Tuesday, May 28, 2013

RE: [californiadisasters] Wildfire-CA-Santa Barbara-LPF-White Incident



relative humidity is now 54 % per scanner

To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From: linkerns@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 13:10:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Wildfire-CA-Santa Barbara-LPF-White Incident

 

Finally found a live and working webcam:

http://levi.maaia.com/live-weather-data/#cam

Lin


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:
 

The White Fire started Monday, May 27, 2013 at approximately 2:45 pm. Currently the fire has burned 1,800 acres and is threatening 50 residence, 5 commerical properties and 50 outbuildings and other structures. The fire is 10% contained. Paradise Road was evacuated yesterday afternoon. According to Sheriff Department officials, two to three thousand people were evacuated. A structure protection group is in place along Paradise Road. There is a hard closure of Paradise Road starting at the Forest Service kiosk. Today there will be 6 air tankers, 2 air attacks and 4 helicopters conducting aerial attack. The fire went through Sage Hill Campground but the damage is unknown at this time. The fire also went through the Forest Service compound and damaged one building and one privately owned vehicle and destroyed another.
Cooperating agencies include: US Forest Service, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara City, Carpinteria/Summerland Fire, Montecito Fire, Lompoc Fire, Santa Maria City Fire, Chumash Fire, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department, Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue, California Highway Patrol and the American Red Cross.
Resources currently assigned to the fire include: 13 crews, 45 engines, 4 dozers, 4 water tenders, 3 patrols and 80 overhead.

Basic Information

Incident TypeWildfire
CauseUnder Investigation
Date of OriginMonday May 27th, 2013 approx. 02:30 PM
LocationSanta Barbara
Incident CommanderMark Nunez

Current Situation

Total Personnel563
Size1,800 acres
Percent Contained 10%
Estimated Containment DateMonday June 03rd, 2013 approx. 12:00 AM
Fuels InvolvedChaparral, grass, brush and oak trees
Fire BehaviorFire remains active on the north and east flanks.
Significant EventsA closure remains in effect for Paradise Road and the lower Santa Ynez recreation area involving multiple trails and campgrounds.

Outlook

Planned ActionsContinue suppression and begin mop up.
Growth PotentialExtreme
Terrain Difficulty Extreme
RemarksCalifornia Central Coast Incident Team 7 (Nunez) will assume command of the incident at 6:00 am today. Red Cross Evacuation Center is set up at the Wake Center, located at 300 North Turnpike, Goleta, CA. Large animal shelter is set up at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, CA. There were approximately 1,000 day use visitors and campers evacuated yesterday. The evacuation remains in effect.

Current Weather

Wind Conditions25 mph NE
Temperature78-84 degrees
Humidity28%

Source: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3394/

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:
Five good sources of info on this fire are:

http://wlfhotlist.com/threads/34241-CA-LPF-White

http://independent.com/news/2013/may/27/fire-burning-paradise-road/

http://www.noozhawk.com/article/evacuations_ordered_as_fire_burns_40-50_acres_off_paradise_road/

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WhiteFire&src=hash

http://www.reddit.com/r/SantaBarbara/comments/1f5xp5/fire_crews_battling_vegetation_fire_near_white/


On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:
There are isolated homes and other structures in the immediate vicinity... the real concern is if this thing makes a run up to the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains tonight and threatens communities like Painted Cave up there and then worse yet if it gets driven by the Sundowner Winds into the Riviera of Santa Barbara and Montecito overnight into tomorrow morning. As for the TFR it is a matter of routine but was not caused by any actual need today as none of the local newsmedia have their own birds and the LA media market is thus far disinterested in this story given their B or C teams are about to go off shift and the morning A teams come back on tomorrow morning.






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