CA National Guard in Montecito

[okfine]

There is already some controversy surrounding the CA National Guard deployment to Montecito for cleanup. Many tons of equipment is on site. More than any place else in the State AFAIK, where they are needed as much or more. Of course the Governor showed up. Maybe the photo op was what it's about. Maybe it's wealthy donor(s)

I was just informed by a local who has surveyed the operation. More equipment is there than in that photo above.

National Guard Deployed to Sort Through Flood Rubble - The Santa Barbara Independent

Troops will separate debris at Randall Road basin in Montecito.

www.independent.com

 

[MarathonMike]

I used to live near Montecito. That's where the old money lives, and they get whatever they need.

 

[okfine]

I used to live near Montecito. That's where the old money lives, and they get whatever they need.

More new money than old now.

 

[odanny]

I thought Montecito was one of the places hardest hit, it would make sense they have a lot of equipment there.

 

[okfine]

I thought Montecito was one of the places hardest hit, it would make sense they have a lot of equipment there.

You would think it was because of the media reaction. The area they are working isn't as bad as depicted, IMO. The catch basins and fencing did the job and is mostly wood debris. Not rocks and huge boulders as before 5 years ago. Highway 33, which is a needed artery to the North into Kern County, is closed because of rock slides for an unknown amount of time. Who knows where the priorities are. I don't. But I thank the Guard for what they do and are doing, wherever they are needed.

Gov. Gavin Newsom visits Montecito ahead of weekend storms

Days after heavy rain damaged roads and homes in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, the governor visited Montecito Friday ahead of incoming storms.

news.yahoo.com

 

[westwall]

I used to live near Montecito. That's where the old money lives, and they get whatever they need.

Lots of old money out in Hope Ranch too.

 

[okfine]

Picture above is the Randall Road debris basin.
The people in Goleta are pissed because they are trucking mud from Montecito and dumping it on Goleta Beach.

 

[okfine]

Burnham Wood gated community adjacent to the debris basin. Retirement living of the old (and cranky)

Montecito Mudslide: Soldiers help with evacuations (Jan. 11, 2018)

Soldiers from the California National Guard's 1114th Composite Truck Company transport people in their light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV) from Birnam Wood Golf Club in Montecito, California, to a centralized drop-off point, Jan. 11, 2018. Deep mud on city roadways has left some neighborhoods...

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