San Diego is My Home

03
Oct

Landslide

Author: HelenKay, Category: Environment, Neighborhoods

A portion of Soledad Mountain Road in La Jolla buckled this morning around 9 a.m.  It’s being called a landslide, a sinkhole and a bunch of other things.  The bottom line is the road collapsed, houses have been destroyed, additional houses are in danger and the area has been evacuated.

Apparently gas leaks had been reported in the area over the last few weeks.  The area has been on an informal watch list for this sort of activity.  Trucks have been diverted from the area for some time in order to keep the ground shaking to a minimum.  The only good news might be that the folks living there had some inkling of impending trouble.  As if that helps somehow…

Geologists and others are on the scene.  The Red Cross is on the way.  Everyone is working to figure out if the buckling and slipping has stopped since more than 15 houses are in the downhill path of the slide.  Once everything stabilizes, crews can get in there and we’ll have more news.