Tropical Storm Hilary pounds So Cal amid wildfires and 5.1 earthquake: Gavin Newsom refers to ancient curse that translates to “May you live in interesting times”

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Important Takeaways:

  • California officials respond to Tropical Storm Hilary, an Ojai quake and wildfires
  • California received a one-two punch from Mother Nature as Tropical Storm Hilary unleashed torrential record rains and flooding across Southern California, and an earthquake struck near Ojai — all during what has historically been the state’s wildfire season. The wild weekend prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to head south, declaring a storm state of emergency even before crews began struggling to respond across a wide swath of the state.
  • The storm is the “wettest tropical cyclone in state history” according to Newsom’s office, and the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years. The National Weather Service issued what it termed “life threatening” flash flood and tornado warnings, the Navy pulled its ships out of San Diego’s harbor, Death Valley National Park shut down, and public schools in Los Angeles and San Diego announced they would close today, with plans to resume classes tomorrow.
    • Newsom: “There’s an old ancient curse that loosely is translated to, ‘May you live in interesting times.’ It’s certainly interesting times — tornadoes, lightning strikes, I’ve got CalFire worried about wildfires…. I walked out of the Office of Emergency Services in San Bernardino, check my phone and learned about an earthquake.”

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First time in 40 years California lake reappears flooding out farm land

Revelations 13:16-18 “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”

Important Takeaways:

  • A dormant California lake that reappeared isn’t going anywhere fast
  • Tulare Lake, which refilled for the first time in 40 years after atmospheric river storms pummeled California, will take at least a year to evaporate entirely, experts said.
  • “We are still going to have a Tulare Lake next year,” said Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow at the Water Policy Center of the Public Policy Institute of California.
  • The sudden reappearance of the lake, which was drained for farmland in the late 1800s, has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in agricultural losses and will require a substantial cleanup effort once the water has gone, as flooded farm buildings, vehicles, homes and electrical infrastructure still lurk within its waters.

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Major flooding has Vermont farmers grappling with massive crop loss

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Revelations 13:16-18 “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Farmers across our region are grappling with massive crop losses due to this week’s flooding. That includes dozens of farm operations at Burlington’s Intervale, who are picking up the pieces as they face a difficult road ahead.
  • “For us. it is kind of over until we can replant,” said Hillary Martin with Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm. She says the flooding was a total crop loss for everyone at the Intervale and that her farm has already lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. “We have just totaled what we lost that was in the field — about $250,000 in produce. That does not include what we cannot plant for the next month.”
  • Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts says many farmers are in the same situation statewide. “It will run millions of dollars. It will be extraordinary because of just the crop losses,” he said.

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Historic flooding in Vermont causing major concern over 3 dams near capacity

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Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Important Takeaways:

  • Concerns mount about dams nearing capacity in Vermont as flooding in Northeast persists
  • Swift water rescue teams and local officials across Vermont were bracing for more precipitation and flooding Tuesday after persistent heavy rains drenched the state and other parts of the Northeast, unleashing fast-moving waters that washed out roads, trapped residents in their homes and disrupted travel. One person was killed in New York as she tried to leave her inundated house.
  • President Biden, who’s in Lithuania for a NATO summit, declared a state of emergency for Vermont, the White House said Tuesday.
  • Officials were voicing concern about three dams in the state that were approaching capacity.
  • Officials say the storm has already wrought tens of millions of dollars in damage.

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Tornado, Flooding across South as major storm moves through the area

Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Important Takeaways:

  • Tornado death toll rises in Texas as epic flooding strikes Pensacola, Florida
  • Hundreds of thousands were without power on Friday across the south-central U.S. following another day of damaging storms on Thursday. Some of the worst damage was in the Texas town of Perryton where a tornado left three dead.
  • Pensacola News Journal reported. Escambia County Fire Rescue and emergency medical services responded to a call just after 8:30 p.m. CDT on Thursday of a person trapped under a tree that fell on their home during the storm. The person was pronounced dead on the scene.
  • More than 230,000 customers were without power in Texas, according to PowerOutage.US. While the majority of the outages in the state came from the northeastern corner, outages were also high in Ochiltree County, which was where a deadly tornado barreled through on Thursday evening. Additionally, power outages were high in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida on Friday morning.

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Catastrophic Storms across Italy cause devastating damage and loss of life

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Devastating floods in Italy claim lives and leave thousands homeless
  • Twenty-one rivers burst their banks after heavy storms across country cause landslides and submerge villages
  • The worst-affected area has been Emilia-Romagna and parts of the central Marche region
  • Eight people have died and thousands have been evacuated from their homes after heavy storms wreaked havoc in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, causing severe flooding and landslides.
  • “It’s probably the worst night in the history of Romagna,” Michele de Pascale, the mayor of Ravenna, told Rai radio.
  • Before the latest floods, Emilia-Romagna and other areas of northern Italy were blighted by a drought that dried out land, reducing its capacity to absorb water.

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Record snow from this winter is about to melt; major concern for Flooding as rivers still swollen from atmospheric rivers

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • California Awaits ‘Big Melt,’ Flooding, as Temperatures Rise
  • California is about to begin the “big melt” — the thawing of trillions of gallons of frozen water, currently sitting atop the Sierra Nevada mountains and about to make its way down into the Central Valley floodplain.
  • As the San Francisco Chronicle warns, this year’s swollen rivers “are going to run much higher, faster, colder and for longer than they normally would, posing risks to the hordes of summer lovers who raft, kayak, swim and fish them.”
  • Already, heavy rainfall and the beginning of the spring thaw have caused a historic freshwater body, Lake Tulare, to reemerge in the southern Central Valley, flooding many farms and cutting off roads.
  • Fears of flooding are compounded by frustration that the state has not managed to build new infrastructure to store the water for future dry seasons.

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20 inches of Rain in South Florida causing major flooding as panic buying ensues gas stations run out of supplies

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Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Panic buying causes widespread gas station closures in South Florida
  • More than half of gas stations in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area were without gasoline Wednesday after flooding from last week’s massive storm caused a wave of panic buying by drivers topping off their gas tanks.
  • “I would estimate that 80% of [station closings] are due to panic buying,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, which tracks station closings and gas prices.
  • A storm dumped 20 inches of rain on Fort Lauderdale in just one day last Wednesday, causing widespread flooding and some disruptions to operations at Port Everglades in that city, where a significant portion of gasoline for the region comes through a dozen different gas terminals.

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Storm system moving from San Francisco to Arizona leaving behind power outages and flooding

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Record San Francisco Storm Leaves Flood Risk, Thousands in Dark
  • A historic storm that rattled San Francisco with hurricane-force gusts is winding down, leaving behind the threat of flooded streets and highways across the Bay Area.
  • The center of the storm itself is still near San Francisco though has considerably weakened, he said. The worst impacts of rain and wind have shifted into Arizona, and the storm will drift east into Nevada through the day, leaving behind lingering showers.
  • San Francisco International Airport reported flight delays early Wednesday. About 130,000 homes and businesses across the state remained without electricity
  • The system intensified so fast it was classified as a bomb cyclone. The storm brought heavy rain and wind gusts as high as 80 miles (129 kilometers) per hour to the region

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From California to Ohio storm stretches across the nation with potential of 5 inches of rain in some areas

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Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Storm strikes California; flooding fears stretch from Oklahoma to Ohio: Weather forecast
  • The recent storms were responsible for at least five deaths in the Bay Area.
  • An Amtrak commuter train with 55 passengers struck a tree that had been downed and derailed near Port Costa, California. Nobody was injured in the incident.
  • Meanwhile, some residents of north-central Arizona were told to prepare to evacuate over rising water levels in the area.
  • States under the flood watch on Thursday include:
    • Arkansas
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Kansas
    • Kentucky
    • Missouri
    • Ohio
    • Oklahoma
  • Rainfall of up to 5 inches is possible in some places.

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