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The Jesusita fire burns in the foothills above Santa Barbara, California May 5, 2009. Picture taken May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Phil Klein (UNITED STATES DISASTER)
Posted on 05/06/2009 5:35:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Gusty winds have driven a wildfire into outlying neighborhoods of Santa Barbara, Calif., and residents of more homes have been told to leave.
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The fire lay dormant most of the day. But strong winds with gusts up to 50 mph arrived in the afternoon and stoked the fire.
The sheriff's office says an evacuation order covering 1,200 homes has been expanded to 2,000 homes.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Better advice would be to simply flee California.
.The Jesusita fire burns in the foothills above Santa Barbara, California May 5, 2009. Picture taken May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Phil Klein (UNITED STATES DISASTER)
It’s only early May too.. between special elections, wildfires and idiots for political leaders, I hear ya.
Prayer for the people and their homes, I know what it's like to lose one to fire.
That fire sure took off in the last hour or so
Lived in the San Diego area for about 3 years, and have been back to that area many times, it’s all a fire hazard. The underbrush in that area goes up like matches. Until they finally want to address that situation this will be an on going problem.
winds are up for now ,, humidity is down..
fingers crossed ping
Santa Barbara ABC station
http://www.keyt.com/
BREAKING NEWS: Jesusita Fire, 5:30 p.m. UPDATE
http://www.keyt.com/news/local/44397807.html
5:30 p.m. UPDATE: The Jesusita Fire has over run it’s perimeter and is now burning into the Mission Canyon and San Roque Canyon areas of Santa Barbara. At this time there is no containment, and multiple structures have been lost.
Hiya Normie.. I’ve been on Twitter for 2 days w/all this. Have family in SB, so far fine;
I. Cannot. Believe. Schwarzenegger.
KFI has it right, he’s threatening the state: if I don’t get the tax props passed the first thing to go will be firefighters. As if there is no other wasteful chaff on the state payrolls that couldn’t go first.
He is unconscionably awful. Lord help us.
Future evacuation possibility warning is indeed down to the city now. Pretty unreal.
THE EVACUATION WARNING AREA HAS EXPANDED AND NOW INCLUDES: LA CUMBRE ROAD (WESTERN BOUNDARY) TO STATE STREET, STATE STREET TO DE LA VINA, DE LA VINA TO ANAPAMU, ANAPAMU TO ANACAPA, ANACAPA SOUTH TO DE LA GUERRA, DE LA GUERRA TO MILPAS, MILPAS TO MONTECITO STREET, MONTECITO STREET TO ALAMEDA PADRE SERRA
http://www.montecitofire.com/jesusitas_fire.htm
Wow. This is bad. I lived in Santa Barbara for over 20 years with much of that time around De La Vina and State Street.
I don’t remember the fires ever so close to town.
Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the update!
the tv station link says 196 acres burnt.. sounds like it has been most unoccupied area..
aRnie is blowing smoke.. puff puff hack hack.. question is.. what he is smoking?
hang in there.
I am speechless.....
Probably the best live twitter feed I’ve found, well organized: http://tweetmi.com/Jesusita
We apparently have the perfect governor for Norte Mexico.
excerpt
Gov. declares emergency for California wildfire
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for a wildfire that has surged into the city of Santa Barbara.
He issued the proclamation Wednesday evening after high winds stoked the slumbering fire and homes began burning. Residents were told to leave about 2,000 homes because of the fire that started in the foothills about the coastal enclave Tuesday afternoon.
TV news helicopters showed homes ablaze but thick smoke obscured how many. County fire Capt. David Sadecki said the fire was burning quickly and winds were gusting up to 50 mph.
Alex Abatie, the Independent's design director, reporting from the corner of Foothill Road and Alamar Avenue at 6 p.m., said that he can see a house on fire as flames come over the hill; he estimates that they are less than 100 yards from Foothill Road.
Any power outages yet?
KCAL helo just showed many many homes burned to their foundations. His estimate is somewhere between 20 and 50 homes lost so far.
I heard 50 to 100. Power outages have occurred.
wouldn’t surprise me at all, on both counts.
At least the fire appears to be laying down for the night.
Prayers up for all the folks being affected by these fires.
Special prayers for the firefighters and other emergency personnel.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 908 PM PDT WED MAY 6 2009 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE MULTITUDE OF HAZARDS TODAY. 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SOUTH COAST.http://tinyurl.com/d3vrf6
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3712199,00.html
(REUTERS)
“California wildfire destroys 20 homes”
Published: 05.07.09, 09:59 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “The fire, which ignited in the dry brush on Tuesday and was being investigated as an arson, had blackened some 500 acres around picturesque Santa Barbara by nightfall, leaving behind smoldering, burned out husks where multimillion-dollar mansions once stood.”
Thanks.
local news station said 5,800 homes are under evacuation order.
It’s May 7th.
Thousands flee as fire burns homes in Calif. city
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_re_us/us_wildfires
“KFI has it right, he’s threatening the state”
I was wondering if there’s some manipulation going on here. Last night, soon after clips of the fire were played, a fireman came on with an ad to “vote yes” on two propositions. Hmmmm....
Those ads have been running for what seems like weeks.
God, how I hate elections these days.
Give me a good old ‘Revolution’ anyday ;-)
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Reuters off of Yahooie
California wildfire destroys 20 homes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090507/ts_nm/us_fire_california_7
Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An out-of-control, wind-driven wildfire bore down on Santa Barbara on Wednesday, destroying some 20 homes in the rugged central California foothills, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and injuring three firefighters.
The fire, which ignited in the dry brush on Tuesday and was being investigated as an arson, had blackened some 500 acres around picturesque Santa Barbara by nightfall, leaving behind smoldering, burned out husks where multimillion-dollar mansions once stood.
BTTT
New thread over here too..
Jesusita Fire Swells to 1,300 Acres [CA]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246290/posts
This morning the LA Times said the fire has consumed 1300+ acres, 10 firefighters injured, nearly 14,000 under recommended evac warning, 13,000 mandatory evac. Everyone keeps saying 20 homes lost, but it’s far more than that.
sad,, not much you can do with winds like that..
Didn’t they say it’s headed towards an area that was burned last year?
And this was good for the ff’s....
Boy.... Prayers up for ALL!!!
I think so. If it’s heading toward last year’s Tea Fire area, I presume there’s a lot less wild fuel for the burning. That would mean the fire’s heading easterly. But the sundowner winds blow from the north, which will push the fire south toward the city proper. When you’re in Santa Barbara looking at the ocean, you’re actually facing south. It’s very disorienting, at least for me when I’m there.
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