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.
Now, the messaging I've seen from #NOAA / #NWS doesn't say *which* passes, so I'd expect Tejon, Cajon, and San Gorgonio passes to see snowfall. No idea about Mountain Pass. Either way, it means that major routes into and out of #SoCal could be affected.
Pacific storm expected to impact !SoCal beginning tonight, including the #Inland_Empire. Portions of #I-15, #I-215, #I-10, #I-8 expected to be affected by snow. Mountains and passes could see up to 6 inches of snow. Gusty winds, with some places seeing up to 60MPH winds. Heavy rainfall in some areas, so expect urban flooding as well as debris flows & mudslides in burn scar areas.
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).
I love these little munchkins, but I also have to prepare for `job.next()` and i have not been able to do much while chasing after mess monsters all day. I have not yet booked my flight back to #SoCal because frankly, I’d rather be in #SWMO anyway and because of the possibility of $EMPLOYER flying me somewhere else.
I'm trying to get that sorted BEFORE I officially move here to #SW_MO. I have some other stuff that needs to get sorted as well, but with everything I own being in storage, that's likely to happen AFTER I've moved and have access to my stuff.
Whenever the Dodgers play either !SoCal competitor ( the #Angels or the Padres ), it is like when your Little League team plays your brother's team. You always want your team to win, but whenever the other family team plays a different team, you want the family team to win.