Here’s a short video of flooding in Ocean Beach, today, Monday, Jan. 22. by Charles Landon
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Charles Landon has some incredible scenes from earlier today of the flooding in western OB. Abbott is under water, as is the Saratoga St park, as is … you name it.
Hopefully soneone will open a proper paddleboard shop in the near future.
I wonder if someone lost another Lambo in the sub level parking again? Couldn’t possibly happen a third time. Lol
Was wondering the same thing.
I was going to test the elements and go see if there was flooding down I expected there would be. Thanks Charles, for allowing me to stay comfy by the fire
The last few seconds of that great video is my alley. The city used to set up a giant sump pump every time it drizzled. Not sure why they stopped doing that. I assume general bureaucratic inefficiency. Shame for a lot of folks who are going to have damages.
Might help if the city regularly cleaned all the sand that ends up in the gutters all along the beach area – lifeguard station, etc. Since this doesn’t seem to happen, the storm drains get blocked.
Maybe just turn Abbott Street into a canal, as in Venice.
I don’t think those bags over her shoes worked too well! Sorry OB I hope it’s able to get cleaned up quickly.
You’re so right! I was trying to keep my orthopedic boot dry… Did not work!
For street repairs the city keeps piling asphalt on top of asphalt and curbs are disappearing. Curbs serve a purpose and if they are not there then there is less control water runoff etc. Granted the past few days rainfall has been abundant and not the norm but if the city would do things right it sure would make a difference. What a mess around Abbott & Santa Monica! Any new lifeguard station should be built on stilts. Don’t waste too much money on the Veterans Plaza because it’s not going to last long.
Personally handed the developer pictures of that whole area flooding during a heavy storm at an OB Planning Board meeting when they were permitting it. We were assured that a pumping system would handle floods of that scale (LOL), and the City assured that the drains at Newport and Abbott were being fixed (that intersection is slightly higher in elevation than Abbott and Saratoga is, but OK).
The flooded Lambo was funny, and the couple with a remote control boat down there today was even funnier, but come on. The developer built a highly flawed structure that they KNEW would flood in storms like these, but didn’t care because they were selling it the minute it was completed.
Was down there today talking to the people whose cars got flooded. They were tourists and the cars were likely rentals, but they said they were never even told of this possibility by whoever they rented the unit from. That sucks, but people got paid all around, which is the important thing, I guess.
Hey Seth! Good to hear from ya, mi amigo!
Likewise, Frank! Glad you are still at it.
Any word on how polluted the beach is going to be because of Tijuana sewer run-off yet?
This post had 2863 hits on Monday. Even though this was the best vid of flooding in OB, the Rag still didn’t make the news at Voice of San Diego – or anywhere else for that matter. Which is okay – that’s not our goal. But it would be nice some day to see a link to the Rag on the Voice. Who was that old-school comedian who kept saying he didn’t get no respect.
Rodney Dangerfield! See the movie “Caddyshack”.
/s/ Chris Kennedy
The 1887 OB Subdivision Map (Ocean Beach Historical Society printed posters of the map) that shows a natural spring under the parking lot next to the Lifeguard station. The same lot that had 3 to 4 feet of water covering the lot and surrounding area in past floods over the decades. I brought this up at the OB Planning board meeting during the previous condo plans. This current one that was built with its underground garage that floods was a no-brainer that it would flood. Sadly, the city could save money and not have as many lawsuits if they would listen to locals at planning board meetings. Now they want to get rid of planning boards and public input… how stupid!
Instead of Get It Done GET,
the city’s program should be renamed GETSE…
Get It Done…Sort Of…Eventually
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Todd Gloria – FAIL!