the fire weather forecasts continue to be false! The wind is now blowing directly off of the ocean, and it is bringing cool air and that good old coastal fog!!!!
Did I not say that I predicted that if we could get to Monday we were due for fog. That comes from living in front of the ocean for 24 years. You get to where you can almost sense it. This is the game changer that we have been waiting for. The gorgeous Monterey Peninsula ... upon which is Carmel I’d now coated in fog. The fog is a little lighter at my house and Santa Cruz, but the wind is blowing straight off of Monterey Bay towards us. The fog should be increasing. The fog had not currently reached the mountains where the fire is blazing, but the more populated towns seem much more safe now...., and especially your’s truly home!
The battle rages on in the forrest lands in our area, and in the ranching areas at the southern end of her bay, but I’m hearing that the firefighters have benefited from added reserves and cooler temperatures. They seem to be winning the fight right now.
It still all seems surreal. The damage is extensive, but even with thousands of acres burnt we are still a beautiful part of the country, and I love living right hear on the Monterey Bay! I am now really optimistic that my little community will come through
untouched. However, this sends a warning. My community is close to another part of the Santa Cruz Mountains. We also have thousands of acres of forrest land ... and only a mile and a half from my home. Someday a fire like this could happen just up the hill from me.One the other hand, I’ve lived here a long time and it happened yet.
I am not sure what to think
