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Montecito Mudslide: Six Years After

By Robert Eringer

Jan 08, 2024
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Robert Eringer on the Montecito rocks. Photo: Kovi Konowiecki

January 8th, 2018

I got into bed that Monday evening at the usual time but about 3:45 am, I lay awake, listening to the rain that pounded on my roof. Suddenly the earth began to shudder. This thought occurred to me: On top of a torrential rainstorm on the heels of a recent wildfire, are we now…

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