As Santa Barbara County emerged from last weekend’s soaking storm, the new focus shifts to the water left behind and where it went.
The storm, which pushed the county past its average annual rainfall for the water year and claimed one life in Goleta, sent runoff coursing through creeks, across low-lying coastal areas, and into reservoirs already filled from the storms of November and December. County and city officials continue to assess and monitor flooding impacts along the waterfront as well as Lake Cachuma levels, which reached 101 percent over the weekend.
Waterfront Flooding Driven by Rain, Not Tides…