Media always overhype things, but wow, this is really bad. 112km/h winds and dry conditions…
They evacuation areas haven’t changed. I managed to get some sleep, but it’s a little after 3 AM here, and I’m up checking the news. Winds have picked up, my roommate and his family took off for Washington state (his parents’ place was evacuated, so they came and picked him up).
I still have power, though a lot of the areas around me don’t. It’s really dark out there with all of the street lights out and smoke covering the stars.
I just got an alert on my phone that the fire is moving closer. The town about 25 miles north of me is EVACUATE NOW status.
Edit: One of the evacuation warning areas just became a mandatory evacuation zone. I may bug out when it gets light depending on how things go in the next couple of hours.
Another evacuation warning area just became mandatory.
Edit: Crap. A new small fire about 10 miles north of me.
Small fire under control
Two new evacuation areas, including where I work.
Edit: The shelters in my town are at capacity. They’re looking for places where they can open more.
Another update: Up to 180,000 people evacuated now. 31,000 acres on fire. 10% contained.
Yowz! If I were you, I’d bug out now like a bat outta hell.
Be safe!
The fire itself is still a good distance away. I won’t wait until the last minute, though, don’t worry!
I’ll probably get at least a day or two off of work, though, since my workplace is in one of the mandatory evacuation areas. This is really feeling like two years ago when the college was closed for an entire week.
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That’s probably one of the worse reasons to have a day off work, though.
Stay safe!
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Stay safe, @Nabiki!
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Two hospitals and been evacuated, the Sonoma County airport is closed, Sonoma County courthouse is closed. I have tomorrow off of school.
I am looking at alternate evacuation routes, because the one that I was going to take to get up to Oregon is closed because it too, is on fire.
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55,000 acres, 5% contained. Evacuation areas have not changed since this morning, but winds are picking up tonight.
Edit: The good news is, evacuations have happened in an orderly manner. There have been no casualties from the fire. Two firefighters have been injured, however.
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That is good to hear that everything is done in an orderly manner. Makes for a speedier and safer evacuation routine than a chaotic one.
May those firefighters recover quickly!
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given to the orderly evac process and a for the firefighters!
I don’t know if I’m going back to work any time soon. My work is in evacuation zone 9. The fire is getting very close to that. The fire fighters lost ground last night. More evacuations have been announced.
Ohhhh dear.
Do take care!
I know this is not a question with an easy answer, but why are the fires so bad seemingly year after year? Again, I know there’s no simple answer.
Less and less rain each year?
And not enough trimming grass/trees etc to minimize a fire risk?
We came out of a five year drought a couple of years ago, so there is a lot of brush. We normally have dry summers, so it gets really dry by this time of year.
Climate change.
Edit: Up to 66,000 acres burned.
Further edit: Shelters are opening all the down in San Francisco to help with the number of evacuees.
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From the Press Democrat:
The Kincade fire has now burned 74,324 acres and is 15% contained, Cal Fire said Monday night. As of Monday, 123 structures have been destroyed, 57 of which are homes. The blaze has damaged 20 structures, and is threatening more than 90,000 structures.
Evacuation warning has been issued further north. The fire is heading away from me, at least.
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Sounds like they’re getting containment faster than they did on the Camp and Mendocino Complex fires last year. That’s good at least.
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We have high winds moving in, though. Starting around noon and continuing through tomorrow morning.