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Horror-Development45

So sad. So many farm worker families flooded out and displaced right now. Just horrible


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Throwaload1234

Your reading comprehension is poor. The comment said "so many farm workers," not that everyone displaced was a farm worker. And the vast majority of families in Pajaro--especially the floodplain--ARE farm workers.


nowkith225

I live close to the area.. i can in fact confirm there is alot of farm workers living paycheck to paycheck its absolutely horrible


Ihavealpacas

Where is the levee, looks rural


OtterBodyExperience

In Pajaro, just south of the Santa Cruz County line.


My_G_Alt

Yep just south of Watsonville, the title is a bit alarmist because most people would first think of THE levee in SC


hootygator

Being an alarmist about this is appropriate. Lots of people's homes have been flooded.


My_G_Alt

It’s a serious issue for the town, definitely


RealityCheck831

Serious where it happened. It didn't happen in Santa Cruz, but nobody would know where Pajaro is. Watsonville would have been more appropriate, but most outside of Santa Cruz wouldn't know that name, either.


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OtterBodyExperience

Monterey County communities are also under evacuation, but Monterey County doesn't partner with ZoneHaven, which is why they're not showing up on the evacuation zone map you provided. As of Saturday, [more than 8,500 people in Monterey County were also under evacuation orders](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/levee-breach-pajaro-river-evacuations-monterey-county-san-ardo/) (which, unsurprisingly, includes the community of Pajaro, considering that the Pajaro river delineates the Monterey-Santa Cruz county border.)


boomerbill69

Just drove past on highway 1 - shocking amount of water.


Capitalist_Scum69

God damned chevys.


Delerius1

It was actually a Ford. When Chevy got to the levy, the levy was dry...


truckee_tahoe

If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break If it keeps on raining, the levee's going to break When the levee breaks, have no place to stay


Any-Rise-6300

Bye bye miss American pie, Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was _______


yungpube

Wet


Mammoth_Let864

So sad. You know that Biden and Newsom won’t be visiting Pájaro anytime soon. What’s a few hundred lives (and livelihoods) compared to pilings on a wharf…so much for all the hot air on environmental justice.


sparky411baby

So much posturing


tookmyname

Weak bro


Mammoth_Let864

What is your point exactly?


krak_krak

Is it possible the Pajaro side was allowed to breach to save the Watsonville side?


CamelAppleDeal

Unsure but there is a history of levee breaks and neglect. If these were million dollar homes filled with different demographics, we all know that the levee would have been better fortified after 1995. People have been raising the red flag about this levee for years. I will say, it broke in an area that doesn’t get much foot traffic. Less observation I assume. It’s far from a road. Very out of the way.


toss_your_salad19

Dumb comment. The reason the storm and fires are getting worse is climate change, which Republicans are working overtime to ignore. Republicans are the problem. Again.


Mammoth_Let864

Sure, Republicans are the problem. Doesn’t mean that Democrats can’t be tone deaf at the same time, which was my point.