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Sunday, November 27th, 2011
[UPDATE: Andrea Koskey has more deets on this collision, as does RedditSF - it has a shot from just afterwards. ]
The driver of this car was taking Oak to get back to the Peninsula this afternoon but she ended up flipping her Honda Civic just before Divisadero.
See?
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So as traffic backed up for miles along Oak, the SFPD began its investigation:
The Honda Shadow:
San Francisco’s “Comeback Neighborhood of the Year” is the host of this scene, betwixt abandoned sidewalk sofas and the LaunderLand:
Now I’ll tell you, we were supposed to get a freeway to link up the terminuseses of 101 and 280 with the Golden Gate Bridge, but what we got instead was Fell and Oak with three or four one-way lanes each way timed for 35 MPH. But these days, for various reasons, the Fell/Oak twins don’t play the substitute freeway role as well.
Recently, this intersection at Divis. has become a bottleneck owing to the inefficient* left arrow phase for southbound traffic on Divisadero to allow drivers to get on eastbound Oak. I’m not sure, but this configuration might have confused or upset the Civic driver, who was driving “all squirrelly” near Broderick shortly before this accident.
LBCOT
*Hey, how about a big fat “NO LEFT TURN” sign for southbound drivers on Divisadero? This intersection wasn’t made “for the neighbors,” so there’s no reason for the people who live in this area to have more of a say than those poor, wretched souls who live way out there in the West Bay, you know, the Sunset and the Richmond. This new left turn phase, like the one at Octavia for inbound Market Street drivers, appears to be a sop for DivCo / NoPA / EaPA locals…
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Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Well here’s the debut list from U.S. News (and World Report):
“Of all 44 hospitals in the San Francisco, California metropolitan area, the 14 listed below are the top-ranking. This metro area, also called the Bay Area, includes Oakland and Fremont.
1. UCSF Medical Center — San Francisco, CA
2. John Muir Medical Center — Walnut Creek, CA
3. California Pacific Medical Center — San Francisco, CA
4. John Muir Medical Center — Concord, CA
5. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center — Berkeley, CA
5. Seton Medical Center — Daly City, CA
7. Kaiser Foundation Hospital — Antioch, CA
7. Kaiser Foundation Hospital — Walnut Creek, CA
7. Kaiser Foundation Hospital — Oakland, CA
7. Kaiser Permanente San Francisco — San Francisco, CA
7. Mills-Peninsula Health Services — Burlingame, CA
7. San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center — San Francisco, CA
7. Sequoia Hospital — Redwood City, CA
7. Washington Hospital — Fremont, CA
Click on over for all the deets. They look like this:
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And UCSF Benioff Children”s Hospital is tops in its field in the Bay Area.
This whole thing is a national deal with many more urban areas covered, including:
Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Dallas, Denver,Detroit, Houston, LosAngeles,
Miami, Minneapolis, NewYork, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Riverside, San Diego,
Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington DC
And you people down in San Joser haven’t been left out – you all have your own list. It’s topped by Stanford Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and the Regional Medical Center of San Jose. South Bay in the hiz-ouse.
Anyway, read what UCSF has to say about all this, after the jump
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
Heather Smith of Mission Local has the update (renderporn included) on the massive San Francisco General Hospital project.
Looks like you can just forget about a helipad for now:
“First, rumors need to be dispelled: ‘I just want to settle one thing right now,” says Jeff Critchfield, Chief of Staff. “Will this project include a helipad? There is no plan for a helipad. I’ve heard it mentioned a few times this evening. There was a prior application for a permit. It expired. There is no plan for a helipad.”
“Another hand goes up. ‘Does No helipad mean “No applying for a helipad permit in the future?”
“The helipad is not part of project,” says SFGH CEO Susan Currin.
So, there you have it.
The NIMBYs’ goal of trying to kill accident victims has been attained, and there are no signs of any changes on the horizon.
Here’s their Plan B – giant soldiers with General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye missiles:
Make no mistake, these NIMBYs are trying to kill you. Maybe they’ll succeed, when your luck runs out…
Take your pick StopHelipad.org or StopHelipad.com - there are plenty of lies in both.
It’s your choice as to which selfish group’s website has the greater number of false statements.
Oh well.
“They’re trying to kill me,” Yossarian told him calmly.
“No one’s trying to kill you,” Clevinger cried.
“Then why are they stopping the helipad?” Yossarian asked.
“They’re stopping the helipad for everyone,” Clevinger answered. “They’re trying to kill everybody.”
“What difference does that make?”
Tags: CEO, Chief of Staff, chopper, general hospital, Heather Smith, heli, helicopter, helicoptor, helipad, heliport, hill, hospital, Jeff Critchfield, Mission Local, neighbors, nimbies, nimby, nimbys, not in my back yard, not in my backyard, permit, potrero hill, potreror, project, San Francisco, san francisco general hospital, sfgh, Susan Currin
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
If you can tell the difference between the helipad-hating “Neighbors of SFGH” vs. the Stop the Helipad haters, well, then you’re one up on me. What they are, they’re a bunch of NIMBYs on a hill who don’t care how many people have died, and how many more will die, due to the lack of a helipad at San Francisco General Hospital. Anyway…
These hill-folk richers just had a party to raise money for their fight. [Oh, man, I've just discovered that writer Sajid Farooq yesterday posted "$100 Dinner Could Ground Pesky Lifesaving Helicopters*" over at NBC Bay Area, saving me the trouble of crafting a more complete post. Thanks, MSM! Click on over there for the deets.]
An artist’s conception of the “Neighbors” of San Francisco General Hospital having their high-rent lifestyles impinged upon by EMS flights buzzing about:
Lovey and Winston are not happy.
Read on to see the fruits of the labors of the Stop the Helipad people:
“A head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge in May threw the evening commute into chaos and drew immediate cries for new safety measures. Lost in the flurry of traffic reports and debate about possible barriers, however, was the aftermath of the crash for the most seriously hurt victim. Dr. Grace M. Dammann had to be transported by helicopter about 25 miles to John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek because San Francisco General Hospital lacks a helipad for its acclaimed Level 1 Trauma Center.”
Mmmm. According to an American College of Surgeons Consultation Survey of San Francisco General Hospital’s Trauma Program:
“The lack of a helipad and helicopter service is a major deficiency in providing optimal trauma care for San Francisco General Hospital and San Francisco. It is difficult to understand why a city the size of San Francisco does not have any medical air transport. The congested roads and bridges with the surrounding water make helicopter service an essential medical support service.”
Oh well, here’s another artist’s conception of what the next Neighbors of SFGH fun-raiser might look like, maybe down by the chopper-free Warm Water Cove off of 24th. I think Gilligan is the webmaster:
(Note Mary Ann in pigtails and high heels, you don’t see that look much these days.)
Obviously, NIMBYs are people too, and their concerns should be amplified and paid ‘tention to. But they go to far when they tell doctors how to save lives. We’re getting a pad at UCSF Mission Bay and we’ll, eventually, get another pad at the new and improved, earthquake-safe SFGH.
How many will die unecessarily until then?
*”Pesky Lifesaving Helicopters” – Pwned! I’m still laughing.
Tags: $100, 953 De Haro, dinner, general, helicopters, helipad, heliport, hill, hospital, level, mission, mission bay, neighbors, Neighbors of SFGH, nimby, nimbys, one, potrero, Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, Sajid Farooq, San Francisco, san francisco general hospital, sfgh, Southern Heights, stop, trauma center, ucsf
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Saigon. I can’t believe I’m still in Saigon. That’s what San Franciscans thought to themselves today during the filming of NBC pilot and possible E.R. replacement Trauma. Why? Because it was just like the movie Apocalypse Now today what with all the thumping helicopters flying over Union Square and SoMA.
What’s this massive twirly-popper with room for 15? It’s a UH-1N Iroquois Twin Huey, just like in ‘Nam. Seen above Market Street today. Click to expand:
What’s this -”Angel Rescue”? Right, like San Francsico NIMBYs would ever allow a helipad for our quasi-Level One trauma center, or allow aptly-named, life-saving Life Flights within the City limits. Get real, Hollywood. Sure, some people are condemned to die, but Potrero Hill property values uber alles, right?
Good-bye Bell 212 #N911VR. Have a nice trip back to Fresno.
Helipad now!
Hell, helipad yesterday!
Tags: 21.2, bell, camera, CH-135, choppers, commission, engine, film, general hospital, helicopter, helicoptor, helipad, hospital, Iroquois, level one, life flight, location, monk, movie, n911vr, nbc, nimby, nimbys, noise, not in my back yard, not in my backyard, pilot, San Francisco, scout, sfgh, tape, television, trauma, trauma center, turbine, TV, twin, Twin Huey, Twin Two-Twelve, UC, ucsf, UH-1N
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Here’s a sneak peak of what you’ll soon be able to see over at WhatImSeeing.com - it’s a tanker truck explosion for the taping of the possible NBC series “Trauma.”
What a great photo! Click to expand:
from Plug1
Here’s another view and here’s the reverse angle from ExxonValdez.
And with all the choppers flying around above hospital curve, you think, wouldn’t it be nice to have two or three real medical chopper flights a day coming into and out of our Level One Trauma Center at San Francisco General Hospital? Yes, yes it would.
via ToastyKen
Tags: 2009, 280, chopper, drama, er, explosion, filming, fire, fireball, flim, gas, gasoline, helcopter, helipad, i., i280, interstate, kaboom, king, lazgrove, life flight, march, medical, nbc, nimby, off-ramp, offramp, oil, pilot, San Francisco, sfgh, soma, tanker, taping, television, trauma, truck, TV
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
So you’re doing a good deed in the Mission District of San Francisco, and then when you come back to your very-well-made, made-in-China ride, you see that somebody has taped a handbill to your bike. Then you see it says:
“HELICOPTERS COULD SOON BE FLYING OVER OR NEAR YOUR HOME AT ALL HOURS OF BOTH DAY AND NIGHT!”
And then you think, wow, somebody has finally bought off all those NOT IN MY BACK YARD Nimby people who were standing in the way of Progress, and San Francisco will no longer have the only Level One Trauma Center in the country to lack a helipad or access to a heliport.
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But then you read on and see that the handbill is from the Nimby’s themselves. Disappointed. They think a helipad is a bad idea for them.
Read on to see the fruits of the labors of the Stop the Helipad people:
“A head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge in Maythrew the evening commute into chaos and drew immediate cries for new safety measures. Lost in the flurry of traffic reports and debate about possible barriers, however, was the aftermath of the crash for the most seriously hurt victim. Dr. Grace M. Dammann had to be transported by helicopter about 25 miles to John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek because San Francisco General Hospital lacks a helipad for its acclaimed Level 1 Trauma Center.”
Mmmm. According to an American College of Surgeons Consultation Survey of San Francisco General Hospital’s Trauma Program:
“The lack of a helipad and helicopter service is a major deficiency in providing optimal trauma care for San Francisco General Hospital and San Francisco. It is difficult to understand why a city the size of San Francisco does not have any medical air transport. The congested roads and bridges with the surrounding water make helicopter service an essential medical support service.”
Will the YES HELIPAD people win this one?
Eventually…
Tags: general, helicopters, helipad, heliport, hill, hospital, level, mission, nimby, nimbys, one, potrero, San Francisco, san francisco general hospital, sfgh, stop, trauma center
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