Forecasters predict another storm to reach us late next week. Meantime community members tell ABC 10News they’re frustrated with what they claim is a lack of preparation by the city for Monday’s storm.
In a press conference Thursday, city officials say you can’t plan for what they’re calling a once-in-a-thousand-year storm
“Even a storm-water system designed to the golden standard of today would have failed in that situation,” said Kris McFadden, Deputy Chief Operating Officer for the City of San Diego.
A key next step? Clearing out storm-water channels, which could take weeks.
“But what that entails is going in, starting in Beta Street, putting in heavy equipment and removing any and all vegetation that we can,” said McFadden. “Anything that got washed into the storm drain channel. I was there myself, I’ve seen what was washed into there, it’s everything.”
According to the city, officials are permitting and planning new projects to make the storm-water system stronger. But those long-lasting changes may take longer.