Hwy 101 Remains Open in Spite of Prank Post Saying Otherwise

Construction workers atop the sheer side of the slide which blocked Hwy 101 several times last month. [Photo by Kim Sallaway-see more of his work here]

Hwy 101 remains open north of Leggett in spite of a prank post which was shared throughout social media yesterday falsely reporting that the slide had come down again. The post appeared in several forms like the one below.

Prank post declares Hwy 101 closed again. [Screengrab from a Facebook post]

The post fooled multiple readers some of whom passed on the info that 101 was closed without including the link which made tracking down the false rumor even more difficult. The link takes readers to a site that states in several places that the story is a “prank.”

Areas circled in red show the numerous places the website acknowledges the “prank.” [Screengrab from the website]

Please read carefully any news site that you are unfamiliar with before passing on the article or the information in the article.

Heavy equipment and crews working on the Hwy 101 slide north of Leggett. [Photo by Kim Sallaway]


Hwy 101 remains open and traffic delays seem to be minimal according to multiple reports from the slide. Most people report waiting less than 10 minutes.

 

Heavy equipment operator perches his machine on the precipice

Heavy equipment operator perches his machine on the precipice. [Photo by Kim Sallaway]

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Veterans friend
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Veterans friend
6 years ago

Channel 45
trump
Of course a joke

chuck
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chuck
6 years ago

Those pics are bad ass!

sharon
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6 years ago

Scary scary shit!!! Aaaaa…😧

Larry Maynard
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Larry Maynard
6 years ago
Reply to  sharon

I’ve been a billy goat excavator in the mountains for 30 yrs that’s dangerous shit what a good operator. The machine is called a spider for obvious reasons.

Shake Well
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Shake Well
6 years ago

I don’t get Channel 45. Is there any ETA on when Hwy 101 will reopen again this time?

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Whatever the case may be here, the expression thick as a brick” comes to mind!!! Either a warped sense of humor or so damned dumb you wonder how they remember to breathe!!!

Truthteller
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Truthteller
6 years ago

Must have been CNN, MSNBC, CBS, Washington Post, NYT or other fake news outlets.

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago
Reply to  Truthteller

Likely some (S)trumpette as opposed to a REAL News Site not some FAKE Alt Right sh!thole!!!!

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago
Reply to  Truthteller

FOX is the worst, by far.

C. Armstrong
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C. Armstrong
6 years ago
Reply to  Truthteller

Proof please?

Susy Barsotti
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Susy Barsotti
6 years ago

Nice photos by Kim, really shows the scale of the work, and totally gives me vertigo. Those are some very stalwart road workers, hats off!

Milieu
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Milieu
6 years ago

Went to Santa Rosa and back yesterday. Almost no wait at all – but this will change with the summer traffic. There are watchers there looking at the cliff and airhorns ready to blast again…
Interesting – the road replaced by the detour around Carl’s Slide north of Confusion Hill? It’s gone.

C. Armstrong
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C. Armstrong
6 years ago

What kind of sad life must a person have to do this? Prank? Pranks are funny to 6 year olds. Then most of us get past it. Incredibly stupid and lame.