Today will be my last day of fire reports, unless something monumental turns up. I have gotten a lot of feedback from out-of-state (even out-of-country) friends and family that my blog has been helpful, and that’s why I’ve continued updating it so frequently and for so many days. I have, at times, grown quite weary of writing about it, but knowing that you were counting on me to give you accurate and up-to-date information provided me with a very tangible sense of purpose. So, in addition to being grateful that I could do something to help, I thank you all for providing me a means to keep busy during this whole ordeal.
Today’s news, much like yesterday’s, is mostly concerned with totals and tallies. Absolutely nothing about exactly where and how the remaining fires are still burning. I do know that there are only about 2,600 people remaining under evacuation orders. This is all from the Poomacha (Pumacho, I’ve seen several different versions) Fire up in the northern area of the county.
As of last night, they had surveyed 99% of all the burned areas in unincorporated parts of the county. For those areas, here are the latest numbers:
The number of residential, commercial and industrial buildings destroyed is:
* Witch Fire 573
* Harris Fire 206
* Rice Canyon Fire 208
* Poomacha Fire 16
* TOTAL 1,003
The estimated cost of structural damage in the unincorporated areas is $400 million.
These totals do not include the burned areas within city limits. Those numbers were posted in yesterday’s (Friday’s, really) total, and if you combine them you get a total of 2,627 structures burned so far. This doesn’t include several hundred homes and other buildings that were damaged but not totally destroyed.
At least the fires appear to be on their way out. Yesterday was warm and sunny, but today the clouds have returned, and the weather forecast calls for drizzling spots of rain to begin tonight and continue through Wednesday. I hope this will extend inland enough to help dampen the remaining fires.
2 comments:
Thank you for your continued efforts in keeping up with your blog. I told you that this was one of our biggest lifelines when I was on vacation. THANK YOU!! When you comin' back to work lady? Have you talked to Molly?
Babawawawawa!
I'm really grateful that I could help. So: you're welcome, today, and nope.
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