Yikes. Keep safe, OK? But if you do need to evacuate, don't use this road:
I'm on Topanga Canyon quite often on my toy hunts, but fortunately not down that far (towards the coast) where that massive boulder fell. Pretty crazy...
As for that La Conchita slide, what makes that especially sad, is that EXACT same spot had the EXACT SAME thing happen almost EXACTLY 10 years ago. But the last time, it only wiped out 3-5 houses and I don't think anyone died. I was actually living up in Santa Barbara at the time, so I passed that spot frequently. It was always very sad to see those several houses remain covered in dirt for years to come, and essentially just become part of the landscape. Last I saw that area, the houses ruined 10 years ago were still squashed there.
And now this... There's 3 people listed as dead now, and up to 21 more missing. Very, very sad. They had put up a huge retaining wall at the base of that hill after the first hillslide, but the thing just got obliviated this time around. Proved totally useless...
Storms have actually stopped this morning, but there's another one on the way in in a couple hours, but that's supposed to be the last one. Hopefully that means I can get back to a regular commute soon. Yesterday it took me 2.25 hours to get in. Today, almost 2.75 hours. Disgusting.