Good grief! I only looked away from the chat for a little while. Sure sounds like a mess for a lot of folks. We hope that you all are safe and well.

@CHP Arrowhead:
SR-38 is completely shut down due to heavy flooding and mudslides. There is an unknown ETA for the highway to open. We urge all drivers to use alternate routes and plan your travels accordingly.

Stay tuned for further updates as we monitor the situation. Stay safe! [Click Here]
September 18, 2025 at 04:12PM

SCM STT: Forest Falls County Fire Patrol 99 has made it on Valley of the Falls to Torrey Pines Road. The road is completely blocked and is not accessible. Cannot access anything west of Torrey Pines Road. Several Power Poles are also down.

Walker, hearing scanner talk about your slide on Valley of the Falls and lots of traffic regarding the large incident in Oak Glen.
Oak Glen Incident: [Click Here]

Sheriff's helicopter was flying around for a bit.

It’s mess over here in the falls.

[CHP DISPATCH] FOREST FALLS - SIG ALERT HIGHWAY 38 / VALLEY OF THE FALLS DR
UPDATES: [Click Here]

CALTRANS UPDATE:
SBDCO: SR-38 closed in both directions from Valley of the Falls to the bottom of South Fork. Due to multiple mudslides. Unknown duration currently as crews clear the roadway. Please stay up to date with [Click Here] [Click Here]
September 18, 2025 at 03:19PM

Power was out for only a few minutes in Boulder Bay.

BTW, my rain gauge is showing a bit over 2" of rain over the past two hours bringing this storm to a total of 2.48" so far.

Power back on here.

MULTIPLE SLIDES AND FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 38:
ROADWAY FLOODING
SEVEN OAKS
2500 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 38 E SBD 25.20
3:15PM [4] MESSAGE DELIVERED TO CALTRANS
3:15PM [3] HEAVY FLOODING, ROCKS / DEBRIS / TREE TRUNKS IN THE ROADWAY
3:14PM [2] ROADWAY COMPLETELY WASHED OUT

Power was out just long enough to get completely soaked while hooking up my generator....ugh

HIGHWAY 38 CLOSED FOREST FALLS TO SEVEN OAKS

HIGHWAY 38 IS CLOSED

back on in upper moon ridge