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A summary of storm-related events in Ventura County, California from 1983 through 2016. El Nino, record rainfall, and cyclical weather patterns are all described with just enough detail and pictures for an engaging light read.

Included are great pictures past and present of the Ventura Pier and Promenade. The book covers impacts to the Ventura Pier, storm related damage, repair, and rebuilding. It provides insight into money struggles, funding sources, planning, and local politics. The book includes a section regarding the record Ventura County flooding of 1969, and storm damge related to the 1978 El Nino season.

The first edition covered 1983 through 1998. The second edition brings it all up to date including the record rainfall during the month of January 2005, and the devastating impacts to county roads. The second edition also covers changes to the pier and surrounding area since 1998, and damage to the Ventura Pier during the high waves and high-high tides of December 2015.