Evacuation Warnings for Areas Southeast of Highway 162 in Mendocino County Issued at Noon on Tuesday
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has increased the areas under evacuation warnings as of Noon on Tuesday.
Please note:
- An Evacuation Order means you should leave now and the area is closed to the public.
- An Evacuation Warning means the residents of the area should prepare to leave if ordered to do so.
Press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, CALFIRE and Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
WHAT: Mendocino County, additional Evacuation Warnings – areas south and east of Highway 162
WHEN: Effective Immediately
WHERE: Areas of Mendocino County – Evacuation Warnings:
• ZONE – AN – South of Highway 162 and the Eel River, west of Salt Creek, north of Brushy Creek and the Eel River, east of Highway 162.
• ZONE – AQ – North of the Eel River, south and east of Highway 162, west of Redwine Springs.
ROAD CLOSURES:
• Private driveway near Williams Creek is closed to north bound traffic
• Bell Springs closed to north bound traffic at Lundblade Ranch Road
• Mina Road is closed to north bound traffic at the bridge over the North Fork of the Eel River
• Mendocino Pass Road closed to east bound traffic just east of the Williams Creek Bridge
• Hearst Willits Road at the bridge, closed to east bound traffic
NOTES:
To support fire control operations and fire activity, the Mendocino County Sheriff in conjunction with the Unified Command Team for the August Complex – West Zone, has ordered an additional Evacuation Warning.
View the most current evacuation map at: https://tinyurl.com/MendoEvac
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Talked to one of the CDF fire cheifs he said they have no control of the fire there basically trying to just get it to burn away from poplateed areas they have no permanent fire line on this fire at all yet what people he has he has them working on keeping it from burning in to are towns I looked at the fire map today it said time of containment is September 30 I don’t think it’s going to be contained by then rain is the only thing that’s going to stop it
That’s probably true, definitely historically speaking, but there is a silver line as we approach fall. The temps are going to go down (barring a late heat wave), but even then afterwards, and the RHs will start going up and the fires will then start lying down (barring a high wind event) and they go from high danger threat to prescribed fires that are beneficial in the end. That means all resources can be allocated to saving areas of importance, towns, houses, farms, ranches, monuments, parks etc etc while letting the rest of the fire do a prescribed burn. You will have flare-ups here and there but maybe 80% will be a healthy fire proof forest after its done.
Of course there will always be the damage that has already been done. Its a new world in many places. But that also means new growth, new animal populations, new biodiversity. Recovery is an important step in the process.
Good response. I, too, try to remain positive, and I try to remember the ultimate benefits here. What are the alternatives? Of what use are worry and pessimism? They solve nothing, create more drama and are a waste of time and energy. “Fear is the mind-killer…”
Slight chance of showers now Thursday and Friday…Sigh…I liked the possible rain predicted for yesterday version…
Yeah, me too. But there is still some good to be had in the most recent forecast, NOAA this afternoon;
“While the EC solution continues to be wetter, the bulk of the rest of guidance is arguing for amounts from several hundredths of an inch to perhaps over a quarter inch to the north of Mendocino County”.
There are two things to be taken from this. First, all but EC (European modeling) are still saying up to a 1/4 of an inch, (nothing to sneeze at). But more importantly, and I have been following weather forecasting for many years, the European Union weather bureau is calling for greater amounts. And when it comes to forecasting, it is accepted among meteorologists and weather buffs alike that EC is more right than all the rest. So keep praying for rain and lets make the Europeans right once again. The other good thing is long range, though that’s always a toss-up. Again from NOAA;
“Heading into the weekend and early next week, high pressure will return, with drier weather…..but the pattern does not look nearly as dry, hot, or windy as the one that produced our major fire weather event last week”.
I take that to mean highs in the 70s to 80s inland with light to breezy winds and a recovery in RH keeping fuel moisture much less dry. In other words your average Indian Summer. And FFs will take all the help they can get.
Course my powers of prediction have been no existent as of late ;>)