Wind and rain in the mountains

Two storm systems in one weekend in the Central Coast hit hardest in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Rainfall totals ranged from seven inches in Felton and Scott Valley to more than 10 inches at the summit of Ben Lomond, according to weather observers.
Those totals represent nearly 15 of the average rainfall for a Water Year. The current Water Year began Oct. 1.
The biggest headache on the weekend was the loss of power for more than 2,000 customers, because of downed trees and tree limbs.
Minor mudslides and rock slides, downed trees and standing water caused the usual delays on mountain roads, but no serious accidents were reported.
Bear Creek road was blocked for several hours Friday by a fallen tree.
No flooding was reported.
PG&E crews worked around the clock to restore power to all customers who were affected.
Crews were also busy pruning vegetation from around power lines to reduce the number of customers who could potentially lose power.
 In Scotts Valley, approximately 1249 customers lost power on the weekend.
In Boulder Creek, 751 customers were impacted.
In Felton, 238 customers experienced service disruptions.
 In all these cases, trees and/or limbs fell on power lines, knocking out power.
Due to the drought, may trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains are diseased or dying, and more likely to fall and knock down power lines, causing outages, PG&E reported.