I wanted to put together a hub of resources for the Line Fire here on Lemmy. I hope this helps anyone who might find it!
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Sort by NEW to see the latest maps/updates!
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Line Fire Updates:
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/9/5/line-fire/updates
The latest updates from the county and state are funneled through here multiple times a day.
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Line Fire Maps:
The latest maps are being curated in the comments below multiple times a day, but the most up-to-date maps should always be the direct sources listed right here:
NOAA fire Map:
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/land/hms.html#maps
The most reliable and frequently updated map that shows satellite readings of fire spread. This includes hotspots outside the perimeter, and a comprehensive smoke plume map.
Official Cal Fire Map:
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/9/5/line-fire
Shows live aircraft positions, and is updated a few times a day. Very reliable and helpful to review evacuation warnings/orders
3D Fire Map by Cal Fire
https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/home/webscene/viewer.html?webscene=52683f25df174b0eb124dfb9a6831a98
Not updated more than once or twice a day, but a very cool map to inspect.
CleanAir Fire & Smoke Map
https://fire.airnow.gov/#10.64/34.2049/-116.9408
Updated more often than the Cal Fire map, and shows real-time air quality readings
Historical map of the Big Bear area
https://projects.capradio.org/california-fire-history/#10.76/34.1852/-116.9961/0/1
This is an extremely helpful tool for obtaining visual data of previous wildfire events. The linked map is centered on Big Bear and Arrowhead lake.
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Line Fire Webcams
https://ops.alertcalifornia.org/cameras
This network of cameras can be used to easily and intuitively view the fire from multiple angles.
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Line Fire Radio
https://scancalifornia.com/live/goldmine/
This covers radio chatter from firefighters tackling the Line Fire.
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Community Resources
https://socalmountains.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum.php
A forum for locals that's been around since 2003
Local Images
https://www.flickr.com/photos/calfire/albums/72177720320272950/with/53989492937
Big Bear City trash pickup was halted on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Water and Sewer services are all continuing without disruption. (and I haven't personally experienced any power disruptions yet.)
Good man!
Oh hey, someone is looking at all this - Cheers! Let me know if there's anything you can think of to improve what I've got going on here. I'm stitching these maps together in photoshop, so I can overlay just about anything if it's helpful.
The current overlay is super interesting... the lower portion of the fire is almost exactly following the 1970's fire line. That must be a good place to stop it!
All good, I just followed you here from your Reddit comment, good to see another bbv local on Lemmy! I would include https://socal mountains.com, they're a great resource for community discussion, especially among the older crowd. There is a very good chance that we're the only two people up here that have heard of Lemmy/the fediverse lol.
And yeah from what I've been hearing, they're trying to let it eat up as much of that brush and vegetation as possible up to the south ridge, especially because it's been decades since much of that down there has burned. I went down to SV today to grab some of my equipment/tools, and it was a wicked sight to see. Off the East ridge above the bowls, you can see the fire running up that ridge towards lookout point above Bluff. They had also managed to run a dozer line about 5 blades deep on the hill just south of the top of slide peak that essentially stopped the fire in its tracks, aside from a few small spot fires that the area maintenance guys were able to douse out pretty quickly. Artic circle isn't much more than a smoke bowl at this point, but I was amazed at how much less smokey it is down there compared to up here.
Added it to the list! I'm new in town, so I've definitely never heard of that website. It's great to see it! I came here because I wasn't sure where to go, and figured I'd just draw in people from Reddit.
Interesting - I suppose that makes a lot of sense why they'd let it get to the ridge, then! I was assuming they simply couldn't do a thing about it until that point due to the terrain. I see some hot spots jumping in a bit as of the last update, it'll be interesting to see where they draw a line.
All of this information is more than I've heard, so it's really fascinating to hear it! I appreciate you sharing here. And man, the smoke is actually becoming a problem where I live. I have three top notch HEPA air filters that are currently failing to keep the PM2.5 count below 90 on a totally sealed home. I may need to evacuate if doesn't improve. Typically by the late evening/early morning it gets better. I saw stars last night in the AM, and blue sky this morning... so here's to hoping this trend comes back around!
No worries. The update video this evening was very informative and optimistic. The terrain is more or less inaccessible due to the slope, but they are working out dozer lines on the east where they can. I feel you on the smoke, this afternoon was some of the worse I've seen yet. It's pretty manageable where we are in UMR, but out in Baldwin today was downright nasty.
Here's a link to the video (sorry for the facebook link, that's really the only outlet they're working with):
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/calfirebdu/videos/1043270130626100&width=1920000&height=1080000&show
Also if you haven't yet, make sure you snag the Watch Duty app. Huge help.