Trust — lean into the arms of Mother Nature

Big Sur Valley is full. First responders were busy last night notifying people who were stuck in Big Sur Valley with no place to stay, that they could gather in the Big Sur lodge Conference Center. People will be unable to reach loved ones due to a lack of cell service, unless they are lucky enough to be guided to one of only a few places where there is reception, and people were busy helping the tourists in that fashion. People will be missing their flights home. But they will be taken care of.

In going back to March of 2011 on my blog when a similar thing happened, I saw that after a couple weeks, people were able to be escorted over the slip out area on foot. Helicopters were brought in in the days after the slip out to evacuate tourists and bring in supplies. We have been here before and we have shown the resilience and compassionate nature of the local citizens and responders. The one very big difference, is that the route to the south is closed by Dolan, Regent, and Paul’s Slides. Nacimiento is also closed due to damage repairs. So, this slip out is more like when the Bridge went out and parts of Big Sur were isolated from others. We are experienced. Our County is experienced. Our first responders train for these scenarios.

Trust. Lean into the arms of Mother Nature and know she will take care of you — with a little help from the locals. Enjoy the rare experience and focus on the beauty and kindness of Big Sur. You will come to see her as few others have. How wonderful is that?

19 thoughts on “Trust — lean into the arms of Mother Nature”

  1. This is a small sample of the scenario I have warned since the bridge closure/island days.
    No cots, tents, mre’s, supplies, medications, for a 72 hour real emergency like fema asks every American to have on hand. And that’s just for a minor inconvenience like this…what about a major earthquake, electromagnet pulse event. In those cases stranded for weeks,things would get pretty,pretty fast. Big sur really just ant build to handle these kinds of events.
    God help us all in the case of actual emergency

  2. We have all of that at the school here on the South Coast. We are prepared for weeks if not months. Most have 6 months on hand for themselves and or neighbors.

  3. Kate,I’m referring to the tourist. Thankfully this was a off season event. What we do if we had to shoulder 500, 1,000 or 1,500 folks for a week. A month? Or longer…
    Like I said,things would get pretty ugly pretty fast.
    This is one reason incorporation I key, then we could set mandates for businesses to have certain plans for such events. Since theybate the ones profiting from the tourist. The community should not be expected to bail out corporations time and again. In fact it should be the other way around, properly taxed and regulated business by a local government with agency here. I. E. A township

  4. I have about 2 years of food stored in the forest. Away from the highway. What I’m saying is,if you live here, like really live here,have Plan that involves bugging out in the forest for a few weeks,if not months. 6 months of food for one person goes quick dived amongst hundreds

  9. I’m sorry, I was impatient. I respect all of you guys and hope I haven’t offended anyone.

  10. For the people stuck in big sur, where can we go to for updates in the road closure/reopening?

  11. For the people stuck in Big Sur, where can look for updates on the road closure/reopening?

  13. Thanks to Kate and all the neighbors for your big hearts and kind souls

  14. Kate this trust was exceptional. U you up are the best. If anyone knows whether the tourist stuck need clothing etc. I can help. Just tell me where.

  16. Hello, our family memember struck in the bigsur and he has medical condition. We would like to know what is the plan and when it will re-open?

  17. The Big Sur library branch of the MCFL (at Ripplewood) has wifi that can be used for Wi-Fi calling and Internet access. The range extends to the parking lot. If they’re at the Lodge, they should be able to get over to the branch with a ride, I hope.

  19. I’m not sure who will check a days-old post’s comments, but this feels necessary, for me.
    Dear contributor Bmaz and whom it may concern: I’m sorry. I made a mistake. This blog is not for what I used it for. I can do little more than deeply appreciate the work and commitment that goes into the information here; however, I can learn from this misstep too. Nobody is perfect, and I’ve realized some of my own imperfections due to one poorly timed, uncalled-for comment I made. Big Sur is a wonderful place; it’s a community, tightly knit, one I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing many times so far in my short life. It’s also a hard place; the people are hardy, the environment is harder. I send my own well-wishes towards those of you currently in Big Sur, and hope all will be worked out sooner rather than later. Once again, I’m sorry for having been as impatient as I was.
    -Oliver

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