Palo Colorado & 1 fatal accident

10/19/17 UPDATE; Per MCSO – SUSPECTS BROKE INTO MULTIPLE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 1 AND LATER LED DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE AND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ONCOMING MOTORISTS CAUSING INJURY. ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION. (Fatality was a 16 year old female. There were 3 other males in the car, and they will most likely be charged with murder in her death, under the felony-murder rule.)

I came to town north to celebrate a few Oct. birthdays with girlfriends, and so was off line most of today. I am catching up on the incident at Palo & 1. Word has it (but not confirmed) that the suspect being pursued may be the fatality. One, maybe more, locals airlifted – one with broken legs. Details are sketchy. One vehicle on fire, but no serious spread. I will clarify in the am as much as I can.
Details 00330 6:07 PM SIG Alert Sr1 / Palo Colorado Rd MM 61.70 Monterey
Details 00317 5:38 PM Fatality Sr1 / Palo Colorado Rd JNO AT MM 61*7 Monterey
Incident: 00317 Type: Fatality Location: Sr1 / Palo Colorado Rd Loc Desc: JNO AT MM 61*7 Lat/Lon: 36.399348 -121.904601
Detail Information
9:58 PM 26 [79] A27-012 call st parks – SEE IF SGT MADE CTC WILL AN INVOLVED DRIVER WITH THIS TC – NEED 1020 OF THE RO [Shared]
9:49 PM 25 [77] 1039 L2 WIL LINE 74 [Shared]
9:47 PM 24 [76] 1039 ROGER BARNS / CALTRANS / TO CHANGE SIGN TO READ NB LANE OPEN / ONE WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL [Shared]
9:46 PM 23 [75] 1039 ENTACT [Shared]
9:45 PM 22 [74] S5 / NB LANE IS OPEN / DOING TRAFFIC CONTROL [Shared]
9:35 PM 21 [73] S5 / ALMOST HAVE NB LANE OPEN / WILL THEN DO ONE WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL [Shared]
9:18 PM 20 [71] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 MATTESON AND BEERS 899-1120 / THEY ARE SENDING 2 X FLTBEDS AND ONE CONVENTIONAL TRUCK [Shared]
7:19 PM 19 [49] 27-S5 1039 SCHOOL BUS DRIVER / SHE CANT GET OUT ON CELL OR RADIO [Shared]
7:14 PM 18 [48] 1039 CALTRANS / DENNIS DEGROOT / HE HAVE SOMEONE CALL CONCERNING PORTABLE LIGHTING [Shared]
7:10 PM 17 [46] 1039 ROGER BARNS / HE WILL TURN ON PORTABLE CMS SIGN AT SB 1 AT CARMEL RIVER FOR ROAD CLOSED [Shared]
7:05 PM 16 [45] S5 – CHANGE SIGN BOARD ON AR1 / TO REFLECT SR1 CLOSED DUE TO TC [Shared]
6:55 PM 15 [41] 1039 ENTAC [Shared]
6:31 PM 14 [36] 1039 27-N24 ALREADY ENRT TO THE OFC FOR REGULAR SHIFT [Shared]
6:19 PM 13 [34] [CHP] has closed their incident [171018MY00313]
6:15 PM 12 [32] 1039 MONTCOM / 4 VICS / 2 AIR 1141’S / DECLARED MCI BY SO [Shared]
6:06 PM 11 [30] B27-022 SR1 CLOSED DOWN [Shared]
5:55 PM 10 [26] SO WAS PURSUIT OF SUSP VEH OF THE 459’S IN THE AREA [Shared]
5:54 PM 9 [25] 1039 SALCOMM – AFFIRM SO WAS IN PURSUIT SO GIVING UPDATES VIA RADIO [Shared]
5:51 PM 8 [18] SALCOMM STARTING 3RD 1141
5:50 PM 7 [16] VICTIMS BEING PULLED AWAY FROM VEHS
5:49 PM 6 [14] VEHS FULLY ENGULFED CARMEL PD ENRT
5:49 PM 5 [13] 1039 SALCOMM AFFIRM AIR 1141 ENRT W/MAJOR 1180S
5:40 PM 4 [6] [Notification] [CHP]-CHP 1097
5:40 PM 3 [4] [Notification] [CHP]-PER MONT COM – VEH WAS INV IN PUR
5:39 PM 2 [3] 1039 MONT COM FOR EQUIP
5:38 PM 1 [1] 2-3 VEH INV

Fire & Rain: Honoring BSVFB

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Tickets are $100 and are available by logging on to: bigsurfire.bpt.me or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006

The 2017 Training Class:

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And their instructor, Capt. Matt Harris:

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Weather Report, 10/16/17-dry lightning Tues?

I hate posting 3 times in one day, but sometimes, events warrant it. Keep your eye on your local weather reports…this could get dicey tomorrow. Let’s hope it doesn’t. From NWS, Monterey:

”Updated the afternoon forecast package to include a mention of a slight chance of dry thunderstorms primarily over Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito county for Tuesday afternoon. There is a surge of moisture around 600mb coupling with some elevated instability on the southwestern flank of the exiting ridge. Satellite imagery already shows an area of cooler cloud tops in an area the size of Texas that the National Hurricane Center gives a 30% chance of forming into a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours. Should this complex strengthen into a cyclone, we would likely need to make updates to the forecast, so please keep close attention to any updates regarding this.” Heads up. Fortunately, the USFS has started recon flights after these events, if it should occur.

Bridge Opening, Photos

Kirk Gafill speaking to the crowd, photo by Martha Diehl2724256D-9EEF-4851-8A20-CABDC7DA18E2

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Butch Kronlund speaking, Jimmy Panetta’s head directly in front, and Sam Farr in the Hawaiian print shirt.

Butch MC’ing the parade (Big Sur style)

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The Crowd, photo  by Michael Troutman:

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Driving Home by Nadine Clark:

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Santa Rosa fire map

KTVU has created an interactive map that allows the user to go street-by-street to determine what burned and what didn’t. The link is KTVU interactive street map

Thanks, Denise for sending this to me. For anyone with family or friends in Santa Rosa, this will help.

Friday the 13th and da bridge, da bridge

The excitement is palpable in Big Sur today. Dignitaries, journalists, locals, and tourists will converge in an hour on a little bridge that no one knew was there … until Feb of 2017 when a local man discovered it was cracked. He reported it, and the rest is history. (Edited due to this blasted self-spell-checking iPad. It thinks it is smarter than me, but chooses the wrong words! 10/14)

It will be a celebration. It will be a happy time. It will be a zoo. I will quietly give thanks and celebrate up here today, and see it for myself early next week, when the immediate “newness” has worn off. For those going…enjoy, take photos, break out of the isolation this has brought to the south side. I will see the north side next week and celebrate then with them.

Waste Management begins normal service Monday

Please see the update for Big Sur and Solid Waste:

The Big Sur bridge will be open beginning this Friday, October 13 at 5pm. We [WM, Inc] will resume normal routes beginning the week of Monday, October 16.
One more note, we will not be servicing south of the landslide. Collection services will be provided to customers north of the landslide.

Thanks,
Rob

Rob Durham, MA
Management Analyst II
Supervisor-Recycling & Resource Recovery Services

While Rob doesn’t mention it, the temporary dumpsters will probably be removed next week as well.

Urgent – Red Flag Warning for MoCo above 1000

It was so strange, my NOAA app sent me an alert re this, but I couldn’t find anything, and then I get this:

“URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE…UPDATED
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
406 PM PDT Wed Oct 11 2017

…RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 1000 FEET IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AS WELL AS
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET ACROSS MONTEREY COUNTY AND SAN BENITO
COUNTY…”

I am at 3272.

October CA Wildfires

This is a very clear map and discussion of all the various wildfires here in CA right now, by the OES. To continue reading the rest of it (too much for a screen shot) see the address in the address bar of the screenshot. (BTW, the Pozo fire in SLO is either controlled or contained.)

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Post Helicopters to end Friday

I have been asked to share, and I know a few of you will be so glad to hear that the helicopters WILL end once the bridge opens.

Big Sur Friends & Residents,

On behalf of all of us at Post Ranch Inn, we thank you for your support, patience, and understanding over these past months with respect to transporting our hotel guests in and out of Post Ranch by helicopter.

As we shared from the beginning, Post Ranch had no plans, nor any desire, to continue flying guests by helicopter once Highway One re-opened. With that in mind, we will stop flying our guests in and out of Post Ranch by 3 pm on Friday, October 13th pending the re-opening of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge. We have strongly encouraged our guests checking in on Friday to delay their arrival and drive to Post Ranch after the bridge re-opens.

Thank you again for your understanding and enduring the many challenges we all faced as a community these past 10 months.

With gratitude,

Kevin Geanides and the Post Ranch Inn team

 

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Kevin Geanides
General Manager
POST RANCH INN
47900 Highway One | Big Sur, CA 93920
phone 831-667-2200 | mobile 831-293-4393
http://www.postranchinn.com