First heat, now fire in Pleasanton [06.23.2022]

[jboy210]

So not only is a really hot today, but now we have a fire above Castlewood Country Club west of 680. Evacuations in progress there. We are 3 miles or so north and so far, no evacuation. I wonder if we will lose the grid also.

 

[jjrandorin]

(Moderator note)

I am adding the date to these thread titles, as otherwise its not clear when someone is talking about, especially as time marches on and people visit the site and see things that might intimate they should be taking some action or other if they live in that area.

 

[holeydonut]

Are you near foothill road? I hope they get it under control soon.

Edit: deleted my trash-azz picture


Red = evacuation order
Yellow = warning
Blue = advisory

 

[jboy210]

Are you near foothill road? I hope they get it under control soon.

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Yep. Live right off Foothill.

But this picture is wrong. The fire is above and then south of Castlewood Country Club at the bottom of the picture. Homes in that area have been told to evacuate. Lots of aircraft buzzing around right now. Even some of the big 4 engine turboprops.

It is going to be a long dry summer, and our solar and Powerwalls may get tested.

 

[getakey]

I use this for tracking fires

NASA-FIRMS

Fire Information for Resource Management System US / Canada

firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

 

[astrorob]

there is also an app called "Watch Duty" for iOS that has all kinds of wildfire information. i can see that this fire is in there "Canyon Fire". no fire boundaries yet but there is an evacuation map.

i'm not sure if this program exists for android.

 

[aesculus]

i'm not sure if this program exists for android.

It does. the evac map is the one posted above.