Lone pine cyn rd closed

[SpeedRacer]

Here we go again.

[backincali]

We just watched the road get washed out again.

[Chuck]

I can't ever remember seeing Sheep Creek raging from our deck.  Looking out today you could see it and really hear it loudly.  Its in the middle of the picture, dirty brown so it doesn't look pretty.

 

This picture shows the river flow almost to Phelan (zig zagging in the middle).



This is the area just north of Hwy 2.  Quite a wide area of water flowing.

[Hillbillies]

Is Lone Pine closed?

[kew]

Check link

http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php/topic,4348.msg156532.html#msg156532

[MtnDude]

Yes, Lone Pine Canyon@Sheep Creek Wash and Thrush@Heath Creek Wash are closed.  No county tractor activity going on at either.

[Hillbillies]

So can folks can still take Wright Mountain Road to get home from down the hill?

[Mikeswave]

The signs say closed but its clear from 138 to east cyn

[kew]

When I was talking to Angelwolf, about 3 o'clock, she said the only way in or out of East Canyon was Wright Mountain Rd. That Lone Pine was blocked in both directions from there. I've heard nothing since that would change that. I'm guessing that the only way to get off the hill is hwy 2. Sorry If anyone know different please say so.

 

[rdnckgrl78]

You can get down the hill using LPC.

[angelwolf326]

Haven't been up to check, when I was at the wash after the downpour there was a sign at LPC/East Cyn saying closed going down the hill.

I have heard the dozers working all afternoon.  They were awesome cleaning the debris on Locarno and East Cyn!

GREAT JOB guys!!!  These guys are working so hard to get us going let's applaud them!!!  Offered them some water but they didn't want it.....

Almost had a flood in our downstairs, we had to dig areas in the upper yard to release the water.  We have drains but the water was too fast for it I guess!  Whew.....  Lots of sweeping the water to get it away from the door....

Hope no one had any damage....

[rdnckgrl78]

This is one of the boulders blocking LPC at the wash.

[raddog]

That boulder in that picture is about as tall as I am about 5-6 feet tall.  They were working on Lone Pine last time I was down there, about an hour ago.  The bridge at Thrush is completely thrashed, both the guardrails are gone.  If this exact mudslide happened yesterday on Lone Pine Canyon with the same debris that came down today.  That truck that was in the road would have probably been taken out by that boulder in the picture, or by the 3 or 4 other large boulders that are in the wash.

I was over at my friend's house off of Lodgepole, it rained so hard his backyard turned into a lake, there was only about 5 cm. between the water and his back door.  This was a bad rainstorm, and the worst part is we are supposed to have more tomorrow, and next weekend also.

[rdnckgrl78]

My husband has video footage of the wash surging...we just don't have the ability to transfer it onto the computer.  Our video camera is a few years old and to my knowledge there isn't a cable capable of doing the transfer. 

[raddog]

What kind of camcorder is it, does it take a memory card, video cassette, or DVD?  I know 

[rdnckgrl78]

A little cassette..its a Canon ES8400v 8mm recorder

[RobertW]

I don't see anything indicating that you can "easily" convert the video to a PC format.

http://www.camcordersonsale.com/8mm-camcorder.html

Arghhhh!  I'll bet the video is great!!!

I remember very clearly in 1969 when 5 to 10 ton boulders were rolling over Hwy 2 at Sheep Creek.

Very few people can really appreciate the power or water.

[Wrightwood]

rdnckgrl78 I should be able to transfer it.
Send me a PM.

[Mikeswave]

Was standing taking pictures  at the wash when a man and his two little kids came up and asked were the storm was i said its over. He had driven up from LA to see the rain. He said he tried hwy 2 but it was closed then went thru palmdale/lancaster to wrightwood to see the storm. This is the type of person that gets in trouble and wonders what they did wrong when the rescue people have to save them. I am just amazed.

[sage]

Just came back from seeing how the Thrush wash was looking and I guess someone couldn't read the ROAD CLOSED sign and tried to pass it anyway.  Well they're stuck in the middle of the mud, Looked like a beautiful Mercedes to me.