Re: [californiadisasters] Re: Wildland Fire-Conejo Grade-VNC-CA-Springs Incident

This fire is now quite visible from orbit: http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/satloop.php?wfo=lox&type=vis&size=1

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:

A nursery is being destroyed that is located out in the middle of agricultural fields so the fire spotted quite some distance. An earlier report had a spot fire 2 miles out in front of the head of the fire.

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:

They have shut down the fixed-wing part of the air show due to the winds.

On the radio it sounds like they are saying "Orchard" but the name is actually Borchard and you can see the context of what is being described below on the map:

https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=Ventura+County&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x80e962d2b20077a9:0xdd9590f047c3b0b3,Ventura,+CA&gl=us&ei=Z72CUfqkGK_wiQLr_IGICg&ved=0CLsBELYD

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Joann Lavis <joalis76@hotmail.com> wrote:

 

 update the fire is now 6,000 ac , according to fox 11 , but have not confirmed this on wlf ,, will check,, also fire is south of orchard right now
camarillo springs has a fire above them its up on the ridge near the golf course,

weather there is 90 degrees ( yuck) / rh 3% / winds ese at 30 mph gusting to 47 mph
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