Strong storm across Merced county, impacting local businesses

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A dense downpour and aggravated winds - causing powerfulness outages crossed Merced County.

"It did acceptable america backmost a small bit, but not arsenic atrocious arsenic it could've been," said proprietor of Mix Bakery Merced, Cynthia Prader.

PG&E says thousands of customers mislaid energy aft thenar trees intertwined with powerfulness lines, but it was rapidly restored.

Cynthia Prader - proprietor of Mix Bakery Merced says it did interaction her business, but they were prepared.

"It affects america due to the fact that we effort to travel successful and we request to commencement baking and doing each our prep for the greeting and erstwhile you don't person ovens, lights - you can't get successful the refrigerators, freezers, you truly person to beryllium cautious astir that," said Prader.

Meanwhile, Merced County officials accidental they've seen minimal harm with immoderate histrion branches successful the road, but they inactive urge residents enactment prepared for the worst.

"Have immoderate other food, immoderate other water, flashlights, batteries, possibly a backup battery, a radio- things similar that conscionable successful lawsuit you're stuck astatine location for a day," said Mike North with Merced County.

If you're retired successful the fields similar Craig Arnold, the rainfall is simply a invited site.

"From the ag side, we'll instrumentality it. It does origin america immoderate tiny problems. Some fungus issues successful oregon peaches and our almonds," Arnold Farms Atwater, Craig Arnold.

Arnold says they've already treated the effect - and conscionable hopes the rounds of bedewed upwind proceed into the outpouring and physique connected that snowfall pack.

"Hopefully it's each snowfall up successful the mountains that we tin store for the adjacent six months and person entree to it," said Arnold.

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