Monday, October 23, 2017

LAFD Declares First Red Flag Day In 3 Years

Photo: Diane Edwardson September 9, 2009.  LAFD declared a Red Flag Day starting at 8AM Tuesday, Oct 24, 2017.  LAFD's website has become difficult to sign up for or change how you receive notices.  Some of us, who've been signed up for alerts since the program began, got notice, others did not.  I got a call and email but not a text.  I used to receive all three. I recommend following @LAFDtalk on Twitter.
Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor June 19, 2016.  The Silver Lake Fire illustrated why Corralitas Drive is a Red Flag Day No Parking street.  There is only one access road, Rosebud Ave, to about 52 homes on Corralitas.  If you didn't drive out before the Fire Dept arrived, you could not drive off the hill.  June 19, 2017 was not a Red Flag Day.  Neighbors a half a mile away reported 6" embers blowing past their homes.  

The recent fires in Orange County, Napa Valley and Santa Rosa were wind driven fires.
  
9:15 PM: Typos were corrected.