Those of you who have been following this blog for a year or more have noticed that twice a year I update my links to the right. I change the focus of the links from weather conditions to fire conditions and vice a versa. It is incredibly early to change from weather to fire, but given what has been happening, I have added back in many of my fire links. But also given that I am an opptomist still hoping for more rain, I have left in some of the more important weather links. So, for a while, at least, we will have a hybrid of links to choose from. If you have a favorite link, please feel free to send it along.
Vehicle over the Edge JSO of Lucia and Fire at Coast Gallery (separate incidents)
At 7:45 pm, highway one was shut down to facilitate recovery of the vehicle from the cliff.
From CHP: CHP reports this as a fatality, once they were able to reach the driver.
Detail Information4:09 PM12[22] A27-014 THE WITN 1097 W/ 14 AT THE SCENE4:05 PM11[20] [Notification] [CHP]-WHEN H70 COMES UP ON THE AIR, REQ ETA FOR MTRY COM4:01 PM10[18] 2 CUSTOMERS AT GORDA WHALE WATCHERS CAFE WITN THE TC 4:01 PM9[17] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 CALIF W/HVY DUTY3:59 PM8[15] REQ 1185 EVID HVY DUTY3:59 PM7[14] [Notification] [CHP]-SALCOMM TRANS RP OVER WHO WITN TC, WAS TAKING PICS AND SAW A SMALL RED VEH HEADING NB HEARD SCREETCHING THEN VEH HIT A SIGN AND WENT DOWN, POSS A FORD MUST OR HOND, VEH APPEARED TO HAVE HIT DIRT AND LOST CONTROL RP STATED A VEH FULL OF XRAYS WAS CAME CLOSE TO BEING INV3:58 PM6[12] POSS 1144 ONE SUBJ EJECT / VEH APPX 300 FT DOWN ON THE BEACH3:49 PM5[11] 1039 S13:47 PM4[8] PER MTRY COM, RESCUE TEAM ENRT 3:32 PM3[5] VEH MAY HAVE GONE DOWN APPROX 200 FT3:32 PM2[4] SEV VEHS PULLED OVER ON RS, NOT INV3:31 PM1[2] VEH OVER THE SIDE Unit Information3:33 PM2Unit Assigned3:33 PM1Unit Enroute
Was reported to me as at Coast Gallery, and only 10×10′ spot. Now how did that get started? I’ve been in town south, so a tad slow on this, but windy as heck up here at Peidras Blancas.
| 03/31/2015 13:40 | LPF-788 |
Grimes | Wildfire | MM 1 41.1 M | . | 7EDW1 BC11LPF PAT18LPF Q | Steve Dean Effective 15:48, 03/31/2015 | Pompus grass | .1 | 36.205 x 121.736 |
Scheduled USFS Road Closures in Big Sur
20S05.3 Central Coast Ridge Road
Tuesday March 10, 2015 – Thursday April 16, 2015
Road closed during construction.
20S05.4 South Coast Ridge Road
Thursday April 16, 2015 – Monday April 20, 2015 – 30 minute closures 8:00am through 5:00pm, Monday through Friday.
Road closed from Tuesday April 21, 2015 – 0630 through Friday April 24, 2015 1200 noon.
Friday April 24, 2015 – 1200 noon – Tuesday April 28, 2015 – 30 minute closures 8:00am through 5:00pm, Monday through Friday.
Vegetation Fire in Prunedale
4:30 pm update – 1 and 1/2 acres, reporting it is under control now and mop up efforts underway.
3:15 pm
Fire crews battle vegetation fire in Prunedale |
I have been unable to locate anything further. Like I said, Fire Season has started, if it ever ended.
Fire Season starts In March this year
This afternoon, there were two separate abandoned campfire along South Coast Ridge Rd – one at 1/4 mile in, one at 1/2. One at 12:30 pm, another at 3:30 pm. PLEASE be responsible! People, as well as precious wildlife and flora live here. Don’t destroy our home.
at 12:53 this afternoon, I got the followng email:
“Hey Kate…..just heard a dispatch for veg fire at Naciemento River an Bryson/Hisperia…..B3414, Engines 4694, 3482, 3483, 3477, D3442, Ques. crew 5…..got to be a mutual aid to there, that’s in M/C [Monterey County] area.”
“….sort of sounds like it might be back by copperhead, at the back side of Bryson/hysperia….”
“That have D3442 an WT50 staging right now at where ever there location is…….wonder if they’re getting a handle on it.”
And at 1:41 pm – “They just cancelled Ques. 5 an 3477.”
Fortunately, it looks like it was handled rather quickly, but it certainly is a heads-up for this season, and with the large influx of “guests,” this fire season could be a long one. We can only hope and pray, but it sure is early.
Upcoming Highway One work
So…. What’s new? Highway One is ALWAYS being worked on. It is a road that tries to defy Mother Nature, and as such, she requires constant attention. What is new, is that now, Cal Trans lets us know about anticipated work. This week, it will be here:
Sunday, March 29 through Sunday, April 5, 2015 – newest information is in red. Please keep in mind that construction work is weather-dependent.
Highway 1 – Big Sur Coast: March 30 – April 3
- Daytime roadwork at two locations along Highway 1 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- The locations are:
- Salmon Creek Ranger Station for slope clearing.
- Pfeiffer Burns State Park to Ocean Avenue for vegetation spraying.
- Motorists can expect delays of approximately 10 minutes
Earth Day
Big Sur Earth Day Fair
Sunday April 12, 2015 from 1 – 5 at
Henry Miller Memorial Library
48603 Hwy One, Big Sur
*In case of rain, the Fair will be held at the Grange*
Hwy 1 & Juan Higuera Creek
Please carpool, take bus?line 22 stops @ Nepenthe @12:15, lvs 4 pm
Come help us celebrate Earth Day:
Take a tour through the CHEERS Trash Museum (as seen on tv)
Make a smoothie by pedaling a bike
View the environmental displays
See the up-cycled treasures for purchase
Participate in the Earth Games – for adults & children of all ages
Let your small children play in the preschool area
Enjoy fresh, organic, yummy foods and nutritious beverages
Experience our surprise musical masters of ceremony, drums, guitars and singers.
Tour the tables and booths of the Monterey Bay Master Gardeners, Ventana Wilderness Alliance and many other local organizations
Presented by Big Sur Advocates for a Green Environment (B-SAGE)
Foto Friday, March 27, 2015
this is one of Mike Morales’s. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.
Cornell Women’s Choir at River Inn
Foto Friday, March Wildflowers Part 2
No reader photos this week, so here are a few more Wildflowers. Lupines, Indian Paint brush, wild onion.
