This story from today's Bee is another installment of their series, Tempting Fate, about flooding in Sacramento, and looks at the costs reported so far from the various jurisdictions around the state associated with our recent storms.
The total is about $200 million so far, with no figures from Sacramento County yet.
With the flooding on the Parkway, and the muddy water possibly indicating erosion, there could be substantial damage.
Here is an excerpt.
“Initial estimates statewide totaled more than $200 million, according to the state Office of Emergency Services. But many rain-soaked areas remained under water, and "the information is changing every day," OES spokeswoman Tina Walker said Thursday.
“In the Sacramento area, many local agencies were still compiling cost estimates Thursday.
“The totals include overtime pay for scores of fire, police, sanitation, sewage, transportation, utility and other public employees called in on a holiday weekend.
“Often working around the clock, they patrolled rivers and levees, staffed emergency operations centers, opened evacuation shelters, and filled and gave away thousands of sandbags.
“In addition, inspectors have been assessing damage to levees, roads, bridges, buildings and drainage culverts.
“Strong winds and falling trees also downed hundreds of utility poles and miles of power lines, causing blackouts for thousands of customers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
“Estimates reported to the state OES included $1.4 million in El Dorado County and about $1 million in Yolo County.
“Dan McCanta, Yolo County emergency service coordinator, said Yolo's figure was taking into account mostly just the damage to canals operated by the Yolo County Flood Control Water Conservation Agency.
"That's all we can see from the air at this point," McCanta said. "There's still more we'll be looking at on the ground when we can."
"In Placer County, damages appeared to be in the same ballpark.
"It looks like we'll have more than $1 million," spokeswoman Anita Yoder said. The estimate includes costs for cities and the unincorporated area of the county, she said.
“Figures for Sacramento County were not available Thursday, spokeswoman Megan MacPherson said."
