FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KGPE/KSEE) – Fresno County Fire (CAL FIRE) and the Fresno County Sherriff’s Office were able to successfully remove the “Super Sacks” from the Kings River according to Nathan Magsig, Fresno County Supervisor. Masig says the sacks were placed to prevent devastating erosion and significant land loss during the winter storms last year. […]
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For three days last week, a work crew using rented equipment removed the shredded remains of about 500 “Super Sack” sandbags that were placed around Reservation Terrace last fall and in February to help protect properties from high tides and storm-tossed waves.
possibly come this way and the storm surge when you have an area like this that already floods in high tide and you re looking at three to 6 feet of storm surge, you can see why this area is under mandatory evacuation. i want to quickly speak to lieutenant roche here who is part of the national guard team here on site. can you tell me what is your concern for this area? you having lived in louisiana your whole life. our concern is the flooding and possible storm surge with the storm up and coming. reporter: can you tell me what the teams are doing here in the back? the teams are placing a small we are fortifying the levees over here with sandbags and super sacks. reporter: are people heeding the warnings? i believe they are. i think the storms have struck over and over and over in this area, and i believe people are heeding the warnings and getting out of harm s way. reporter: does it concern you that this is such a slow-moving storm? it does. the slow-moving storms are