Author Topic: Wildfire News 2024 (Read 297076 times)

Joe Schmoe · « **Reply #200 on:** Sep 11, 24, 02:49:29 AM »

One way to get a sense of what is happening is to monitor the status of folks' personal weather stations. This has shortcomings: just because a weather station stops reporting does not mean the worst, it could mean that the power or internet went down, but it did observe that occurring when homes were lost in the Bobcat fire.

I'll monitor each weather station to verify that they are all still reporting.

Joe Schmoe · « **Reply #201 on:** Sep 11, 24, 03:02:38 AM »

I'll be monitoring these weather stations. The one on Cardinal (far left) is seeing increases in temperature that the others are not.

RennMan · « **Reply #202 on:** Sep 11, 24, 03:07:51 AM »

Thank you Joe! For those of us that no longer live in town, we are very worried and hope for the best.

MojaveSidecar · « **Reply #203 on:** Sep 11, 24, 03:16:14 AM »

Quote from: Joe Schmoe on Sep 11, 24, 02:24:37 AM

https://x.com/FirePhotoGirl/status/1833683915829297506

I'm pretty certain that's HWY 2. Not sure which intersection.

Near as I can tell that video was taken looking to the west on Highway 2. The cars turning right towards the camera on the left side of the video onto Highway 2 are coming from Cardinal.

tt2468 · « **Reply #204 on:** Sep 11, 24, 03:23:50 AM »

My camera in town still appears to be functional: https://tt2468.net/cams/hwy2_mtnhardware.html

I have backup diesel power, but unsure if UIA will hold up.

Joe Schmoe · « **Reply #205 on:** Sep 11, 24, 04:05:18 AM »

All fire stations are still appearing on the map. I didn't check the actual last update for each station, but if a station goes offline it does eventually drop off the map. The temps on the one station on Cardinal have returned to normal. They were fluctuating with heat between 7pm and roughly 830pm.

Turansky · « **Reply #206 on:** Sep 11, 24, 04:12:39 AM »

Any idea why no one in my house got an alert on our phones?‼️
We all have Verizon iPhones.
We are out of town now.

Just wondering how that system is supposed to work.

baseballfan · « **Reply #207 on:** Sep 11, 24, 04:36:51 AM »

Hoping everyone is safe and doing ok. I’m in W Cajon valley and haven’t been evacuated yet but packed up in case. Let’s hope for some containment soon!!

tcaarabians · « **Reply #208 on:** Sep 11, 24, 04:54:13 AM »

We're in Pinon HIlls on Green, 1/2 mi south of 138. No visible fire showing - but sometimes it will be further north into Phelan. Lots of fire trucks going up the street here. We're packing up. Not sure where we're going - but we're packing up. Cheryl

ps. High Desert Recovery is staging at Staters with radios, etc. Can assist. Contact on FB.

Joe Schmoe · « **Reply #209 on:** Sep 11, 24, 05:14:22 AM »

Quote from: Joe Schmoe on Sep 11, 24, 03:02:38 AM

I'll be monitoring these weather stations. The one on Cardinal (far left) is seeing increases in temperature that the others are not.

I checked each weather station and all of the depicted weather stations are still online and reporting data. Yes, this is the same image from earlier. The image is for geolocation purposes, not up-to-the-minute temps.

Final update from me. I'm sorry to hear about what seems to be likely some structures affected. This will probably be a long night for many of you. Wishing you luck.

tcaarabians · « **Reply #210 on:** Sep 11, 24, 05:17:36 AM »

Thanks Joe!

ak7v · « **Reply #211 on:** Sep 11, 24, 05:58:05 AM »

Thanks. My weather station is one of those on upper lark (the one at 75 with the wind barb pointing southeast). Hoping for the best.

JDRichlen · « **Reply #212 on:** Sep 11, 24, 04:33:54 PM »

An update for all of us that have evacuated. I have a friend and Neighbor, Dusty, who has stayed in town. They are reporting that it is still to smokey to see the mountain sides, but it sounds as though the main portion of town has been unharmed and crews are mostly working on small flare ups at this time. On my home cameras on mountain view, I could see the flame front go by on the north ridge on the north side of the 2. On the south side it is so hard to see due to the smoke, but at least from my cameras, the fire did not seem to get to far into town from the south.

fortyseven · « **Reply #213 on:** Sep 11, 24, 05:26:22 PM »

Thanks for the update JD.

Can anyone else chime in on the Cardinal/Oriole/Lark situation? It seems we are still getting data from those three weather stations. There were quite a few fire engines creating a line of defense on Oriole last night...

tt2468 · « **Reply #214 on:** Sep 11, 24, 05:45:02 PM »

Some good news! It seems like Mtn High has survived largely intact! Shoutout to the bravery of the firefighters, and the quick thinking of the Mtn High staff! https://x.com/mthigh/status/1833918237693943966

ak7v · « **Reply #215 on:** Sep 11, 24, 06:35:46 PM »

We had firefighters working on our property on upper Lark. The hill between Acorn and Lark backs up to our house and was apparently burning, per neighbors with security cameras that could see it. Our cameras don’t point that way but we could see firetrucks and personnel around most of the night.

cjchighvalley · « **Reply #216 on:** Sep 11, 24, 09:17:39 PM »

Is Wrightwood still burning? Does anyone know where the houses that burned down are located? Thanks.

JDRichlen · « **Reply #217 on:** Sep 12, 24, 12:44:21 AM »

Its been a minute since an update. Attached is a link for the latest ABC report. They are reporting 39 structures confirmed lost so far. I beleive most of that is on the west side of town. They are talking there is activity up on Lone Pine at this time.

I can confirm current flame activity at this time. Our home is on Mountain View. I can see flames coming down the north ridge towards the 2 directly west of the Wrightwood Place community center. I will say, there are fire fighters on that hot spot and they are low flames burning only ground cover. The trees are still in tact. I do not see any activity to the south on my cameras.

I have checked the local weather stations. The stations on the west side on Lark and Cardinal are still active and updating.

ABC7 reporting link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7-Sh53pxgs&t=9s

JP · « **Reply #218 on:** Sep 12, 24, 03:30:19 AM »

New video from SB County Fire.
It's nice to hear him talking about the fire in the past tense.
https://x.com/SBCOUNTYFIRE/status/1834069232637612421

in my dreams · « **Reply #219 on:** Sep 12, 24, 05:28:33 AM »

I'm not on Face Book, but a friend of mine sends screen shots every once in a while. There is one resource that appears to be a Cal Fire map that is not publicly accessible. Can someone see if there are any newer maps and post them here? It is from Scene Viewer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Bridge (2024 CAANF ...etc)