Comments on: Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire – 3

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:58:58 +0000

The satellite view that you located really showed it, because it picks up the hot spots, not the general fire.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:09:26 +0000

It really was a beast. The wind was everywhichway but where you wanted it to go...picking up hot embers along the way and distributing them willynilly cookie jill´s last blog post..Music to go home to

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:26:58 +0000

I received the e-mail, and hope that things really have calmed down. Perhaps you minor quake stirred things up enough to cause some upwelling in the ditch off shore.

The fog definitely kept things cooler than anticipated and helped the troops contain the beast for now.

I noticed a fire up by Bakersfield on the viewer, I hope that gets put down quickly.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:59:13 +0000

MSNBC has a nice little slide show…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30610234/displaymode/1247/

cookie jill´s last blog post..sweet little jesus

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:28:40 +0000

Our old friend, Coastal Eddy...arch enemy of fire, has put in an appearence. The sundowners weren't as wicked as before...I think the weather finally has had enough of this fire stuff... cookie jill´s last blog post..sweet little jesus

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:00:32 +0000

Stay safe Jill and everyone! 🙁

My thoughts are with you, for all the good they did here. I wish I could help.

Best wishes.

By: Jack K., the Grumpy Forester

Jack K., the Grumpy Forester — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:28:50 +0000

…the thoughts of my family are truly with you, jill. I’ve only ever had to evacuate from my home once because of a wildfire, and it was a truly frightening experience…

I suspect that one of the measures of the maddening variability of the controlling winds over the last few days is the fact that – despite the tremendous danger that this fire presents to both people and property – it has maintained a surprisingly compact size of 3,500 acres (as of the last report) even after the better part of three days of fire activity. This is the quintessential urban interface fire: a relatively small incident (compared to recent SoCal fires) that poses an outsized threat to people and their property because of fuel loadings and local weather conditions…

I pray that the weather forecasts hold true and the National Weather Service Wind Advisory actually does expire at 10 am tomorrow, giving the fire-fighters time and space to beat this monster down so folks can go home….

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:30:27 +0000

Nice use of technology. It does seem to have jumped the road at one point, and is definitely starting to spot at multiple locations.

When I posted the KEYT update for 11AM I noticed that they had brought in the fixed wing aircraft, including the DC-10.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:58:39 +0000

DC-10 is here flying around the smoldering mountains. The winds have picked up heading toward the West (NOT good) but not as hot as it has been.

http://wv.enplan.com/

cookie jill´s last blog post..Smoke is billowing everywhere

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:56:36 +0000

If there is enough smoke to reduce the heating of the land, that should cut down on the winds, but if the fires are hot enough, the winds will increase. Big fires generate their own weather.

At least you aren’t isolated from the outside world and can get some news about what’s going on with the fire.

Get some sleep as soon as the adrenalin wears off.