rain and at times it came down in torrents.

Feby 16th. Rained mostly all day and still raining tonight, floods every where, bridges washed away, all roads blocked out of San Diego also all trains, bridges gone. Los Angelas about the same. no trains to San Francisco. about 6 inches of Rain fell here in the storm so far. Los Angelas was about the same. Redlands about 7 inches Riverside 6 in. Santa Anna 7 1/2 in El Cajon over 10 inches. Ti Juana Mexico flooded the river was dry a week ago when we crossed the bridge. the paper says 12 feet of water now, at Imperial in the Imperial Valley only had 1/2 in of rain. All news came in by Radio as the wires were down. The Reservoir Dams at Otay & Sweetwater safe yet. four feet of water going over the top of Sweetwater dam.

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