The day before, the California National Guard had been rescuing stranded people by air. “I picked up 39 people from the Birnam Wood Golf Club,” National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Sean Quillin said earlier Wednesday. From the air, the debris basin near Romero Canyon appeared to be nearly wiped away. Not far away, the debris basin near Santa Monica Creek looked full. If it weren’t for the debris basin near Santa Monica Creek, we would have seen what happened in Montecito happen in Carpinteria,” Fayram said.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 11, 2018 19:41 UTC