The National Weather Service has issued a fire watch for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, as strong winds, lightning, and thunderstorms forecast Sunday through Tuesday could lead to new fires.
Winds are predicted to reach anywhere between 40 and 65 mph while scattered thunderstorms are predicted for Sunday heading into Monday morning, and then again later Monday and into Tuesday.
During this time, dry lightning could start new fires throughout the regions. Remote areas are especially at risk, as those fires take longer to report, weather service officials said.
Residents are encouraged to report potential wildfires by calling 911.
Yikes!
And yet our lovely state wants to keep building.
This is too much. If I lived in a fire zone I would move, I would not rebuild if I were burned out either. You may not believe in climate change, but things are not getting better that is for sure. Nature is fed up with us. We are paying for the mess we are in. I may just get out of here. I cannot understand how people are so dumb. I saw a bunch of morons in the parking lot with tables, from Dan’s a bar in Walnut Creek, drinking away without masks and a care in the world. If people do not change their behaviors we will remain in the COVID-19 soup forever.
I’m so sorry this is happening to you. You have my deepest sympathies.
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen all the party buses in downtown Walnut Creek blaring loud music as outdoor diners try to enjoy their meals,
I also thought cruising was not allowed, and loud engine revving, but it looks like the Police have thrown in the towel in our once fair city.
Weather has been changing and shifting since the beginning of time. Diseases have been on Earth since the beginning of time they aren’t going away. Enjoy life, stop being so scared. Be more like the patrons at Dan’s.
See ya, Popcorn! Maybe you should move sooner rather than later. COVID is going nowhere, it will be around forever, just like the other Coronaviruses are still here. Herd immunity is the way through. Unfortunately many will die. It’s not preventable. I’ve had two friends (in their 70’s) die. One was a physician’s assistant (overweight) who contracted it while assisting a patient with COVID. The other had pneumonia and then contracted it. While I appreciate your comments, I must say that you, Aunt Barbara, and Mary Fouts often have the most negative comments and Debbie Downer attitudes. Try reading up on Coronavirus from sources other than mainstream media that is trying to scare you in an election year.
The problem with living in a fire zone it is much of California, and if you are not in a fire zone you are in an earthquake zone. Guess that is the prize for living in California. However almost every state has some kind of disaster. I lived in Louisiana the have hurricanes, I lived in Wisconsin the have snowstorms and tornados. I lived in New York and Connecticut the have severe snowstorms as well and occasion gets hit by a hurricane, as what happened to Connecticut just recently. The world is a dangerous place, life is dangerous, you die from it. Just live your life and make the best of it. ,
Thanks for sharing Karen.
It would be nice if they mentioned WHEN on Sunday this would start. The implication is later in the day. Of course this is just your usual summer or August heatwave and not necessarily due to climate disruption.
It says the expected start and end in yellow, starts 5am on Sunday.
Thanks, but I don’t recall seeing that earlier. It might have been updated.
If every city in our fire prone state took care of its dry open spaces, fires would not be such a problem. A little ice plant here and there might do the trick. But they would rather build homes and let the homeless live where ever. I am looking forward to the lightening and hope everyone is safe.
Do you believe ice plant will prevent a 50,000-degree bolt of lightning from starting a fire? It won’t. The temperature of the bolts caught Big Basin State Park on fire, which is filled with Redwoods, which are fire resistant.
Lightning is supposed to cause fires on the portions of Earth not covered by water. This is the way the system is designed. Humans built there structures in these areas and fires caused by lightning go with the territory.
Do you feel that not one biologist, ecologist, landscape architect, or naturalist non-profit has thought about fighting fires?
Ice plant???
Perhaps those running this state will realize part of wild lands management is expediting removal of dead trees that died during the drought and beetle infestation.
California has over 160 million dead trees still standing. (An no that is not a typo)
State bureaucrats have known about significant problem of dead trees SINCE 2015. What’s the hold up you may ask, bureaucracy, RED TAPE, permits and a democrat state legislature that has Failed to streamline and expedite the removal process. Evey standing dead tree is a roman candle waiting to happen.
One thing for sure, there’s no shortage of chain saws in CA.
Problem is, way too much paper clip jockeys endangering people and property.
Time to put those running (ruining) this state on notice by voting them OUT of office.
Again they’ve know of high risk and Fire Danger for
FIVE YEARS.
As I did last weekend, if the lightning is within about a mile, I’m shutting down my electronics and unplugging them. A surge protector may not be enough protection. You can tell when the lightning is within a mile by the difference between the flash and the boom. Lightning travels at 186,000 miles/second, sound at ~1,100 feet/second, so it takes about 5 seconds for the sound to reach you, while the light is instantaneous for practical purposes.
To put it more clearly, count the number of seconds between the flash and the thunder. Divide that number of seconds by 5 and you’ll have the distance away from you the lightning struck, in miles. If it’s 5 seconds difference, then the lightning is 1 mile away. If 8 seconds (8 divided by 5), the distance is 1-3/8 miles away.
Sorry to disappoint you but the electronic interference is with the lightning. By the time the thunder reaches you it is to late.
Ricardoh: It’s not the interference, it’s the current induced by the high voltage from a lightning strike that damages electronics. The point is that when it is about a mile away, it is close enough to strike where you are. Use two miles for extra margin if you wish.
Two miles away is nothing.
You can cut down all of the dead tress you want or clean the brush in forests it will do no good. There is only one thing that will help and that is attack the fires before they get out of control. How do you do that you ask. Well first we need 100s of fire lookout posts all over the state. They need someone awake and on watch 24 hours a day. The next thing we need is aircraft that can deliver the goods. Helicopters and small aircraft are a waste of time and money except for grass fires not close to a hilly forest. We need many 747s ready to go, placed at strategic spots around California. They have to be ready for an overkill. The fires are not over and ancient redwoods have burned, so far five people have died, many houses have burned. lives have been ruined. We can afford it. A 747 can drop 19,000 gallons of fire retardant, nothing else can drop even half that amount.