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GTFO
Anybody who refuses to leave a mudslide evacuation area needs to watch this video: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/W4KWxglDL3o” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] It’s a live recording of the slide that killed ten people in LaConchita, California, on January 10, 2005. We know people who knew people who were killed in that slide. The story of the Wallet… Continue reading
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#JesusitaFire postpile for 9 May
(Scroll to the bottom for my latest. Not the latest, just mine.) The shot above looks west from the eastern flank of the Jesusita fire, above Montecito. The overlays are MODIS (the dots and squares) and GEOMAC (the red line). I think the GEOMAC data is older, but I’m not sure. Both were downloaded at… Continue reading
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#JesusitaFire postpile for 8 May
The shot above, a screen capture of a Google Earth view, with a .kml overlay from MODIS, shows the first fire detections (that I’ve seen at least), south of Foothill/Cathedral Oaks and west of 154. It also shows the first detections across the spine of the Santa Ynez Mountains. 3:02am. (All times Pacific.) These detections… Continue reading
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Waiting for real news
No tweets on #jesusitafire OR #santabarbara OR roque OR jesusita in the past three hours. That’s because it’s 5:45am in Santa Barbara right now. Not because nothing is happening. Check this scary image, from 3:25am. I’m listening to KCLU. They did good job last night. So did KTYD/99.9, the audio of which was substitued for… Continue reading