#NOAA / #NWS alerting for severe #t-storm in !SoCal #I-40 between Amboy and Kelso, mile markers 61 to 87 in #San_Bernardino County. 60 MPH wind gusts, hail. Storm is moving East about 20 MPH.
Also, flash flooding in SBCo and #AZ Mohave County around Needles and Arizona Village and Mohave Valley. Affects I-40 between mile markers 140 and 148.
#NOAA / #NWS relaying an #AMBER_Alert from #CHP and #Riverside City Police: parental abduction. 6 year old Hispanic girl, 3'2" tall, 50lb, brown hair, brown eyes; 2 year old Hispanic boy, 2'8" tall, 30lb, brown hair, brown eyes; father is 27 year old Hispanic male, 5'8" tall, 200lb, black hair, brown eyes, driving silver BMW 335i with #CA license plate 9AQR805.
Considered armed and dangerous. If seen, do not approach. Call 9-1-1 instead.
#NOAA / #NWS issues Winter storm warning for !SoCal mountains in #San_Bernardino and #Riverside counties from today at 18:00 to Saturday at 15:00 US-Pacific. 3 to 6 inches of accumulated #snow in areas down to 1,500 feet / 457 meters elevation, winds to 75 MPH / 120 kmh, wind chills to -15⁰F / -26⁰C.
#NOAA / #NWS issuing Winter storm warning for !SoCal mountains (including those in #Riverside and #San_Bernardino counties) for 3-7 inches of heavy, wet snow above 4,500 feet elevation.
Also Winter storm watches in effect in SE #NE, SW #IA, central and NE #KS. Accumulations up to 3-7 inches of snow, 35-40MPH winds, blowing and drifting snow through Thursday 2023-02-16.
Seeing that @simsa04 is facing a potential housing crisis, I think I should update on the situation with my family in #SoCal.
Mom is still in need of care, but my sister has to work full-time and then help out after work. Thus, she’s too tired to do much looking—either for another school district to work in, or for another home to live in. Prices are still too high for her income. The landlords have given us an undetermined amount of time to find a replacement.
In the US, it is common to require every adult in the household to sign the lease. Mom refuses to leave the area, despite it being too costly to remain.
#NOAA / #NWS alerting to flooding in !SoCal: portions of #San_Bernardino, #Riverside, #Orange counties with urban and small stream flooding affecting low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water on roadways, mud and rocks over mountain highways. #Inland_Empire people should be alert.
Last night, from about 22:00 to 01:00, there were sporadic bursts of gunfire. It was raining in intermittent spurts, and the wind was boisterous.
In the #Los_Angeles metro, there were several water rescues, as flooding occurred. This includes one family whose off-road vehicle got stuck in flooded Lytle Creek after five inches of rain fell.
Two of the four local (to my area of !SoCal) news sources actually have positive stories this week and last, along with the usual car crashes, burglaries, robberies, and murders. One would think this is the part of #Los_Angeles that used to be known as "South Central", instead of a desert area 100 miles away.
One source is paywalled, so I rarely visit it. The fourth source is moribund, posting batches of 3-4 articles over few months.
The pre-teen probably saved his own life by making that phone call. If not because his dad's erratic behavior could have resulted in a crash, then because the dad might have taken the child's life and his own. And lastly because it wasn't too long ago that a #SoCal police department shot and killed a teenage girl who'd been taken by her own father (the father was also killed).
The only person in said family whom I have ever met is my sister's friend, and that was when she was in high school. It doesn't affect me at all, but I did notice the local news sites this week have several "dead body found in field" stories. I didn't look at the temperatures in that part of #SoCal, so it is possible that weather is contributing.
Several #California cities, including some in !SoCal cancelling their #Independence_Day fireworks shows because their contractor got raided by the state fire marshal.