Keep mmikeinsantarosa and his family in your thoughts

[BitJam]

Thanks for the positive update Stevo. My thoughts and prayers are with Mike and his family.

[Gordon Cooper]

Thanks from me too Stevo, great to hear that they are OK. The fires are headline news here in NZ but not much detail. That map helps a lot.

[namida12]

Mike please be safe.

I lived on Mission Blvd in Rincon Valley when I was living in Santa Rosa. I am guessing that area has been burned out, but not certain as I have not seen proper mapping over a street layout... Have many friends that I worry about on the east side of SR, presume it is a bit early to discover much about their current condition.
I also have a close friend on the West Side of Clear Lake and he has not been in touch since the shooting here in Vegas.

[Eadwine Rose]

So glad to hear he is safe!!

[Gordon Cooper]

@ namida12 fire zone looks to be about 3/4 mile NNW of Mission Blvd on current map.

[Paul..]

Many thanks, Stevo, for the map. My wife's cousin lives in Santa Rosa and we were able to check her address and see that her house is safe (for the time being). She evacuated a few days ago.

[mmikeinsantarosa]

Thanks all. This is definitely High anxiety time. My wife & I will take turns watching the perimeter for any fires that approach during the night. The vehicle is packed and ready to go if needed. Thanks for all the map links too. It's really difficult to tell where the fires are or where they're going. Air support, the red dust & water tank bombers didn't start doing their thing until today. We have AM radio on 24hrs day @ 103.5FM for updates. The fires are everywhere and continue to spread but near as fast as they did Sunday Night/Monday morning. Most of the East Side of town (where my home is located) is without power.

We're staying in Healdsburg at Moms, who at 84, btw, has become quite the capable MX user.

- mike

[namida12]

@ namida12 fire zone looks to be about 3/4 mile NNW of Mission Blvd on current map.

Gordon, Thanks. Daughter was able to make contact with one of her school mates, lots of people have been burned out, but all are safe. My friend in Clearlake made contact this morning he is on South West side of the lake. He and his home is still safe. He picked a few friends on east side of lake by boat, and has a house full. He reports east side: one boat up on a evaluator dock with everything behind it burned to the ground. Where he picked up friend on east side of lake, there were about 35 homes burned to the ground.

JR

[mmikeinsantarosa]

The situation is definitely improving. From up on a hill in Healdsburg, I can't see anything burning to the East anymore. There's still a pretty big fire working its way South from Geyserville but the Chinooks with Water buckets are regularly cycling in and out of it. I drove South to check on my home (still standing) and the East hills that had been a blaze the last 3 days are just smoldering now.

mike

[Jerry3904]

That's great to hear. The satellite images still look awful...