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Date: October 12, 2017 at 09:22:01
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: No Calif fire update (from 10/11 11:43pm) |
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this has been shared from a airtanker group:
"Here is a breakdown of the large fires in Northern
California. They have now been seperated into
complex's.
'Southern LNU Complex": consists of the following
fires. "Atlas","Nuns", "Patrick". Fires are
burning in Napa,Solano and Sonoma counties. Atlas
is the largest fire burning 42,350 acres. Patrick
9,525 acres, Nuns 7,230 acres.
"Central LNU Complex: consists of the following
fires. "Pocket" , "Tubbs". Burning in Napa and
Sonoma counties. The Tubbs Fire is responsible for
most of the deaths being reported which is now 21.
"Mendocino Lake Complex". Consists of the following
fires. "Redwood", "Sulphur". Fires are burning in
Lake and Mendocino counties. Redwood 29,500 acres.
Sulphur 2,500 acres.
"Wind Complex". Consist of the following fires.
"Cascade", "La Porte", "Lobo", "McCourtney". Fires
are burning in Butte,Nevada,Yuba counties. Cascade
12,349 acres 20% contained. La Porte 3,700 acres
15% contained. Lobo 857 acres 30% contained.
McCourtney 76 acres 65% contained. Smoke from these
fires are impacting air quality in Northern
California and Western Nevada.
The "Cherokee Fire" also in Butte county has burned
7,500 acres and is 40% contained, little growth
reported on this fire over the last 24."
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Date: October 12, 2017 at 09:26:49
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: No Calif fire update -article |
URL: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fires-northern-california-20171011-story.html |
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Whole towns evacuated as Northern California
firestorm grows; at least 23 people are dead, 285
missing
By Phil Willon, Paige St. John, Louis Sahagun, Chris
Megerian and Alene Tchekmedyian
October 11, 2011, 10:05 p.m.
The death toll rose to 23 on Wednesday night from
the rapidly spreading firestorm in California wine
country as firefighters were battling the return of
dangerous winds that sparked new evacuations.
All residents of Calistoga and Geyserville were
ordered to leave their homes as firefighters braced
for a tough fight overnight on numerous fronts of
the fires. About 8:20 p.m., mandatory evacuations
were also issued for parts of eastern Sonoma Valley,
including Castle Road and 7th Street East north of
Lovall Valley Road.
Napa city officials issued evacuation advisories for
neighborhoods along the eastern edges of the city,
warning residents to be prepared to leave. Just
before 9 p.m., Santa Rosa police also issued an
evacuation advisory for neighborhoods in the city’s
eastern end, while other neighborhoods along the
north end of the city are under mandatory evacuation
orders.
“The fire is not an imminent threat, but the
conditions may change quickly,” police said.
In Sonoma County alone, 25,000 people have
evacuated, county spokesman Scott Alonso said late
Wednesday.
“If there’s been a mandatory evacuation, you cannot
go home,” Alonso said. “The area is unsafe.”
Meanwhile, Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies are
working to track down 285 out of 600 people reported
missing. The rest — 315 people — have already been
found safe. Alonso asked people to notify officials
if they have found their missing loved ones.
Power remained out at 40,000 homes across the
county.
A red flag warning forecasting dangerous fire
conditions took effect Wednesday evening in the Bay
Area. Weather officials expect strong winds with
gusts as high as 50 mph. Combined with dry fuels and
low humidity, fires have the potential to spread
quickly, according to the National Weather Service.
The warning took effect at 5 p.m. in the North Bay
Mountains and will take effect at 11 p.m. in the
East Bay Hills, Santa Cruz Mountains and mountains
in Monterey and San Benito counties.
“It’s a good heads-up to all the firefighters and
emergency management that the conditions are going
to be pretty bad in terms of the fire behaviors,”
said Will Pi, a meteorologist with the National
Weather Service. “We’re expecting the strongest
winds to be tonight and tomorrow morning.”
State and federal officials portrayed an all-out
effort to fend off the devastating wildfires at a
news conference at a state emergency operations
center outside Sacramento.
“It’s an extremely stressful and challenging time,”
said Mark Ghilarducci, director of the Governor’s
Office of Emergency Services. “We are all hands on
deck.”
The situation remains very dangerous, officials
said.
“We’re not going to be out of the woods for a great
many days to come,” said Cal Fire director Ken
Pimlott. The state is still feeling the effects of
the drought despite a recent wet winter, and there’s
“explosive vegetation” fueling the blazes.
“We’ve had big fires in the past,” Gov. Jerry Brown
said. “This is one of the biggest.”
Officials said 13 people have died in Sonoma County,
six in Mendocino County, two in Yuba County and two
in Napa County.
Crews launched a desperate effort to extinguish key
hot spots before heavy, fire-stoking winds could
kick back up later in the day.
Officials fear that strong winds forecast for
Wednesday evening and Thursday morning will spread
embers from the deadly Tubbs fire to populated areas
of Santa Rosa and Calistoga that have so far been
spared the flames — and new evacuation orders were
issued. Shelters opened for evacuees will not ask
anyone's immigration status, Sonoma County Sheriff
Rob Giordano said.
“We are facing some pretty significant monsters,”
Cal Fire incident commander Bret Gouvea told a room
of about 200 firefighters and law enforcement
officials at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds staging
area Wednesday morning.
Exhausted and sore firefighters fanned across
scorched mountainsides attacking hot spots, chopping
shrubs and using shovels and axes to clear smooth
paths down to bare soil roughly four feet wide as
possible.
They were taking advantage of a lull in erratic
winds to extinguish as many embers as possible and
contain portions of fires burning out of control
near populated areas before north winds were
expected to pick up after midnight. Forecasts call
for winds of up to 35 mph on mountaintops and
heavily forested ridgelines north of Santa Rosa and
Calistoga.
In a worst-case scenario, the winds would shoot
embers into still-green terrain, igniting walls of
flame that could march back into already devastated
communities such as Santa Rosa.
“The clock is ticking, so we’re giving it everything
we’ve got — hand crews, fire engines, bulldozers,
air support — to keep the fire within the
perimeter,” Cal Fire Division Chief Ben Nicholls
said, while using a razor-sharp blade to slice
through dry grass and stubborn roots.
“We like fighting massive fires,” he added. “A lot
of what we’re doing isn’t that sexy. It’s called
mop-up, and right now it is critical.”
Already, the Northern California fires have scorched
an estimated 170,000 acres. The California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection estimates
that around 3,500 structures have been destroyed.
On Wednesday night, “the return of the north wind
will have a strong influence on the southern
portions of the Tubbs fire,” a Cal Fire weather
report said. “Winds will be 25 to 30 miles per hour
after 2 a.m. These strong winds have the potential
to push the fire south back towards Calistoga and
Santa Rosa, especially where the fire was active
yesterday [Tuesday] on the north side.”
On Wednesday, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office
issued an advisory evacuation order for residents of
Middletown — which was heavily damaged in the Valley
fire just two years ago and rebuilt — as the Tubbs
fire approached from the south.
Late Tuesday night, evacuations were ordered in
Calistoga for the Tubbs fire, and in other areas of
Napa and Sonoma counties for the Atlas Peak fire,
the Nuns fire and the Pocket fire, officials said.
“The [Atlas] fire became active overnight, started
burning more of the community,” Cal Fire spokeswoman
Lynne Tolmachoff said.
Firefighters hoped to take advantage of the lull in
the winds Wednesday morning and afternoon to attack
hot spots and put out as many embers as possible
before they can be revived and blown into areas that
haven’t burned yet, they said.
By Wednesday evening, the Tubbs fire had reached
about 28,000 acres and was 10% contained. Other
fires ranging in size from 1,800 to 21,000 acres
burned throughout the area and in surrounding
counties.
Napa and Sonoma Counties fire perimeters
Though some evacuation orders in Yuba and Nevada
counties were lifted, officials estimated that
upwards of 50,000 people were still out of their
homes. More people in Sonoma and Napa counties were
asked to leave their homes Tuesday night.
Napa County Supervisor Diane Dillon said Cal Fire
commanders decided in the middle of the night to
evacuate nearly half of the valley town of
Calistoga, and by 3:30 a.m., Dillon and town
officials along with police crews were walking house
to house in the thick smoke, knocking on doors and
telling occupants to leave.
“I was stunned to hear Cal Fire was recommending a
massive, for Calistoga, evacuation,” Dillon said.
“When we went out to talk, people were already
leaving. People were alert to the situation.”
During a packed community meeting with emergency
officials inside the Santa Rosa High School gym
Tuesday evening, Sonoma County residents battered by
the deadly wildfires were told that a red flag
warning forecasting potentially hazardous fire
conditions had been issued for Wednesday.
This comes after cooler weather allowed firefighters
to gain ground Tuesday morning, only to see the
flames flare up again with afternoon winds.
“This is nowhere near over. This is still very
dangerous,” Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano said
Tuesday night. (more at link)
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Date: October 12, 2017 at 12:45:15
From: sheila, [DNS_Address]
Subject: new mandatory evacs for town of Sonoma, Napa, |
URL: http://radio.krcb.org/post/confirmed-evacuation-areas-sonoma-county-101217#stream/0 |
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winds are blowing up to 30 mph, reporter on twitter who lives in the town of Sonoma says the fire is raging very near the town proper. New evacuation map and lists are at the link. Very hard to ID the bodies, fire so hot, everything burned terribly. Toll up to 24 now, they are going door to door in Santa Rosa for more fatalities (with dogs).
Makes me so sad, that town square in the town of Sonoma is one of the oldest in California. We used to visit that town often back in the day.
The 747 super tanker is on these fires now and they're getting 10% control on a couple of them.
Mega prayers for all.
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Date: October 12, 2017 at 16:56:04
From: Polydactyl in N. Bay, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: new mandatory evacs for town of Sonoma, Napa, |
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Ya, it looks like the fire is on the ridge and edging down one side into Boyes Hot Springs and Sonoma City proper. It's so hard to believe. Only another hill or two and then Petaluma. I keep saying, OH NO YOU DON'T!! I told our handyman today I was going to play a certain rain song out the back and he said, you better get started then...LOL. Stupid phone and bad advice from Verizon means playing it outside will be a matter of luck. I know ma nature doesn't want to hear ME sing it- :D
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Date: October 13, 2017 at 12:17:03
From: sheila, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: new mandatory evacs for town of Sonoma, Napa, |
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heh, I did a rain dance years ago during a hot August day in So. Cal. There was a fire below where we lived then. I just kind of let those old Indian spirits guide me through. Well wonder of wonders, within about an hour, there came this huge rain storm, and it put out that fire! I was gobsmacked!!
Hey just get out there and do it. Secret is to get some corn meal, throw it to the 4 winds. :)
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