First off, I would like to thank everyone for the mountains of praise and complements on our coverage of the fires in San Diego last week. It was a large amount of work, but I think it really helped everyone, including myself, understand what was going on. Several folks have expressed interest in how and […]
Morgan Davis, an old friend of mine, sent me a link to photos that he snapped as the Harris Fire was roaring over Mt. Miguel in southeast San Diego County last week. Here are a few of the photos: And here’s his description of the photos on his site, as well as a link to […]
Once again fireimaging.com delivers the IR data, and you get to see the results. Poomacha continues to burn now on the East side of Palomar. I am sure everyone is quite tired of this thing already, and I know we are tired of the constant smoke plume over head. This image was created in Google […]
The North County Times has created an interactive application for finding out which homes have been damaged or destroyed by the fires last week. I know from comments and emails that many of our readers are keenly concerned with specific areas / address for friends or family. This web page will allow you to look […]
We had a reader ask if we could track down any information regarding critical incident stress counseling: If you’re able to post info about critical incident stress debriefing teams (AKA post traumatic stress debriefing), I believe your audience will pass the word to those who need the help. Even people who weren’t evacuated, or didn’t lose […]
The San Diego County Emergency Center shows no active (i.e., intense) burn areas in San Diego County as of this morning. Most roads are open and most evacuations have been canceled, except for the area around Mt. Palomar and the area just south of it: The Sign On San Diego Fire Blog is reporting the […]
While the usual moonbats float truly asinine theories about the causes of the Southern California fires, another group opens up their very thin wallets to help the fire’s victims: BAGHDAD, Iraq — Members of the Iraqi Army in Besmaya collected a donation for the San Diego, Calif., fire victims Thursday night at the Besmaya Range […]
A special thanks to reader Kevin Lee (who also works with me), who was kind enough to share a set of photos of the burn near his house. Early Monday Kevin and his wife were forced to evacuate the new home they purchased only a few months ago. When he left the winds were blowing […]
We have some updated IR data and visualizations of the Poomacha fire burning around Palomar Mountain. First some information from the SD Union Tribune: The Poomacha fire, which has been burning parallel to the Witch Creek fire across North County, has containment lines around almost half of its 43,000 acres. It has merged again with […]
This is not the best news: Below that, the easterly flow will resume tomorrow [Saturday] night. Winds won’t be anything like early this week, but it will knock humidity levels back below 10 percent in the mountains. Wind gusts shouldn’t top 30 mph. The low wind speeds should help minimize things, but anyone living in […]
