Collected reports from Reuters and SD Union Tribune: Wildfires threatened to shut down the last remaining major power transmission link to San Diego, which would make the Californian county an electricity “island”, susceptible to major blackouts, the manager of the state power grid said Wednesday. Photo credit SD Union Tribune If it is cut off […]
Some information collected from multiple sources on status up in Fallbrook, Winterwarm and Bonsall. KUSI news is reporting that there is increased air tanker activity over Fallbrook this morning and additional ground crews with bulldozers working the Rice Canyon Fire. The southern boundary of the fire is reported to have stopped at Gird Road and […]
The Harris Fire is now 73,000 acres, suppression costs are at $2.5 million. There are 759 firefighters assigned. The fire was held at the edge of Chula Vista and Spring Valley. The returning onshore flow has moved the fire to the northeast threatening structures along Highway 94 from Jamul to the east and Jamacha to […]
As mentioned earlier the winds have calmed significantly and in some cases we are reading zero on the wind gauges for many cities that have been under threat of burn, or under the smoke plumes. I cannot stress enough how this fundamentally changes the fight against these fires, as it allows full deployment of air […]
Information on the Poomacha fire is hard to come by. We have been trying since last night to find out where the burn is, and how the front of the fire is moving. There are many reports of evacuations, and given that the authorities are being very proactive about clearing people out of where the […]
Using the KPBS overlay once again, this is a graphic that shows the position of where we moved the horses to last night relative to the Rice Canyon Fire burn area and evacuation footprint. For the moment it still seems to be safe, but I am somewhat nervous about the proximity to the evacuation areas. […]
I have mentioned that on Monday the fire burned through the basin area between Rancho Bernardo and Escondido that holds Lake Hodges. With the winds blowing about 40 MPH, this area created a natural funnel and path for the fire to follow, and can largely explain the massive devastation of homes on either side of […]
The Harris Fire is moving slowly, but it still is active near the Spring Valley/Lemon Grove area, as well as near the eastern outskirts of National City: Here’s the current Harris Fire report from the CALFIRE website: Harris Fire Harris Ranch Road & Hwy 94 San Diego County This fire has burned 72,000 acres and […]
Good morning everyone, and welcome back to another day. Last night the winds were mostly calm around the burn areas in sharp contrast to Sunday night and Monday night where the winds picked up speed after midnight. In my opinion this bodes quite well for chances of getting these fires bottled up or at least […]
If you are looking for information on the October 8th, 2008 fire in Camp Pendleton, you will find it here [Posted 0555 PDT] Yesterday I spoke at length with my son Jon, a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton. He talked about the concerns regarding the various fires surrounding the Camp, most notably the Rice Creek […]
