Zaca Fire Approach
Zaca Fire view from our garden two hours ago -- approaching Murietta Saddle, expected to reach the White Ledge area, across from Lake Casitas, on Sunday! 
According to the Sheriff's office, who visited us here a few minutes ago, the Fire is expected to reach us on Sunday ... churning through old chapparal forest which hasn't burnt in fifty years. [Our vicinity burnt in 1985, and the land here is cleared, so we are OK.] Will add any reports here as they come in. [Anyone with further info, please share it here also ...]
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Comments (7)
thanks MT, very glad someone (you!) got a photo of it today. I'll see what additional resources i can get together.
Comment #1 Posted by: Tyler | August 14, 2007 04:45 PM
If this fire make it down to my house , all environmentalists better be there to help my family and I evacuate. If California beleived in true conservation , eliminate old ,dead trees , we wouldnt be in this burn zone.
Comment #2 Posted by: Claire Kennedy | August 14, 2007 05:12 PM
I'll be the DJ... lets see, how 'bout Burning Down the House by the Talking Heads?
Comment #3 Posted by: sock puppet alert | August 14, 2007 05:32 PM
Claire,
The fires we have here in the chaparral are not exasperated by those who are against logging trees, since there are no pine trees here. The chaparral fires tend to burn quickly through sparce areas. It's hard to fight these types of fires when they are in steep canyons because firefighters can get trapped in certain areas.
Comment #4 Posted by: Brian Cox | August 14, 2007 06:12 PM
A good source of information might be from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
Comment #5 Posted by: Kenley | August 15, 2007 07:02 AM
Here's a map:
http://inciweb.org/incident/maps/full/770/3/
Comment #6 Posted by: Robert Lloyd | August 15, 2007 08:18 AM
I am hearing there is a meeting tonight at the Women's Center.
Comment #7 Posted by: Lisa Snider | August 15, 2007 09:03 AM