Day Fire Community Meeting in Ojai Tonight
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The Geomac Website has some excellent views of the wildfire. Click on “Wildfire Maps” and then select “DAY CA” from the menu. You can overlay satellite and other images to get a sense of what is out there. Here are two images that brought it home to me about the size and proximity of the …
An eerie glow has returned. This morning’s incident update notes that the campgrounds just a couple miles North of us have been advised to get ready to evacuate. And: Due to wind conditions at higher elevations, ash and smoke can be expected in Fillmore, Santa Paula, Ojai and Ventura throughout today. People in these areas …
ABC News reports this morning that, “Officials credited a cool, moist ocean breeze Sunday night for slowing down the fire and putting communities out of immediate danger.” So, for now, a waft of sea breeze has put us out of this fire’s path. Unfortunately, “The fire, which has cost about $15 million to fight, also …
click to enlarge We got home from Los Angeles this evening (noting all the way how ironic it was that we actually went into LA for improved air quality today) to discover that the fire has spread. In fact, according to the latest map from the Forest Service (which I superimposed on a Google map …
click to enlarge I woke up late this morning to red dawn light pouring in our windows. It has continued all morning, casting an incandescent orange glow over everything. Our porch and driveway are finely dusted with ash. The cat has been on edge–the warning signs of an oncoming fire are deeply primal. We’re heading …