Mandatory Evacuation: North of Cathedral Oaks to Patterson

Any tips for those of us who have never fully figured out the north/south/east/west of santa barbara?

The best tip I can give for new people is that the ocean is always south in Santa Barbara/Goleta.

The press conference going on now has a pretty dire tone about it, some very serious language being used.

So they expanded the mandatory evacuation area to Patterson, but I did not hear them expand the evacuation warning area.....am I right?

General rule of thumb: If you are facing the ocean you are basically looking South and if facing the Mtn ridge North. The Mtns run East and West.

Indy, I had thought that Sheriff stated it was at the MAC (acronym escapes me) building, the Thunderdome was for anyone with special needs (medical, elderly etc). Can you confirm?

I am at Tuolumne and Calle Real in Goleta and I can see the fire from here in the hills ... is it really that close or is it deceptively farther away?

Dear Snapolis -- the distance is deceptive -- I am much further west, almost at El Capitan, and I can see the flames from here as well (becuase I am at 1200 ft elevation) -- I just drove here from Turnpike & 101 area and I can say that the flames are no further west than Turnpike as of now.

question: what is happening on the eastern border of the fire? Is it moving too? The focus has been on the west for the last few hours...

anyone know the status of the Mission Canyon Eastern side?

Anyone know how Foothill at San Roque is doing? My father lives on the corner there. Just wanted to see if anyone had any idea how close the fire was to there.

Thanks... I think my dad might still be in his house.

Does anyone know what the electric situation in the area of 154/Calle Real/State/101. My son just got off work and is heading into this area. I'm afraid he's going to walk into a pretty dark home. Thanks! Oh and evac warning on SB county site says Turnpike to 154. But the map hasn't been updated.

I read a recent press release via SB County website about 30 mins ago.....new evac shelter is at RecCen on UCSB campus. Hope this helps clear things up.

Thanks Drew! I evacuated my mom from 154 2 blocks west of the mandatory and several blocks south near 101 regardless of no evac warning or mandatory issued earlier. Air quality was very poor. I appreciate your telling the lookie loos to move on. There were too many people taking photos and I really worried about those leaving the mountain and the rest of us trying to get family out. I really appreciate your up-to-date postings they have been the quickest and have helped us all to feel safer.

www.countyofsb.org at the bottom right corner has a link to: View CSBTV Channel 20 Live Video Stream. If you click on it, you get to: http://sbcounty.granicus.com/MediaPlayer...

If you wait a few seconds a lady from the county will appear and speak and show the current mandatory and warning areas on a map. This really helped me to understand them.

they meant "West" instead of "East" in this part of the evacuation announcement: for all areas north of Cathedral Oaks Drive east of Highway 154 to San Jose Creek (Near Patterson Avenue)

Am I right that the new mandatory evac area west of Old San Marcos road (San Jose Creek Near Patterson Avenue) became so without being a Warning area first? Or did I miss this somewhere?

They are advising with current conditions that if you are in a warning area, get ready to leave...esp if you have special needs or large animals. Things are moving fast.

East side is according to the County Director of Emergency just said on radio that they had done good work on the east side of the fire and that the fire is moving west now.

I just heard that there are fire trucks in the Marilyn Way/Lucinda Lane neighborhood - making a stand there above Foothill and one street east of San Roque Road.

santa barbara animal services shelters ~ santa barbara (805-681-5285) lompoc (805-737-7755) & santa maria (805-934-6119)

the Shelter at UCSB is ready and receiving ppl. They have 100 already and can take many there. Red Cross staff is on site and ready to welcome you.

bring simple supplies, and several day changes of clothes, you can take a shower there and there are simple supplies available. Bring all important docs. Refer to the county site for details. Call familes to let them know you are ok if you have to evac. You cant bring animals and the Humane society is full but they are working with facilities for them at Earl Warren Show grounds, consult with the fire call center...805-681-5197.

New Evac Warning for Area North of 101 from Turnpike west to Fairview Ave, Fairview North to from end of Fairview West to Camino Cielo including residents of West Camino Cielo.

Residents in that area are ordered to prepare to evacuate.

Current Mandatory and Advisory Evac listings:

Mandatory Evacuation Orders
THE MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER AREAS NOW INCLUDE: San Jose Creek (western boundary) north of Cathedral Oaks Road to Highway 154, from Highway 154 south to La Colina Road, La Colina Road east to La Cumbre Road, La Cumbre Road south to State Street, State Street east to Constance Avenue, Constance Avenue to Garden Street, Garden Street to Micheltorena Street, Micheltorena Street north to the end of the road, extending to Alameda Padre Serra, Alameda Padre Serra, east to Sycamore Canyon Road (eastern boundary), north on Sycamore Canyon Road to Highway 192 (Stanwood Drive) to El Cielito.

Evacuation Warnings
THE EVACUATION WARNING/ADVISORY AREA NOW INCLUDE: Fairview Avenue (western boundary), from Fairview Avenue and US Highway 101 east to the State Street/Calle Real intersection, east on State Street to La Cumbre Road, La Cumbre Road north to La Colina Road, La Colina Road west to Highway 154, Highway 154 north to Cathedral Oaks, Cathedral Oaks Drive east to Turnpike Road, Turnpike Road south to US Highway 101.

AND areas in the City of Santa Barbara south of the Mandatory evacuation area north of State Street from San Roque Road to De La Vina Street, De La Vina Street, to Anapamu Street, Anapamu Street to Anacapa Street, Anacapa Street south to De La Guerra Street, De La Guerra Street to Milpas Street, Milpas Street south to Quinientos Street, Quinientos Street to Clifton Street to Eucalyptus Hill Road, Eucalyptus Hill Road to Barker Pass Road, Barker Pass Road to Highway 192 (Sycamore Canyon Road), Highway 192 (Sycamore Canyon Road) west to Stanwood Drive.

http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/dept0.aspx...

This just in - fire fighters saved the Marilyn Way/Lucinda Lane blocks. The hill above was in flames and about 8 trucks showed up and mopped up the flying embers. Trees were ablaze and decks starting to burn, but they did it! Thank you to our heroes!

Thanks so much Joyd for your update, I sent you a message but I'm not really sure how this works...I'm a new user. Can you tell me anything more about that area? I live there. Is it all put out? Was it the small hill behind Marilyn? Thank you...

Just got the Reverse-911 for the evac warning here close to Fairview. Can smell smoke too, but no longer see any flames or reddish glow.

Marilyn/Lucinda update.... The hill is burning, the house above is burning, and I heard that the fire trucks just left. Let us hope that the houses below are safe.

Up here on West Camino Cielo we just received a reverse 911 and we are on evacuation warning.
We did this with the Gap Fire so we know the drill. Nerve wracking, none the less

BNB, I tried to send you an email personally but it didn't go through. I have a friend who is there and he said that the fire fighters were going house to house and putting out flames. Now KEYT announced that the fire fighters just left. So I don't know what is going on..... my friend's cell phone is just about out, so I can't call him. It looked like on the television that the hill above is on fire, the house above is on fire, not sure if it is the Koonses or the modern one to the east. The fire fighters put out a palm tree fire and hosed everything down, I will post more as I hear it. My hopes are that they want to keep it above our neighborhood and above Foothill.

Thank you so much...I am going to work on my profile...I am informing my parents through this. This is very helpful.

My friend says that Marilyn/Lucinda is good, KEYT just reporting that no homes were lost. Incredible. Let's hope that everyone stays safe and that they can save more homes.

Joyd,
THANK YOU....
I am monitoring this from Modesto and your info. is invaluable. My sister lives there at Foothill and Calle Laureles. My Parents @ Alamar and Paseo Del Descanso. WOW What a RELIEF... so far.

Scott

-- CURRENT UPDATE -- 2am: No glow at from CO & Kellogg. No fire is big enough to get thru whatever smoke there is in between.
-- At 1 am I could see no fire nor even a glow from either the Patterson SB on-ramp or Turnpike SB offramp. Trees and hills do block both vantage points of were the fire must be, but lack of glow means nothing was big at that time. Wind there and also at Kellogg and C.O is very mild -- 2 to 5 mph.
-- Around midnight there were a few good flareups (bright glows) NE of CO and Kellogg. That bearing crosses Old SM Pass Rd where it just starts to climb. But I really really really doubt the fire was there. I'm sure is was from where that bearing crosses SM Pass (SR 154)... that first big curve to the right just up from the San Antonio Creek Rd tee. I heard from a firefigher around 10pm that the fire was at, or had crossed 154 near that tee.

We are from N. Ca and went thru this horrific happenstance just last summer also. Stay safe people, everything but lives can be replaced. For those of you staying, close all windows and run your air conditioner!!!!! Very important to your health and those you love. Be ready to roll and have your important documents already in the vehicle. OMG you guys, I am so sorry, my heart is hurting for you all, its so scary. Even if you are not in the direct line it is still so scary and also, that line can move fast so be prepared.

If anyone needs help holding pets or a place to stay, we have an extra room to offer. Let me know! We're here to help!