Tag Archives: South Coast

Jesusita Fire update

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Doc Searls

Where most of my earlier shots in this series were of fire detection and spread across time, the one above (and in the larger linked shot, on Flickr) is of “fire radiative power”. If you look at the whole set, … Continue reading →

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#JesusitaFire postpile for 9 May

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Doc Searls

(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). … Continue reading →

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#JesusitaFire postpile for 8 May

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Doc Searls

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 … Continue reading →

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Drill, Maybe, Drill

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Doc Searls

This LA Times editorial says, …when many of Santa Barbara’s most determined anti-drilling activists teamed up to back a deal that would allow an oil company to drill under state waters off the city’s coast, it was a jaw-dropping moment. … Continue reading →

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