A well written article describing the events that so many living in the mountains and foothill communities experienced at that time. Thanks for posting it.

"I was there", or here, during the flood. Our homes and property were significantly impacted but fortunately our places on the river are higher in the drainage where the river bed and shores were not scoured and devastated like the areas at lower elevations. Just 3 miles downstream, trees and power poles collapsed, log jamming and crashing bridges into bridges into houses. Some 23 of the 37 bridges in the canyon were washed out. Three years later there remain cars stranded across the rivers in the mountain canyons.

Prepping with stored foods, water, energy, and bugout bags in the event of flood and fire are so important here.