Goleta Residents: Fire burning in hills?

[JonS]

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[Surferguy80]

@ cathedral oaks and glen annie....a mile or two behind my house, but im in seattle till thursday.....hope all is well.

[BrianSB]

I could see it from my house. My lil sis left the Camino Real movie theatre.

[Goletagirl]

we saw the start of it around 6 on our way to OSH. I knew it wasn't just a cloud. On our way home it was moving down the hill pretty good. I stopped at the bottom of Glen Annie around 7 and the fire trucks were lining up and the guys were spreading out maps. Definitely the closest fire has come to my house.

[johnrg]

Looks somewhat under control this morning at 8. No planes dropping at that time. Let's hope the winds stay down to get it controlled.

http://www.goodmangraphic.com/extras/photos/fire.jpg

John

[Surferguy80]

thanks for the photo!

gives a little more comfort compared to what ive been told....!

[johnrg]

thanks for the photo!

gives a little more comfort compared to what ive been told....!

Glad to provide some more visual info. From the nighttime news and their vantage point it was hard to tell. They were supposed to have planes flying at 7am and 8-8:30 I didn't see a drop so they must have done some good early on.

John

[Goletagirl]

I just watched for a bit from La Patera and Cathedral Oaks. They were doing some fire retardant drops while I was there around 11/11:30am. Let's hope the wind doesn't pick up any more.

[JonS]

Let's hope the wind doesn't pick up any more.

+1

Not a great image (shot from Old SM), but here's one of those drops you saw.

http://santabarbarasurfer.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=755&stc=1&d=1215028252

[surfista]

Just drove 101 to Patterson. You can see flames rising of the crests of the hills it's really gnarly. Say a prayer or 3 or 5.

[ShShSh]

Agreed. Not to freak you out, Ryan, but it's looking pretty big right now. Smoke is covering my house.

[BrianSB]

Wow...so much to say about this.

I went to go see a movie at Camino Real at 7:10. Rolling movie, we see a few previews then....WHOOOOSH...all of a sudden power goes out. It freaked me out, then 15 seconds later some nervous girl says, "I need everyone to exit the theatre please".

... This fire is really putting a damper on things :\. Oh + electricity was out for a while, but for some reason Del Playa in IV had lighting? Weird...

We def. need backup, this fire is getting CLOOOOOSE. Lets pray the wind works for the fire fighters. And obvi. prays FOR the fire fighters, hoping they are safe. Too many fires this year I'm tellin ya...so close to home also.

[Surferguy80]

can anyone say if flights are coming into the airport?

I dont see anything on their website and cant find any updates...?

[JonS]

Last night was intense. I drove up Old San Marcos in early eve and things looked pretty tame. Within a few hours of down-canyon wind blowing on it, the flames raged from above DPHS to the West, and between Fairview Ave & Patterson to the East. We drove up Fairview and were able to get within a mile of the flames. Earlier today things seemed relatively tame, but the smoke is getting bad again...

http://santabarbarasurfer.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=757&stc=1&d=1215116543

[Goletagirl]

can anyone say if flights are coming into the airport?

I dont see anything on their website and cant find any updates...?
I live in the flight path and planes have been flying. There goes one now. . .
I think we're going to have more of the same tonight. I'm just planning on the power outage. We've got our batteries and gas in the generator.
Careful on the roads. People out looking/driving around in the dark might be the biggest danger.

[Surferguy80]

thanks for the update, i just got home!

flight was on time...some pretty intense turbulance coming in though!!!!

[Ridgeback]

just got home after spending a week in golita. i know alot of people on this forum live there and just wanted to say i owe a big thanks for how i was treated by the super nice people there, especially in the painted cave area where i was working. i hope the fire continues to be kept away from your homes and ends soon.

[Surferguy80]

you didnt happen to be near a ranch called laurel springs retreat, did you???

[Ridgeback]

i think so. I waas down the road but i think that was it. maybe they said it was jane fondas old ranch?

[Surferguy80]

then you met another SBS member!
olaman, aka Kabir...hes a good buddy of mine and comes down from the mountains every few days and hangs out at the shop with me.

he said all the firefighters at his place were really cool and helped out alot, so its pretty safe to say that the thanks went both ways!

[Ridgeback]

well ryan i hope things worked out ok at your place as well

[Surferguy80]

nothing happened here at all...I think my person here was a little freaked and decided to tell me that the house was pretty much on fire......it never even came close; just a lot of ash for the first two days back...after that its been fine and now I have cool white spots all over my car!

[Goletagirl]

a huge thank you to everyone who's working/worked on the GAP fire. Especially those from out of town who have been working for weeks on other fires. We really appreciate you!