With every rainfall comes concern among many residents living next to steep hillsides burned by November's wildfires in Yorba Linda.
"These hills can still slide, they're still saturated," said Yorba Linda Mayor Mark Schwing. "In fact, they're probably more prone to slide today than they were a few days ago.
Another flash-flood watch is expected to be issued for Wednesday night, the same day city officials say a different notification system will go into effect for residents.
"Prior procedure, we would actually have the police cars go out on the street, no matter what time it was, with their sirens blaring, ordering evacuations," said Mark Stowell, Yorba Linda Public Works. "It was set up checkpoints at the entrance to neighborhoods. Now, basically they'll be getting alert notices via phone or they can go to the Web site."
The reverse-911 system came under scrutiny after many residents in Yorba Linda did not receive a warning about the wildfires, leaving some with little time to escape. Officials say the system is now working. In addition to the reverse-911, they also encourage residents to monitor the local community cable Channel 3 and the city's Web site.
"Based on our experience with the past three storms and comments from our residents, we feel we have an improved notification system," said Mayor Schwing.
Sandbags have been set up in Box Canyon ready for the next storm.
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