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Flooded Paradise Park Community Near Santa Cruz Cleans Up Ahead Of Next Major Storm
"It's just cold, wet, dirty, depressing work. But in our case at least, it is a first-world problem," he said.
January 3, 2023
People living in the Paradise Park community on the outskirts of Santa Cruz were busy cleaning up and drying out from this weekend's torrential rains that sent the nearby San Lorenzo River overflowing into their neighborhood.
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"By the time we were ready to go about an hour later, we had water up to the front of our home," says homeowner Kirk Stangeland who evacuated after being warned by the Sheriff's Office about the potential for flooding.
Stangeland spent Monday cleaning up the muddy mess left in the aftermath of the weekend storm. His backyard was buried beneath mud and sand from the river. Potted plants were overturned and scattered. But he says thankfully the floodwaters never reached the inside of his home -- a small victory in the face of mother nature's onslaught.
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