Laguna Beach Local News
Flood waters deposit mud on the Main Beach boardwalk and into the first floors of many downtown merchants in December 2010.
Laguna Beach braced for heavy rain and potential flash floods during a storm expected to land between Thursday, Jan. 28 through Friday, Jan. 29.
City officials advised downtown business owners and residents to install their flood gates as a precautionary measure to protect their properties.
“To avoid being trapped when floodwaters threaten your area, the best way to protect yourself and your family is to evacuate before the flooding starts,” city officials said in a release. “Weather watches, warnings, and evacuation notices are science-based predictions that are intended to provide adequate time for evacuation. Those who wait for actual confirmation of catastrophic levels may be trapped by flooding or traffic.”
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Last fall, seniors in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering (BE) took on the most relevant of all possible design challenges the Covid-19 pandemic. The capstone design class in the Course 20 major, class 20.380 (Biological Engineering Design) has a different theme every semester, and in September there was little doubt about this fall’s topic Addressing the Pandemic with BE. “We weren t sure how students would respond. Would they be exhausted by Covid? Instead, students leapt at the chance to apply their skills to such an immediate problem,” says Professor Angela Koehler, a member of the teaching team.