Many woke up to their house on fire and their entire surroundings ablaze, with no escape.
Explosive fires engulfing entire neighborhoods in minutes.
Many woke up to their house on fire and their entire surroundings ablaze, with no escape.
Explosive fires engulfing entire neighborhoods in minutes.
We had reservations in Bodega Bay for 3 nights beginning Monday.
Early Monday morning about 3 am, we got Nixle evac notices. Shortly after that local police were going from door to door tell us to get out and evac.
We threw in our travel gear with our bug out bags into our Ridgeline, and tried to leave to get to Bodega Bay. We couldn’t get out of town and stayed a few hours with friends until the roads were cleared.
We talked other evacuees at the Bodega Bay hotel from the Coffee Park and other Santa Rosa areas. They got zero Nixle warnings and no cops or firemen telling them to evacuate. The smoke and/or high winds woke them up, or a neighbor woke them up. They decided to leave on their own.
Those in charge of calling evacs were apparently afraid of causing a panic and didn’t declare the emergency evacus.
If true, they caused a horrible result.