They’ve filled to grade already and are putting in a 60in. over flow culvert today covered with concrete. Apparently another contractor will come later to bore through the compacted fill for the 10 ft pipe on the bottom. (Photos by Dave Nelson)
I am only posting re this one to bring everyone’s attention to the fact that while the calendar says early April, conditions of the vegetation say late July. I will not be posting follow-ups on this, as it is not anywhere near the Central Coast. Be fire aware starting NOW
Fire name: Springs
Location: Big Pines Highway x Big Rock Creek; SW/O Valyermo, CA
Reported acres: 20
Rate of spread: rapid
Report on Conditions: wind driven in medium to heavy fuel, running to the east. No divert on aircraft due to immediate life threat at Fenner Camp and surrounding homes. Fire is running towards Highway 2. Potential for 1,500 acres
Structure threat: yes
Resources: LAC 2nd alarm, ANF, AA210, T72, 3 S-2’s, 1 VLAT on order, 6 additional T1 handcrews.
Hazards: steep terrain
Weather: NW winds 30 MPH.
Radio channels:
Scanner link: ANF Forest Net 17
LA County Fire 12
Webcam link: MTN High West 35
Live video: https://abc7.com/watch/live/ 21
https://abc7.com/watch/23340/ 17
Agency Website:
“Weather permitting, the FHL Fire Department will do a prescribed burn in Training Area 22 (Jolon and Sam Jones Roads intersection) from noon to 3 p.m. today.“
Details still sketchy, but Big Sur Fire was able to get emergency access through Rat Creek and should be there shortly to make an accessment. Other resources are on the way. More when I have it.
1/4 of an acre, too wet to make a run, there was foggy all day at that spot on the bluffs above Jade Cove, most assuredly stupidity caused.
I spoke with PT 17 and they planned on babysitting until around 6 pm. Welcome to a holiday weekend in Big Sur!
Here is where it was, which is actually just north of Jade Cove, a few hundred yards or more south of Plaskett. If Plaskett Ridge Rd hadn’t been closed with a heavy duty gate, this most assuredly would have been up in the sun where it could have made a run for it, as my son pointed out.
No, no April Fool’s trick from me. Can’t top Monterey County Weekly’s cover story today. See here:
“It was a bound, four-color, 156-page report, wrapped by a high-gloss cover featuring a picture of a heavily loaded pack mule carrying water and other supplies, crossing Bixby Bridge, and led by a young couple. The photo caught her attention because it was not historical but contemporary, and the adventurers were dressed in straight-leg jeans and hipster jackets. Mostly it was their footwear that stood out – Wool Runners from Allbirds. These were Bay Area computer geeks crossing the famous bridge, not frontiersmen.
The report had a big red stamp across its cover: “DO NOT CIRCULATE. FOR PRIVATE REVIEW ONLY.” Naturally, Waters opened it to discover its contents.
Inside was a shocking plan, recently agreed to by the top leadership of Caltrans, Cal Fire, big insurance companies, REI, the Marriott, Joby Aviation (based in Marina) and the Association for Horsemen of Northern California. (On the draft viewed by the Weekly, several potential backers’ names were crossed out with a black Sharpie – those still viewable under a thick black line are Ventana Big Sur, California State Parks, the U.S. Forest Service and Community Association of Big Sur.)”
