New Storm Evacuation Guidelines Issued For Mudslide Areas

Los Angeles Times:

As Los Angeles County braces for another storm, new evacuation protocols have been established for foothill neighborhoods threatened by mudslides, officials said Thursday.

Color codes will be used to designate danger levels, and residents will now have to sign liability forms if they refuse to heed evacuation orders or try to return to their homes, said Nicole Nishida, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The guidelines apply to areas of La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta and Acton that were affected by the Station fire in August, officials said.

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Comments

[lostgirl04]

04:03 AM on 02/27/2010

I do wish they would go especially since it's been extremely humid here lately. Drought schmought. It scares me b/c I'm still haunted by a landslide that happened 5 years ago in La Conchita where 10 residents, including a whole family died and the husband, along with his eldest daughter, came home in front of the news cameras and he just crumbled and broke down in front of the whole nation. It was one of the worst things I've ever seen. I wish people would just heed the warnings even if it is rare, but so is this rainy season.