yah ray its pretty bad ash everywhere

 

I saw it on my way to work. Crazy stuff the club is empty toda too

 

Side note... saw you last friday with your kid in the pace car. You going this friday?

 

I live in Tracy and the smoke reached all the way over here. I was driving around and the sky is hazy as hell..it's been hella windy too though...crazy weather..

 

Yeah, I'm planning on it. Assuming the fire doesn't reach the beach by tomorrow. According to the promotor, he talked to CDF and they will be racing. Fairgrounds are opened up as an evac center, but shouldn't affect the speedway.

Also, if you're out on 129, I'm thinking ash shouldn't be too bad for you, the wind going a bit offshore today and smoke and ash is going over Watsonville toward Salinas/Monterey.

 

Gonna keep my eye on it for another hour then decide if I need to go get my boy. Figure better safe than sorry. He wouldn't leave me out there breathing death.

 

Right over Laguna Seca

 

Channel 2 is reporting that a resident had a permit for burning leaves and stuff, and neighbors had been complaining because of the wind. No official report on whether this was the cause, so its just speculation.

 

If thats the case that guy must feel like ****. Everyone knows you don't do a controlled burn (permit or not) with as high of winds as we've been having

News site now says 3k acres too.

 

Just got back from getting my dog. Not to bad at my place. It's splitting the valley on both sides but one shift in the wind and it's on top of me in a big way. It's WAAAAY closer than I expected and WAAAAY worse. Watsonville is a mess. I smell like smoke. I have a sore throat. I'm very glad I got my dogs taken care of. My folks house is right in the smoke channel. It's orange at their house and very bad. The road is closed just on the other side of them. I saw maybe 30 horse trailers trying to get horses out. People on dirt bikes. Big trucks. It's a mad house in corralitos.

If this wind keeps up all night it could get really really bad. I really hope it flips on itself and brings the fog in tonight and pushes the fire back on top of itself so it has less fuel and they can get it knocked down. If it keeps pushing and tomorrow is anything like today it's gonna be right on top of 152 and pushing around the canyon right at my house. It's only a few miles away.

 

Yeah, I'm at work and my eyes are burning and I'm indoors.

Here at work we're on one side of the smoke plume and at home I'm kinda on the other but more in the middle. It's pretty much going right over the middle of Watsonville.

Went home earlier and closed up all the windows.

They just canceled school for PVUSD for tomorrow, in case you have kids. My son goes to school in Corrolitos and they evacuated them around noon. He was home safe at about 12:30.

 

I'ma go have a cig so I can feel your pain. San Jose seems fine. Although I definitely saw it earlier today.

whats the story on the fire?

 

hella ash all over the place...wind is really making it worse...

 

Wind is blowing offshore, which isn't really typical, so San Jose is clear for now. Tonight the wind will shift. You'll be smoky in the morning.

They're saying 3K acres burned so far, but that's been for the last hour or two. They say at least 10K acres before they think they can get a grip on it.

Live news feed - http://www.nbc11.com/videostream/11441536/detail.html

 

I took a picture at watsonville high school... INSANE. Totally covered in smoke.