To all southern Californians under red flag

[nadinbrzezinski]

Not just San Diegans. Be alert, this is expected to be a wickedly dangerous day. Not me saying it, fire officials saying that.

And yes, some initial attacks, fire speak for...we got a new fire, have already happened this morning. Thankfully the winds were not yet up there.

[Initech]

1. The winds here have been absolutely brutal the last few weeks.

Fuck you climate change deniers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Comparatively speaking winds were not an issue when those started.

Just wait, because they will/are already.

[StarryNite]

11. Phoenix the new windy city.

Windy day and night for days on end! It never used to be like this. Not only are fires a concern but so is Coccidioidomycosis aka cocci aka valley fever.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Stay safe!

[hunter]

4. When my family lived in Southern California...

... one of these nasty fires almost took our next door neighbor's house.

As a fearless (and stupid) young man I was spraying water under the eaves of our neighbors house. (The roof was tile, fortunately. The house was built when wood shake was still legal. A house with a wood roof wouldn't have survived. It was also built before eaves had to be fire resistant.)

Once the fire had passed My face and hands looked and felt sunburned.

The fire killed all the trees on the edges of our orchard and destroyed the irrigation system.

I also saw a huge eucalyptus tree explode.

I'm not a "save our trees" kind of guy when they take eucalyptus trees down because of the fire danger.

[PasadenaTrudy]

5. It's a tinderbox

out here. Seems like the winds kick up in the Pasadena area in the afternoon around 3. Fingers crossed nothing bad happens.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. We have three extended attacks so far

The Bernardo fire, one in fallbrook and one in Pendleton.

So far five small spots. And this is just my county

[PasadenaTrudy]

7. I haven't heard

of any fires yet in L.A. Co. I keep checking twitter...

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Take into account, listening to the actual scanner

add a fourth one, in Carslbad.

I am dreading a major extended attack in the East County or South Bay...

[pinboy3niner]

9. The Bernardo Fire grew to 1548 acres (with 25% containment) per Cal Fire 9:15 am update

They also report 3 minor injuries.
http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=956

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Right now we have one in Pendleton-Fallbrook

they are two fires but I expect them to make them a complex soon. And we also have a new one in Carslad

The Carlsbad fire is named Poinsettia.

[pinboy3niner]

10. Breaking on CNN: Part of Camp Pendleton being evacuated due to a fire

No other details yet.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. I will give you details, it is putting the Camino de Luz housing in base

at threat.

Power is also out in that area.

The Pendleton Fallbrook fire (two heads) is called Tomahawk.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Carlsbad notifications reverse 911

11,627 homes/businesses notified to evacuate according to the local media.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Oh and it is 100 acres now

CAL FIRE ?@CAL_FIRE 3m
CAL FIRE is assisting @USMC with a 100 acre wildfire on the eastside of Camp Pendleton, west of Fallbrook (San Diego County). #TomahawkFire

[okaawhatever]

14. I was wondering if you were okay. I'm so glad you posted. I tried to do a search but couldn't

remember how you spelled your name and DU search is kind of picky. Glad you're okay. Please stay that way.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. If we have a nice start in the East County I am going

assuming it is bad.

Right now posting from my home, with AC running, coffee, and three scanner feeds and a physical scanner. It is making me go a tad batty, But hey.. that is what we all do.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Structures have been lost, reportedly at Carlsbad

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Ok folks evacuations are in place

Poinseta Elementary is being evacuated to Carrillo Elementary. They are moving all kinds of units in place and they have already lost structures in Carslbad. (Why am I still sitting here? that is WAY, WAY NORTH from our area of coverage usually)

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Oh and new start

Viejas Alerts ?@ViejasAlerts 2m
New start old highway 395 between highway 76 and old lillac road. This is #highwayIC

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. On a personal note, having done the radio dance in the past

is really helpful when trying to keep fires straight.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. NATIONAL RESOURCES and FIRES

BLM-National Interagency Fire Center
2 mins ·
The National Preparedness Level is being elevated to 2. Wildland fire activity is increasing and large fires are occurring in more than one geographical area. National resource availability is good, but the National Interagency Coordination Center is seeing an increase in ordering.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Strike teams sent to the highway fire

immediate need.

Realize that this ominous use of words, could mean placing chess pieces on the board, but today, I read this as they need them NOW

It usually is placing things in case we need them, But today...

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. From cal fire

CAL FIRE ?@CAL_FIRE 1m
Firefighters are battling a 30 acre fire off Old Hwy 395 and I-15 in the Deer Springs area (San Diego County). #HighwayFire

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. And we might have a fire explodiing in the south east county

they are doing the smoke check right now

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. It is in Mexico

[upaloopa]

26. We had a 700 acre fire in Lompoc yesterday

Luckily we are 15 miles from an air attack base. For about 5 hours 8 planes including a DC10 attacked the fire which was almost to a residential neighbor hood.
It is out now thanks to the daring pilots in the attack planes

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Fifth major attack

*Brush Fire* Oceanside. College Blvd & North River Rd. Brush fire with structures threatened, evacs in process. #CAFire - 2nd Tweet - *Brush Fire* Fire in Oceanside at College & River is now 20+ AC with rapid spread. Need Immediate Resources. #CAFire
SoCal EMS and Fire @SoCalEMSFire 7 min ~ P

And resources emergency declared... other issues with the 800 mhz system. Now truly, if we have ANOTHER fire explode, we are down a shit creek.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. link to map with fire locations

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Three-Wildfires-Burning-in-San-Diego-County-259259701.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. these are three of the five fires