Training Camp UPDATE # 5 - 2010 - Santa Barbra

Day # 7 Friday - 2/25/10

Today was get used to the borrowed Mtn bike day . No road bike at all.

After my two hours of an easy noodle fest riding Mtn bike along Ocean - Gary shows up and the pace tripled. I kept hearing in the distance go faster ( BIG RING - BIG RING ). I just dripped sweat all over myself ... I did have a blast Mtn bike trails at local park up up then rip down thru switchbacks / repeat ...

Pic from Summerland south of Santa Barbra..

DAY #8 - SAT - 2/27/10

Wake up to grey skys & stiil raining, it started last night around 10:00. Sun pops out then back to rain plus all kinds od CRAZY weather warnings :

Tsunami :

Issued by The National Weather Service West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, AK 9:04 am PST, Sat., Feb. 27, 2010... A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO ATTU ALASKA...

PERSONS IN TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREAS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE WATER... OFF THE BEACH AND OUT OF HARBORS AND MARINAS.
TSUNAMI ADVISORIES MEAN THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR WATER IS IMMINENT OF EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION IS NOT EXPECTED FOR AREAS IN AN ADVISORY. TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL ARRIVAL TIME. ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL FOR SELECTED SITES IN THE ADVISORY ARE PROVIDED BELOW.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH:

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE RECENT BURN AREAS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING THE JESUSITA... LA BREA... GAP... AND TEA BURN AREAS.
* THROUGH 9 PM PST THIS EVENING
* SHOWERS... HEAVY AT TIMES... WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL RATES TO AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR... WITH INTENSE SHORT DURATION RATES OF A HALF INCH IN 20 MINUTES POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RATES ARE IN EXCESS OF THRESHOLDS DETERMINED BY THE USGS TO BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND BELOW THE RECENT BURN AREAS.
FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW WILL BE A PARTICULAR THREAT IN ANS BELOW THE RECENTLY BURN AREAS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES.

Coastal Flood Statement for Santa Barbara County South Coast, CA

... ABOVE NORMAL SURF FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SURF OF 7 FEET IS NOT EXPECTED AT BEACHES ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY... BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WITH MAX SETS TO 7 FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS INCREASING SURF WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN MAKE SWIMMING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE.
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... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...