So... there's flooding in the Truckee Meadows and Sacramento Valley (other side of the Sierra Nevada Range).
The pic with the bridge is looking east along the Truckee River from near 50 ft east of 1st & Arlington in Reno. The top right is Wingfield Park, the bottom left is part of the Riverwalk. For those who've been here this is the bridge near Java Jungle & Java Vino.
The pic with the sign is near/at the corner of 1st & Arlington Ave looking south along Arlington.
I am located some 5 miles from these shots up higher in the valley's wall. The closes portion of the river is some 2 odd miles south of me.
Did I mention were a desert?
(photo courtesy of Jeremy Hinton)