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SLO County storm knocks out power, downs trees

Written on 7 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Heavy rain and wind knocked over trees, power poles and power lines in San Luis Obispo County as an El Nino storm swept through the Central Coast over the weekend. Thousands of customers are still without power Monday morning as... (Continue reading)

SLO County considering cloud seeding

Written on 24 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

At a hearing on water supply options for South County, a public works official said San Luis Obispo County staffers are looking into the possibility of increasing rainfall by cloud seeding. [Tribune] Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification... (Continue reading)

Storm causes rock slide, downs trees and power lines

Written on 1 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Following a weekend storm, parts of Highway 1 and Highway 41 are closed. A rock slide spilled onto Highway 41 between Morro Bay and Atascadero, and downed trees and power lines fell on Highway 1 in Grover Beach. [KSBY] The... (Continue reading)

Storm brings crashes, outages and mudslide warnings

Written on 5 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A storm that arrived in San Luis Obispo County this week has knocked out power, knocked over a tree and prompted warnings of mudslides. Several traffic accidents also occurred on Tuesday morning. [KSBY] PG&E has reported small power outages in... (Continue reading)

July storm sets SLO County records, knocks out power

Written on 20 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs | 10 comments

Record rainfall totals and power outages occurred across San Luis Obispo County over the weekend as rare July thunderstorms soaked the Central Coast. Paso Robles accumulated the most rainfall in the county, totalling 3.55 inches by Sunday evening, PG&E’s John... (Continue reading)

Storm floods Santa Maria fire station

Written on 15 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A flood at a city emergency response station in Santa Maria during heavy rainfall on Thursday night as resulted in the temporary closing of the station, according to the city’s fire department. [KSBY] Firefighters are still responding to the storm... (Continue reading)

More drought relief headed to the Central Coast

Written on 8 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Another round of storms is expected to sail through the Central Coast this week dropping between 3 to 5 inches of rain, according to AccuWeather. The rain slated to start falling on Thursday is expected to bring between 1 to... (Continue reading)

Significant rain expected this week

Written on 23 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Weather forecasters say San Luis Obispo County is slated to get significant rain this week, and possibly an El Nino next year. A low pressure system is slated to bring rain to most of California on Wednesday with a possibility... (Continue reading)

Will Muslim prayer bring California rain?

Written on 13 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

More than 100 members of a California mosque gathered at Folsom Lake Saturday to pray for rain. Within minutes, sprinkles began to fall. [Fox 40] “We came out here today basically asking god to bless us with rain,” said Basma... (Continue reading)