California is bracing for a rare Super El Niño — and our infrastructure is sitting on an $84B maintenance backlog. When back-to-back atmospheric rivers hit baked, bone-dry soil, we get flash mudslides, breached levees, and thousands of toppled trees taking out power lines for weeks. With only 2% of residents insured for flood damage, the state is running out of time. Go to ready.california.gov and sign up for the emergency alert system before the window closes, and watch the video for more critical safety steps to take right now.
