Big Sur, California has been cut off from civilization with the weekend failure of this bridge on the Pacific Coast Highway, which may topple into the sea at any moment. It’s some of the most scenic coastline in the world and attracts millions of tourists, but the 400 permanent residents pay a steep price to live there with only one escape route. Students and faculty at nearby Esalen Institute had to be evacuated, and the New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Roman Catholic monastery, has been closed to visitors (and income) for two months already. A temporary bridge may take a year to build; rainfall in Northern and Central California is the heaviest in over a century. (San Francisco Chronicle)
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