In L.A. County's Sierra Pelona Mountains, the cascading consequences of climate whiplash have tested residents' self-reliance yet again.
in northwestern Los Angeles County seem as far as one can get from urban commotion and pollution.
They also said their lifestyle is getting edgier because of the cascading consequences of climate whiplash — wildfires, flash floods and landslides — that have visibly altered the contours of the surrounding Sierra Pelona Mountains at the headwaters of the Santa Clarita River. Ten county roads damaged by recent storms, including a 10-mile stretch of Lake Hughes Road, were still subject to closures on Friday, with most of them open only to emergency vehicles and local residents.
“We’ve made a lot of progress, despite new storms rolling in almost every week,” Houston said, as earthmovers roared nearby. “It’ll be about another six months before we complete the job in this area.”As record snows saddle the eastern Sierra Nevada, snowmelt threatens to inundate Los Angeles Department of Water and Power infrastructure.
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