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[Roland99]

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Thomas fire

Thomas Fire: more info... Updated: December 06, 2017 3:33 pm
County: Ventura County
Location: Hwy 150 and Hwy 126, north of Santa Paula
Acres Burned - Containment: 65,000 acres
Evacuation Info: Evacuation Map
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS:
• City of Santa Paula - Boundary of Say Road north to Thomas Aquinas, Dickenson Ranch Road east to Santa Paula Creek
• City of Santa Paula - Boundary of Monte Vista Street north to city limits, Foothill Road from Steckel to Peck Road to north of city limits
• Santa Paula unincorporated area towards Ventura- North of Foothill Road from Peck Road to Wells Road including: Wheeler Canyon, Aliso Canyon and Rancho Vista
• City of Ventura - Teloma east to Brent Street, Telegraph Road north to north of Foothill Road
• City of Ventura - Victoria Road east to Hill Road, Telegraph Road north to Foothill Road
• City of Ventura - North Ashwood Avenue east to Hill Road, Telegraph Road north to Foothill Road
• City of Ventura - North of Foothill Road from Wells Road to Poli Street
• City of Ventura - North of Main Street from Seward Avenue to Hwy 33 (includes entire Ventura Avenue area)
• Oak View - Boundary of Hwy 33, Creek Road and Hermosa Road
• Entire Community of Casitas Springs - Evacuate to Ventura County Fairgrounds - 10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura
• East Ojai Valley - Carne Road east to McAndrew Road, Reeves Road north to Thacher Road
• Upper Ojai Valley - Hwy 150 from Dennison Grade east to Osborne Road and all residences north
• Ventura County North Coast Area - Boundary of Hwy 33 on the north to Casitas Vista Road, northwest to Hwy 150, Hwy 150 (Casitas Pass Road) west to US 101 and south on US 101 (including Pacific Coast Highway) to Emma Wood State Beach

VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS:
• Residents in the City of Ventura, south of Loma Vista, east of Day Road, West of Victoria Avenue and north of Telegraph Road
• Residents in the City of Ventura, east of Victoria north of Loma Vista South of Foothill west of Wells Road
• All residents of the Ojai Valley not currently covered under the current mandatory evacuation
• City of Fillmore - Boundary of 2nd Street north to 4th Street & Island View Street east to Pole Creek
• City of Fillmore - Boundary of 4th Street on the south to Pole Canyon Road, Pole Canyon Road northeast to Goodenough Road, Goodenough Road south to 5th Street and 5th Street southeast to 4th Street
• City of Fillmore - Boundary of Hwy 23 & the Santa Clara River south to Guiberson Road, Guiberson Road east to Torrey Road and Torrey Road north to the Santa Clara River

EVACUATION SHELTERS: City of Ventura - Ventura County Fairgrounds at Miners Building (Red Cross - Includes an Animal Shelter for all types of animals) – 10 W Harbor Blvd, Ventura, CA 93001
City of Ojai - Nordhoff High School (Red Cross) -1401 Maricopa Hwy, Ojai, CA 93023
City of Oxnard - Oxnard College Gymnasium (Red Cross)- Open 12/5/17, 0700
City of Santa Paula - Santa Paula Community Center (City of SP run shelter) - Open 0800
City of Fillmore - Veteran's Memorial Bldg (City of Fillmore run shelter), 511 2nd Street - Will be open 12/6/17, 0800 hrs
UC Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Multi Activity Center, 552 University Road, Santa Barbara, CA

[applegrove]

1. Pray people get away to safety.

[Roland99]

2. Skirball fire evac map

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=12HkY2fU6Lm7NPzp0LcAPL70RnoPuVTeA&ll=34.10294592686789%2C-118.4526587505859&z=13

[moondust]

3. Does anyone know

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how these fires started?

[Sophia4]

7. Whatever the immediate cause, no one outside California would believe how dry

it has been this year. It's the driest year that I remember.

Virtually no more than a few drops of rain in my area since, my husband says April. I thought we had some rain in May and that we have had no more since June. But my husband thinks our last rain was in April.

It's just incredibly, incredibly dry. The hurricanes took the headlines, but our drought is just as dangerous.

If the entire city had to be evacuated????

Couldn't be done. Couldn't be done.

[moondust]

10. Awful.

I knew it was very dry for years during the long drought but I thought conditions had improved in the past year or two.

[Retrograde]

16. A wet winter doesn't necessarily help

after so long a drought. We had heavy rains in Northern California this past year, but that encouraged growth of underbrush, which then dried out and burned.

Many California native plants evolved to survive the wet/dry cycles. What's making things worse every year is population growth, with housing extending into what used to be dry canyonlands. When fires do start the topography funnels the flames down the narrow canyons. There were some explanations posted around the time of the Santa Rosa fires earlier this year that explained how easily a small fire can turn into an intense firestorm - "fire tornadoes" was one of the scarier terms they used.

[dhill926]

4. winds are slowly starting to pick up....

tomorrow is gonna be a rough one....

[Roland99]

5. :(

[Hortensis]

6. 150,000 evacuated from the "Creek Fire" near

"beautiful downtown Burbank," Sunland/Tujunda, La Crescenta, etc., in highly developed northern inland Los Angeles. At least 100,000 people remain evacuated from the densely populated residential areas threatened. About 5% "contained" as winds picked up, mandatory evacuation order continues overnight.

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[dhill926]

8. this one is really starting to blow up....

scary...

[Hortensis]

11. yes. We once lived in in the narrow valley behind those mountains,

about a quarter mile of homes as fire travels from today's mandatory evacuation area. Fire in the mountains front or rear, even closing the 210 now and then, wasn't unusual, but this is the thing I knew could happen but didn't really worry would.

Are you on that side of the metropolis?

[dhill926]

13. Ventura....Thomas Fire....

thx for asking....tonight and tomorrow will be tense...

[yuiyoshida]

9. AND NOT ONE FEDERAL DOLLAR IN SIGHT....

yUP, the US Government has told CALIFORNIA to go to hell. We didn't vote for Trump and this is his retribution against the Hillary crowd.

[dhill926]

12. yeah, but we got his fucking thoughts and prayers....

priceless....

[yuiyoshida]

14. he can shove those up

his fat arse. He will never ever be welcome here, ever.

[Roland99]

15. 100+ sq miles.

Insane

[Roland99]

17. Thomas Fire now 148,000 acres. 231 sq miles!

[Roland99]

18. 173,000 acres. Only 15% contained.

[Roland99]

19. 230,500 acres burned now. Still 15% contained.