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With the Day Wildland Fire (here's the rss feed) still burning on day 14 and the Santa Ana winds kicking up this weekend, things are getting a bit more dangerous. Early this morning the county released an evacuation notice.
The Sheriff’s Department is recommending evacuation of residents living in the north-west area of Fillmore, including Goodenough Road and Grand Avenue, north of Telegraph Road. Sheriff’s personnel will be going door-to-door advising residents of the recommended evacuation. Additionally, residents along highway 150 between the cities of Santa Paula and Ojai will also be advised of the recommended evacuation. Persons who believe their property is in the path of the fire are urged to leave and seek safe shelter.
Sarah mentioned last night that they could see flames in the distance from Sunset Road while traveling north on the 23 freeway into Moorpark. And this release from noon today indicates the size of the fire area has increased to more than 80,000 acres with winds gusting to 60 mph.
Fire is part of life here, but every time it completely captures my attention (not that it has a lot of competition) which brings me back to last falls fire. I found the video below while poking around and thought I'd share. Eli Jarra (the creator) describes it this way:
Firestorm uncovers the fascinating world of altered time to the viewer, allowing a unique look at nature's fury. Shot with 3 cameras over a period of 28 hours during September 28-29th 2005. Firestorm shows a a unique look at the Simi Valley fire which consumed 25,000 acres. Look for Mars, Orion & the Moon rising in the distance...
Click through if you can't see it (I guess I need a Javascript detector). [h/t to Brian Dennert here...]
I also found a QuickTime version of the fire movie (an earlier cut without sound) California wildfire -- 7.7 MB on a page full of nature time lapse movies.
Posted by Dave at September 17, 2006 01:12 PM