Rain is forecast to continue with a chance of snow at higher elevations near the Cave fire, now 20% contained, Santa Barbara County officials said.
found that government officials did not heed decades-old warnings to build bigger basins that could have made the mudslide far less catastrophic — and that Santa Barbara County failed to thoroughly empty the existing basins before the disaster, drastically reducing their capacity to trap debris.
However, Rorke noted that conditions could change quickly if a strong cell or thunderstorm makes its way over a burn scar and lingers. “That would be the biggest threat to the burn area, but the odds of one hitting are very low,” he said.
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