Section Make8R wrote:
> Well.....heres your on the ground report
Glad you're OK! Thank you for the report.
> power is good, water bad, gas off at least today, but has been on
When we flew over your area, I was glad to see that your area looked OK.
> 101 at Olive Mill is a real giant swamp pit of chaos
Yes! It's surprising to me they haven't found a way of draining the
water still. It looked like they tried pumping trucks and decided to
just use skip loaders and dump trucks. There's discussion on Edhat
about where they're taking it all and worries about pollution, so maybe
that's why they're not just draining it into the ocean?
> could here the insane roar of the nearby Montecito Creek
From the air we could see how debris (boulders, trees, houses, etc.)
would lodge at bends in the creeks or some random point, spilling
everything out into an alluvial fan. Often it would then find or cut
new paths back down into the creek bed, leaving most of the debris.
> houses and gas lines that burnt that night, up the street from us
I had thought it was just one fire, but it seems there were several.
Maybe three: one at SY Ranch, one at Hot Springs/Olive Mill, and one
near your place?
> no one has mentioned Toro Canyon yet, it too might have let go.
I still haven't looked at our pix from the high overhead part of
Thursday's flight, but it will probably include some shots of that area.
> San Ysidro seemed to spend its energy up hill
Yes, that one flattened out a lot. Especially down at 101 where it
apparently had picked up enough debris again to plug the freeway and/or
railroad bridges.
We sure appreciate your report! I'm glad you're safe and well, and
being careful when wandering out amid all the hazards.