Big Sur

Storm Watch, Jan 10, 23

10:20 Rosie’s Bridge, Photos by Lucas Ryan

Evacuation Orders for San Ardo, and many other low lying areas of the Salinas River: The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Order for residents in the low laying areas of Salinas River due to flooding effective immediately and until further notice. Evacuation Order areas include: Zone G-028A: South of Lockwood San Lucas Rd; North of Cattleman Rd; West of Cattleman Rd; East of Hwy 101 If you are in an Evacuation Order Zone quickly and calmly evacuate. Check with your neighbors to ensure they have been made aware of this alert. Monitor local media, social media, and Nixle alerts for updates. Call 2-1-1 for information. Call 9-1-1 only if you have a life-threatening emergency. If you need animal sheltering, call the SPCA at 831-373-2631. For the SPCA after hours line call 831-646-5534 Emergency Shelters and Temporary Evacuation Point locations can be found on the Evacuation Map or by calling 2-1-1. To view the Evacuation Map: https://bit.ly/3Za0Xc0

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Evacuation Order for areas of San Lorenzo Creek between San Lorenzo Park Rd. and Highway 101 effective immediately until further notice due to the storm. Evacuation Order areas include: •Zone G-020a which includes areas: South of Thompson Canyon; North of Camino Real/Hwy 101; East of Camino Real/Hwy 101; West of San Lorenzo Park Rd. If you are in an Evacuation Order Zone quickly & calmly evacuate. Check with your neighbors to ensure they have been made aware of this alert. Monitor local media, social media, & Nixle alerts for updates. Call 2-1-1 for information. Call 9-1-1 only if you have a life-threatening emergency. If you need animal sheltering, call the SPCA at 831-373-2631. For the SPCA after hours line call 831-646-5534Emergency Shelters and Temporary Evacuation Point locations can be found on the Evacuation Map or by calling 2-1-1. To view the Evacuation Map: https://bit.ly/3Za0Xc0 

7:20 am — Highway 1 completely closed between Carpenter and Flanders:

Incident:

 00119 Type:

 SIG Alert Location:

 Sr1 / Carpenter Rd Loc Desc:

 NB AND SB BTWN FLANDERS Lat/Lon:

 36.566416 -121.913007 

Detail Information
7:16 AM4[8] FIRE COM CPYS
7:08 AM3[5] 1039 27-N5
4:38 AM2[2] PGE HAS HARD CLOSURE IN PLACE AND WILL BE CLOSED FOR APPROX 12 HRS
4:38 AM1[1] WIRES DOWN ACROSS BOTH NB AND SB LNS
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