California storm victims: who are they

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Santa Barbara County authorities have identified the bodies of 19 people who died due to difficult weather conditions in California last week.

The age of victims varies from 3 to 89 years. Their stories collected edition LA Times.

Josephine Gower, 69 years

Photos from the family archive of the deceased

At about 3 o'clock in the morning, Gower woke up to the sound of rain on the roof of her house on East Valley Road. She went downstairs where her boyfriend was already watching the storm.

They opened the front door to see what was happening on the street. Suddenly, a huge wall of mud, debris and debris struck the house, taking a couple with it.

Her boyfriend was carried away to the fence, where he ended up in the mud along the neck, and the woman was carried away by the stream in which she died.

Gower lived in Montecito for more than 20 years and was used to weather problems: fires and storms, taking them for granted. She has two children and two grandchildren.

Peter Flerat, 73 of the year

Photos from the family archive of the deceased

Fleuru liked to spend time outside and speak to the audience. He often invited friends to his house in order to treat them to dinner and to tell his new jokes.

He often wore ridiculous sunglasses or invited musicians to meetings with residents of his district.

According to friends, he liked to do stupid, non-standard things to see how people would react to this.

Peter spent a lot of time on the street, caring for his bees, fish and a large garden. Tall trees, flowers and a tiny stream running through a vast courtyard turned his house into a real living oasis. The man loved to travel and ride a bike.

The storm caught him and his partner Lalo Barajas in the house, Barajas managed to survive the invasion of the elements, he got a neck dislocation, numerous cuts and bruises, but Peter died.

Mark Montgomery, 54 of the Year, and Caroline Montgomery, 22 of the Year

When the doctor Mark Montgomery didn’t accept patients, he loved to chat and joke with nurses and other doctors in a small hospital. Associated Hand Surggeons.

Only three doctors worked in the institution, and the atmosphere was very friendly.

The main people in the life of Montgomery were his three children, with whom he often saw and spent a lot of time.

The doctor and his daughter Caroline died in their house during a storm. The son of Montgomery, who was at that moment on the second floor of the building, received only minor injuries. His wife and eldest daughter were traveling.

Caroline Montgomery dreamed of making a career in the fashion industry; she studied fashion in Barnard College.

Alice Mitchell, 78 years, and James Mitchell, 89 years

Photos from the family archive of the deceased

Jim and Alice Mitchell always dreamed of living in Montesito after retirement.

Jim worked in the HR industry, and Alice was a teacher in Orange County, after retirement in 1995, the couple moved to Montecito.

They bought a three-bedroom house in Spanish style, which was filled with Alice paintings.

When the state’s 8 on January advised residents to evacuate due to the approaching storm, the couple decided to stay home to celebrate James’s 89 birthday with a quiet family dinner.

But the elements broke into the house, killing a couple.

Roy Rohter, 84 of the Year

Photos from the family archive of the deceased

Rohter, a former real estate broker, founded the St. Augustine Academy in Ventura in 1994. He lived in Montecito with his wife Teresa.

Rochter actively supported educational programs and promoted anti-abortion ideas, since he was a sincere Catholic.

Rebecca Riskin, 61 Year

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Riskin dreamed of becoming a professional ballet dancer, in 1970's she danced at the American Ballet Theater in New York, but the injury ended her career.

She returned to Los Angeles in 1979 year and became a real estate agent. Ten years later, the woman moved to Montecito, where she also sold real estate.

Riskin left a husband, two children and five grandchildren.

David Cantin, 49 yo

Kantin was the company's vice president of sales. NDS Surgical Imagingdeveloping and selling equipment for operating rooms.

9 January, his family's house in Montecito boldly elements. His daughter Lauren, 14 years old, was saved from the wreckage alive. The son is still missing.

Pervat Suttitipa, 6 years

From the devastating fires in California at the end of 2017, the Perravat family escaped to an evacuation shelter. But they could not escape the storm at the start of 2018.

The element claimed the life of a 6-year-old boy, his father and two-year-old sister are among the missing.

Mom and grandmother of the boy were at work at the moment when mud streams destroyed the house and therefore did not suffer.

Jonathan Benitez, 10 Years, Marilyn Ramos, 27 Years, Kylie Benitez, 3 Years

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Jonathan was a fourth-grade student at Cleveland Elementary School in Santa Barbara.

He loved sports and played in football and basketball teams.

Aunt Jonathan Marilyn Ramos and her three-year-old daughter Kylie Benitez also died when the house was destroyed by a flood of dirt and rubbish. The boy's mother is still considered missing, his younger brother survived the storm.

John McManigal, 61 year

McManigal was the father of six sons and a business owner in Santa Barbara, and before that he worked at IBM.

The son of McManigal Connor was also captured by a stream of water and debris. He was carried by the stream for over a kilometer, but he survived.

Martin Cabrera-Munoz, 48 years

Martin Cabrera Munoz was not a rich man, but he knew the rich areas of Montecito well, since he was a gardener.

Most of the time he spent caring for lawns, flower gardens and hedges of the rich mansions of the city.

Munoz grew up in Mexico and came to the US in 1998 year. He was the second of eight brothers and sisters, most of whom live in Southern California.

According to friends, the man simply adored music and listened to it constantly.

He sent most of the money he made to Mexico, where his three children live.

Sawyer Cory, 12 yo

Richard Taylor, 79 years

Joseph Francis Bleckel, 87 years

Photos from the family archive of the deceased

Joseph Bleckel never had his children, but he and his wife Margaret were devoted to their nieces and nephews.

When Margaret died of cancer in 2005, Bleckel was left to live alone in his house in Montecito. He spent a lot of time caring for the house and garden.

Upon learning of the approaching storm, the man refused to evacuate. Mudflows destroyed his house, and Bleckel died.

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