“Tuesday is the last day to make preparations,” said one meteorologist. “Take advantage of that.”
, which can create a soupy mess of toxic substances causing disease.
At the City Corporation Yard in Redwood City, residents shoveled sand into bags in hopes of avoiding flooding. Some were pummeled with rain during New Year’s Eve as water inundated yards and in some cases, entered homes. Over in Oakland, the staff at the city’s zoo was working “around the clock” to prepare for Wednesday’s storm. The zoo, in the East Oakland hills, is particularly prone to flooding and was forced to close through at least Jan. 17 because of an enormous sinkhole at the site’s entrance that opened after Saturday’s storm.
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