Late Sunday night (Oct. 8), these winds reached hurricane levels, traveling at 70 mph (110 km/h).
Yup. Worst possible scenario for a fire to get out of control. Last night, I heard the wind kicking up around my house in South SF and thought “what the heck!” after hot calm weather the last few days. Some deck furniture was tossed around. My daughter living nearby said some of her stuff was tossed around by the freak winds. Later on, I smelled the smoke reaching all the way down the bay. Today I told my wife, only thing we haven’t had is an earthquake, and not long after I felt the quake that hit in San Jose today. So far my two sisters in wine country are okay. Feel real bad for the folks who lost their homes and the turmoil it causes in their lives, will take a few years of pain to begin recovering from loss.
Diablo Winds...appropriate name for them...
Interesting that you felt the winds...my son is near Oakland...wonder if he smelled anything or noted winds...I can’t imagine what it might be like to have a fire bearing down on you...wow...and yes, it will take years to recover from the loss, tho I know the people will begin rebuilding...good conservatives there always do...
So you are the one responsible for the earthquake ;) Just kidding...trying to keep sense of humor thru 2017.
However, I thought small quakes are a good thing—relieve pressure tho maybe 4.3 is not considered small...at least that is what my son thought—small quakes relieve pressure so there is not a big one.
2017 has been quite a year. Stay safe, and my thoughts and prayers for all in those danger zones out there—and there are many according to a map I saw here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4962146/Wildfires-force-evacuations-Northern-California.html
Isn’t it odd that there are so many separate fires at the same time? Especially after such a wet summer?
No, it wasn't me, honest! I knocked on wood twice after making the remark of not yet having an earthquake. I was sitting at the dinner table and felt the motion and observed some potted plants swaying. Very mild almost nothing quake. My wife standing at the stove didn't feel it. It was on the Calaveras Fault, near the Hayward Fault. That's what I'm scared of, if the Hayward Fault rips it'll be bad all through the East Bay. I have another sister living in Fremont, that'll get hit bad. I remember her getting married on the day of the Oakland Hills fire that destroyed 3000 homes. That smoke also reached our home, and I saw the flames and smoke while driving to the wedding across the Bay. I'd rather suffer a quake than a big fire, fires scare me.