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!
Just a quick update as of 7:20 PM PST (one with the 1970's fire map overlay, one without)
Just a heads up to those of us in a an evacuation warning zone that have not yet evacuated:
Trash collection through BBCDSD for Big Bear City has been postponed for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week. More information here on the home page of their website: https://www.bbccsd.org/
I do not know the status of Big Bear Lake's trash pickup service, as I have not seen any announcements from them.
Another map update as of 5:35 PM PST. Map 1: Latest Cal Fire Map + NOAA Satellite Hotspots + Historic Fire Data from 1970 Pan Hot Springs Fire Map 2: Latest Cal Fire Map + NOAA Satellite Hotspots Map 3: Wind readings (MyRadar App) from 5:35 PM PST
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Judging by the map data alone (see below 3:11PM snapshot), it seems like our amazing firefighters are doing a great job suppressing the spread of this fire towards Big Bear.
I've been additionally monitoring the wind in the area via the "MyRadar" app. It was stronger when I checked this morning, and now it's thankfully showing much more calm conditions. As with any other update from me, I have no idea what the ACTUAL conditions are - I am using data provided by a number of sources that may or may not be accurate. So, take these updates with a grain of salt.
Tomorrow is slated to be a bit cooler than today over the fire location, and the winds are supposed to be a bit calmer on the front facing Big Bear. By Friday, we have a small chance of rain, however the temperatures may be a little bit hotter. By Saturday and Sunday, that chance of rain rises with Monday being a pretty good chance of at least a scattered shower. Fingers crossed this helps out the fire suppression efforts!
Edit: MASSIVE drop in temperature by Monday, wow! From 78 degrees on Saturday to 60 degrees on Monday. This seems like great news!
Just a quick update... please use a mask if you're outside today. The PM2.5 readings are the highest I've seen since the start of this fire. I'm seeing 827 PM2.5 right outside my home right now. This is the highest reading I've ever recorded on my air quality sensors. It's so bad that with all my doors and windows shut, I'm still getting a reading 63 inside with three air filters running. 63 is considered unhealthy, so 827 is likely quite hazardous.
I created this map to help put this fire into perspective. The most similar fire I've found from the archives was the Pan Hot Springs Fire in 1970, which was also in September, and burned a very similar shape into the mountain. This is represented in purple on this map. This map was last updated an hour or so ago.
Yup. I love traffic. As an owner of a car I seek out traffic jams daily!
I always think to myself "what if I could be in a bus, and be subject to a restrictive schedule other than my own?" Naturally, I like to seat myself next to the gentleman eating the cat food.
Why can't cars be the solution? What if we developed cheap, electictric vehicles? You know, like electric bikes, or scooters. This is all theoretical, but some day these could be seen all over!
Maybe with solar power, and other renewables, we can forge a future with cheap tech at the forefront!
No? Okay. I'll see myself out. Don't worry, dreamers like me can just find the nearest ditch to die in, rather than you all be wrong about "cars".
Another update from just before 8PM PST (latest data as of 10PM PST). Not much good news here, but I hope the information has spurred the firefighters to respond. Map 1: Historic data overlay in purple from 1970 fire Map 2: Just the NOAA and Cal Fire maps meshed together