PALO COLORADO RD CLOSURE – Lines down

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

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • 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

    • Interesting. They sometimes do this with long term problems. No way to tell

      bigsurkate, on a mountain top in Big Sur

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