Coastal companies put together for heavy rain

SAN DIEGO — Companies alongside a few of San Diego’s coast spent Monday afternoon getting ready for regular rainfall to land within the county.

In Mission Seaside, companies that flooded for the primary time in January’s storm stacked sandbags exterior their entrance doorways.

“We try to get sandbags laid out and taking precautions and ensuring no wires are on the bottom,” mentioned tattoo artist Luc Suter, who works at My Habit Tattoo on Mission Boulevard and mentioned the store skilled flooding and minor injury two weeks in the past.

“The proprietor has been for years and years and he mentioned he’s by no means seen it like this earlier than,” Suter added.

Fahim Gafor is the brand new proprietor of Sara’s Mexican Meals and mentioned two weeks in the past his kitchen flooded and he was not ready.

“The day we acquired flooded we had been closed, you couldn’t even stroll round right here,” Gafor mentioned.

Gafor mentioned they spent 5 hours cleansing water and dust from inside and had been unable to serve meals all day lengthy. Now as rain fell steadily into the night exterior his enterprise he ready with no less than eight sandbags exterior his restaurant door.

“The final time we weren’t ready,” he mentioned. “If it occurs it occurs, you may’t mess with nature.”