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November 13 The Santa Barbara Tea Fire11-13-2008, 11pm
Well, I have just experienced my first California Wildfire. Don't worry, I'm safe, along with everyone that I know, but there have been over 70 homes destroyed tonight. The local station, KEYT-TV, has done a good job of covering the events so far, but it looks like this fire will be going for some time yet. So far, over 800 acres have burned, which is small by California wildfire standards, but you have to take into account that this fire is taking place within the Santa Barbara city limits. The flames are centered about six miles away from my house, and luckily, there is hardly any chance of it coming all the way over to my place. It would have to burn through the entire city of Santa Barbara to make its way over here.
Aliza and I went for a 30 mile bike right last weekend right through the heart of where the fire is (which was a gorgeous bike ride). I'm glad that we made it up there before everything started burning. It will be interesting to see how things look after the fire has gone out.
Earlier tonight, my housemates and I went up to the to of Elings park to view the fire on the northern side of Santa Barbara. I have seen fields on fire, I have seen houses on fire, but I have never seen an entire mountainside on fire before. I tried to take a few pictures, but its too incredible to capture fully.
I wish the best to all of those in need. I wish that there was more I could do to help.
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11-14-2008 11am
A few new updates:
Winds last night (known as the Santa Ana Winds) were 20 - 50MPH with gust up to 70MPH. A State of Emergency was declared by the City of Santa Barbara at 8:15 p.m. Fire Personnel from throughout the County of Santa Barbara and Neighboring Counties are flooding into the area to assist in the fire fighting effort (over 1000 firefighters). Approximately 100 homes and over 2,000 acres have burned so far with no immediate containment in sight.
On top of all that, they are running out of water. Residents of the city of Monticeto are required to ration their water use, while Santa Barbara residents are strongly urged to use as little water as possible.
Here is a pretty thorough map of the location of the fire and evacuation zones. Don't worry, my house is in the bottom left of the map by Cliff Dr and Las Positas Rd - http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=113022420691920912386.00045b9ef1712164139a6&t=h&ll=34.451369,-119.689693&spn=0.10206,0.222988&source=embed
November 02 Sunset pictures in Santa BarbarAliza and I decided to walk down the street to Elings Park right by our new place and catch some sunset shots on camera. We had a great time, took some fun pictures and met some lively dogs. I guess Elings Park is the cool spot to go when it's time for your dog to poop.
Oh yeah, I finally wrote an article for Beer at Joe's - http://www.beeratjoes.com/?p=121. |
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