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Santa Barbara Burns Again...
My wife and I took a trip to Santa Barbara for dinner out on the Santa Barbara Wharf last night. The power went out and outside was a huge wildland urban interface fire... I had my camera with me and snapped a couple of shots. I'll know more tomorrow when I go into work but for now, I have photos of the incident t, taken within the first hour of the incident. Considering that I was off shore at the end of the pier, the visual was amazing.
On our way home, we stopped and took a couple of pix looking across Santa Barbara city. This incident in one evening burned over 300 acres and destroyed over 80 homes. Tomorrow will reveal more damage... Four people were burned, two critically requiring burn center admissions in Irvine, CA. More to follow once we get first light.
Two helicopters from Los Angeles County Fire Department have FLIR capabilities so they are doing night ops, dropping water on the house fires. We did see them dipping their Bamby buckets into the ocean. It's going to be a long night for firefighters...
TCSS, Santa Barbara Mike
On our way home, we stopped and took a couple of pix looking across Santa Barbara city. This incident in one evening burned over 300 acres and destroyed over 80 homes. Tomorrow will reveal more damage... Four people were burned, two critically requiring burn center admissions in Irvine, CA. More to follow once we get first light.
Two helicopters from Los Angeles County Fire Department have FLIR capabilities so they are doing night ops, dropping water on the house fires. We did see them dipping their Bamby buckets into the ocean. It's going to be a long night for firefighters...
TCSS, Santa Barbara Mike
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Permalink Reply by Mark Montgomery on
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Great photos Mike.
How many acres to date and what resources have been deployed so far?
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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1500 acres is the last I heard but tomorrow am will know more, more photos coming in... mike
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Randall try http://www.fire.ca.gov/index_incidents_Tea.php
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Cheers mate
Time for me to crawl off too, almost midnight here.
tcss
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Permalink Reply by Tony P on
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Mike, some great shots there. Nasty fire, nasty. You have so much urban interface in Ca.
We've had some rain here. Next we'll get some more hot days, the growth will take off. Adding still more to the surface and elevated fuel levels. Oh well. As an aside, one of our hillside Captains told me that the fuel load near him is probably 45+ tonnes/hectare...
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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on
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KTLA.com is a great local news there. They will sometimes have live streaming.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Mike,
Definately BADLOW time out there in S.B.
It's a good time to be on a staff assignment, yanno?
I hope everyone and all FD homes are safe.
Ben
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Permalink Reply by PFC Harmon on
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Great pics Mike, stay safe.
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Permalink Reply by Dennis Brown on
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wow nice pics Mike just watchinh the news what a loss out there be safe
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Permalink Reply by Kirk D. Baughman on
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man i wish all people out on the lines fighting these fire the best of luck. it's just amazing to see this. it seem like this been going on all year. stay safe out west and we will pray for you guys.....
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Permalink Reply by Michael Vito on
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Now, even your not hooked up in the internet. I've just heard over our local News radio. Santa Barbara has made a news - Really big fire this time. In the news mentioned Oprah Winfrey's house is threatened by fire and other celebrities.
I guess you're gonna be busy for days to come until it is under control. Hope and prayed for your safety guys and you too mike.
Michael Vito
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