La Conchita Del Mar /A history of mudslides

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Here's a great link for the history of mudslides at La Conchita Del Mar,

Ca.

 

http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/projects/la_conchita/apcg2001_article/apcg2001_ar\

ticle.html

 

The mudslide occured just before 1:30 PM on January 10th.

 

La Conchita is a housing subdivision that began construction in 1924 and

is not a city as such. For anyone interested in a more accurate date I

have someone looking for this at the Ventura County museum and will get

back.

You won't find this in the ACS, but Carpinteria will get you within a

few miles.

 

The last biggest landslide happened on March 4, 1995--following on the

heels of the wettest January ever recorded in the area (18 inches of

rain). Many people lost their homes at that time and lost a $24 million

dollar law suit as well in an attempt to blame the land slide on

irrigation practices by La Conchita Ranch Co.

 

The early morning New Moon on January 10th, 2005 brings

Mars/Uranus/Pluto to angles.

 

If anyone ever wants to visit the area, I understand luxurious

accommodations can be had at Steve Martins favorite resort (from LA

Story) the " El Pollo Del Mar " :>))

 

 

Best,

 

Steve

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Therese wrote:

 

>

> Thanks for the co-ordinates, Steve. Do you have the time/date of the

> mudslide? I remember seeing a picture in the newspaper of a few days

> ago.

> There's this huge steep, steep hill behind the town. Can't understand

> how

> any officials would have given a permit for a town to be built there,

> right

> on the water too.

>

 

Hi Therese:

 

 

> You may have missed my previous posts on this (see below):

> Post has been corrected to reflect correct time of 1:15 PM for January

> 10th.

>

> I spoke with main researcher at the Ventura County Museum, the day of

> the mudslide. He gave me some of the information below. The property

> there is much less less expensive than Santa Barbara and the

> surrounding areas, where the cheapest home will run at least a

> million.

> Because of the liabilities involved in living at La Conchita, the real

> estate is less expensive. I'm certain all home buyers have to sign off

> on environmental impact studies and be advised of the risks before the

> close of escrow.

>

>

>

>

>

>> Here's a great link for the history of mudslides at La Conchita Del

>> Mar,

>> Ca.

>>

>> htt

>>

://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/projects/la_conchita/apcg2001_article/apcg2001_articl\

e.html

>>

>> The mudslide occured at about 1:15 PM on January 10th.

>>

>> La Conchita is a housing subdivision that began construction in 1924

>> and

>> is not a city as such. For anyone interested in a more accurate date

>> I

>> have someone looking for this at the Ventura County museum and will

>> get

>> back.

>> You won't find this in the ACS, but Carpinteria will get you within

>> a

>> few miles.

>>

>> The last biggest landslide happened on March 4, 1995--following on

>> the

>> heels of the wettest January ever recorded in the area (18 inches of

>>

>> rain). Many people lost their homes at that time and lost a $24

>> million

>> dollar law suit as well in an attempt to blame the land slide on

>> irrigation practices by La Conchita Ranch Co.

>>

>> The early morning New Moon on January 10th, 2005 brings

>> Mars/Uranus/Pluto to angles.

>>

>

> I have a bit more info from Charles Johnson at the Ventura County

> Museum.

>

> The first house was built in La Conchita (not called that at the time)

> in 1881.

>

> La Conchita was never incorporated, but essentially came into being

> with the sale of 300 lots, that were sold mainly for the housing of

> oil company employees.

>

> An article in the Ventura newspaper of June 2, 1924 notified readers

> that the lots were going fast and sale had begun " earlier in the

> year " .

>

> Current homes had been rebuilt on the very site where homes were

> destroyed in the March 4, 1995 mudslide.

>

>

> Best,

>

> Steve