NO ROAD CLOSURES SO FAR

RAINS PRODUCE NO DEBRIS FLOW SO FAR
“We dodged a bullet,” Sheriff’s Lt. Sean Gerrity told The Roadrunner Saturday around 1 p.m.
Although up to 8 inches of rain have fallen in some places (4 inches were measured at Palomar Observatory) there have been no debris flows, and nothing more serious than the usual small rock slides that accompany rains in the mountains.
There had been some anticipation that Hwy 76 might have to be closed between VC Road and Lake Henshaw as it was a month ago. That could still happen, but hasn’t happened yet.
CalTrans crews have been very proactive about the patroling the roads to look for potential problems. They also have heavy equipment with them to deal with any problems that they encounter.
“Their intention is to keep the roads open,” Lt. Gerrity said.
He and his emergency response crew at the Sheriff’s substation were getting ready to go home and get some sleep before returning to duty when the next storm is set to hit, about sunrise on Sunday.
Then, another storm will pile up on top of that one about 10 p.m. Sunday night.
“Looks like we got through the worst of it without having to shut any roads,” Gerrity said.