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.
Tag: Big Sur
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 |
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)
Cornell Women’s Choir at River Inn
Accident at Little Sur
3:45 pm
Photo Friday the 13th
This may be wishful thinking … But I really like these archival photos from Dan Danbom. they are from 9/8-9/9, 1999. 
BTW, Internet at home is driving me crazy … Looking into satellite. Open for suggestions. I have had HughesNet in the beginning time, and they drove me …. NUTS! Any suggestions, shared experiences, welcome.
Wild flowers, March 2015
The last two are shooting stars, as XT points out, the first one is popcorn flower, and the second one is hound’s tongue. Sorry, my Jepson’s is still lost. It’s here somewhere! I have three more photos to upload, but will do so in a separate post, so I don’t need to rewrite the identifications.
Oscars Sunday Weather Report, South Coast Version
From my SLO Weathercaster:
An impressive (549-dm) upper-level low pressure system iforecast to move over the Central Coast tonight. This system is currently producing a few scattered rain showers this morning, however, convective showers will become heavier by tonight.
This system will draw cold air from the upper levels of the atmosphere and create an unstable atmosphere with the a possibility of thunderstorms this afternoon through tonight.
These thunderstorms can create gusty winds, hail and periods of heavy rainfall. Total rainfall amounts are expected to range between a quarter and three quarters of an inch.
However, if your location is near a thunderstorm, higher amounts of precipitation could develop.
Today’s maximum temperatures will range from the high 50s to the low 60s. Snow levels are expected to drop to near 4,500 feet in the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains with up to nine inches of new snow above 5,000 feet.
BSMAAC Meeting Agenda, 1/16/15
AGENDA
10:00 a.m.I.CALL TO ORDER Congressman Sam Farr
II.ROLL CALL AND INTRODUCTIONS
III. APPROVE MINUTES OF October 31, 2104
10:15IV.PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
10:30VI.OLD BUSINESS
11:00VII.NEW BUSINESS
1. Preparing for Wildfires: Mike Caplin
“How bad laws hinder preparing for wildfires, threatening lives and homes,
and how to fix the problems.”
11:20VIII.REPORTS FROM MEMBER AGENCIES
(please bring written report)
Big Sur Resident Member
Big Sur Chamber of Commerce
Coast Property Owners’ Association
Monterey County Planning Department
Monterey County Board of Supervisors
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District
California Coastal Commission
Caltrans
State Parks and Recreation
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
United States Forest Service
30th District, State Assembly
17th District, State Senate
United States Congress
12:45 p.m.IX.REPORTS FROM OTHER AGENCIES
1:00 p.m. X.NEXT MEETING:
2015 Meeting Dates:
April 17, 2015
June 26, 2015
October 16, 2015