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Video: Driving Over the Slide
Hank Sims / April 1, 2011, 6:44 p.m. / Emergencies
Tsunami Riders, Garbage Lawsuits, Pedophile Priests
Hank Sims / April 1, 2011, 4:38 p.m. / What Did We Learn Today?
Another Slide in Blue Lake; Water Conservation Urged
Hank Sims / April 1, 2011, 12:06 p.m. / News
… Main Water Line to Blue Lake. We ask citizens to conserve water April 1st - April 4th. The road is being repaired and the line protected. Currently, the City is using its …
… the most current road information on all State highways, please call 1-800-427-7623 (1-800-GAS-ROAD) or visit www.dot.ca.gov. ___ photo from caltrans …
Monday, Says Caltrans
Hank Sims / April 1, 2011, 10:16 a.m. / Emergencies
… .amazonaws.com/lostcoastoutpost/CalTransSebastianCohen4-1-11-11am.mp3 Press release: Caltrans has announced that Route 101 in Southern Humboldt County remains closed due to a large mudslide approximately one …
Now 299 Slides!
Hank Sims / April 1, 2011, 9:39 a.m. / Emergencies
Documenting the Damage—The 101 Slide and Beyond
Kym Kemp / April 1, 2011, 9:11 a.m. / Humboldt , News , Salmon Creek
… and was particularly impressed with the largest one (1/4 mile across) near Benbow which took out a small road. Totten explained that 10 families live beyond that road and must hike their children across the slide …
Battling the Beast
Hank Sims / April 1, 2011, 6:39 a.m. / Top O’ The Morning
… , though. Audio below: The Ferndale Report – KMUD reports on a new study that places the national medical marijuana retail market at $1.7 billion. (Minute marker 22:20 on the first audio player …
Fiber-Optic Scare? Not So Fast…
Hank Sims / March 31, 2011, 4:46 p.m. / Emergencies
… Sallaway (Check out his gallery of photos here) who took these photos. As reported earlier, an emergency “road” was punched through at 1am this morning. The dirt …
Arcata Arranges Emergency Buses to Circumvent Slide
Hank Sims / March 31, 2011, 3:25 p.m. / Emergencies
… to leave Arcata Transit Center on Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2 at 7 a.m. The buses to Redding leave the Arcata Transit Center at 8:25 a.m. on Friday, April 1 and Monday, April 4. As of Thursday …
Spring—Wild Currant Photo
Kym Kemp / March 31, 2011, 12:39 p.m. / Humboldt , Salmon Creek
Accident on Hwy 36, Ambulance Responding
Hank Sims / March 31, 2011, 11:49 a.m. / Emergencies
… Accident on Hwy 36, Ambulance Responding More bad transportation news via @ humboldtchp . Click here for updates. UPDATE 11:57 a.m. : One-way controlled traffic. UPDATE, 1 …
Updated Detour Information
Hank Sims / March 31, 2011, 10:31 a.m. / Emergencies
… -Dyerville loop route. Maps can be found in this previous post. Couple of caveats: 1). By no means should anything bigger than a simple passenger vehicle attempt these routes. Large trucks, Winnebagos …
Lori Dengler on the Slide
Hank Sims / March 31, 2011, 9:14 a.m. / Emergencies
… Caltrans and Shea Construction Punch Emergency Rd Through 101 Slide Last night at 1am Caltrans and JF Shea punched through a road on the 101 Slide for EMERGENCY VEHICLES ONLY! Thomas Norris …
When Mother Nature Gets On, She Likes to Ride and Glide
Hank Sims / March 31, 2011, 6:41 a.m. / Top O’ The Morning
… need. ––––––— Caltrans District One Hydraulics Engineer, Major Damage Coordinator, Sebastian Cohen, says Monday morning Highway 101 should be open to 1 lane each way to the public …
Happy Cesar Chavez Day!
Hank Sims / March 30, 2011, 4:13 p.m. / What Did We Learn Today?
Mud Slide Blocking 101
Hank Sims / March 30, 2011, 12:22 p.m. / Emergencies
… .com/lostcoastoutpost/CHP+MARTIN+ABSHIRE+3-30-11+MUDSLIDE.mp3 UPDATE, 2:19 p.m. : From a just-issued Caltrans press release: “The mudslide is 600 feet wide, extends 1,500 feet above the roadway, and continues to move …
101 Slide, Alternate Routes: Your Options
Hank Sims / March 30, 2011, 12:22 p.m. / Emergencies
… 299 to I-5 to Hwy 20. Of course, that's an all-day drive. UPDATE, 1:06 p.m.: Click on the Google logo in each of the following maps to go to a full map w/ directions. UPDATE, Thursday, 12:00 p …
… School, and Osprey Learning Center will be closed Thursday and Friday. UPDATE 1:54: Remember, I want to caution folk who are not familiar with our area not to use the backroads and even those who …
Let Them Eat Fish
Hank Sims / March 30, 2011, 6:42 a.m. / Top O’ The Morning
… of Supervisors meets to declare a local state of emergency at 1 p.m. today, the T-S reports. County staff estimates that the recent rainstorm caused $2 million in damage. Briceland Road is mostly open to one …
Not Nuked
Hank Sims / March 29, 2011, 5:01 p.m. / What Did We Learn Today?
… Not Nuked What else did we learn today? Not a whole boatload. 1. Thanks to this handy EPA Web site, we can confidently say that the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan is not affecting us appreciably …
… ; (Post Updated with Kim Salaway's photos at 1:40 pm Mar 29) While the community east of the recently repaired Briceland Rd. is generally expressing delight and relief, some businesses are reeling …
Man Arrested after Allegedly Threatening to Murder Schoolchildren
Hank Sims / March 29, 2011, 11:53 a.m. / News
… Elementary School. At about 1:30 pm, school officials called 911 and reported a man near the campus was yelling and threatening to kill students. The caller provided a description of the man and added …
Salmon Creek Road Goat Invasion
Kym Kemp / March 29, 2011, 11:19 a.m. / Humboldt , Salmon Creek
Thompson Heading Slushy Redistricting Fund for House Dems
Hank Sims / March 29, 2011, 10:14 a.m. / News
… and associate legal counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog group. Soft-money fundraising was banned for the national party committees by the McCain-Feingold bill, although in this case, the FEC ruled 5-1 …
Disasters Past, Present and Future
Hank Sims / March 29, 2011, 6:37 a.m. / Top O’ The Morning
