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***Official FIRES thread***
- Thread starter JBerry
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sh!t is getting heavy. Full evacuation of Boulder Creek and a lot of the Bonny Doon.
Ash raining down on the rest of the Monterey Bay. I live about a mile from the Watsonville airport and it’s been nonstop helicopter and aircraft. Evacuee camp setup at the fairgrounds. Very apocalyptic.
Friend who lives in Carmel Valley has been texting me updates. CA is burning. Stay safe everyone affected!
Bonny Doon a few minutes ago...that is why I had ash in the house this morning on the sills:
Some friends in Sonoma County along the Russian River are evacuating now.
Pretty good fire map here (click me). You can move the map around and go outside Sonoma County and check other stuff, but won't have the warnings/alerts.
As for driving to Oregon, up I-5, check this cam, fires near Willow:
And looks like a bit of road construction in Southern Oregon (click me).
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VIIRS and MODIS data here:
I am a master-level fire evacuator. AMA.
I am a master-level fire evacuator. AMA.
I woke up at 0230 the night the lightning came through and chased it up the coast. Here is the start of the fire at sunrise. You can see a little bit of smoke making it's way down toward the highway below the cliffs.
And then it started growing. The next day it picked up a little traction.
But then the day after that....
And then it really blew up last night. They closed the highway so I couldn't even get to the vantage point, but it looked apocalyptic out there.
And then it started growing. The next day it picked up a little traction.
But then the day after that....
And then it really blew up last night. They closed the highway so I couldn't even get to the vantage point, but it looked apocalyptic out there.
I was at Beauregard on Saturday for a tasting, then went down to Waddell to get some sun and watch the kiters. Pretty insane to see that area change so quicklyI woke up at 0230 the night the lightning came through and chased it up the coast. Here is the start of the fire at sunrise. You can see a little bit of smoke making it's way down toward the highway below the cliffs.
And then it started growing. The next day it picked up a little traction.
But then the day after that....
And then it really blew up last night. They closed the highway so I couldn't even get to the vantage point, but it looked apocalyptic out there.
I was camping and fishing here on a backpacking trip, just downstream from the hot springs and a lightning strike started a fire the night before, sort of where the Redrock creek label is. The next day a heli flew in and pulled water out of the exact hole I was fishing and put out the spot fire that didn't really burn much.
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The air was really bad today inland towards Santa Maria. Hot, sticky and smoky.
The air was really bad today inland towards Santa Maria. Hot, sticky and smoky.
My wife's parents are kind of across the road a bit from Laguna Seca. Mandatory evacuations. Her sister is in Toro Park. Out. Her office is under ME as well. More relatives out in Carmel Valley. My wife was booking hotel reservations for everybody via phone. My son drove up there to help get valuables etc out of houses. It's a mess. And everybody will be smoking two packs a day in hundred degree heat until further notice.
It’s alarming how many of these fires are at 0% containment. I guess they’re letting them run their course before threatening homes. No need to risk firefighter lives. Iceman thank you! You guys are badass.
Welp, I've come to accept how we're going to clear the 10s of millions of acres Cal Fire said we needed to clear. I feel a sense of peace now.
