10:20 update: From CZU on Twitter…We have 2 new fires in Santa Cruz County. One is off Freedom Boulevard in Watsonville and one is in the Boulder Creek area off of Highway 9. Evacuations are being initiated.
10 am UPDATE — Advisory: Event extended (both time and area). Wind Advisory from 1/19/2021 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST for Monterey County, CA
Monterey County... Old Coast Tower 71 MPH 0120 AM 01/19 36.32N/121.87W/1207 Calfire Portable 43 66 MPH 0115 AM 01/19 36.29N/121.85W/490 17.0 S Carmel Valley Vill (P 62 MPH 0310 AM 01/19 36.25N/121.79W/904 Crocker Ridge 53 MPH 0300 AM 01/19 36.06N/121.27W/2451 Moss Landing 51 MPH 1251 AM 01/19 36.79N/121.79W/26 7.0 E Carmel Valley Vill (PG 51 MPH 0120 AM 01/19 36.53N/121.61W/3452 16.9 NW Lake Nacimiento (PGE 51 MPH 0310 AM 01/19 35.95N/121.00W/2790 Old Stage Road 51 MPH 0100 AM 01/19 36.67N/121.53W/1306 Corral De Cielo Road 49 MPH 0110 AM 01/19 36.53N/121.62W/3385
Quite a bit of haze, but I have been told it is dust and ash from the summer’s fires kicking up, not new ones. In Santa Cruz, downed power lines have caused a minimum of 4 fires, most put out by locals. Highway 9 is closed due to downed power lines, and I am told there is no power in Big Sur Valley. Welcome to Tuesday. In 24 and 1/2 hours we will have a new president.
I’m counting the hours. Wind Dragons! I wrote a song about it while at the Edge of the Wild, to keep being freaked out at bay.
Kate,
Thanks for the update. Much better report than was on the news. It blowing very hard here in Prunedale we are in a very high fire danger area also. Hope it subsides soon.
The only way I know anything is through reading your blog. Thank-you, Kate.