unvented locker room with a buttload of sweating
footsballers.
or the worst stinkfoot ever....
Brand new everything - new carpet, paint, cubes, etc. The tower just
opened a few weeks ago, and folks have just been moved into it. They
got all the chillers running overnight, but I haven't been over there to
see if anything improved.

sbs?

All I know is that the colors clash...orange, avocado, and walnut...I
dunno what they were thinking. We'll break it in.

how 1980's. barf, retch....

Yeah...that's what most of us think.

government's nickel?

In article <9CUhk.267185$yE1.4884 at (no spam) attbi_s21>, Rufus <not at (no spam) home.com> wrote:

Brand new everything - new carpet, paint, cubes, etc. The tower just
opened a few weeks ago, and folks have just been moved into it. They
got all the chillers running overnight, but I haven't been over there to
see if anything improved.

sbs?
All I know is that the colors clash...orange, avocado, and walnut...I
dunno what they were thinking. We'll break it in.

how 1980's. barf, retch....
Yeah...that's what most of us think.

government's nickel?

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:
In article <9CUhk.267185$yE1.4884 at (no spam) attbi_s21>, Rufus <not at (no spam) home.com> wrote:

Brand new everything - new carpet, paint, cubes, etc. The tower just
opened a few weeks ago, and folks have just been moved into it. They
got all the chillers running overnight, but I haven't been over there to

see if anything improved.

sbs?
All I know is that the colors clash...orange, avocado, and walnut...I
dunno what they were thinking. We'll break it in.

how 1980's. barf, retch....
Yeah...that's what most of us think.

government's nickel?

You betcha. It's "institutional avocado"..

that like "corporate barf green

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In article <9CUhk.267185$yE1.4884 at (no spam) attbi_s21>, Rufus <not at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Brand new everything - new carpet, paint, cubes, etc. The tower just
opened a few weeks ago, and folks have just been moved into it. They
got all the chillers running overnight, but I haven't been over there to
see if anything improved.

sbs?
All I know is that the colors clash...orange, avocado, and walnut...I
dunno what they were thinking. We'll break it in.

how 1980's. barf, retch....
Yeah...that's what most of us think.

government's nickel?
You betcha. It's "institutional avocado"..

that like "corporate barf green
"?