Category: 2018 Fire Season

Missing Girl Found?

Update on CHP:

7:54 PM9[28] H70 – LANDING ON NACIMIENTO FERGUSSON, BIG SUR FIRE WILL BRING PATIENT TO THEM SO THEY CAN TRANSPORT TO TWIN CITIES
7:43 PM8[27] [Notification] [CHP]-PER STATE PARKS // CONFIRMED IT IS OUR MISSING PERSON // SHE IS CODE 4 WALKING TALKING POSS FX SHOULDER // CLAIMING SHES BEEN DOWN THERE SINCE JULY 6TH // FIRE THINKS ITS ONLY BEEN A COUPLE DAYS

I have been watching this online at the CHP website, cuz, it’s in my ‘hood. I can hear the helicopter out there at 7:41 pm…looks like it might be Angela Hernandez, over the side on One, 1/2 mile north of Nacimiento with a broken shoulder, since the 6th, but alive. So amazing, if true. It is clear here, but fogged in on the coast down there.

7:14 PM 7 [26] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CA STATE PARKS: SCANNER TRAFFIC SOUNDS LIKE SO IS OUT THERE AND FIRE 97 SARS ENRT
7:09 PM 6 [24] [Notification] [CHP]-1039 STATE PARKS TO INQUIRE HOW THEY GOT INFO LN 22 – THEY COPIED IT ALL ON SCANNER FRM UNK AGENCY AND ARE CONTINUING FRM JFB
7:03 PM 5 [20] STATE PARKS ADVZD THERE IS CLOUD COVER ABOUT 1700 FT , BUT THEY AREN’T THAT CLOSE YET
7:00 PM 4 [19] H70 INQ IF A UNIT IS CLOSE TO GIVE WEATHER UPDATE , ADVZD 22B IS SR1 X MM 67, LL W/ STATE PARKS TO INQ IF THEY HAVE A UNIT IN AREA
6:52 PM 3 [18] 1039 STATE PARKS
6:41 PM 2 [12] 1039 S6
6:39 PM 1 [5] POSS 2ND SUBJ 1097 W/ PTY

The I found this on FB from PCW:

“Vehicle injury accident, Highway 1 half a mile north of Nacimiento Fergusson. Big Sur.
Vehicle over the side. Calling in H70 (helo). They are inquiring about weather conditions and if they will be able to land. Patient is conscious and breathing. Broken shoulder. Driving a white Jeep and been there since the 6th of July! Sounds like it’s our missing girl!”

El Niño Predictions

The El Nino watch continues this month, with ENSO-neutral favored through Northern Hemisphere summer 2018, with the chance for El Niño increasing to about 65% during fall, and to about 70% during winter 2018-19.  El Niño prediction

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Panache Fire, San Benito Co

6:30 pm -Panoche Fire off Panoche Road, 2 miles north of CAL FIRE Antelope Station, southeast of Hollister (San Benito County) is now 250 acres and 5% contained. Here is a map:

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You might remember that only a month or two ago, there was another Panoche Fire on this road that resulted in the death of a woman, her child, and her baby, allegedly started by a bbq.

Fire on Jolon Rd.

9:00 pm – UPDATE:

8:55 PM 9 [31] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALFIRE WILL STILL NEED RD CLOSED FOR A COUPLE MORE HRS, 1039 OFC – WILL SEND C WATCH TO RELVE B WATCH
8:10 PM 8 [29] [Notification] [CHP]-PER MONTEREY COMM SO 97 AT JOLON X MISSION HOLDING TRAFFIC REQ CHP UNIT TO RELIEVE THEM / REQ CB WITH ETA
7:45 PM 7 [28] 1039 CALFIRE MTRY LINE 25
7:31 PM 6 [26] B8-021 CALFIRE ADV ROAD CLOSURES SHOULD LAST NO LONGER THAN 1 HOUR FROM NOW

7:15 pm – Per SLO Cal Fire:

CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire sending 3 engines and a dozer to assist on reported vegetation fire in S. Monterey County. Area of Jolon Road and Argyle Road.

Per CHP Website:

7:13 PM 4 [10] B8-021 HALFWAY BTWN MISSION/ARGYLE WILL GO SOUTH OF FIRE WHEN 42B IS 1097 // FHL IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF FIRE
7:10 PM 3 [14] [Appended, 19:15:24] [1] VEGETATION FIRE
7:09 PM 2 [7] B8-021 FIRE ON BOTH SIDES OF JOLON REQ 2ND UNIT
6:49 PM 1 [1] VEG FIRE CURRENTLY 2 ACRES

 

Wildfire in Morgan Hill, 7/10/18

4:10 pm – UPDATE: Here are where Cal Fire has placed these two fires, Curie on the left, and Hale on the right.

4:00 pm – UPDATE: The Morgan Hill fire is called #HaleFire. Now, there is a new one north of Hale. New fire north of #HaleFire, called the #CurieFire with structures threatened. Cal Fire reports the Hill Fire at 40 ac. And the Curie Fire at 50. Air tanker diverted and dropped on the new start. This is the new one:

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3:00 pm – UPDATE: Cal Fire air attacks have started. Firefighters say 40 acres have burned. Witnesses have seen several cars and trailers burned as well.

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2:45 pm – I haven’t been able to get many details, yet, it is not showing up on Cal-Fire. But here is some info from CHP:

2:35 PM 13 [31] CORDS – HARD CLOSURE HNB HALE AT TILTON
2:25 PM 12 [27] [Notification] [CHP]-1022 LN 26 PER CALFIRE HAVE 13B RESP HALE/MIRAMONTE
2:07 PM 11 [25] 1039 23-S5 12B/ 13B ENRT
2:04 PM 10 [24] SC FIRE REQ 2 CHP UNITS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL
2:02 PM 9 [22] [Appended, 14:02:40] [4] XFER TO CAL FIRE
2:01 PM 8 [20] [Appended, 14:02:40] [2] BRUSH FIRE
1:58 PM 7 [17] 1039 OFFICE/ WILL BE SENDING 13
1:56 PM 6 [13] VERY CLOSE TO RANCHES
1:56 PM 5 [12] FIRE IS VERY LARGE NOW PER CDF
1:56 PM 4 [11] [Notification] [CHP]-FIRE VERY CLOSE TO 642 HALE AVE/ SPREADING FAST
1:52 PM 3 [1] BRUSH FIRE
1:49 PM 2 [15] [Appended, 13:57:43] [2] PER CALFIRE GRASS FIRE THEY ARE ENRT
1:49 PM 1 [14] [Appended, 13:57:43] [1] RP SEES WHI/BLK SMOKE

 

Vegetation Fire near FHL

2 pm – One scanner listener reports a fire on Jolon Rd. But didn’t catch the cross street. Suspect it is this one – SLOFire reports:

“CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo sending aircraft and two engines to assist with a reported vegetation fire near Fort Hunter Liggett within Monterey County.”

And from WildCAD:

07/07/2018 13:43 FHL-1787
 New Wildfire SAM JONES RD BRADLEY 93426 . CRW1LPF E15LPF 4X4 . Grass 15 35 54.834, -121

USFS Fire Restrictions & Closure Matrix

Here is the new matrix the USFS is distributing re the way they make the decisions about these crucial issues. Remember on the Fire Restrictions, it is forest wide, not just local.

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Rio Rd. construction update

It is almost done! 7/16 is the opening date.

July 6, 2018

Highway 1 Climbing Lane Project Update for Week of July 9th

Work crews will have regular daytime work hours this week: 7:30 to 3:30 p.m. New this week:

      • Caltrans will be modifying the county signal on Rio Road for east/westbound traffic
      • Construction crews will be placing concrete for sidewalks and gutters onboth sides of Highway 1
      • Commuters will see crews paving Rio Road Thursday and preparing to shiftto Stage 2, the final stage of this project, next week. You can see a graphicof what will be done during

Looking ahead, locals will be happy to know that on July 16th, Rio Road will be completely open for traffic, the cement barriers will be removed.

Barriers will also shift on Highway 1 so that drivers will be able to use newlypaved roadway.

Good news about the “No Parking” signs which have been placed near theentrance of Point Lobos.  Drivers appear to be heeding the signs.

CHP is enforcing.

Remember – business and shopping centers near the constructionarea are open! For easier access, drivers can detour to CarmelValley Road  and Carmel Rancho Boulevard until Rio Road us fullyopen.

For more information, or to sign up for project updates, contact ChristinePoe at PoeC@co.monterey.ca.us or (831) 755-5025 or Grant Leonard at

grant@tamcmonterey.org or (831) 775-4402.

 

Silence

Ten years ago today, I got pissed off at the Sheriff of the time during the Basin Fire when he threatened to arrest anyone who came onto Highway One to go help their neighbors. So, I called the newspapers in LA and SF and started this blog. I had never blogged before. Ten years, and just shy of 4,000 posts. Thank you all for being a part of this journey and helping me grow by following and commenting and calling me out, when necessary. Today, I am going to celebrate by being silent, unless, of course, all hell breaks loose.