Emergency Preparedness Resources

    I’m sure many of us have looked up at the Castaic Lake Dam and wondered what would happen if it failed. Could an earthquake take it out? Could age, wear, and tear or poor engineering eventually cause it to fail? Could flooding overwhelm it like the Oroville Dam in 2017? The answer is sadly "yes," to all of the above. It can fail. Anything is possible. We should just expect it to and get ready for it. The next question is: where would the water go? This link will send you to the California Department of Water Resource's approved inundation maps if the dam were to fail:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/10jp2sQJvvSi6HtEc-jl1zGwc-2a4MTdT/view?usp=sharing Take your time to look at the map and become familiar with it. My first thought when looking at these maps was relief because my home wasn’t in the flood zone but then I realized that almost every possible evacuation route is in the flood path. I would expect the freeway to be heavily damaged from the failure of

 

  There Was Bread   By Bishop W. Christopher Waddell First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric October 2020 "As we seek to become temporally prepared, we can face the trials of life with increased confidence." Link to talk:  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/25waddell?lang=eng     We Will Prove Them Herewith ( Abraham 3:25 )   By Elder David A. Bednar Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles October 2020 "Now is the time to prepare and prove ourselves willing and able to do all things whatsoever the Lord our God shall command us." Link to talk: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/12bednar?lang=eng     Embrace the Future with Faith   By President Russell M. Nelson President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints October 2020 "The future will be glorious for those who are prepared and who continue to prepare to be instruments in the Lor