Sharing the Road
As cyclists, we’re often surprised at how many of the non-cyclists we meet consider themselves experts on cycling safety. Read the rest of this entry »
Rage Against the Bike: Why Cyclists Run Stop Signs
September 17, 2008
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Draft BAER Report Released
September 9, 2008The first draft of the eagerly awaited BAER Report has hit the streets. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Mushroom Whisperer
September 2, 2008Just when you thought we’d never again write about anything not fire related …. along comes a news item about a mushroom poisoning.
BAER Team Burn Intensity Maps
August 28, 2008So just how hot did the fire burn? And where did it burn? Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team maps are beginning to filter out that provide some clues: Read the rest of this entry »
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Will the Fire Make Monterey’s Water Problems Worse?
August 20, 2008
The Carmel River watershed as seen from Pine Ridge 16 months after the Marble Cone Fire Read the rest of this entry »
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South Coast Threatened by New Lightning Storm
August 15, 200811:20AM August 15 Update
The Lightning Tracker indicates that the most active parts of the storm are now offshore and weakening.
August 15, 10:45AM
Over 2,500 lightening strikes have been reported in Santa Barbara & San Luis Obispo Counties this morning with only light rain. Multiple fires have been started (including one on the north side of Hwy. 101 at Cuesta Grade). The storm is reported to be moving north …
Here’s hoping it runs out of steam or moves out to sea before it reaches the unburned portions of the south coast.
From the National Weather Service:
AT 915 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORM JUST SOUTH OF CAMBRIA...AFFECTING HIGHWAYS 1 AND 46. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...AS WELL AS DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. WHILE THIS IMPULSE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE COAST BY AFTERNOON...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
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Slides, Floods & Debris Flows: Will the Coming Winter be Worse than the Fires?
August 5, 2008
Burned slopes, like the ones in this photo, are ripe for landslides – in fact rivers of gravel and small stones are already flowing down them. Read the rest of this entry »
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Our Favorite Fire-Related Rural Legends
July 30, 2008As with any emotionally engaging event, large fires breed their share of far-fetched tales. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Last Time Big Sur Burned – The ’72 Molera Fire
July 5, 2008The last fire to burn through the Big Sur Valley was the Molera Fire in 1972 (we originally wrote 1974, but Sean Shadwell, who has clearly done less to damage his memory during the ensuing years, reminded us that it was really 1972). Whatever the year, the day itself was certainly memorable.
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Escaping the Smoke – An Interlude in the City & Beyond
June 29, 2008
By Friday, we were ready for a break from the smoke. Going to the city in search of fresh air might seem a bit counterintuitive, but a lot of things have been upside down this week. Read the rest of this entry »
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