Friday, May 08, 2009

Santa Barbara Fire

Still bad, 10% contained and still spreading. Weather is improving, but forecast is for at least one more night of unfavorable winds. News is really difficult to obtain. The California Fire Dept has a perimeter map that is more than 36 hours outdated and does not show active fire fronts. The City and County has evacuation maps only. News, local and network, focuses on details and provides no overview of where it is actually burning and where it is progressing. Frustrating.

Visible satellite image shows significantly less smoke than earlier today, but still blowing briskly offshore, which is not good. Offshore wind will carry the fire toward downtown.

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