Noon update – winds are still present, and still gusting over 30 mph, just not as often. Every so often it gusts up again around 40 mph. Rains also present, but not significant. So far, .25 inches since last night. Dogs don’t want anything to do with outside, right now. LOL.

8:30 am – Its Christmas Eve, the winds are here, but not as bad as they have been in the past. My one neighbor used to have a wind gauge, but it broke at 140 mph (oh how well I remember that night!), so I consider the current winds (around 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, estimated) to be a breeze, frankly. I don’t get freaked until I have 75-100 mph winds. No rain, to speak of, just drizzle. If you haven’t seen the photos of Saturday’s Little Sur Fire, scroll down to do so. 

Enjoy the day, wherever you are, and count the many blessings you have in your lives. Merry Christmas Eve.

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • Thanks Kate and Merry Christmas to you! :)

    No rain up here yet (8:30am). They say by this evening the winds will pick up and rain will fall, snow possible at 3500 to 4000ft level.

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