Massive landslide annihilates PCH in Big Sur

 
Post new topic    LakersGround.net Forum Index -> Off Topic Reply to topic
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Huey Lewis & The News
Star Player
Star Player


Joined: 18 Dec 2015
Posts: 5234
Location: So what's the uh...topic of discussion?

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 12:33 am    Post subject: Massive landslide annihilates PCH in Big Sur

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/us/california-landslide-scenic-highway/

worst one yet

This sucks, I was hoping to do my annual coastal drive in July. RIP
_________________
"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."
http://forums.lakersground.net/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13018
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
jonnybravo
Retired Number
Retired Number


Joined: 21 Sep 2007
Posts: 30619

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 12:39 am    Post subject:

Wow!
_________________
KOBE
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
sickside323
Star Player
Star Player


Joined: 04 Dec 2008
Posts: 1454
Location: East Los Angeles, CA

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 5:12 am    Post subject:

I just booked a camping spot up there for August a few weeks ago.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
lakerjoshua
Franchise Player
Franchise Player


Joined: 28 Nov 2007
Posts: 11277
Location: Bay Area

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 5:56 am    Post subject:

There is a resort flying visitors in by helicopter.

http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-big-sur-businesses-open-highway-1-story.html
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Gimme_the_rock
Franchise Player
Franchise Player


Joined: 13 Apr 2001
Posts: 11882
Location: Looking outta the window, watching the asphalt grow ...

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 8:13 am    Post subject: Re: Massive landslide annihilates PCH in Big Sur

Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/us/california-landslide-scenic-highway/

worst one yet

This sucks, I was hoping to do my annual coastal drive in July. RIP


My fiancee is pursuing her master's so we won't honeymoon til December. Was planning on taking a short trip there after my wedding in early September. Never been.

Damn.
_________________
We back.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
City_Dawg
Retired Number
Retired Number


Joined: 14 Jul 2006
Posts: 46878
Location: Coming soon and striking at your borders.

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:06 am    Post subject:

Holy freaking crap
_________________
*sighs*

!...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
non-player zealot
Franchise Player
Franchise Player


Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Posts: 21365

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:13 am    Post subject:

City_Dawg wrote:
Holy freaking crap


Not the first time massive sections of canyon/hill has sheared off to denude the landscape in late May / June. I couldn't find the vid, but there was one where a massive beautiful mansion took a dive into a giant landslide in S Cali in the late 90s iirc.

Here was a January example in La Conchita.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_La_Conchita_landslide

Check this'n. DAYUM.

_________________
GOAT MAGIC REEL
SEDALE TRIBUTE
EDDIE DONX!


Last edited by non-player zealot on Fri May 26, 2017 7:10 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hammett
Star Player
Star Player


Joined: 20 Dec 2008
Posts: 9309

PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 7:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Massive landslide annihilates PCH in Big Sur

Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/us/california-landslide-scenic-highway/

worst one yet

This sucks, I was hoping to do my annual coastal drive in July. RIP


How far do you go?
_________________
Lakers. Built different.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Huey Lewis & The News
Star Player
Star Player


Joined: 18 Dec 2015
Posts: 5234
Location: So what's the uh...topic of discussion?

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:32 am    Post subject: Re: Massive landslide annihilates PCH in Big Sur

Hammett wrote:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/us/california-landslide-scenic-highway/

worst one yet

This sucks, I was hoping to do my annual coastal drive in July. RIP


How far do you go?


San Rafael
_________________
"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."
http://forums.lakersground.net/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13018
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
venturalakersfan
Retired Number
Retired Number


Joined: 14 Apr 2001
Posts: 144432
Location: The Gold Coast

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:55 am    Post subject:

non-player zealot wrote:
City_Dawg wrote:
Holy freaking crap


Not the first time massive sections of canyon/hill has sheared off to denude the landscape in late May / June. I couldn't find the vid, but there was one where a massive beautiful mansion took a dive into a giant landslide in S Cali in the late 90s iirc.

Here was a January example in La Conchita.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_La_Conchita_landslide

Check this'n. DAYUM.


La Conchita has been an active slide for centuries, they re-routed the pony express because of it. That was a weird day in 2005, we had tornadoes that morning in both the Ventura and Santa Clara river bottoms. I was working in Santa Barbara but luckily stayed home that day.
_________________
RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
gumby
Star Player
Star Player


Joined: 24 Jun 2005
Posts: 2500
Location: Inland Empire

PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2017 10:54 am    Post subject:

Took the drive from Pacifica to San Simeon for the first time on my honeymoon 10 years ago. It was awesome, but it was also in complete darkness of night, just the stars and moon so that was an adventure in itself. That sign saying "turns for the next 75 miles" was intimidating. Then to make it worse, the area went to just one lane at some points because of construction or something.

The second time was from the same points on my fifth anniversary we we got to enjoy the scenery during midday and that was something else, not nearly as freaky to drive during the day and no construction or lane issues.

I highly recommend it to anyone, once they fix it.

Bye.
_________________
"This trophy removes the most odious sentence in the English Language. It can never be said again that 'the Lakers have never beaten the Celtics.'" -Dr. Jerry Buss (1985) R.I.P., 33 x M.V.O.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
jodeke
Retired Number
Retired Number


Joined: 17 Nov 2007
Posts: 67312
Location: In a world where admitting to not knowing something is considered a great way to learn.

PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2017 2:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Massive landslide annihilates PCH in Big Sur

Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/us/california-landslide-scenic-highway/

worst one yet

This sucks, I was hoping to do my annual coastal drive in July. RIP


Haven't taken that route for years. Last time I did it scared the hell out of me. There was a very narrow section of road that had you looking down the side of the mountain. Seemed like one misstep would send you careening down the hill.
_________________
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
non-player zealot
Franchise Player
Franchise Player


Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Posts: 21365

PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2017 3:19 pm    Post subject:

venturalakersfan wrote:
non-player zealot wrote:
City_Dawg wrote:
Holy freaking crap


Not the first time massive sections of canyon/hill has sheared off to denude the landscape in late May / June. I couldn't find the vid, but there was one where a massive beautiful mansion took a dive into a giant landslide in S Cali in the late 90s iirc.

Here was a January example in La Conchita.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_La_Conchita_landslide

Check this'n. DAYUM.


La Conchita has been an active slide for centuries, they re-routed the pony express because of it. That was a weird day in 2005, we had tornadoes that morning in both the Ventura and Santa Clara river bottoms. I was working in Santa Barbara but luckily stayed home that day.


Ah, VenTURA Lakers Fan, that's right. I recall the Winter rains in 95 that they mentioned for the 3/4/95 slide. That was a lot of water that season. I wasn't anywhere close to your neck of the woods, but I remember on 1/20/95 (the day of the last game at Boston Garden) coming real close to losing contact with the road that was unexpectedly flooded more than I thought it'd be. I was in a little Mitsu Eclipse. That was a pulse pounder. Southern Cali had some really good rain levels in the early 90s. I remember some all-day deluges in March in both 91 and 92. March 31st, 91 was a date I committed to memory.
_________________
GOAT MAGIC REEL
SEDALE TRIBUTE
EDDIE DONX!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
LakerLanny
Retired Number
Retired Number


Joined: 24 Oct 2001
Posts: 47565

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2017 6:12 am    Post subject:

Highway 1 is already an engineering marvel and they will be tested to fix this latest slide and get the road open again.

But they will and they should. It is one of America's great jewels, I would urge anyone who has not driven it to do so once it is re-opened.
_________________
Love, Laker Lanny
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    LakersGround.net Forum Index -> Off Topic All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Page 1 of 1
Jump to:  

 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum






Graphics by uberzev
© 1995-2018 LakersGround.net. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Terms of Use.
LakersGround is an unofficial news source serving the fan community since 1995.
We are in no way associated with the Los Angeles Lakers or the National Basketball Association.


Powered by phpBB