Storm Damage - Redding, Red Bluff and Northern Shasta County

12/20/2017 (Permalink)

Redding, Red Bluff, Shasta - Strong winter storm systems bring damaging winds, heavy rain and more flooding.

Severe Weather in Northern California

We think of storms as severe weather producing hail, damaging winds, thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain.  Certainly, with Shasta County being Northern California’s gateway to the mountains, snowstorms, ice storms, blizzards and freezing temperatures also contribute to interior and exterior home, basement and business property damage affecting roof, shingle, siding and windows resulting from broken tree branches, power outages, flooding, heavy snow and ice accumulation. SERVPRO of North Shasta, Trinity and Greater Tehama Counties recommends a couple of links for local weather forecasts.  Serving Redding, Red Bluff and the surrounding region KRCR TV provides accurate and ongoing storm alerts.  Another severe winter weather resource for timely information serving the Shasta Lake and Northern Shasta County areas is found here.

The continuing damage and aftermath of a severe weather event goes far beyond the immediate effect.  For example, because the City of Redding is located within the Sacramento River watershed the residual water from the higher elevations, through drainage and snow melt, accumulates as storm water and thus becomes one of California’s most valuable resources which quite often requires emergency management.  As our extensive years of restoration experience in water and storm damage clean up have shown, water run off produces unexpected results through spillage, leaks, sludge waste and raw material storm drainage systems, damaged pipes and sewers.  Curbs, gullies, city roads, aqueducts, ditches, and manmade water channels all carry vast amounts of storm water into the Shasta basin.

Storm water in many instances becomes wastewater picking up any variety of solid materials, liquids, hazardous waste, debris and litter.  Think for a moment of what runoff water carries as it comes into contact with residential neighborhoods and commercial industrial manufacturing areas of town; paints, varnishes and solvents; soil, sand, oil and other automotive fluids, yard waste, pesticides, fertilizers, body fluids, fecal and heavy metal waste. Additionally, things we do not ordinarily think about such as residential car washing, air conditioning condensation, water from crawl space pumps, untreated swimming pool discharge water, and landscaping; the everyday activities for human life become participants in the storm damage story.

When you deal with storm, flood or water damage call us 24 hours a day at (530) 222-0200.  We make home owners and insurance agents “heroes”. Our immediate action and a fast response, lessens damage, limits further damage and reduces restoration costs.  Our highly trained crews have the specialized equipment and resources to handle the job, large or small, residential and commercial. 

Also take a look at our water drying video to learn more about our water extraction system.