Storm hits Santa Barbara and Montecito hard, bringing mass rescues, damage and jitters
LA TimesRosa Gallardo, left, and Connie Duarte cross a flooded street in Montecito on Monday after getting off work at a hotel. “The storm that we just experienced was a significant and powerful weather event, one in a series of storms that have and will continue to hit Santa Barbara County,” said Sheriff Bill Brown. “There’s water and mud damage to the homes adjacent to that area,” Scott Safechuck, public information officer with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, said Tuesday. “I don’t have the exact amount of homes that were affected, but we know there’s more damage out there.” Emergency officials received more than 200 calls for service in Santa Barbara County on Monday. “Still, it was an experience — an experience I want to be over.” City Manager Dave Durflinger told The Times that Carpinteria avoided the worst of the flooding due to upgrades to infrastructure made after storm-induced floods and mudflows in 2018, as well as prep work by the city’s public works crew before this storm hit.
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