Storm Related Update
The City’s EOC is currently at a Management Watch level with regards to the response to the storm activities.
There are several issues that we are currently dealing with:
- Power outages affecting approximately 950 SCE customers including the City Yard, the Home Depot and Target shopping centers, and various traffic signals. SCE initially indicated that power could be off for up to 16 hours in some areas.
- Small rock slide on Railroad Canyon Road in the area of the previous rock slide. The safety fencing and barricades installed after the last rock slide held and contained the rocks.
- Road flooding and debris and mud in the roads throughout the City. Signs have been posted in the worst areas.
- Temescal Canyon Road is closed at Lake Street.
- Spring Street is closed at Limited for EVMWD work relating to flooding of sewer system.
- The City of Canyon Lake has notified the City that they closed Railroad Canyon Road at Sorrel Street due to flooding from Salt Creek. Lake Elsinore staff has assist by locating a message board on Railroad Canyon at Grape Street notifying drivers of the closure.
- Staff is monitoring the flow of the San Jacinto River between the Canyon Lake dam and Lake Elsinore due to the heavy flow over the dam.
City crews from Public Works, the Lake Department and the Recreation Department have been working to respond to the various issues and problems caused by the storm. Crews will be working through the weekend as needed to respond to storm related issues. Numerous streets have developed pot holes due to the rain. The pot holes will be repaired once the rain stops and the streets have a chance to drain and dry out. The winds could cause trees to uproot due to rain saturated soils.
Sandbags are available at the Lake Elsinore City Yard and local Fire Stations - City residents who need sandbags may come to the City Yard anytime to obtain empty bags that can be filled with gravel or sand. The City Yard is located at 521 North Langstaff Street, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530.
There are several issues that we are currently dealing with:
- Power outages affecting approximately 950 SCE customers including the City Yard, the Home Depot and Target shopping centers, and various traffic signals. SCE initially indicated that power could be off for up to 16 hours in some areas.
- Small rock slide on Railroad Canyon Road in the area of the previous rock slide. The safety fencing and barricades installed after the last rock slide held and contained the rocks.
- Road flooding and debris and mud in the roads throughout the City. Signs have been posted in the worst areas.
- Temescal Canyon Road is closed at Lake Street.
- Spring Street is closed at Limited for EVMWD work relating to flooding of sewer system.
- The City of Canyon Lake has notified the City that they closed Railroad Canyon Road at Sorrel Street due to flooding from Salt Creek. Lake Elsinore staff has assist by locating a message board on Railroad Canyon at Grape Street notifying drivers of the closure.
- Staff is monitoring the flow of the San Jacinto River between the Canyon Lake dam and Lake Elsinore due to the heavy flow over the dam.
City crews from Public Works, the Lake Department and the Recreation Department have been working to respond to the various issues and problems caused by the storm. Crews will be working through the weekend as needed to respond to storm related issues. Numerous streets have developed pot holes due to the rain. The pot holes will be repaired once the rain stops and the streets have a chance to drain and dry out. The winds could cause trees to uproot due to rain saturated soils.
Sandbags are available at the Lake Elsinore City Yard and local Fire Stations - City residents who need sandbags may come to the City Yard anytime to obtain empty bags that can be filled with gravel or sand. The City Yard is located at 521 North Langstaff Street, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530.
posted by Melissa Melendez at
12:46 AM
4 Comments:
Thank you for always trying to keep us informed. It's nice to have a mayor who actually works for the people.
Madam Mayor: You are just awesome, thanks so ,much for the updates on storm conditions in our area. I'm sure I am not the only one that is frustrated over the fact that every news channel is for LA and nothing for us here. Perhaps the cable company would consider adding a San Diego NBC or ABC affiliate channel to their line up, they do report for our area where the LA channels do not. Thanks Again!!!!!!!!!!
I'm just doing what you elected me to do, but thank you for the praise. As always, any problems, suggestions, etc., let me know!
Yes, you are deserving of much praise that includes professionalism AND comfort. Thank you for your blog. Is there a link to it from the City of Lake Elsinore website? http://www.lake-elsinore.org/
And, KUDOS to the SCE repair team for their very quick response and recovery to the power outages in our area. There were so many !
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