During the Station Fire, firefighters lit backfires on the hillsides to protect the homes in La Crescenta, but now there is no vegetation to protect homes from mudslides. Experts say mudslides are inevitable this winter season, even with the slightest amount of rain. Officials with the USGS said that the worst-case scenario is mud and rock flows the size of a football field and 60 feet deep could come sliding into foothill communities.
Officials are taking the mudslide threat very seriously. Materials have been set up in Glendale for flood defenses, including stacks of straw waddle -- hose-like strands of straw that can be unbundled to soak up floodwaters when lives or property are threatened; pallets of sandbags already filled and ready to go when needed; and stockpiles of concrete K-rail to be placed along streets when already flooded.
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