Posted on 09/17/2006 12:57:10 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
From the VCFire website:
Breaking News (1:40 p.m.)
A spot fire approximately 600 acres in size, has jumped Lockwood Valley Rd. on the north side in the area of Grade Valley Rd. It is currently headed in the direction of Boy Scout Camp Rd. and is currently 1/4 mile from the Sheriff's substation. Fire personnel and air resources are on-scene and structure protection is in place
comment: That's in the flatlands. Fuel's not quite as heavy there.
Pine Mountain Club webcam
http://www.frazmtn.com/pmcwebcam/
A Forest Service firefighter carries a hose back to his engine after fighting the Day Fire after it jumped Lockwood Valley Road near Ventura, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
Lockwood Valley Road
Fire generated dirt devil on Lockwood Valley Road
A forest firefighter turns away to protect himself from the intense heat as the Day Fire, jumps Lockwood Valley road in Ventura, Calif. on Tuesday Sept. 26, 2006.
OMG! Karl, I thought the Santa Ana conditons had subsided?
Day Fire Update (Sept. 26, 8:20 p.m.)
Breaking News (9:05 p.m.)
The fire has jumped Lockwood Valley Rd. on the north side in the area of Grade Valley Rd. Fire is moving towards the Frazier Park area.
Frazier Mountain Park Rd. is closed at the I-5. Five non residential structures have been destroyed. Fire personnel and air resources are on-scene and structure protection is in place.
The Evacuation Center at Frazier Park has been moved to Frazier Mountain High School, 700 Falcon Way, in Lebec, (805) 339-2234.
Recommended and Precautionary Evacuations, and Evacuation Centers have all been updated, see the list below
Pushed by erratic winds, the Day Fire jumped containment lines in the north crossing Lockwood Valley Road. Although five non residential structures were destroyed in the area. Firefighters on the ground aided by aircraft continue to battle the flames and maintain structure protection activities.
Additional resources are being rushed to the area with a recommended evacuation and road closures in effect. The evacuation center in Frazier Park was closed and relocated to Frazier Mountain High School in Lebec.
On the south and west flanks of the Day Fire favorable weather condition allowed containment lines to be constructed and improved.
Tonight Ojai and Santa Paula residents may see fire activity. This is unburned fuels being consumed and should pose no threat to the containment lines. More than 3,800 firefighters and support personnel are on-scene battling the fire that has consumed more than 144,000 acres. At 42 percent containment, the cost to date has exceeded $45 million.
Oh, the winds left Sunday night...this is just a big fire, with three main fronts.
It look awfully frightening, Karl. Prayers for all concerned.
Thanks for the ping.
I am coming back to CA for 3 months out of each year. Bought a quarter interest in a condo 2 blocks from the beach.
A bulldozer clears a fire break next to homes off Boy Scout Camp Road in Lockwood Valley.
Someone I know had to rush off yesterday to help her father evacuate near Frazier Park. Looks dreadful.
The A.V. has zero wind forecast (which is somewhat unusual), so I was wondering what the fire wind forecast is.
A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
919 AM PDT WED SEP 27 2006
...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS
ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM THURSDAY FOR VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
.AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
TO INLAND AREAS. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WHERE A
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY
LOW HUMIDITIES. PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE
A LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES AT 10 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. THE
DRIEST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ABOVE AN ELEVATION OF 3000
FEET. MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE LOCAL GUSTS TO 20
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SOMEWHAT ON FRIDAY AS A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA. WHILE THIS MAY BEGIN TO BRING SOME COOLING AND HIGHER
HUMIDITIES TO LOWER ELEVATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE DRY WITH AN INCREASE IN ONSHORE WINDS.
ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS THE
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PREVAILS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. OVER
THE WEEKEND...THERE SHOULD BE A GRADUAL COOLING TREND WITH
GRADUALLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.
Note the relative lack of fuel around the camp. While I wouldn't call it a 'natural fire break', the valley's a pretty decent defensible area. The big worry would be that slop-over getting onto Mount Pinos. So far, looks like they've held it.
Interesting following the MSM's coverage. They have areas being evacuated that far exceed those on the official sites. Bit of hype going on there... how unusual. (/sarc)
Inciweb's been a disappointment. You'd think they'd have the funding to put sufficient resources behind a site like that so the public at large could use it in a significant event. Here we have no major population area involved, yet I've been unable to get on for a couple of days now. Kind of makes you wonder where all that taxpayer money is being spent, huh? (well.... no.... I guess it doesn't...)
The scanner guy's site has been discovered, and is maxed out this morning. But, he's just doing it on his own, and yet his site has been more accessable than InciWeb.
Ah, enough with the gumbling. I look for this to be a good day, even with the low humidity, as long as the wind follows the usual pattern. Late afternoon'll be exciting.
It sounds like they have made some good progress on some of the flanks.....at least they were smoldering and not burning.... I am surprised that the USFS website sucks so bad....that all started at the Cedar Fire in Cucumonga where someone went and set up a website because they were so frustrated with no information. Ideally there would be a company that did it, but then it would have to be bid on etc. I guess that is why Ventura County Sheriff is reporting a lot of the information. I did notice that someone registered the name DAYFIRE.com and parked it...probably seeing if someone would buy it from them.
I havent heard anything major on the fire, just some scuttlebutt that it wasnt attacked hard at the beginning because USFS made a decision they didnt want phoschek dropped on some endangered frog. I had heard it was because of the condor reserve....but the notion is out there. I also heard that dozers were prohibited on the preserve lands...which have no access anyway because road are prohibited too.
So, with rules like that, it probably will burn until the first rain like some are saying.....it could burn all the way into lebec or over the grapevine with rules like that (if a large sustained Santa Ana came in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWwU-0yFFac
another great video
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