Year in Photos: Debris Flow Related
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It will take a village, a lot of ring nets, and a bunch of ingenuity to prevent another disaster like the 1/9 Debris Flow. But if any community is capable of going toe-to-toe with nature, it’s Montecito. The first installation of a ring net took place in San Ysidro Canyon.
Photo: Paul Wellman
Conservator Christina Bean, left, and Stephanie Glatt, director emerita at La Casa de María, review salvaged photos.
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Workers used a helicopter and deep-set anchor points to string the heavy mesh of steel rings across the creek. Meanwhile, the echoes of 1/9 still ring through the area.
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A memorial flag made from old hose material and created by retired firefighter John Carrillo goes on display at the county courthouse.
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Candles are raised at the Raising Our Light remembrance ceremony for the one-year anniversary of the debris flow.
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San Ysidro Ranch Wine Director Todd Smith stands in the resort’s reconstructed and restocked wine cellar, which was destroyed in the disaster.
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Geologist Ed Keller points out a line of rocks that were deposited by a debris flow that happened hundreds of years ago.
Photo: Paul Wellman
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