California is Burning (Again)

[teledad]

Aint got no dog in the fight, but do any of you believe in this...

No. Take this conspiracy shit somewhere else.

[LeeC]

No. Take this conspiracy shit somewhere else.

This is the padded room dumbass..

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

The neighborhood we lived in in the Santa Cruz mountains was burned over, our old house is likely gone. Lots of friends losing places right now and it's heartbreaking for them.

[Meadow Skipper]

Ash falling the past two days in Santa Cruz. North county evacuated. Smoke is thick. Considering a road trip as school was cancelled for the month.

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^ From a redwood, you know it’s dry when fire in redwoods crown.

[billyk]

The neighborhood we lived in in the Santa Cruz mountains was burned over, our old house is likely gone. Lots of friends losing places right now and it's heartbreaking for them.

Vibes to my former neighbors in the San Lorenzo Valley. That’s fucking aweful.

[dunfree]

The neighborhood we lived in in the Santa Cruz mountains was burned over, our old house is likely gone. Lots of friends losing places right now and it's heartbreaking for them.

[abraham]

My sister got evacuated last night from somewhere in the hills near Portola valley. Guess they are preparing for a wind shift? And there aren't many ways out of there I guess

[PB]

Damn - sounds like they're fearful of it jumping HWY 35. I grew up in PV/Los Trancos - if it gets in there it will move fast. Also nervous about the vineyards between Cupertino and 35, especially Ridge Montebello

[Ottime]

If it jumps 35, many more are fucked. That side of the mountains is dry as fuck. It is that stuff later design to grow to be burned, and it can sweep quickly down toward Palo Alto and Saratoga - loads of homes and vineyards in that path. And the crews are already spread thin enough trying to save people and structures in the SLV.

We've been biking a lot this summer in Wilder and Upper Campus and those areas have been really dry, especially when out of the redwoods. All we are able to do is hope for humidity.

[teledad]

Ugh...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE WEEKEND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...

.Moisture will advance northward later this weekend and early
next week, associated with what will be leftover of Tropical
Storm Genevieve as it weakens. This remnant moisture will lead to
the increasing potential for isolated dry thunderstorms for much
of Northern California. Lightning with these dry thunderstorms
will have the potential to start new fires.

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsig...1#.X0A6zpNKjUI

[teledad]

Damn - sounds like they're fearful of it jumping HWY 35. I grew up in PV/Los Trancos - if it gets in there it will move fast. Also nervous about the vineyards between Cupertino and 35, especially Ridge Montebello

I don't think anything west of Skyline/35 has been evacuated yet. Evacuation map here (also shows the fire boundary): https://www.smco.community.zonehaven.com

[mitanokaseifu]

Damn - sounds like they're fearful of it jumping HWY 35. I grew up in PV/Los Trancos - if it gets in there it will move fast. Also nervous about the vineyards between Cupertino and 35, especially Ridge Montebello

It sounds like the fire is threatening Portola Redwoods Park and the houses near there. Portola Valley is still OK.

[jackstraw]

All we are able to do is hope for humidity.

Bring on the fog.

Hope your home stays safe.

[PB]

Ugh...

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsig...1#.X0A6zpNKjUI

This is bad; very bad.

[4matic]

East Bay has cleared up a lot in the last couple hours.

[Ottime]

Santa Cruz is a lot clearer this evening. We walked along West Cliff and could see for a decent distance. Kept masks on, but much better than this morning. Waved to and thank fire fighters as they passed by. We even saw clouds this evening toward the northwest, instead of a steady grey/orange/amber. It felt hopeful. Unfortionately the fire is headed down the embankment into SLV and pushing into much of Boulder Creek and Ben Lomand. A lot burned today. The direction toward the east with the progression of the fire has benefitted my neighborhood, but is destroying others. A friend lost his home and we are connected to a lot of people who also lost theirs. It is a little over whelming.

The couples of fires include the Waddell Fire which has burned much of lower Big Basin to the ground. We were on the beach Sunday avoiding the heat and letting the kids play in the surf. When we pulled up, I saw the fire on the ridge and was worried it would be smokey, but when we parked it was fine. It was way up on the north ridge and looked like more of an annoyance than a wildfire. We watched the planes circle to drop retardant and cheered when they released and sipped our hazy ipa. It looked like something that they just needed to put out just make sure It did not get out of hand. I headed up there Wednesday for a dawn patrol surf at first light. I saw a sign around Davenport, Road Closed Ahead. After a few miles I ws wondering if it had opened back up, but as I cornered Greyhound Rock I saw it ahead. At first it looked like head lights of fire trucks up in the mountains, but I soon realized it was to orange. The flickers combined into flames and I thought I saw fire from Swanton Road to where Route 1 climbs north from sea level toward Any Nuevo. Pictures now confirm it was true. The entire coastal portion of Big Basin is burned. It just feels crazy that I was hanging out there enjoying a heat wave less than a week ago. We have biked front he coast to the falls 6 miles inland several times. It is going to feel different when we do it next. This has all given me a new appreciation for wildfires and the life they impact.

[rod9301]

Does anyone know how smoky is it in salinas?

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[Ottime]

Fort Ord had ash falling on Wednesday from my buddies report. It is line with the smoke plume from the fire In Santa Cruz and the River Fire is burning just south of Salinas. Can’t imagine a wind direction they are not fucked in

[4matic]

Does anyone know how smoky is it in salinas?

Horrifically bad

https://www.wunderground.com/health/us/ca/salinas/93901

[neufox47]

Hopefully this thing doesn’t light up like last week.


https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en

[GiBo]

My cousin's place on a mountain near Ben Lomond made it. He said all his neighbor's houses are gone, but for some reason his made it. He's devastated. That was a little slice of heaven up there. Very tight knit community.

[Ottime]

No lightning last night within the complex. Outflow winds were moderate. It was a good night overall. Bummer to hear about your cousin GiBo. Lots of loss up the SLV. Over a hundred homes gone.

Evacuation Warnings in place for areas east of the fire to Route 35. That is scary, as there are a lot more homes in those zones.

Clearest morning yet in town. Took an eying bike to the edge of town. I think we were able to see the secondary fire break between Wilder and Moore Creek. Big, wide dirt scar going up the hillside. I wonder what all this landscape will look and feel like when get back out there.

We've been watching the twice daily briefings to state abreast of everything. These folks do a great job of it. I only wish our politicians code be so straightforward, helpful and honest.

Feeling hopeful of getting outside for some exercise this afternoon.

[old goat]

Got a fair bit of lightning up here last night, and some rain. Apparently there's a little fire on Prosser Hill we're not supposed to worry about.

[MTT]

I saw your Governor on the TV last night. Said California was dealing with 630? Fires. I don't even see the news on socal fires. A Facebook friend lost her home in the woods just North of Sana Cruz. Yesterday. Can't imagine.

[MTT]

As I stated in another thread. Kenosha. Live stream on YouTube. Armed group with the finger on the trigger. Dumb added getting right in their face. House's on fire. They are