Summer is over and the rain has officially come down this year. It might even rain all this week. Rainy weather can be hard to get used to when you’ve been in the sun all summer long. Rain can also be unpredictable and could start drizzling at any time, but eventually the sun will come out and the clouds will move on. Another thing for Sacramento residents to think about is the flood factor in Sacramento. Knowing when it will rain and how much rain we are getting in the area might prove to be very helpful information.
Sacramento County has something that might help with all your weather and flooding information needs. A County website called Storm Ready can be located at http://www.msa.saccounty.net/waterresources/floodready/default.asp.
The County’s Department of Water Resources maintains and operates the website. Sections of the website are updated daily to maintain an accurate weather forecast.
This website is good for checking more then the weather. You can also check the stream levels to see if there is a chance of flooding in the near future, a picture of the water is also included, and the date and time of when the water level was last recorded.
A weather sensor page tells the viewer all about wind speeds, humidity, temperature and precipitation. This page is also broken down into regional areas so you will be able to locate the weather conditions in your immediate area. This can be really helpful if you would like to plan a day trip in a near-by region and want to know what the weather will be like. This information can also be extremely helpful for an expert kite flyer.
The chances of parts of Sacramento flooding are out there, so the County has set up sandbag sites. Explanations for where the sites will be located and the procedures of getting sandbags are also included. There are nine County sandbag sites and 10 non-county listed on the webpage. Information about what to do before, during and after a flood is also included.
This site is so helpful it goes as far as to provide a disaster relief plan for your home. The plan has four steps that are easy to follow. The first suggestion given is to call local authorities and find out what type of damage may occur in the area you live in. You may find out that your community has warning systems or that there are programs to help the disabled.
Creating a disaster plan is the next step. The site suggests sitting down with everyone that lives in the house and coming up with meeting places and escape plans in the event of emergency evacuation. It is important that everyone in the house knows how to turn off the utilities and practices the plan on occasion.
The site is full of important information and is another great example of information provided by the county. The county is using its website to maximize the amount of important, related information to conveniently deliver to the public. It’s brilliant.
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Great information... hopefully we won't need a disaster plan!
As per what this columnist has set out to do - uncover information about the area and highlight it - this is good column.
That said, if the column is about flood control, well, it took waaaaay too longer to get to flood control.
The rain-in-Spain beginning could have been truncated to about two sentences.
'This week's raindrops are also causing perspiration for people who live in the flood plain. Rain means water in the rivers which means the potential for flooding and...'
I live in South Florida.. You'd think rain wouldn't be much of an issue here, especially during spring and summer. It's actually been the complete opposite for the past couple years. I'm currently working on a radio-news documentary on "Water-Shortage in South Florida" Do you have any sources that could help? By the way, nice name!! ;-)
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