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San Diego is offering seniors El Niño workshops and free sandbags
The SDtoday team
If you're a senior, or you know one, the city of San Diego is holding El Niño workshops with free sandbags. The Office of Emergency Services series of three covers disaster plans, "go kits" with medications and documents, and signing up for emergency alerts.
Three senior workshops are set, and sandbag deliveries are scheduled to begin Nov. 14
- Nov. 4Workshop at Cathy Hopper Friendship Center, 4425 Bannock Ave., 11 a.m.
- Nov. 5Workshop at San Ysidro Senior Center, 125 East Park Ave., 2 p.m.
- Nov. 14Sandbag deliveries to senior residents are scheduled to begin.
- Nov. 18Workshop at George L. Stevens Senior Center, 570 S. 65th St., 1:30 p.m.
Source: KPBS
The timing isn't random. Mission Bay flooded three days in a row last week, when a Kelvin Wave turned a 7-foot high tide into an 8.5-foot one. And San Diego had more than twice the normal amount of rain for October.
A Kelvin Wave pushed a Mission Bay high tide to 8.5 feet
Source: FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| High tide alone | 7 ft |
| With the Kelvin Wave | 8.5 ft |
- Free: 10 sandbags delivered to seniors who can't haul them
- Request delivery: call 619-525-8247
- Also offered: transportation help for homebound seniors
- More info: the city's El Niño website
Capt. Jason Shanley of the Office of Emergency Services says to test older sandbags to see if they still hold sand. Keep documents in a weatherproof box, he says, and pack your pet's medication too.
Sources: KPBS, FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News, 10News.com