The Sobrantes fire is uncomfortably close to our house. It’s a big one: 15,000 acres as of this morning, and only 5% contained. Here are some overlaps onto Google Earth of the MODIS satellite data as of noon PDT today.
I realize the fire has nothing to do with the ostensible subject of his blog, but, if prior dires are a guide, there are many people who want to see this data, and this is a convenient place for me to host it.
Here’s an overview of the fire. Dark red spots are less than six hours old. Lighter red less than 12 hours. Orange spots less than 24 hours. Yellow spots show fire activity for the entire calendar year.
There appear to be two fires now. General fire movement is south and east.
If we zoom in to look at the new fires in the northeast part of the big bulge, we see that Rancho San Carlos is being threatened:
Here’s an airplane view of that part of the fire looking toward the Monterey Peninsula that might help you get your bearings:
It’s much cooler today, and not windy where we are. I hope that’s the case in the mountains, and I sure help that helps out the firefighters.
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