Storm Report, 1/29/21

1 pm — And from Cal Trans:

Highway 1: Camaldoli Hermitage – Big Creek Bridge: February 2 – Big Creek Bridge  
There will be alternating lane closures on northbound and southbound Highway 1 from the Camaldoli Hermitage to Big Creek Bridge for work along the shoulder of the highway from 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (let me be so bold as to suggest that they may be wanting to check and clean the drains)

Highway 1: Camaldoli Hermitage – Big Creek Bridge: February 2 – Big Creek Bridge  
There will be alternating lane closures on northbound and southbound Highway 1 from the Camaldoli Hermitage to Big Creek Bridge for work along the shoulder of the highway from 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Nadine and Dan’s grandson, Clark, our local budding engineer, the bridge he submits for Cal Trans consideration:

7 am photo by Heath Johnston. This will be the headliner nationwide, already on Good Morning America in Delaware.

This one reminds me of the Rocky Creek slip out of 2011, but with less road. To revisit that one, go back in time here https://bigsurkate.blog/2011/03/17/highway-one-closure-indefinite/

6:00 am — It has been a wild ride the last few days, and even though it is still raining/drizzling, we have been through the worst of this storm and now have a few days before the next ones, which are predicted to be much milder. I will be adding to this post throughout the day, as I did yesterday. I do not expect to have an official report on the slip out at Rat Creek until afternoon, unless Dave gets out there and reports, unofficially.

First thing I note is the slide at Hurricane Point, about 50 feet long. Looks like it will probably be easy to clean up once Cal Trans is rolling at dawn.

Incident: 00041 Type: Mud/Dirt/Rock Location: SR1 S / HURRICANE POINT Loc Desc: SB 1 AT HURRICANE POINT Lat/Lon: 36.357222 -121.902500

Detail Information
6:08 AM4[7] FOOTBALL SIZE ROCKS ABOUT 50 FT LONG SCATTERED DOWN THE ROAD
6:07 AM3[6] Incident Re-opened: CT LL INQ ON HOW LARGE THE SLIDE IS AND FOR HOW LONG DOES IT GO? CONFIRM STILL 1125? THIS IS OUT SIDE THE CLOSURE AT MPM 44
6:04 AM2[5] NOTED IN BIG SUR CLOSURE LOG
6:03 AM1[4] 1039 DIST 5
Unit Information

These graphs were published last night, Note on the first graph, Three Peaks gauge was not working. It sat at the same numbers all day on Weds and Thurs. But note the highest rain received was at Chalk Peak here in the South Coast of Big Sur.

12 thoughts on “Storm Report, 1/29/21”

  1. Upper Santa Rosa Creek Watershed east of Cambria has a total of 16.85 Inches
    since 12:00 A.M. on Wednesday, the 27th.

  2. Kate,
    Although not surprised, It appears Big Sur has taken the brunt of the storm. thanks for the great video’s and pictures. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the residents of Big Sur.

    PS My rain gauge shows just under 5 inches this morning in Prunedale.

  7. “FOOTBALL SIZE ROCKS ABOUT 50 FT LONG SCATTERED DOWN THE ROAD”…This reads to me as though the rocks are 50′ long….just me, as usual.

  8. On Willow we got a total of 16.05″ from Tuesday night until Friday 8 a.m. Too bad we didn’t have a wind gauge, suffice to say, it was the strongest wind I’ve ever felt and I never want to experience a hurricane!
    Glad for the days of a dry out period.

  9. There was a post somewhere about lane closures in Monterey and Carmel because of drainage cleaning. Uhm…isn’t that something done BEFORE a storm? And didn’t they have all winter to do that?

  11. I have seen CalTrans cleaning shoulders and culverts year round. Nothing new here…

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