There was a time (I believe it was 1995) when there was no way by land to drive away from this area for about 1 weeks time because all the roads in or out of this area were either underwater or had collapsed from the rain and were impassable. There were Mercedes cars floating in underground garages, flooded restaurants and homes and main bridges washed out to sea. One older two lane bridge people watched as the trees built up underneath it and eventually lifted the cement bridge up and washed it out to sea never to be seen again except perhaps by SCUBA divers. I don't think we have seen anything like this since then but the succession of storms this time sort of gives me a bad feeling, especially after Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast.
Note: Flash flood warnings have been issued for this and several other adjoining and nearby counties telling people not to cross flooded intersections or flooded streams and rivers with their vehicles or on foot.They are also warning people to look for undermined roads from all the water that could collapse roads in the mountain ranges. One inch an hour of rain has been falling in nearby mountains which is very serious when this happens because of flash floods.
Since we haven't had anything like this for over 150 years (1862) we possibly could be in for it again one of these years (possibly even this one).
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