Reports around the county are that most areas evacuated are starting to let resident back home. This is great news and is an important step to getting people and the community settled down and back to normal. Two exceptions to this are Rancho Santa Fe and Ramona. Excerpts from local news sources follow: Several residents […]
Word comes again from the Union Tribune on the valiant fight to save the top of Palomar Mountain. Palomar Mountain is home to the famous 200 inch Hale Telescope, but it is also home to some 200 or so residents and a very nice state park and camp ground. Note: This map was made using […]
Photo credit SD Union Tribune The fires in San Diego County are still burning, but the worst has probably passed. At last count over 1,000 homes had burned in the fire, and word from the Union Tribune is that the first permit to rebuild was filed this morning. Prior to the fires, one of the […]
Again from the same IR source that was used for the Poomacha images. These IR images also display some of the banding artifacts that were seen on the Poomacha images, it is an artifact of the IR sensor. IR at 21:19 Wednesday Oct 24 – Lyon’s Peak Looking North You can clearly see the hot […]
The IR Source that I have been fond of did another sensor pass on the Poomacha fire last night. I now can show the extent of the burn on Palomar Mountain and near Rincon. For those of you wanting to look at the data yourself, you can find it at the Pacific Southwest Research Station […]
In an article in the Union Tribune, a new land use strategy has appeared to work. This is the “Shelter In Place” approach. From the article: Click graphic for larger view A disputed land-use strategy designed to protect new developments from devastation in the county’s exurban, fire-prone areas appears to have passed its first and […]
The San Diego Union Tribune has published an updated map / graphic of San Diego county showing the current active burn areas, and the total areas affected by the fires still active. Click map for larger view From the map, the Horno fire is clearly burning towards the Northwest across camp Pendalton, towards San Onofre […]
There is a lack of agreement among the various government agencies as to which freeways and highways are open or closed. The overnight fire/evacuation map from the San Diego County Emergency Center (PDF), dated as of 0230 PDT this morning, shows virtually all freeways and major highways in and out of San Diego County to […]
The shift in wind and weather continues to be reflected in the San Diego County’s Emergency Center fire and evacuation map (PDF file, posted as of 0230 PDT). Witch Creek/Poomacha Fires The Witch Creek, Guajito and Poomacha fires are shown as a single fire complex; almost all of the active spots are to the north […]
Last but certainly not lest, these are maps of the Harris fire from October 23rd at about 20:00 using the same IR platform as the other images. This is all geo-registered and layed onto Google Earth. None of these maps show the movement of the fires on the 24th (Wednesday), and I will update with […]
