Somebody forgot to barren down the hatches

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:18 pm

~~Spring t~~raining at Petco Park

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:19 pm

That was yesterday. This is today.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:23 pm

Mikey wrote:~~Spring t~~raining at Petco Park

That's a switch from the Q....

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:30 pm

I don't know about the Murph, but Mission Valley was pretty much under water last night.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:09 pm

Raccoons in there?

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:18 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Raccoons in there?

I put humane traps out for racoons that were tearing up my eaves-troughs...
...AND I GOT 28 YEARS IN JAIL! 28 DAMN YEARS!

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:58 pm

Haven't had any in my pool since I started flying the confederate flag.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:26 am

Yup, coons don't much care for the stars and bars.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:27 am

Haven't seen any good mudslide stories from socal this winter. I would think you'd have quite a good run of them. Or has everything that is prone to sliding already slid?

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:19 pm

This is from today. Near Escondido.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/M ... 18233.html

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:24 pm

This one closed Highway 17 (the main route from San Jose to Santa Cruz) a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/M ... o-12331918

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:26 pm

I15 (Cajon Pass)

SR138 (near Victorville)

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:31 pm

Amtrak was closed for awhile in MS's neighborhood due to a mudslide.

There no doubt were a few in Malibu but they don't even talk about those anymore

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:00 pm

Highway 152

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:05 pm

Hwy 41 just outside Yosemite's south entrance is closed both ways.

Hwy 120 on west side of Yosemite is closed as well.

Hwy 140 is the only highway currently open to get in or out of the national park.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:17 pm

Highway 41 near its western terminus.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:26 pm

Moving Sale wrote:Highway 41 near its western terminus.

That's not the closure I was referring to.

The one I was referring to was near Fish Camp. That looks like it's south of Coursegold.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:29 pm

That is between Atascadero and Morro Bay.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:13 am

Moving Sale wrote:Highway 41 near its western terminus.

Been through there a few times.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:15 am

Moving Sale wrote:Highway 152

Pacheco Pass

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:54 am

I assumed most of the mud slides were post fire issues. But in half of those photos there is plenty of green matter. Is the soil just that unstable?

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:57 am

I don't think any of those are Fire related. Just too much water on the road cuts.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:06 am

Do they do any soil retention prevention on road cuts or is the cost too much for what is gained?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:30 am

We've had 18 buhzillionteen seventy thousand slides around here.

I-5 in SW Washington was closed a few days ago. A couple of the main routes from the West Side into Portland have had major slides. None due to fire. When the soil gets saturated, certain spots where the water drains cut loose. Just the way it is. Get the geologists to take a look, bust out some bulldozers, dump it somewhere, and we all move on.

Here, where there's an unstable slope that doesn't let go, they wait until the dry season, then dig a bigass trench at the bottom of the hill, then take a bunch of the scree, put it in these funny chain-link boxes, and use it for a barrier between the trench and the road. Gives the slide a place to go. They're all over the place.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:32 am

Left Seater wrote:Do they do any soil retention prevention on road cuts or is the cost too much for what is gained?

They build concrete retaining walls here... except in the sticks. Then they do the big ditch thing.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:43 pm

These hatches got completely barrened.

That is a house two doors down from mine. It was a little breezy last night.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:35 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Left Seater wrote:Do they do any soil retention prevention on road cuts or is the cost too much for what is gained?

They build concrete retaining walls here... except in the sticks. Then they do the big ditch thing.

They do that rocks in a cage thing around here sometimes, usually at the base of a rocky vertical cut.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:16 am

KC Scott wrote:I was in LA this week. Stayed out in Newport Beach - had to drive 405/605 to Baldwin Wed for a meeting.

With the downtime, went out to Balboa island and also Cornoa Del Mar Beach (which is now the nicest CA beach I've seen)

Didn't see any traces of the flood any of those places

Did you see any bad hombres?

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:44 am

KC Scott wrote:I was in LA this week. Stayed out in Newport Beach - had to drive 405/605 to Baldwin Wed for a meeting.

With the downtime, went out to Balboa island and also Cornoa Del Mar Beach (which is now the nicest CA beach I've seen)

Didn't see any traces of the flood any of those places

CDM and La Jolla Shores are the two nicest beaches in SoCal. Both are in very high bucks areas. My best friend in college grew up in CDM and we used to hang out there a lot back in the 70s. It was a lot less crowded back then.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:29 am

Mikey wrote:
KC Scott wrote:I was in LA this week. Stayed out in Newport Beach - had to drive 405/605 to Baldwin Wed for a meeting.

With the downtime, went out to Balboa island and also Cornoa Del Mar Beach (which is now the nicest CA beach I've seen)

Didn't see any traces of the flood any of those places
CDM and La Jolla Shores are the two nicest beaches in SoCal. Both are in very high bucks areas. My best friend in college grew up in CDM and we used to hang out there a lot back in the 70s. It was a lot less crowded back then.

Now it's not only more crowded, but they charge for parking there, too.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:10 pm

BSmack wrote:

"Meh. Fukken poseurs."

Sincerely,

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:53 pm

Papa Willie wrote:Well Mikey - y'all needed the rain, so...

Absofuckinglutely.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:34 am

Probably closer to 10 than 4.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:35 am

I'm guessing double that 4 mil. Is that Malibu?

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:36 am

No that is OC.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:40 am

Where in OC?

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:50 am

Those houses are on ocean blv in corona del mar and upon further review those houses are closer to 15 than 4.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:29 am

Can't find that exact spot, but a group of homes overlooking the beach in Corona Del Mar run $11-22 million.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:38 am

It's just south of the jetty.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:49 pm

My friend's parents' house is up the hill a couple of blocks east of PCH. Built in the 60s and not nearly as spectacular as those mansions on the beach but still has basically 180 degree ocean view. Not a bad investment at the time for a college professor.