Hurricane Hilary: SoCal residents stock up on emergency supplies
“Since yesterday about 8 a.m., the crowds have been just like this all day. Nonstop,” said Daniel Martinez, the acting deputy director for the Department of Maintenance and Facilities. He pointed to another truck, arriving to dump sand into the pit, where residents stood shoulder to shoulder — arms glistening with sweat from laboring amid the thick, hot air.
An unprecedented tropical storm warning is in effect from the California-Mexico border to Point Mugu and for Catalina Island. Since Friday morning, over 22,000 sandbags have been handed out to residents at local fire stations, said Daniel De Selms, the city’s emergency management coordinator. By noon Saturday, another 20,000 were on track to arrive. Each household is allotted 10 bags.
De Selms said the city is preparing for road closures and potential power outages. As residents rush to stores to stock up on food and water and to the sand pit at City Hall, he said he wants to remind everyone that “we’re all going to be in this bad weather together. Human kindness goes a long way.”
Jane Williams, 62, who has been living in a condo in Palm Springs for the past five years, said she’s been seeing “everybody help everybody,” as neighbors rush to beat the rains, projected to hit by Saturday afternoon. Last night, she and three other women stepped in to help an older man shovel for sand.
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