MORNING
MORNING BLEND STARTS NOW. LET US START WITH NEWS OUT OF CUBA COUNTY NEARLY 1000
ACRES HAVE BURNED IN GREATER
WHEATLAND ONE HOME DESTROYED.
CAL FIRE IS CALLING THIS THE
END TANKO FIRE IT IS RIGHT NEAR
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE.
GOOD MORNING , EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO OUR WEDNESDAY
BROADCAST.
I'M WALKER AND I'M BREEDLOVE.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
THIS MORNING .
METEOROLOGIST ROB CARLEBACH IS
TRACKING THE CONDITIONS AROUND
THIS FIRE RIGHT NOW.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE YOU TO ABC TENSO
KEVIN JOHN WHO IS LIVE IN
WHEATLAND.
KEVIN , WHAT IS THE SCENE RIGHT
NOW?
EXTREMELY ACTIVE LAST NIGHT.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT
FROM LAST NIGHT THE SCENE IS
DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT HERE.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE
THE AFTERMATH OF THE
DESTRUCTION THAT THIS FIRE LEFT
.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS WE
KNOW, A LOT OF THESE FIRES ARE
STARTED BECAUSE THE DRY FUELS
THAT WE'VE HAD DUE TO LACK
OF RAIN AND I JUST WANT YOU TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW.
NOT ONLY CAN YOU SEE HOW DRY IT
IS BUT ANOTHER THING I WANT YOU
TO LOOK AT IS THE WIND.
YOU SEE HOW IT'S MOVING SO THAT
COMBINATION OF WIND AND THESE
DRY FUELS IS WHAT ALLOWED THIS
FIRE TO MOVE SO QUICKLY THAT
YOU COULD SEE RIGHT THERE
BEHIND ME.
NOW I'M HERE RIGHT OFF OF IN
TANKEL ROAD AND THIS IS WHERE
THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRE BURN
AND THREATEN MANY HOMES IN THE
AREA EVEN TAKING OUT ONE HOME
YOU'LL SEE A FENCE THAT HAS
BEEN OBLITERATED BY THE FIRE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE
ACTUALLY SAW PG&E WORKERS OUT
HERE EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT
WERE WORKING TO REPAIR THREE
POLES THAT HAD WENT DOWN AS A
RESULT OF THE FIRE AS WELL.
BUT YES, LIKE I SAID, YOU THE
LACK OF RAIN THAT WE GOT DURING
THE WINTERTIME AND THE AMOUNT
OF DEAD FUEL HAS DEFINITELY
RESULTED IN THIS FIRE THAT WE
SAW HERE YESTERDAY.
NOW WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO
CATCH UP WITH CAL FIRE, A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM CAL FIRE
WHO EXPLAINS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
TO BE OUT ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THESE FIRES AND HOW YOU CAN
PROTECT YOURSELF BEFORE THEY
COME.
TAKE A LISTEN.
ARE THE CONDITIONS YOU'RE
YOU'RE ALREADY SHOWING
THEMSELVES BEING READY TO BURN
AND WE AS AN AGENCY ARE READY
BUT WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO
BE READY AS WELL.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS CREATING
THAT DEFENSIBLE SPACE, DOING
THAT HOME HARDENING AND BEING
PREPARED TO EVACUATE AND REALLY
MONITORING ALL THE DIFFERENT
OUTLETS FOR NEWS INFORMATION.
SO IF THERE WAS AN EVACUATION
ORDER, GIVEN THAT YOU'RE READY
TO LEAVE ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT HE SAYS
READY TO BE TO LEAVE AT A
MOMENT'S NOTICE.
AND AS WE KNOW, FIRES DO NOT
GIVE WARNINGS BEFORE THEY
STRIKE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN EVACUATION
PLAN IN PLACE.
ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING
THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU DO HAVE IS DEFENSIBLE SPACE
AROUND YOUR HOME THAT'S AT
LEAST 50 TO 100 FEET AROUND
YOUR HOME WHERE YOU GET RID
OF VEGETATION OUT THERE WHICH
CAN QUICKLY IGNITE ANOTHER
THING IF YOU WANT TO MOW YOUR
LAWN OR DO ANY KIND
OF LANDSCAPING, BE SURE TO DO
THAT IN THE MORNING .
OBVIOUSLY LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON WHERE IT'S WARMER
COMBINED WITH WIND ANY LITTLE
SPARK CAN SET OFF WHAT WE SEE
OUT HERE IN WHEATLAND.
WALT?
YEAH, I'VE BEEN UP ON THAT
ROUTE MANY TIMES ON MY HARLEY.
THERE'S NOTHING BUT DRY OUT
THERE AND THIS IS KIND OF OUR
KICKOFF TO FIRE SEASON.
KEVIN , THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.
ROB, LET'S TAKE IT OUT TO YOU.
HAVE A NICE DAY TODAY.
BUT STILL THE WINDS COULD BE AN
ISSUE WITH ANY TYPE OF FIRE
ACTIVITY.
ABSOLUTELY.
ACTIVITY. ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
REALLY TELLING BECAUSE
YESTERDAY WE HAD HIGHS IN THE
70S.
YES, IT WAS BREEZY BUT FOR THE
MOST PART THAT WIND WAS COMING
IN OFF THE OCEAN SO THE
HUMIDITY WAS HIGHER REALLY THE
STORY YESTERDAY WITH THAT
PARTICULAR FIRE IS IS LIKE YOU
MENTIONED, IT'S JUST THE
VEGETATION SO DRY AND IT'S NOT
COMING BACK UNTIL WE GET SOME
TYPE OF PRECISION AND THAT'S
ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THE
FALL.
SO WE'VE GOT MONTHS AND MONTHS
AND MONTHS OF BASELINE DRY
VEGETATION THAT'S READY TO GO
AND THROW IN A LITTLE BIT
OF WIND EVEN IF IT'S HIGHER
HUMIDITY, WIND FIRE'S GOING TO
MOVE QUICKLY.
THAT'S JUST A FACT AND THIS IS
WHAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA THIS
MORNING .
NOW AS KEVIN JUST SHOWED YOU,
THE FIRES OUT HE DID NOTICE
SOME SMOLDERING SPOTS BUT FOR
THE MOST PART IT'S OUT AND WIND
IS COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THE WIND
DIRECTION THAT TELLS YOU WHERE
IT'S COMING FROM, NOT WHERE
IT'S GOING TO WATCH THE ARROWS.
ANY SMOKE AND HAZE IS GOING TO
BE MOVING OFF TO THE NORTH.
SO WE LOOKED AT THAT THE ISSUE
OFTEN WITH FIRES IF YOU'RE
DIRECTLY IMPACTED OBVIOUSLY
IT'S THE FLAMES AND WHAT'S
BURNING.
BUT IF YOU'RE INDIRECTLY
IMPACTED, IT'S LIKELY FROM
SMOKE AND HAZE AND POOR AIR
QUALITY AND ONE OF THE BEST
PLACES TO LOOK FOR THAT IS
PURPLE AIRCON.
THEY ARE A NETWORK OF PEOPLE'S
PERSONAL AIR SENSORS.
SO IF YOU WANT THAT DATA YOU
CAN GO AND LOOK ON THEIR
WEBSITE.
ONE SPOT NEARBY IS REGISTERING
UNHEALTHY AIR AT ONE 177 AQI.
THAT'S THE ONLY SPOT IN THE
AREA.
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
IF THE WIND LATER ON TODAY IT
IS GOING TO PICK UP.
BUT WHAT IS BENEFICIAL ABOUT IT
IS SEE WHERE THE ARROWS ARE
COMING FROM THE OCEAN.
SO WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY THAT
WILL KEEP US AWAY FROM RED FLAG
CONDITIONS.
BUT WITH EVERYTHING THAT I
MENTIONED DRY VEGETATION AND
WINDIER CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON THERE IS A FIRE RISK
OUT THERE TODAY.
OK, THANK YOU, ROB.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TALKING
ABOUT THE AND TANKO FIRE ALL
MORNING .
TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE IT WAS
BURNING IN PROXIMITY TO BEALE
AIR FORCE BASE.
AS THE FIRE GOT CLOSER, THE
BASE DEPLOYED THEIR OWN
FIREFIGHTING CREW TO PROTECT
IT.
THE BASE WAS PLACED UNDER
EVACUATION ORDERS YESTERDAY.
THAT ORDER HAS SINCE BEEN
LIFTED BECAUSE THE AIR QUALITY
WAS DEEMED TO BE SAFE.
AND HERE ARE SOME MORE THINGS
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE BASE.
FORTY FIVE HUNDRED MILITARY
PERSONNEL ALL WORKING ON THINGS
LIKE RECONNAISSANCE AND SUPPORT
FOR