El Nino / Winter Preparedness Santa Barbara County Flood Control Old Town Community Association December 3, 2015

Different types of flooding

Urbanized

Flash

Coastal High Hazard

Debris Flow

Stream/River overbank

Preparations A Shared Responsibility Private Property Owners Public Agencies – City – County – State – Federal

Individual Property Owners Flood Preparedness webpage – =45278 Homeowners Guide – ater/HomeownersGuide_Final.pdf ater/HomeownersGuide_Final.pdf Consider Flood Insurance Family/Personal emergency plan/supplies

Flood Control Preparations Annual Maintenance Plan Prepared Every Year o March / April - Inspections o June – Board Approval o August – Work Commences o Dec 1 st – Work Completed Debris Basins Fall Prep/Winter Response Response Contracts Set up o Cranes, Trucking, Contractors, Supplies ALERT system maintained Multi-Agency Coordination Flood Awareness Week Sand and bags Public Assistance / Outreach

Sand and Bags Self Service Stations set up Free to the public Coordinated with Cities and County Fire Department Deployment initially 3 locations, – Santa Barbara – Santa Maria – Mid County Buellton Informational Materials on how to place sand bags

Coordination Meetings – Federal FEMA US Army Corps of Engineers US Bureau of Reclamation US Geological Survey NOAA/National Weather Service – State Cal OES Department of Water Resources – County County Fire Office of Emergency Management – Cities – Neighborhood Groups

Winter Response -Restore major facilities -Flood Control staff -Mobilize Contractors -Seek State/Fed assistance

SM River Levee Patrol

Santa Ynez River Flood Forecasting Peak Flows as Occurred with use of Modified Operations Storm of February 23-24, 1998 Cachuma Inflow = 46,000 cfs Cachuma Outflow = 23,000 cfs Lompoc = 26,000 cfs