Okay, there seems to be a lot of “rumbling” going on about this issue of being stranded. I am getting posts from anonymous people who, fortunately, have to be moderated so I can catch them. I am being called names like “heartless bitch” as if I am the one making these decisions re road closure, State Park closures, etc. I am simply reporting them. Please, just as in the fire, remember that who we are as a community is kind, helpful, prepared and hearty. We do disaster better than any community I know. I posted some of this on FB, but feel the need to share with a wider audience.
It has been less than 24 hours since the bridge was shut down, and we won’t get another report until after this series of storms passes. Lots of frustration and anger is bubbling up, just as it did during various times during the fire. I understand your frustration, I do, but don’t take it out on me, the community, or the agencies trying to help. For a week, Cal Trans has tried to work with people, inspecting the bridge several times a day, openin it up to solo vehicle crossings or pedestrian crossings, so they could get out and back in, or get out and stay out, to get their cars out, get supplies back in. I don’t know what else they could have done. Those who elected to stay within the closure need to realize it was a choice they made, and hopefully they prepared for that choice. I hope that the frustration takes into account that ALL of those south of the bridge made a choice and it is time to relax and enjoy the solitude. If there is a medical emergency, call 911 and arrange for a helicopter out. Stay calm and carry on. I will do so as well.
Oh, the blessings? We got our Big Sur back in all her glory … we have a front row seat to her beauty and awe. We got this, we really do.
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Well said Kate. I have a hard time believing that people are taking their frustrations out on you when you're busy keeping everyone informed of what's going on. Really! If they stayed south of the bridge, it's a choice they will learn to live with. Of course it's challenging, but this is when a community bands together and helps each other. Take the higher road folks!
Thanks, Lois. You are a true gem.
bigsurkate
Well said. I am enjoying that the rest of the world is stranded on the other side of the closures. The old time Big Sur folks only went to town a couple of times a year. Surely we can make it a week or two?
Let's all look for the blessings in this time. They are always there, you know...
Thank you for your commitment to these updates. You actually saved me, my wife, and our two friends from driving up to spend a few days there in the midst of all of this... We might have been stranded too!
Praying for all those displaced / stranded / severely inconvenienced because of this season...
Keep up the good work!
Carry on with your good work, "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead ".
Enjoy this time!! Big Sur all to yourselves, despite the situation, is an opportunity not to be wasted!
It is sad that you have to post this but the way you do, is impressive. Compassionate. Calming. Reassuring. It's your SOP. I thank you and I don't even live there, but I do, and have since day one, feel Big Sur.
Yes - you guys got this. Stay safe. Enjoy the splendor. Can't think of a more beautiful place to be stuck.
As for those "others"... delete delete delete
- that's for both your actions and what I just did cuz... sometimes I forget to be nice ;)
Thank you for keeping all of us who don't live in Big Sur but enjoy every minute we are lucky enough to have there. Very sad it will be awhile before we can visit again. I know the locals are ready to face anything that Mother Nature throws their way❤
It's so peaceful and quite. I can hear the creeks roaring and birds singing. They're not getting drowned out by noisy Harley's, horns honking and drones flying over my deck. It's going to be challenging for months but we are resilient and will get through it like we've done before. Stay Big Sur strong!!!
Thank you for all the time you spend informing the public. For every nasty , awful commenter there are thousands that appreciate you. Next they will blame you for being "god" and causing rain.
LOL. Funny. and I know the anonymous posters with bad intentions are a very, very minuscule minority, which is why I carry on and ignore it, for the most part, but the frustration is very real - theirs, not mine (at least not yet.)
bigsurkate
You're providing such valuable info as always, Kate. Peeps - please don't shoot the messenger! Today's storm forecast hasn't materialized here in Corral de Tierra but the predictions appear more threatening over the next few days, including Salinas River flooding. Remembering 1995 and 1998 wnen the Peninsula became an island.