all someone had to do was ground the two rails together with a jumper cable, piece of wire, any metal, etc and it would activate the gate and throw a red stop signal at the nearest control point to the train. dispatcher would see it too. good to do in a pinch while a call is being made
poeple today give me funny looks when I tell hat at one time OC was thee bitchenest place in the world to grow up. I miss what it was. left a couple years ago
looks like tuesday will be the big deal:
"At a glance:
Today (Tuesday the 17th) we have mostly light to moderate NW ground swell in SoCal. A decent sized NW ground swell is due Wednesday the 18th, followed by a longer-period ground swell Thursday the 19th into Friday the 20th. A series of NW...
north of Santa Cruz into Oregon. get out of the water now.
https://www.tsunami.gov/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-05/earthquake-northern-california