Topic: Alamo Fire smoke colume from SLOweather

[SLOweather]

Alamo Fire smoke 30 miles sse from SLOweather.com ~7AM 8 July 2017. It's on CA 166 east of Santa Maria CA.

[ocala]

Chris I know you said it was 30 miles away but are there any fires burning close to you?

[SLOweather]

Chris I know you said it was 30 miles away but are there any fires burning close to you?

The Tower Fire was on Cuesta Ridge about 5 miles away. It started 2 or 3 afternoons ago, and was contained yesterday. Not sure right now of the acreage. I see another one overnight on the local CalFire Incident map http://incidents.slocountyfire.org/ Its about 10 miles NW. No other info available yet this early.

Farther away, one started along CA 154 yesterday afternoon. 100 miles away near Lake Cachuma north of Santa Barbara. They had to evacuate a kids camp, and took them to the local Indian Casino.

[ocala]

Are these man made fires for the most part?

[Old Tele man]

Hoping you stay OK...I was there (many, many years ago) when the Santa Ana's blew a forest fire right up to the Ventura Court House.

[SLOweather]

Are these man made fires for the most part?

Both the Tower Fire  and the Whittier Fire (154 and Cachuma Lake) were car fires that spread. Alamo Fire cause unknown.

From Twitter:
The #AlamoFire is now the largest in California, at 24,000 acres, 10% containment

Whittier Fire estimated at 7,800 acres, 5% containment. Approximately 20 structures have been lost on both sides of Hwy 154. #WhittierFire.

CA 154 near the Rancho San Marcos golf course actually had a little monsoonal flow rain early this morning.

I see another one is burning near Parkfield ( about 45 miles NNE of me), center of research on the San Andreas fault. 1500 acres, 30% contained.