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SBitz
Dec 21, 2017, 2:28:41 AM12/21/17
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Can it be? Indications are that the Thomas Fire is finally, dare we say, essentially out. Although much work remains to be done on containment and putting out the final hotspots, the perimeter seems to have held through a fairly gusty wind event. Please post if you have any new info or questions.
SBitz
Dec 21, 2017, 4:02:23 AM12/21/17
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Last call for the night shift. According to the aviation forecast and this CalTopo map the wind's still blowing on the North end.
Looks like the fire grew a little on that edge in the afternoon (red spots), but now there's no sign of life other than faint detections still in the GOES shortwave IR. That area is pretty much burnt out to the South too, so little chance of any significant flare ups before morning. That coincides with this BC Pk night camera view to the East with brightness pumped way up, showing only city light glow in what's probably blown ash.
Looks like the fire grew a little on that edge in the afternoon (red spots), but now there's no sign of life other than faint detections still in the GOES shortwave IR. That area is pretty much burnt out to the South too, so little chance of any significant flare ups before morning. That coincides with this BC Pk night camera view to the East with brightness pumped way up, showing only city light glow in what's probably blown ash.
topix
Dec 21, 2017, 3:47:03 PM12/21/17
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All Evacuation Orders Lifted for Santa Barbara County – All SB County mandatory and voluntary
evacuation orders have been lifted effective 9 am today 12/21/17.
per tweet from @SBCountyOEM
per tweet from @SBCountyOEM
SBitz
Dec 21, 2017, 5:35:05 PM12/21/17
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A Poem
I looked outside.
It wasn't burning.
I took a breath.
I didn't cough.
I am happy. :)
So KEYT's 11am report says they're still doing clearing fires out in the wilds, and that's expected to raise the total burned area and crown Thomas as the largest fire in CA history. Dubious honor, to say the least. You can see the relatively modest smoke plume from that, starting top-left in this 2:23pm pic from Broadcast Peak looking East.
There's no bright white fire detection in this 1:30pm GOES low-resolution InfraRed fire detection image, but a large area of low-intensity heat detections (gray boxes) and a smaller area in Northern Kern County. That one in Kern was a small hotter spot half an hour earlier, but maybe it's a controlled burn or air resources from here nipped over and knocked it down.
I looked outside.
It wasn't burning.
I took a breath.
I didn't cough.
I am happy. :)
So KEYT's 11am report says they're still doing clearing fires out in the wilds, and that's expected to raise the total burned area and crown Thomas as the largest fire in CA history. Dubious honor, to say the least. You can see the relatively modest smoke plume from that, starting top-left in this 2:23pm pic from Broadcast Peak looking East.
There's no bright white fire detection in this 1:30pm GOES low-resolution InfraRed fire detection image, but a large area of low-intensity heat detections (gray boxes) and a smaller area in Northern Kern County. That one in Kern was a small hotter spot half an hour earlier, but maybe it's a controlled burn or air resources from here nipped over and knocked it down.
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