11:30 pm – road still closed, and lots of rumors flying around re when it will open, but nothing definitive.
I have included a photo of the trees from the midcoastfirebrigade website. Amazing domino effect.
Incident: 00266 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: SR1/PALO COLORADO TBM/LatLon: 0:0
Detail Information
10:40 AM8[18] [Notification] [CHP]-1039 CAL FIRE, THEY ARE 97 ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF TREE , ,OTHER ENGINE ALSO ENRT / PGandE WILL 97 AT 1106 HRS
10:39 AM7[17] A27-014 REQ 1020 FIRE
10:39 AM6[16] A27-014 IF FIRE IS ON OPPOSITE SIDE, THEY SHOULD NOT ADVANCE, HOT WIRES
10:30 AM5[15] 1039 MONTCOM
10:28 AM4[10] 27-014 DOES NOT HAVE VISUAL ON FIRE
10:26 AM3[8] A27-014 PALO COLORADO 1/2 MILE EO SR1 3-4 FT IN DIAMITER 1125 POWER LINES DOWN PGE 97 NTFY FIRE
10:18 AM2[7] [Notification] [CHP]-[6] PER FIRE CHIEF /REQ CHP C3/MOTORISTS TRYING TO PASS UNDER TREE AND WIRES
10:18 AM1[6] PER FIRE CHIEF /REQ CHP C3/MOTORISTS TRYING TO PASS UNDER TREE AND WIRES
Unit Information
10:08 AM3Unit Assigned
10:08 AM2Unit Enroute
10:08 AM1Unit At Scene
11:15 AM 11 [22] [Notification] [CHP]-1039 CO RDS, WILL CALL BACK WITH ETA
11:13 AM 10 [21] A27-014 CAL FIRE 97 PROVIDEING 1184 AT PALO COLORADO REQ CORDS FOR SIGNAGE ”;RDWY CLOSED”
11:13 AM 9 [20] A27-014 MID COAST FIRE 97 1125 IN RDWY EO TREE SR1/POLO COLORADO SHUT DOWN TREE CREW 97 WILL TAKE 4-6 HRS CLR
well… the incident has been taken off the chp incident web site as an active incident.
Interesting. They sometimes do this with long term problems. No way to tell
bigsurkate, on a mountain top in Big Sur