The Bay Area is getting storm ready, preparing for an atmospheric river event this weekend. Utility crews are standing by and some events could be rained out.
&E crews in Santa Rosa were making last minute repairs on power lines, ahead of this weekend's storm. The utility has been stockpiling extra transformers and other equipment just in case.
"We're anticipating 50 mph winds, we haven't seen those winds in a while, expecting some outages and three inches of rain," said Richardson.&E is asking customers to prepare for possible outages by having flashlights and batteries ready and have cell phones fully charged. "Try to beat the rain, beat the crowds. It's Saturday, getting close to Christmas. Do what you can, get it done," says John Swift, a Livermore resident, who was at the plaza shopping for a gift for his wife.
December kicked off with a series of winter storms. This weekend, another storm is expected to dump several rounds of heavy rain across the Bay Area. Far from ending the current drought, the downpour can still make a difference, says Steve Hill with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District."Our fire season, for better or for worse, is very close to year-round now here in Northern California, across much of the western United States.
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