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"It's All One Earth"
Diana Totten, a descendent of the local Wintuns, feels that there is more to the series of slides currently collapsing across the North Coast than the large amounts of rain which fell…
Waterfall with Wildflowers
Moss, wild currant, and a roadside waterfall—the world is beautiful.
Railroad to Consider Eel River Railbanking
— So there's a whole lot of ways to take this, but it looks like the North Coast Railroad Authority is preparing to officially ask for proposals to railbank the Eel River…
News From Dobbyn's Creek Slide
Diana Totten Consulting With Homeowners "I'm tired but I'm inspired at the same time," says Diana Totten consultant on the Dobbyn's Creek slide. The crews have been putting in…
The Uglification of Everything
– Some yahoo pulled a gun on road crews working the Requa slide, asking them to drop shovel and permit him to pass. The crews complied. Then the cops arrested the yahoo at…
Scenes from the Slide on Highway 101
The Highway 101 slide just north of the Dean Creek exit overlays scenes of incredible beauty with varying degrees of destruction. In the above photo, in the distance the lovely Eel River…
The Great Ferndale Debris Torrent
– Apparently, the BLM and the Humboldt County Drug Task Force believes someone may be growing weed up around Ettersburg. A convoy rolled up that way today to serve a warrant, and in…
What's With This White Stuff?
Snow in the hills—just a light dusting now though at 1200 feet. Drive safe—At this point the roads are clear but —- Check out the webcams for more up to date…
No Tsunami Warning for U.S. Pacific Coast
Poor Japan. But the 7.4 earthquake that just hit that country poses no tsunami threat to the United States, according to the National Weather Service.
West Side Rising
— Potamopyrgus antipodarum, the New Zealand mud snail. – Rather miraculously, a community group that has worked to gain control of Eureka's old Jefferson School site managed just that yesterday (T-S). The…
Crews Work through the Night and into Today to Save Home and County Bridge Near Alderpoint
The striking photograph above by Natasha Carrico shows crews from GE Construction working through the night to divert water from where a massive slide has rerouted it. The slide, which supervisor Clif…
Net Effects
One of the many dubious perks of living in Humboldt County – as it must be in places like New Orleans or Nome, Alaska – is that we regularly get to witness beautiful brute…
Landslides Aren’t Boring Yet
Photo of night work at Dobbyn Creek slide by Natasha Carrico c/o SoHum Awareness . — The Del Norte County Sheriff's Office has boated in supplies to residents of Requa stranded by…
Black Water
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122649211144687&set=a.120803251329283.24582.120703491339259&ref=nf – A big landslide out near Alderpoint over the weekend – it happened just about the same time as…
Dramatic Video of Dobbyn Creek (UPDATED)
…The first being the one already affected— that is located right before the slide and two that are just past the slide. One of those houses is directly below the slide and…
Another Hill Disintegrates
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122627551146853&set=a.120803251329283.24582.120703491339259 Check out SoHum Awareness on a slide near Alderpoint that's affecting Alderpoint Road and the homes of people…
State, County, and Private Construction Workers Wrestle the Roads Back Under Human Control
…Here the water has receded to nearly normal levels near Whitmore Grove. The land's natural beauty is shaking off the muck of the last month. The road bed built by the…
Songs in the Key of E. Coli
…https://s3.amazonaws.com/lostcoastoutpost/Julie+East+-+Caltrans+4-4-11.mp3 — The Eureka Police Department hates drives who dink with their gadgetry behind the wheel. The EPD conducted a "no-tolerance…
Maple on a Hill
Spring maples push out golden buds that match last year's grass. The sunrise gives a hint of autumn warmth to the picture.
Start Your Engines
…Kemp and her photographer friends have the best pictures in the county, and her coverage of the Southern Humboldt slide(s) from a human angle is magnificent. Bookmark. — Thad Greenson of the…
Losing the Land: A Look at Humboldt's Moving Landscape from Kris Wallan's Home
…After that, the house was totally disconnected from a power source. The Wallans and their tenant decided it was unsafe for the tenant to stay in the home but by this time…
Just Now: New Hwy. 299 Slide Blocking Both Lanes
…incident closed. #Apr03CHP0176Apr 03 via Humboldt CHP (via LoCO)FavoriteRetweetReply ^^^^^ Thinking about heading out 299 today? This just in from the CHP: #embedly_twitter_77023338{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images…
Park-ing Restrictions in Garberville
On April 1, the Veteran's park on the north end of Garberville was the scene of another disagreement—this time gentle. The park has been cordoned off by orange webbing since…
Local Contractors Want to Work the 101 Slide and County Roads
…A small storm is brewing in the Southern Humboldt area as local contractors, heavy equipment operators, and construction supply workers complain that the company awarded the emergency contract on the Highway 101…
Big Trucks, Little Roads
…Check out the video though to see that more than one Orgill truck had trouble staying on its side of the road. ____________ Photos by Kim Sallaway An alert reader pointed out the…
Video: Driving Over the Slide
We don't know how YouTube user oscpaul got permission to drive over the Highway 101 slide, but we sure are glad he videotaped the experience and posted it. https://www.youtube…
Tsunami Riders, Garbage Lawsuits, Pedophile Priests
— AT&T's fiber optic line, just about our sole digital connection to the outside world, is indeed beneath the gargantuan landslide that closed Highway 101 just north of Redway Wednesday. After…
Another Slide in Blue Lake; Water Conservation Urged
…The road is being repaired and the line protected. Currently, the City is using its water reserve and conservation will be very helpful and also help the Fire Protection district here in…
Caltrans Announcement
…The alternate route for motorists is Interstate 5, which can be reached north of the slide from Routes 36 or 299 and south of the slide by Route 20. For the most…
Monday, Says Caltrans
…The line — which we can now confirm, for the first time, is under the slide (apart from excavato's comment: thanks!) — is buried some 10 to 30 feet beneath the road, and…