Flooding

RUSSIAN/NAPA RIVER FORECAST

CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, SACRAMENTO, CA
             
 ATTENTION...THE FOLLOWING STAGES OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE
             HAVE OCCURRED OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
FLOOD STAGE
        RUSSIAN RIVER AT HOPLAND
        RUSSIAN RIVER AT HEALDSBURG
        RUSSIAN RIVER AT GUERNEVILLE BRIDGE
        NAPA RIVER AT ST HELENA
        NAPA RIVER AT NAPA
        NAVARRO RIVER AT NAVARRO

Looks like we might be able to fish or at least Kayak Downtown tomorrow. 

Its going to get ugly by the weekend...our levees at work are at 64 feet...expected water elevation....72 feet! I will be workingmy butt off!!!!  Fishy rodeo!  Hope everyone stays safe.

Sean what do you have some hatchery ponds? Are the fish going to get out?

Who wants to launch at the Pacifica Pier this weekend?

Friday AM 12-30-05

Mike:  We have big ponds next to the river that are for increasing groundwater recharge.  Normally, there is no way for fish to get in, but when the river overtops they try to get shelter behind the levees.  When the river recedes, we have ALOT of stuck fish.  We drain the ponds, and I round em up and put em back in the river. 

Sean it looks like your goning to be working your butt off.   and is your home safe?  I hope everyone on this site is safe.

stay safe Mike

My kayak is in my backyard, another 3-4 inches and I am launching......

Hope this rain ends soon so we can get some Russian River steelies!

We are safe, but stuck!  The russian went over the banks several places in Ukiah so the Perkins and Talmage bridges are closed.  We can't even make it that far though, a land slide at the inlet of our canyon has the road totally blocked.  I decided to punt...I am making jerky in the smoker.

We are safe, but stuck! 

Sean I Hope your already bought you champagne.

We are high and dry at home in Santa Rosa.

 Headed to Healdsburg in a few to check out our cabin. Rarely gets this high
I guess my dock and ladder are in Gurneville about now.

They just ordered mandatory evacuations of the Gurne and Forestville areas.

Wine and Champagne are ALWAYS in storage...just in case  Good luck with your cabin.

Glad to hear your all safe. I hope they can clear the road soon.  Mike I hope your cabin and dock are still ok.

Happy New Year  Mike

Cabin looking good, dock and ladder must be gone under about 20' of very fast water.
River isn't as high as I thought, seen it higher. Amazing amount of water though,ocean must be brown for miles.

Saw a kayak floating down river lots of other stuff trees,propane bottles,picnic tables,freezer,canoe.
There will be a lot of junk a Jenner, we were thinking of all the firewood people have stacked in their
backyards GONE.

It's too bad so many people are having to deal with flooding to start off the New Year.
We used to have a House in Gurneville that got flooded most years it's a real mess,
the waters not too bad its the muddy mess left behind.

  Happy New Year Everyone

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