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Southern California mudslides: 17 dead, others missing

At least two dozen people are missing

Heavy rains early Tuesday caused rivers of mud and debris to run down from hillsides in Santa Barbara County, demolishing homes in the affluent seaside community of Montecito weeks after wildfires in the area. Many people are on edge, awaiting news about missing loved ones.
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https://www.click2houston.com/weather/southern-california-mudslides-wipe-out-homes-leaving-13-dead


Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched grimy debris and ruins for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses, swept cars to the beach and left at least 17 victims dead.

"It's just waiting and not knowing, and the more I haven't heard from them — we have to find them," said Kelly Weimer, whose elderly parents' home was wrecked by the torrent of mud, trees and boulders that flowed down a fire-scarred mountain and slammed into the coastal town of Montecito in Santa Barbara County early Tuesday.
The drenching storm that triggered the disaster gave way to sunny skies, as hundreds of searchers carefully combed a messy landscape strewn with hazards.
"We've gotten multiple reports of rescuers falling through manholes that were covered with mud, swimming pools that were covered up with mud," said Anthony Buzzerio, a Los Angeles County fire battalion chief. "The mud is acting like a candy shell on ice cream. It's crusty on top but soft underneath, so we're having to be very careful."
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The cleanup was going on near where Weimer's missing parents, Jim and Alice Mitchell, lived. The couple, together for more than a half-century, didn't heed a voluntary evacuation warning and stayed home Monday to celebrate Jim Mitchell's 89th birthday. She hoped to find them in a shelter or hospital.

"They're an adorable couple, and they were in love with their house. That's their forever home," Weimer said.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/victim-search-expands-california-storm-mudslides-kill-13-52253716

Rebecca Riskin, the founding partner of Riskin Partners, a Montecito real estate company, is also missing, a relative, Lynne Creighton said.

Riskin began selling real estate in Los Angeles. In 1990, she moved to Montecito, where she climbed to the top of real estate industry, according to the biography on her firm's website.
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http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/us/southern-california-mudslides/index.html
 
Families frantically search for loved ones missing in Montecito mudslide

At the evacuation center at Santa Barbara City College on Monday night, someone had put up a white posterboard, with “message board” scrawled in black.

Below, in blue, was scrawled “Augie & Karen Johnson,” with a question mark in front of their names. Below and next to it were other names, also with question marks, as people searched for loved ones.

One name at the top had been crossed out, with “He is OK” scrawled next to it. People left phone numbers on yellow sticky notes, asking others to please call and sometimes telling them they loved them.

When a woman came in trying to find her mother, a volunteer checked the message board.
“She wouldn’t have been able to leave a note,” the woman said, before heading off to scour the shelter for her.
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Issac Cervantes painstakingly checked each sticky note and piece of paper attached to the message board, hoping to hear about someone he knows who lives in Montecito.

Cervantes met Larry about three years ago while the two worked together at UCSB. Larry was a mechanic, who has since retired.

“From what I heard, where he lived is like totally gone now,” Cervantes said. “He doesn’t really have anybody that talks to him. He’s shut off from everybody ... I just wanted to see if he was here.”
Cervantes had been out for a drive with his wife and baby when he came to check the shelter. “I just want to find him and make sure he’s OK,” he said. “I had to check.”
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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-missing-montecito-20180110-story.html
 
MISSING

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Missing person from the Montecito mudslide, Morgan Corey, 25-year-old blonde female, tattoo of rope on left wrist and scorpion on inner right arm, was at the address 1231 East Valley Road. Her mother and one of her sisters have been found but her and her other sister, Sawyer Corey, are still missing, possibly under their mother's last name of Baker. You may contact Joseph Brazil at josephgbrazil@hotmail.com with any information on their whereabouts.
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Peter Fleurat (Floray)
Last seen early Tuesday morning at 369 Hot Springs Road when the flooding and mudslide occurred destroying the home he lived in. You can contact Marianne Barajas with any information on Fleurat's whereabouts at mannysgeek@gmail.com.
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Pinit Sutthithepa

Toyota of Santa Barbara employee Pinit Sutthithepa (goes by Oom), his wife, two small children, and possibly his mother and stepfather, have not been heard from since the mudslides. They were last seen at 1217 E. Valley Road in Montecito. You may contact Mike Caldwell at mcaldwell@toyotaofsantabarbara.com with any information on Sutthithepa's whereabouts.
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http://www.keyt.com/news/missing-a-loved-one-after-tuesdays-storm/684091661
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Judy Stewart
Judy was last seen at 2125 Piedras Drive in Montecito just before the storm hit on Tuesday. She has not been heard from since along with her black and white Australian Shepherd. She owns a blue Prius. Contact Jayne Sigman at jayne.sigman@gmail.com with information on Judy's whereabouts.
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Ken Liatas
Ken was last seen at 670 Romero Canyon Road and has not been heard from since Tuesday. He is 72 years old, 5-feet 10-inches tall and in good health. If you have any information on Ken's whereabouts, please contact Michelle Womack at 818-687-5713.
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http://www.keyt.com/news/missing-a-loved-one-after-tuesdays-storm/684091661
 
Omgggggg

:tears:

Linking this thread in the SOCal Fires thread...had started covering it there....

This is so horrible, might have to sit this one out. :( :(

:candle:

I feel sick....
 
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Morgan Corey and her 12-year-old relative, Sawyer Corey, are the subject of an intensive search in Montecito, California, after they were reported missing following the mudslides that devastated the area.

Some accounts on social media say the pair are sisters, while others say they are cousins. Authorities have not yet confirmed the names of any victims in the tragic mudslides, and rescue efforts are still underway. The mother and another female relative were also missing but social media accounts said those two were found and are in the hospital. Morgan Corey is 25-years-old.
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According to The Los Angeles Times, “With a shovel in one hand, a man who asked to be identified only as Mikey smoked a cigarette and then started shoveling mud and debris from the intersection.” He was looking for the Corey girls, the newspaper reported.

“He had been out since 5 a.m looking for his girlfriend’s missing sisters: Morgan and Sawyer Corey. He said their house, located roughly a half mile away in Sycamore Canyon Road, had been swept away,” The Times reported, quoting the emotional man as saying, “They are good people. I’m hoping to find them.”
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https://heavy.com/news/2018/01/morgan-corey-sawyer-montecito-mudslide-missing-sisters/
 
:(

That's all I've got here....wow, talk about a kick in the gut, I am literally ILL and feel like Im going to pass out....all those photos of all those people...

:praying:

:grouphug:

:candle:

:(

Eta: I've said it before, and actually just said it again this morning in another thread, one of the most important skills a Websleuther can have is the ability to know when to step away. I'm going to take my own advice at this moment! Looks like Gardener1850 has this covered!
 
How long have these people been buried now exactly? :(
 
How can we help right now as Websleuthers? Not sure there is anything right now.

:(

(Quit the negativity, M25. Get it together...!)
 
Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres show how California mudslides struck their neighborhood—here's how you can help local victims
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/10/how-you-can-help-victims-of-the-california-mudslides.html

"If you're interested in helping with local relief efforts, here are two charities you can send donations to:

Donate to the American Red Cross

The American Red Cross had more than 50 people spend the night at its shelter at Santa Barbara City College, American Red Cross spokesperson Jessica Piffero tells*CNBC Make It.

"Red Cross volunteers are also providing those impacted with a safe place to stay, hot meals and health services. The organization's crisis counselors are supporting a family assistance center at a local church, where families wait to hear about their loved ones," Piffero said."
 
"Piffero says the quickest way to help people affected by disasters unfolding in California through Red Cross is to text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation, call 1-800-RED CROSS or donate right from the Red Cross website. The local Red Cross shelter for central California can be reached at (805) 987-1514.

Donate to Direct Relief

Santa Barbara, California-based charity Direct Relief helps disaster victims across the world by providing medicine and medical supplies. In light of the recent natural disaster, the organization's CEO Thomas Tighes says that the disaster is now literally in his front and back yard.

"As search and rescue efforts continue, Direct Relief is coordinating its response with the Santa Barbara County Public Health and Emergency Services Departments, as well as the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster," Tighes tells CNBC Make It in a statement."

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/10/how-you-can-help-victims-of-the-california-mudslides.html
 
"Direct Relief has staff on the group sending medical support as the situation develops, but assures that donations directed toward the Southern California disaster are applied to same day assistance.

"When separated from medication needed to manage diabetes, hypertension or asthma, a person can fall into medical crisis rapidly, resulting in an emergency room visit or worse," Tighes says. "Direct Relief is committed for as long as it takes to help the Santa Barbara and Montecito community recover from these tragic events."

The quickest way for your donation to assist Direct Relief is by*donating directly on their website*and directing your donation to the "Southern California Fires & Mudslides" on its drop-down menu."

here's how you can help local victims
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/10/how-you-can-help-victims-of-the-california-mudslides.html
 
Many are still missing in the Montecito mudslides. Here’s how to get help
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/state/california/article194040559.html

*many photos of people missing :(

"Trying to contact loved ones in Santa Barbara County? These resources can help


Santa Barbara County has*opened a center to assist people looking for loved ones affected by the storm. The center is located at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. in Santa Barbara, and will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The phone number for the center is*805-364-1822.

The Red Cross also offers a resource to help find friends and family. You can go towww.redcross.org*and click “Get Help” to either report someone as safe or search for family members.

If your loved one has a serious pre-existing health or mental health condition, you can make an emergency information request by calling the local Red Cross chapter for Central California at 805-987-1514 or 1-800-RED-CROSS."
 
margarita25 said:
How can we help right now as Websleuthers? Not sure there is anything right now.

:(

(Quit the negativity, M25. Get it together...!)
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Maybe tweet Oprah and Ellen names of the missing if you have twitter? Since it is their neighborhoods affected maybe they will use their celebrity to get exposure for all these people and donate money for the cause? That's all I got.

It's after 1 AM here on the east coast and I'll be turning in soon. But I'll be praying. I hope to wake up to read about many good outcomes tomorrow. :praying::grouphug::eek:fftobed:
 
"As first responders continue rescue and recovery efforts in the mudslide- and flood-stricken Santa Barbara County areas of Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria, some have taken to using social media to spread the word about the missing.

Authorities have not released official word on how many are missing in the area, but Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said at a press conference Tuesday night that they are are looking for at least two dozen people.

“We’re working to determine whether or not those people have been accounted for,” Brown said."

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/state/california/article194040559.html
 
Snipped for copyright, please visit link, many resources!!


Here Are 7 Ways You Can Help The Victims Of The California Mudslides
https://www.littlethings.com/how-to-help-california-mudslides/

1. Give Blood

The Southern California Blood Services Region has an urgent need for all blood types.

If you live in Southern California and would like to donate blood, please visit the American Red Cross’ blood donation site by clicking here https://m.redcrossblood.org/socal?utm_medium=google .

There is a map with every location where blood can be donated.


2. Donate And Volunteer At A Food Bank
Foodbank of Santa Barbara
Catholic Charities Of Santa Barbara County
Associated Students Food Bank

3. Offer To Help Displaced Animals
The Santa Barbara Humane Society has opened their doors to any displaced pets. You can support their efforts with a monetary donation or volunteer your time.

DAWG is also providing aid for any displaced pets.

4. Provide Aid To Residents With Disabilities
Portlight is an organization that focuses on providing aid for people with disabilities after a natural disaster. You can visit their homepage todonate. If you have been affected by the mudslides and flooding, you can also call Portlight’s hotline at (800) 626-4959.

DirectRelief is another nonprofit organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by natural disasters.

5. Donate To A Diaper Bank
*info at link

6. Report Missing People
*more at link

7. Give To A Church Or Community Center
*more at link
 
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