Hey Sonoma/Napa kin,
If you’re told to go, GO.
If you’re under warning, pack up, turn your car, & leave early if you can.
This is moving fast & fierce, and you just don’t have that many roads to gtfo fast.
Make sure you opted in to emergency alerts & that your ringer is set to max tonight.
But, uh...
it’s having some bugs in Napa & Sonoma, so also do manual checks: napavalleyregister.com/news/local/ami…
& if you’re told to evac, don’t be shy about noise. Waking your neighbours could save them.
Evac orders are expanding FAST (another set just went out). Assume anything RT’d is already old news.
Check you local officials for current danger zones.
If you have ANY special circumstances & capacity to leave early, please do. Check on your neighbours if you can.
If you’re nearby-outside evac zones but anxious to DO SOMETHING, prep for warnings to hit you next.
Pack a Go Bag of what you need most to rebuild, what you need tomorrow, what brings you comfort, & what you hold dear. Extra time? Video & photo document what you’ll leave behind.
If you’re not impacted, I don’t want to see any of you on the BoysenFire GrassFire or ShadyFire hashtags. You know better.
It’s very likely people will die tonight. Your thoughts, prayers, commentary, & tardy RTs of stale alerts clog their route to info that can save them.
If you have kin (friends, family, colleagues) in Napa/Sonoma, it’s not a bad idea to give them a quick nudge to make sure they’re aware of the fires.
After months of pandemic, a lot of people are taking a step back from the barrage of news. Unfortunately, disasters don’t care.
Far away & frustrated by helplessness? Other things you can do:
1. Review your own emergency prep.
2. Vote out the fuckers who are enabling climate change to wrap us in an ever-worsening apocalypse.
3. Act as info tracker & relay for impacted kin to update them on evac routes.
I spent my teenage years in Marin, Sonoma, Napa, & Contra Costa. I have a lot of friends I’ve checked on tonight, too many now reliving the 2017 fires.
I have exactly zero chill or tolerance. Too much of this current hellscape was preventable.
It doesn’t need to be this way.
If you need help getting out, here’s the numbers to call. Don’t be shy; the earlier you call the easier it is to accommodate your needs.
Doing a carpool/group evac? Mask up!
(Stierch is a local journalist doing fantastic work compiling and tracking rapidly changing conditions.)
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