VIDEO. As many of you know, the evening of March 12 brought significant traffic delays to many frustrated residents of Half Moon Bay and the greater Coastside. The unexpected closure of the Tom Lantos Tunnel on Highway 1 required Coastside residents who use that route to take Highway 92 instead. However, on 92 there was planned […]
CAL Fire FIRE RISK Report ~ Kings Mtn. 2nd and El Granada 6th on Fuel Reduction List
ARTICLE / LINK. Do you have 100 feet of DEFENSIBLE SPACE around your home? Here is the problem: #2 Kings Mountain Roadside, 467 acres, 271,096 ~ 2nd largest affected population #16 El Granada Quarry Park Fuel Break, 250 acres, 100, 433 ~ 6th large affected population 100 Feet of Defensible Space is the Law In […]
FRS/GMRS Radio (WalkieTalkies) Basic Training ~ Learn How to Communicate in a Disaster, Part 1
TRAINING POWERPOINT. Communications Neighborhood Command Post must maintain communications with all teams during an incident. Use whatever works: phone, cell, texting, pen and paper, smoke signals …. But when all else fails, radio still works. To be effective, we need to learn Emergency Radio Communications! About FRS Radios Also known as “Walkie Talkies” No license […]
Learning from the 1989 SF EARTHQUAKE ~ by Stewart Brand (Spring 1990)
PHOTO-ESSAY. This article—which first appeared in much briefer form in the Chronicle—is an attempt to reconstruct the confused events of that first two hours at Divisadero and Beach, and to distill some advice that might be useful to anyone wishing to survive a disaster and to help others to do the same. The article is dedicated […]
Fiber Optics on the Coast? Should City of HMB Treat Broadband Connectivity as a Utility?
PODCAST. When It Comes To High-Speed Internet, U.S. ‘Falling Way Behind‘ Susan Crawford says that in cities like Seoul and Stockholm, high-speed, high-capacity networks are taken for granted. “It really is astonishing what’s going on in America,” she says. “We’re falling way behind in the pack of developed nations when it comes to high-speed Internet […]
Mayor Debbie Penrose Gives the 2018 State of the City Address
VIDEO / PODCAST, If you want to know what they city has done in the last year, watch / listen to the out-going Mayor’s address. There are a few powerpoint visuals, but largely one can listen. Saves time. Listen while you drive or do chores. Stay in tune with what is going on in HMB! […]
Want to Know More About CAL Fire on the Coastside?
ARTICLE / VIDEO /PHOTOS. Ian Larkin, CAL Fire Unit Chief for San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties presents the State of Coastside Fire Protection District and State of CAL Fire to the Half Moon Bay City Council, Dec. 4th, 2018. Service Level The District has 3 fire stations: HMB Station #40 El Granada Station #41 […]