Flood stage is at 13 feet. At 14 feet it starts overflowing into the vineyards. When it reaches 15 feet, it starts getting into the neighborhoods. That's when we began to have problems. |
Green is the color of support in Napa County. |
If you think of a major disaster like Katrina or the 1906 earthquake in California, what that disaster does is kick you back a couple hundred years in technology for a few days, or maybe a few weeks. |
It's one of those strange things. I'm not sure we're much beyond the Farmers Almanac. |
Maybe we could convince everyone in Napa to take 50-minute showers. |
The weather service has predicted high tides and winds for this weekend. |
We don't start monitoring the river until it gets to 23 feet. |