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MyspaceSmoke hovering over Camino Cielo, between Highway 154 and Refugio Road, is not coming from any fire in the county but instead is from the fire burning in the hills east of Ventura. This was noted by County Fire spokesperson Capt. Dave Sadecki, possibly to calm the nerves of the wildfire-phobic Santa Barbara County residents who have been spotting smoke in the sky and fearing the worst.
The smoke is also unrelated to Sunday’s eight-acre blaze in Los Padres National Forest, which members of a US Forest Service fire crew successfully extinguished within hours of it igniting. the San Marcos Volunteer Fire Department was also on hand to offer assistance.
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A fire broke out a few minutes ago at Refugio and 101... my mom called to tell me she just drove through there and there is a small brush fire at the side of the road. Fortunately CHP website updates fast because they have already noted it and it's already being put out. Yay!
santabarbarasand (anonymous profile)
July 21, 2009 at 7:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Crossing fingers, knocking on wood, and saying a prayer to the Lord that we get through this year with May being the only big fire event.
"wildfire-phobic Santa Barbara County residents"... yep. That, and I really don't want anyone else getting hurt, losing houses, etc. :P And the whole, spending the evening in a hot house with the windows sealed and the power out, and smoke/ash thick enough outside to ... well, very thick outside.... yeah, been there, done that, got the t-shirt, don't need to do it again. :P
And I'm sure the firefighters would prefer a little boredom for a change this year. ;)
SithSnoopy (anonymous profile)
July 22, 2009 at 2:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Absolutely Sith! Been there, done it, need a break...
I work in insurance and on the work front, I need a break there too! The calls are still coming in and the priority is to make sure that nobody is underinsured. You would think that after 3 large local fires in less than a year that it would be easy to get people to review their coverage and interested in increasing their limits to an appropriate range, and with some people it is, but there are a great deal of people who don't want to spend the money. Some of those that didn't want to spend the money are unhappy after the Jesusita Fire because they lost their house and didn't have enough insurance, even though their local agent encouraged them to increase their limits or move their coverage to a better carrier.
Let's hope for no more fires for a very long time and that the rebuilding can get underway quickly for those that lost their homes. :)
santabarbarasand (anonymous profile)
July 22, 2009 at 6:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)