CNN just announced fire warnings as far north as Monterey, CA.

Holy sh*t!!!! - through 6:00 A.M. tomorrow morning

winds 10-20 MPH
gusts 25 MPH

It appears as far north as Santa Cruz at its furthest extent.

and one in Oceanside. I talked to both yesterday and they were okay. Can you give me an idea of where Monterey is? It's south of San Fran, right?

About 90 Minutes South of San Francisco.

:hi:

Like how far is Lake Forest from those closest red pins?

On edit: one co-worker lost his apt complex, one was able to drive by his neighborhood see his house still standing (tho others in the neighborhood were sadly gone), one stayed overnight at Qualcomm and said it was great with plenty of food, water, blankets, cots easily available. Lots of support for pets, too. They said, "Thanks, San Diego. If anyone has a chance, take something down to Qualcomm. The cars were streaming in when we left; mostly people being evacuated from the south."

Another reported lots of smoke and ash (pools are black and filled with leaves/ash). Cable has been lost but so far power is holding in the area. Officials are worried about the power supply because they had to shut down the main lines into the county.

across from a Laguna & Laguna Hills..which is on the coast....its up on the hills..

fly

contain or isn't very close to the edge of large wilderness areas that are on fire. It's on the other side of the hill from the Santiago Canyon fire.

in CA, should one house catch, it'd be a bad scene.

Most of the bad fires are south of Oxnard..

we have fire warnings all the time. This is a political forum!

:)

Sometimes real life intrudes...even into politics..:)

I live in that square on your map. It was really polluted yesterday, but today is pretty clear.

CNN scared the crap out of me with their fire-breathing monster map.

My family is in Rancho Bernardo, Poway, and Valley Center, and have been evacuated. I'm a bit squirrelly today.

...and if the flames do reach Santa Cruz, the results are unimaginable. There are many homes, just like in Malibu, that are "creatively built" (as in "not safe locations").

We're on "red alert" status, but that's typical for this time of year.

There's absolutely no chance of the SoCal fires spreading up here.

I still have family up there.