Ashish Patel, right, and his father-in-law Jack Patel, left, unload sandbags in front of their business in Petaluma, Calif., on Thursday Jan. 3, 2008. The strongest in a series of potent storms was expected to lash California with fierce winds, heavy rain and paralyzing snowfall Friday, with forecasters warning the extreme weather would last through the weekend.
(Photo: AP/Santa Rosa Press Dem., K. Porter)
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