- Video shows the impacts of Sunday’s storm on Kern County.
- Especially at the base of the Grapevine, drivers were ambushed with multiple tumbleweeds.
- Additional impacts include blowing dust, rain, wind, down power lines, and overturned semi trucks.
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Tumbleweeds, fallen trees, blowing dust, down power lines, and semi trucks even flipping over along the road.With strong winds blowing across Kern, it’s important to stay safe on the roads
Officer DC Williams with the Fort Tejon CHP said this especially applies to high profile vehicles.
He said, “We’ve already had three big rigs blow over already due to the heavy winds… We’re advising drivers of high profile vehicles, those that are pulling trailers, not to travel up into the Grapevine at this time, unless they are very, very careful of watching their speed and watching what’s going on.”
Williams said one of CHP’s main concerns with winter weather is speeding, “…because it only takes a quarter of an inch of water or less to hydroplane, especially if you’re traveling at a high rate of speed.”