obviously, things continue to be on fire

[arethinn]

ETA 4:45 PM: Santa Clara County Evacuation Warnings lifted for the #CZULightningComplex by CALFIRECZU. Phew. Obviously, not a permanent "all clear" since the fire itself is only 17% contained, but definitely a relief. The "yellow area" referred to below no longer appears on the map.

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The evac areas relative to where I live are, uh, getting kinda scary:
SCU complex
CZU complex - the area in yellow on the eastern side of the ridge, meaning "evacuation warning" (vs. "order" in red), was added Sunday evening. Last I heard the fire appears not to be currently spreading in that direction, but it's worrying.

Were we to have to evacuate, I'm not sure where we'd be expected to go. Every direction but northwards up the peninsula is on fire, anyway.

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[arethinn]

Thanks. At the moment things are okay where we are, other than the high PM2.5 counts that mean we can't open the windows to try to cool off or dry out the air inside the house.

This area at the south end of the valley is also concerning:


(in this map yellow is "order" and pink is the "warning" area)

As you can see, the gap across Highway 101 is rather narrow. If it were to jump over and start burning in the hills on the west... that's the same mountain ridge as the fire already burning southwest of us (CZU), although about 20 miles distant from the CZU fire. The LNU fire in the north bay jumped across I-80, and they're fairly similar to one another in width and surrounding terrain, so it's not impossible. (101 near the evac area; I-80 around the area where it crossed)