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The New Confusion Hill: Rising Above a Dangerous Situation

Sunday, 24 February 2008, 12:48 pm Kym Kemp 38 comments

  In 2005, the slide on the north side of Confusion Hill rolled across the highway yet again but this time worse than ever. It took many weeks to clear the debris and safely let traffic pass down one of the major corridors (Highway 101) through Humboldt County and to the northernmost reaches of California. Since 1996, the slide has

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Confusion Hill: The New Bypass

Saturday, 23 February 2008, 8:33 am Kym Kemp 17 comments

  My husband just spent some time touring the new bypass at Confusion Hill. Tonight I’ll try to have a more complete post about the project but I thought you all might enjoy a sneak preview.

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Slip Sliding Away on the North Coast

Friday, 4 January 2008, 9:25 am Kym Kemp 19 comments

Slide 2006 Robert Gribi carrying gas (sorry for the quality of the pic) Outside another storm spills water across the roads. The wind is temporarily tangled in the trees and not rushing frantically about but the weather forecast predicts a wild day here on the North Coast. We had 4 inches of rain in the last 24 hours and more

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Humboldt Fog

Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 8:06 pm Kym Kemp 18 comments

The Road Uncurling– still wet from a morning shower– Droplets trickling, slowly, wetly down arching spine, Stretching sumptuously, Flirtatiously, Enticing me from self-important virtue To bliss.

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