Storms Hitting the West Coast

Another storm is going to hit the west coast this weekend. The last series of storms that went though this week caused thousands of people to go without power and caused delays in transportation. The storms have  caused flash flooding and mudslides and they are afraid this next storm will make things worse. Mudslides are a major concern in areas that were affected by wildfires this summer. 

I thought this would be a good article to post because they talk a little bit about mudslides. The areas that were affected by fires this summer would be at a bigger risk for mudslides because they lost a large amount of vegetation causing the hills to lose some of there strength from the roots and the rain to hit the soil at a faster velocity. 

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/01/15597789-san-francisco-area-gets-set-for-third-storm-system-and-flight-delays-traffic-mess?lite