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thanks for the photos, when were they taken?

July 18th, 2015. It hasn't rained that hard since then but likely will with the upcoming El Niño. I have more photos if you want them.

Local tenants still have sand bags to try and protect from flooding

Hi all,
I appreciate the photos of the conditions. I am not sure what you expect to be done to "fix" this or maybe you just want to leave it open so that people will know about the flooding potential in the area.

I work with the PD and can help contact someone over in Public Works if necessary.

Unfortunately, this area including our substation near there is in the 500 year FEMA flood plain meaning there is a .2 % chance we could see major flooding any given year. The area is largely built out and we are downhill from the USD/Linda Vista area so we get a lot of urban downhill runoff.

When heavy rains pass overhead combined with the runoff, there will likely be flash flooding. The storm drains are flowing at their capacity but it is not enough to handle all the water. It usually recedes within an hour.

During the storm in January, Gaines Street along our substation was flooded so badly that we couldn't use our access gate.

The best advice I can give is take steps to protect your own property from water damage. Plan ahead and park further away on higher ground on rainy days. If you don't self evacuate before the flooding comes, you will likely have to seek higher ground and shelter in place until the water recedes. The most dangerous place to be is in the flood water as a pedestrian or in a vehicle in rising flood waters.

Thank you for your attention to this issue. Maybe you can contact someone at public works? This area floods regularly when there is a heavy rain. I agree that the storm drains flow but they are simply not able to handle the capacity of water when it rains heavily. These are not 100 year storms that flood the area, these are regular storms where there should be enough storm drain capacity to drain the water yet the capacity is inadequate. Maybe there are storm drains clogged upstream that are sending more water than designed into the drains? I have put in requests with public works but so far have not seen any action. The flooding also creates road hazards and could also be affecting electrical systems that get flooded as well. I hate to be a squeaky wheel but I think something is wrong here and this is not a one-time occurrence.

ok, I will surely follow up with transportation and storm water.

Not sure if this has been resolved since we haven't had enough rain to really verify but I keep getting emails to close it so I will. I will re-open it if it continues to be a problem.