Santa Barabara Fire

jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
edited November 14, 2008 in Landscapes
I've seen pictures of Marc's place and his archive, but I'm not sure of his proximity to the fire.
I know some other dgrinners are up in that area. Any impact? :dunno

How about some shots if you got them?:click
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-Fleetwood Mac

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    jdryan3 wrote:
    I've seen pictures of Marc's place and his archive, but I'm not sure of his proximity to the fire.
    I know some other dgrinners are up in that area. Any impact? ne_nau.gif

    How about some shots if you got them?9496500-Ti.gif
    I would, but it's 40 miles up North from me, with numerous freeway closures reported as of this morning, so I wouldn't venture into this. ne_nau.gif
    I hope our SB based friends are OK though...iloveyou.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • ChatKatChatKat Registered Users Posts: 1,357 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    Santa Barbara
    The fire is actually in Montecito - which is south of the city. I think Mark lives in Goleta near UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara) which is on the west/north of the fire.

    We were at a wedding right there last month in a very old church. I hope that the area around it is safe because it seems it's all burning. The area is so overgrown with vegetation. It will be so hard to fight that fire. So sad.
    Kathy Rappaport
    Flash Frozen Photography, Inc.
    http://flashfrozenphotography.com
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    Marc is OK, just chatted w/ him.
    Andy

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  • Marc MuenchMarc Muench Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    Yes we are fine but......

    took these images from about 5 miles West

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    so far about 100 homes have burned:cry
    Marc Muench
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    Marc Muench wrote:
    Yes we are fine but......
    took these images from about 5 miles West
    so far about 100 homes have burned:cry
    Ouch..rolleyes1.gif
    Glad to hear you're OK though! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • dieterdieter Registered Users Posts: 25 Big grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    Other End of the Fire
    Marc was on the west end of the fire and I was on the east side by about 20 miles. Here is what I saw.


    Just south of Muscle Shoals.

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    Tom
  • Marc MuenchMarc Muench Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    This was a very unusual condition. There were 60mph winds blowing this fire, but only with in the proximity of the fire. However, there was no wind at our house just 5 miles away nor was there any wind when Tom took his image above. In this image below you can see the wave of smoke created by the wind just as in Toms first image. Of all the Santa Ana winds I have experienced over the years of living here I don't recall such an isolated conditionheadscratch.gif

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    Marc Muench
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  • ChatKatChatKat Registered Users Posts: 1,357 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    Live from Montecito
    We just talked to our friends that live in Montecito. They said there is huge improvement - they are evacuated and live just blocks from Westmount College but their house is fine. They have businesses in the Village. They told us that last night there was an evacuation order but no one knocked on the door and the loudspeaker was not audible inside their home. All their neighbors left and they slept there.

    Anyway...yes, very very sad.
    Kathy Rappaport
    Flash Frozen Photography, Inc.
    http://flashfrozenphotography.com
  • Steve_CrenshawSteve_Crenshaw Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited November 14, 2008
    How far away from that deadly mudslide area is this? Scary indeed.
  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    Marc Muench wrote:
    This was a very unusual condition. There were 60mph winds blowing this fire, but only with in the proximity of the fire. However, there was no wind at our house just 5 miles away nor was there any wind when Tom took his image above. In this image below you can see the wave of smoke created by the wind just as in Toms first image. Of all the Santa Ana winds I have experienced over the years of living here I don't recall such an isolated conditionheadscratch.gif

    Fires like this become self-sustaining firestorms. Fire and its behavior is very odd - remember backdrafts and how a fire can burn over. Truly scary stuff.
    "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
    -Fleetwood Mac
  • dieterdieter Registered Users Posts: 25 Big grins
    edited November 14, 2008
    Steve_Crenshaw wrote:
    How far away from that deadly mudslide area is this? Scary indeed.


    Probably less than five miles at the closest point.
    Tom
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