Glendora residents prepare for another storm
GLENDORA, Calif. (KABC) -- Glendora residents were keeping a close watch on the coming rain, hopeful that the sandbags and K-rails in place will keep mud flow and debris away from their property.
No evacuation orders were in effect, but the city issued a yellow storm alert level, which imposes rain-related parking restrictions. The streets are required to stay clear - free from trash cans and cars - in case emergency vehicles need to move in.
Glendora resident Sally Seth-Smith said the city had preparations under control.
"We are going to sleep easier in our beds," Seth-Smith said.
Even though the rainfall isn't expected to be as heavy as the last storm, extra personnel will be on duty to keep an eye on the hillsides, city officials said.
"We had precautions in place and it worked well. We got luck. Mother Nature let up on the gas pedal on the amount of rain that came through," Glendora City Manager Chris Jeffers said.
The catch basins in the Colby Fire burn area were 25 percent full, mostly with mud. The county won't be able to clear it out until that mud hardens.
Many residents said the work being done to protect their homes, left them feeling pretty good they'll be able to weather what's coming.
"We've been rather impressed that nothing terrible has happened. They've warned us that it is coming so, I don't know, we'll see," Glendora resident Marilyn Burke said.
Storm-weary residents in nearby Azusa are also bracing for more rain.
Edward Heinlein and his neighbors on Ridge View Drive are not taking any chances. They have been preparing for months, laying concrete, building fences and stacking sand bags.
Friday's storm blew mud and debris into backyards, but luckily, sand bags and other reinforcements kept the muck from entering homes. Now, as another storm is poised to move into the area, community members are once again coming together to do their best against Mother Nature.
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