Five years after mudslides killed 23 people, the entire town of Montecito was evacuated after rain pounded California. A recent independent study found floods and mudslides are no stranger to the small coastal town.
It was five years ago to the day that Trina Grokenberger watched a 30-foot tree trunk barrel past her Montecito house on a river of deep black mud that later tore her front door off its hinges.
“Every nightmare you can imagine goes through your head,” she said. Even their dog was a nervous wreck with the constant rain. “I don’t know how we could do anything but ask the community to leave,” said Chief Kevin Taylor of the Montecito Fire Protection District. “While empathetic of the community that it’s a hardship and a burden, I most certainly would be negligent if we ignored the risk this storm presents.”Videos from residents showed neighborhood streets that looked like streams.
It’s also similar to multiple incidents that have struck the small coastal community of about 8,600 residents in the last 200 years.
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