Visit mendoready.org for information on being prepared to evacuate!
#HopkinsFire in Calpella is burning hot enough it earned a GOES satellite parallelogram. Note, that's just a general vague satellite pass - doesn't mean the entire area is on fire. It's just a heat signature (meaning something is burning hella hot in the vicinity).
Over 1,200 PG&E customers have lost power in the area due to the Hopkins Fire. We don't know when you'll have power. Estimated power restoration for non-fire impacted areas (i.e. Redwood Valley) is 5:45 PM. m.pge.com/#outages
Tones on scanners have gotten more terse, anxious and irritated.
Yet again, like so many fires, the working class and low income folk pay the price: the fire has burned in a mobile home park. 😔 Extend of damage is unknown.
More evacuation orders will likely be going in place shortly for #HopkinsFire on the easterly side of the fire. Evacuate, don't wait!
IF YOU NEED HELP EVACUATING - INCLUDING ANIMALS CALL
☎ 911 FOR EMERGENCY ONLY
☎ (707) 961-2421 FOR NON-EMERGENCY
➡️ mendoready.org
✅120 acres
✅0% containment
🏠2 structures damaged or destroyed (will change)
🔥Fire advancing east towards Lake Mendocino
🔥Fire has crossed Black Oak and is impacting Marina Dr.
#HopkinsFire weather right now
☁️95 degrees
☁️Westerly wind (it's pushing the fire easterly)
☁️8 MPH winds w/24 MPH gusts
☁️Sunny
And trust me, if you've been there, there isn't much water in that lake.
#HopkinsFire
People keep driving around the road closures - so, hard closures are going into place, meaning law enforcement will likely be called in. 🙄
Also more evac orders likely going in for more areas near/around Lake Mendocino. PLEASE GO IF ASKED.
Upper Lake fam - the air quality is like going to tank for you in the near future. Please stay inside if you can or get out your N95 masks. Use @AirCareTheApp to track your air quality.
🚨CURRENT #HOPKINSFIRE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS🚨
If you need help call 707-262-4200 or 911 for emergency. mendoready.org
-ALL OF EAST SIDE CALPELLA RD
-SOUTH BORDER LAKE MENDOCINO DR
-EAST BORDER LAKE MENDOCINO
-NORTH BORDER HWY 20
(Red in map)
📢CURRENT #HOPKINSFIRE EVACUATION **WARNINGS**📢
Be prepared to evacuate. If you feel unsafe, please leave. mendoready.org
-WEST BORDER = STATE ST TO THE 5000 BLK EAST SIDE CALPELLA RD
-NORTH BORDER= RD 144/HWY 20
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📢CURRENT #HOPKINSFIRE EVACUATION **WARNINGS**📢
-EAST BORDER = LAKE MENDO @ LAKE RIDGE
-SOUTH BORDER LAKE MENDO DR
🧐#HOPKINSFIRE DO YOU KNOW YOUR EVACUATION ZONE? 🧐
Mendocino County has evacuation zones for the entire county! Learn what your evacuation zone is: google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie…
#HopkinsFire as of 4:46 PM 9/12
✅300 acres
✅0% containment
🏠4 structures damaged or destroyed (will change)
🏠Many threatened
My step-grandpa, Carl Richard Bischoff, died in Arizona yesterday after a five year fight with multiple myeloma. One of the most altruistic men I've ever known, he stepped in as a surrogate grandfather to me when my stepmom, BJ, became part of our family.
1/16
Almost 15 years ago we both under went surgeries- me dental surgery and Carl for colon cancer- like two freshman college roommates we were holed up together unexpectedly at BJ's house - eating soft foods, hopped up on pain killers and watching bad television for a week.
2/16
It was my first chance to get to know Carl, this man who was a new part of my family tree. He was born in 1933, the day after me, August 27, in Lancaster, PA. (We often celebrated our birthdays together!)
👏Forward progress stopped👏
This means the fire is no longer spreading, but it is not necessarily at 100% containment.
🔥1/4 acre
Crews will be on scene for 3 hours
I will update THIS THREAD for the time being with any new information. 👇
This is on the Napa-Sonoma border, honestly. Just east of Sugarloaf State Park.
#WallFire is located in the Nuns Fire scar. That's "my" fire. And don't get excited - 2017 fire scars are ready to burn again - if you live here, you know.
There is "an alarming trend" of evacuated residents leaving irrigation, garden hoses, and sprinklers on roofs following evacuation orders in attempts to protect property. 1/5
"As a result, Lake Tahoe Public Utility Districts and water purveyors are experiencing drawdowns in their water supply since evacuation warnings and orders went into effect."
Neighborhood water tanks & wells are at maximum capacity and being drawn down. 2/5
"This misuse of water can leave water supplies dangerously low when firefighters need fast access to water from fire hydrants to protect homes."
Residents are calling fire districts asking if they should spray down houses and veg before evacuating. "This is not effective."
3/5