The drone footage is really impressive...

Black eye for Apple—their new OS is called “Big Sur”.

I’ve ridden that stretch a few times, too fast and knee near the ground, from Carmel. One time it was lightly raining. 2 wheels many blind corners. Elevation changes. Puckered up butt hole in dry.

Welcome to California. Where the mudslides put out the wildfires.

That drone footage is impressive. They will need to build a bridge there or tunnel. After how many times did devils slide in Pacifica wash out did they finally just bore a tunnel ?

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
First, a couple years for a couple million bucks, at least, of environmental studies.

Then solicitation of bids, preferably by lesbian transexual gay ninja....well never mind that one.

Oh, almost forgot, whackyfornia will have to bring in counselors for the grief suffered by the travelers, tree huggers, turtle guardians and other such concerned people.

And don't forget, a ton of compliance officers, remediation officials, permit people, and tons of documentation to be done.

Not necessarily in that order.
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Finally the repairs must be completed with equipment that does not use fossil fuel.

Wow. I was there a few years ago and drove it. I remember wondering if it was safe between this happening and rock slides.

After seeing the drone footage, I realize now they'll never be able to repair the damage. With more rain coming, it's just going to increase the size of that washout.

I've driven it a couple of times. Last time was 2010 and they were rebuilding some of the road. I was glad I had my Pilot and not Corvette for the rough parts.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
First, a couple years for a couple million bucks, at least, of environmental studies.

Then solicitation of bids, preferably by lesbian transexual gay ninja....well never mind that one.

Oh, almost forgot, whackyfornia will have to bring in counselors for the grief suffered by the travelers, tree huggers, turtle guardians and other such concerned people.

And don't forget, a ton of compliance officers, remediation officials, permit people, and tons of documentation to be done.

Not necessarily in that order.
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You forgot the lawsuits filed by the Sierra Club to stop construction.

That looks like a Matthew 7:26 with a Matthew 7:27 result.

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Originally posted by UTsig:
I've driven it a couple of times. Last time was 2010 and they were rebuilding some of the road. I was glad I had my Pilot and not Corvette for the rough parts.

I was on the Gold Wing dodging rocks in the slide area as construction was clearing the road.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
I’ve ridden that stretch a few times, too fast and knee near the ground, from Carmel. One time it was lightly raining. 2 wheels many blind corners. Elevation changes. Puckered up butt hole in dry.

I can imagine. I did it in an MR2 and that was more than enough.

Had a chance to ride along in a Lotus Europa once, but declined...discretion being the better part of valor

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Originally posted by ElToro:
Welcome to California. Where the mudslides put out the wildfires.

That drone footage is impressive. They will need to build a bridge there or tunnel. After how many times did devils slide in Pacifica wash out did they finally just bore a tunnel ?

I was also thinking a bridge would be necessary--that is way too big a hole to attempt filling.

I may have driven that route back in the 1960s, in my 1960 Falcon. (It's been 60 years and my memory is fuzzy.) I know I've done part of highway 1. It was scary.

flashguy

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Originally posted by amals:
I've driven that stretch of Hwy 1. Fortunately, at the time, it was still there.

Yeah, same here. We have driven that stretch several times over the years. I came from "mountain country" up in Idaho and was used to driving on such roads. I never felt all that comfortable driving that highway in kalifornistan.

And this is not the first time they had landslides there.

AZ property values just went up a little

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I may have driven that route back in the 1960s, in my 1960 Falcon. (It's been 60 years and my memory is fuzzy.) I know I've done part of highway 1. It was scary.

You haven't lived until someone offers you a ride down Hwy 1 and fails to mention all the variables.

They had previously been in a motorcycle accident and loss their right arm just above the elbow. What they failed to mention was that their car was a CRX and that it was equipped with a manual transmission. The first time she reached across to shift with her left hand while we were approaching a curve really got my attention

I drove the highway from Sandy Eggo to Marin and back several times. Awesome drive back in the 80’s

We used to have a vacation home at Sea Ranch, about 3 1/2 hours drive from San Francisco, 2 1/2 from Sacramento. Road closures were predictably unpredictable. Fortunately there was a bypass road away from the ocean, Myers Grade, which was the way to get there for a couple of years.

Caltrans does excellent and rather heroic work in putting in pilings, shoring up the base, doing whatever is needed to get the road open again. I've seen big cats working where I would be afraid to walk.

Wildfires, floods, landslides, debris flow...even without earthquakes California has more than its share of drama of the physical geography type.

Ran across something like this in South Korea back in 1991; not as bad. The uphill lane was still intact (the one we were driving in).