Honsal Declares Local Emergency Due to Fleener Creek/Centerville Landslide
Press release from the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services:
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal has proclaimed a Local Emergency as a result of the significant impact of the Fleener Creek/Centerville landslide located west of Ferndale.
These ongoing landslides have been progressing significantly since January and are now threating to impact the main entry and exit route to multiple residences, ranches and recreational areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
This is a clear threat to the safety of Humboldt County residents and will require immediate protective actions to ensure safe routes of travel are retained, and access to hazard areas are limited; these impacts are exhausting and exceeding available county resources.
The Humboldt County Department of Public Works and Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services are actively engaged in exploring options for alternative routes.
A local emergency proclamation is a prerequisite to request state or federal assistance for landslide related response and recovery efforts.
For updated information regarding Humboldt County’s emergency response, please go to humboldtsheriff.org/emergency and visit @HumCoOES on Facebook and Twitter. To sign up to receive text and email alerts of Humboldt County’s road conditions updates, visit humboldtgov.org/roads.
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IMHO: The south end of that road needs to be connected to the Wildcat.
(Ferndale/Petrolia road).
Someday (and maybe soon) the north end of that road might ‘go away’ for good.
It was at one time….in the 1800s. A wagon trail existed. But any connection has been gone for a century. I don’t think a connection will ever happen as it would be a county road and the county’s responsibility for the whole thoroughfare and it’s maintenance. It’s all private property now and as much as people might like to see a loop road of sorts, I don’t see it ever happening. The county would have to fight off the Coastal Commission first, and the EIRs, and the blowback from other groups would kill off the project(s).
Never trust or believe anything the “man” has to say. I’ve been experienced.
Jimi is it really you ? when did you get out ?
The real state of emergency is that Honsal is still Sheriff.