Month: September 2015

Multiple Fires on Highway 46, east of summit

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From LPF WildCAD: resources sent to SLU mutual aid. Also, Per retired from friend heard on scanner:

Atascadero sending units under a mutual aid contract. Now calling this the Summit Fire.

[46] A9-004 CAL FIRE 97
1:01 PM 9 [43] A9-008 97 W/ SMALLER FIRE, CAL FIRE NEED TO RESPOND TO LARGER FIRE FIRST / 1039 CAL FIRE
12:55 PM 8 [38] [Appended, 12:58:13] [1] TOT CAL FIRE
12:55 PM 7 [29] [Appended, 12:55:53] [2] SINGED THE HAIRS ON HIS ARM // 1039 CAL FIRE
12:55 PM 6 [28] [Appended, 12:55:53] [1] ANOTHER RP STATES ITS VERY CLOSE TO HWY
12:49 PM 5 [13] 1039 S2 WILL ADV 9-4
12:49 PM 4 [16] [Appended, 12:50:17] [1] PER ANOTHER RP – FIRE IS CLOSE TO THE HWY
12:47 PM 3 [8] ANOTHER CALLER ADV THERE WERE APPROX 6 FIRES ALONG THE SR46 // CALLER DISC 1039 CAL FIRE
12:45 PM 2 [2] 1039 CAL FIRE
12:44 PM [1] BRUSH FIRE

Tassajara Fire Update #2, 9/20/15

2:30 pm update – “At last check, Cal Fire reports that over 600 personnel are currently working on the Tassajara Fire. It is a massive effort. Crews are working hard to ensure the fire does not cross Carmel Valley Road.” Cachagua Fire

Morning briefing

Update from duty officer chief Owens, Cal Fire’s onsite duty chief as of 8am.
Tassajara 1200+ acres, 10% containment, burning actively SE. 10 homes and numerous outbuildings destroyed. 1 civilian fatality, treating as crime scene. Mandatory evacuation for tassajara from cachagua rd to CVR. Evacuation advisory for Jamesburg and Cachagua communities. Evacuation site is Carmel Middle School. 100 degree temp with 10% humidity, NE winds expected today. 1 mile from Los padres forest. Currently not under unified command. 5 tankers, 3 helos, 2 dozers and 2 hand crews. Retardant is encircling fire but no hose or containment lines.

CAL FIRE BEU FACEBOOK reports: 5 tankers, 2 copters, 35 engines, 7 crews, 3 dozers, 7 water tenders, 260 firefighters.

Cal Fire official Tassajara Incident page

Laureles Fire- 85% contained, 95 acres, 1 structure partially damaged. Containment hopeful by midday.

Tassajara Fire: Smoke Fills The Air From Carmel to Salinas

The Carmel Valley was smoke filled pre-dawn this morning. Smoke filled the air in Carmel as well. Remote weather station MCAHC1 near Jamesburg reported winds from the east at 11 mph at 3:30 am. All other regional stations were reporting winds generally north or northwest. The image below was shot from Lover’s Point Park in Pacific Grove looking east where smoke is visible over Salinas.

All eyes on the morning briefing. We should get updated acreage, expected weather and a resource count.
Twitter link  #TassajaraFire

Cal Fire Incidents

Tassajara Fire Smoke
Tassajara Fire Smoke

Tassajara Fire Updates, 9/20/15

it is 3 am – my dogs decided to do a howling routine, my internet is unlimited between midnight and 5, so doing a bit of catch up on the five. Laureles is looking good, Tassajara is not.

11:00 PM Monterey County fire update, Cal Fire Command confirmed:

Tassajara Fire now at 1200+ acres continuing to burn actively towards the SE. 10% containment. Mandatory evacuation for Parrot Ranch. Evacuation advisory for Cachagua and Jamesburg areas. Hard closure for CVR near Cachagua.

Laureles Fire 60%+ contained. Possible full containment by midnight through early morning. Soft closure for Hwy 68 from San Benancio to Laureles Grade.

here is a photo by Dan Dambom of last night’s smoke filled sunset

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Final update tonight on fires

And  I will leave you with this gorgeous shot by SLOStringer.

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Tassajara has retardant on the flanks, and from here,  it looks like it is laying down. We will know for sure in the morning, but for now, I am signing off.

oh here’s the photo from Joel DeMaria, as promised. BTW, you can listen to scanner feeds on broadcastify. You must join, but it is free. I can’t hear well enough to make use of it, thus far, but I try.

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Fire Photos, Sat. 9/18

imageThe one below is by Ernest A Long, taken from the baseball fields in Carmel Valley. Thank you Earnest

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The first one is from my house on the South Coast, probably both fires.

i also have a great one by Joel DeMaria I will try and upload … Which is so easy with my new internet, although I can see I am going to be WAY over my data limit!

Wildfire on 68

Also, a serious fire on 68. Highway closed in both direction and evacuations taking place. There is a possible third fire, but it could be from the Santa Lucia Preserve Fire (Cachagua and Tassajara) Large plume per reporting party. And finally, the River Fire at 17 and Pine Canyon. Whew. Will take me a while to dig up more details on the two major ones.

wildfire at Tassara & Cachagua Rds

Wildfire in Tassajara & Cachagua

SLU sent 5 units to assist. The South Coast Ridge Rd is probably a campfire.

09/19/2015 15:06 LPF-3009
New Wildfire Tassajara Rd @ Cachagua ( Carmel River Vly) . 7EDW1 BC12LPF E18LPF E31LPF 4X4 PAT19ALPF . . . 36.390 x 121.596
09/19/2015 14:40 LPF-3008
New Wildfire so coast ridge rd . . . . . 36.004 x 121.447

El Niño Journal – Jan 4,1998

“Sunday, Jan 4th – 1.7″ last night and it’s still raining today. Lots of wind at the moment.”

Didnt have any weather watching/recording equipment back then, except a couple plastic rain gauges. I did keep track on my calendar of how much rain I got each day and night, as well as the total to-date for the season. I kept them all, too…I just have to find them!

Foto Friday – Birds of a feather

image image imageI am a happy blogger. I have my new satellite installed, got my new AirPort Extreme for wireless, and I am really up and running, now.

Given my internet challenges have been resolved, I am now free to upload more than one photo and to receivephotos for posting from readers. An amazing lack of frustration here. I do have to watch my data useage, as I got the middle plan, or 15 GB per month. I’m probably using that, too, as I have been catching up with upgrades and doing things I squally wait to do with a town run.

I had actually picked about 6 to upload, but some of them seem to be stored in the cloud … Or something. All these bird shots are from my Africa trip last year. 😉