11:30 pm – from Sharen Carey’s front porch looking toward Apple Pie at 11 pm.
10:30 pm from Ed
From Emily Montgomery, earlier this evening.
8:30 pm first one by Mike, second by Ed
From clear ridge by Mike Gilson
Mt. Manuel right now by Ed Van Weijen
Nice slide series of a retardant drop this afternoon on Mt. Manuel by Ed Van Weijen.
Okay, this a photo from Kurt at the Deli taken at 2 pm. You may have to Zoom in, but you can see that there are at least TWO spots where there is spot fire on the west side of Mt. Manuel – middle right.
2:15 pm – hi way one to close tonight between 10 pm and 6 am.
Detail Information
1:51 PM 3 [6] ANY PUBLIC CALLS/COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE CLOSURE CAN BE REFERRED TO CAL FIRE INFORMATION LINE 831-204-0446
12:36 PM 2 [2] CLOSURE WILL BE MANNED BY CHP OFFICERS, ONLY EMERGENCY VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED THROUGH
12:35 PM 1 [1] SR1 WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN PALO COLORADO AND NORTH COAST RIDGE ROAD FROM 8/8/16 AT 2200 THROUGH 8/9/16 AT 0600
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1:45 pm – just finished playing tourist, and see a huge plume out by Cachuagua. I see lots of people have sent me photos. I will post a few. No one seems sure if this is a back burn or part of the main fire – it is burning toward Elephant Mountain, I understand.
From Jim Barr taken at CV Airport at 1:20 pm –
These two are from Christopher Bolton and taken from El Caminito. He suggests that perhaps the front plume is near Los Pladres DAm near Danish Camp and the 2nd, back one might be Uncle Sam and Post Summit meeting. I’ve sent these to Keith to see if he can help id.
Per one reader: See the reference that they are firing off in the Princes Camp area today: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4888/
1:00 pm –
9:15 am –
8:30 am – view from Post Ranch by Kurt Mayer:
7:30 am – Sorry, I was up half the night, worried about conditions in Big Sur Valley, so when I finally got to sleep, it took a Coffee Delivery to wake me up. I am watching closely the maps this am, as several of the lines were breached yesterday afternoon at Post Summit, and lo0ks like it is either over the line at Mt. Manuel or up against it. This day of R&R will be watching closely. Lucas is busy adding a few maps that were just released. Total acres is now 60,459 acres. One structure in Rio del Robles in Carmel Valley burned last night, but residents not injured. Don’t think it was due to the Soberanes Fire, but it was destroyed. I have much to go through to catch up, then I will load what I can at 8 am.
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Thank you Bigsurkate. Please take care of yourself... You are so dear and important to all of us.
Spoke to my brother on The Knoll - one ridge south of Apple Pie around 6pm. They had firefighters rotating through so a fresh group at all times. At that point everyone seemed to feel that advancement down from the ridge had stopped due to heli drops and they were waiting for bombers to drop their loads. No calls overnight, so fingers crossed that there are no major changes to the last report.
Thank you Kate.
South of you we are following your reports daily and thank you for your constant vigilance and reporting. The stress level for you and all the residents must be astronomical . The only good thing I can say is I have learned so much from you and all the comments and I'm incorporating them into my one plan about preparing my home and evacuation if necessary . I'm located on the edge of a dying forest
Kate, please do take care and restore yourself, it is so essential. FYI a number of engines threaded their way south through the Highlands very early this morning, 6:45AM; I saw at least 14 and then heard what must have been others, so appears a good convoy of resources headed down to BSV this morn. Be safe, be well, and know too, how deeply we all appreciate both you and your invaluable work.
The home destroyed in CV was on upper circle in the Robles del Rio/Southbank area and was quickly extinguished, but not after having burned to the ground . Thankfully the human occupants got out safely.
My understanding, though not verified, is that the house ^ referred to above which burned last night was durned not by wildfire, but for some other reason. I am not certain that is the case, but it was what I read somewhere, and if true, I think helpful and reassuring for folks to know.
I am hoping that NW-DE line/run (on today's TOPO map) above BS Valley is backfire ops. And I hope no-one's place in between it and the main fire.....
Sorry...not "DE", but "SE".
I drove to Mid Valley this morning around 8:10 am and passed 6-7 of the National Guards in their trucks ten or more fire trucks going east on CV Road.