Muni Reroutes Due To Tsunami Warning 03.11.11
Photo by Troy Holden
Due to the tsunami warning and closure of Great Highway, SFMTA rerouted the 18-46th Avenue and the 23-Monterey off of Great Highway at 8 a.m.. SFAppeal reports that the N-Judah and the L Taraval are also being rerouted at Sunset Blvd. (a shuttle will take you between Ocean Beach and Sunset). BART is running as usual. No word yet on when the 18 and the 23 will be back to their normal routes. Meanwhile, officials say you should stay off the beach because waves can last for hours, reports SFGate. On Twitter, @Emergency_In_SF reminds people to stay away from the beach and that the “best view will be live on TV.”
The SFAppeal has a live cam of Ocean Beach, which so far looks rather uneventful. Fingers crossed.
The tsunami warning came after the 8.9 earthquake that shook Japan yesterday. More coverage of the San Francisco tsunami warning:
- Video: People flock to Ocean Beach San Francisco to watch tsunami (SF Examiner)
- Tsunami warning closes local beaches, Great Highway (SFGate)
- SF Tsunamiwatch: Video From Ocean Beach, BART Still Running, Muni Rerouted Away From Coast (SFAppeal)
- Hour-by-hour watch on SFist on local tsunami warning (SFist)
- Tsunami Warning in San Francisco; Beaches Closed (SF Weekly, which also updates that Santa Cruz has damaged boats)
- California nuclear plants shut down as tsunami precaution (Reuters, which also updates that precautions are routine)
Thank you, friendly 23 driver, from awkward bike girl 05.21.10
Photo by Flickr user Pete Boyd
I just got my first ‘grown-up’ bike this week! In preparation for loading it on the bus, I watched a YouTube video on how to use the bike rack on Muni. I was set!
That is, until I didn’t place the hook over the wheel properly. Bumping over the St. Francis hills on Monterey boulevard, my bike almost fell off the rack. Thankfully, the driver stopped in time, and was really friendly and patient while I fought with the rusty wheel hook and put it properly in place.
I was so embarrassed, but the driver was so nice and encouraging, I felt a lot better about it.
I ended up on his bus on the way home a few hours later, and he told me to take my time to get it right this time around. I thanked him, but forgot to ask his name.
So, again, thanks friendly driver with the Muni beanie on the 23 route between 6:00 and 11:00pm on May 20, 2010. You made my evening!
- Laurel, the awkward bike girl
Muni Recipes: Picnic Lunch a la 23 11.03.09
Ingredients:
1 bag potato chips
1 jar Tostitos® brand Salsa Con Queso™ dip
1 tin sardines in oil
1 bag Skittles®, Fun Size™
Preparation:
Bring ingredients aboard any mid-Saturday 23-Monterey bus. For best results, board through back door without paying fare; take advantage of extra blind spots in new hybrid bus design to avoid scrutiny of driver. Take desirable seat in the front of the upper section, with good views, easy access to door. Be sure to take up both seats, even if you’re preparing your picnic lunch for just yourself.
Struggle to open Salsa Con Queso™ dip. Fail, owing to tight seal on lid. Smash bottom of jar on convenient grab rail until contents until it shears off, leasing cheese dip accessible.
Open bag of potato chips. Crumble a generous handful onto seat, sprinkling Salsa Con Queso™ to taste. Scoop out remaining Salsa Con Queso™ with remaining chips, alternating bites with sardines.
Finish presentation with Skittles®; leave bag on crumbled chip/dip covered seat, arranging so as to emphasize color and texture contrasts.
When finished, save preparation time on leftovers by drizzling remaining oil from sardine tin on floor; spread into patterns with bottom of shoe.
Serves one. Or two, if dainty.
Acid flashbacks on the 23 09.08.09
Photo by Flickr user PatMinNYC
I hopped on the 23-Monterey last week and grabbed a seat near the middle of the bus, where two young surfer-looking guys were standing. One was holding on to the bar. The other, who had curly long dark hair and was shirtless, wasn’t holding on to anything.
“I like to just stand,” he explained to his friend. “It helps me keep my balance. It’s a whole yin and yang thing.”
He started exclaiming to his friend that they were about to come upon the place where he used to live, just off Monterey Boulevard. Then he pulled out a kaleidoscope and offered it — first to my baby, then to the woman sitting next to me. She finally took it and looked through it at the guy.
“I see you. A lot of yous,” she said, mostly humoring him.
“Yeah, that’s like, all my personalities,” he said. Then he shouted to the driver, “I want to get off at the next stop. No, not this one, the one after this one!”
The bus stopped, and he and his friend gathered their things, which included a box of clothing and shoes.
As they exited, he said, “Thanks Mr. Bus Driver! Have a nice day everybody!”
There were titters of laughter throughout the bus.
“They may be drugs, but they’re GOOD drugs,” said the woman next to me.
“It’s amazing what LSD can do,” said the girl on the other side of me.
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