Santa Barbara County "Gap Fire"
Photo of the Santa Barbara County Gap Fire, taken by UCSB student Ryan Gangstamari on a rooftop on Del Playa drive in Isla Vista, California.
I wrote and posted the following during my work-day today:
"KCSB 91.9 FM broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from the base of Storke Tower at the University of California, Santa Barbara campus. Our staff and programmers are working overtime to provide comprehensive information and breaking news about the Gap Fire and its effects, including evacuations, blackouts, and health advisories. KCSB is also a broadcast hub in the County’s and State’s Emergency Alert System.
KCSB will be providing ongoing on-air coverage of the Gap Fire, but staff restrictions mean that we will have minimal web updates over the long holiday weekend. Stay tuned to KCSB throughout our current state of emergency for all the latest news and information. KCSB also wholeheartedly encourages listener and community calls about Gap Fire developments: please call the KCSB Request Line at (805) 893-2424 with eyewitness reports or other comments.
Additional information regarding the status of the Gap Fire and emergency operations is available at:
Incident Information System
Santa Barbara County Gap Fire website
Santa Barbara City website
KCSB also recommends that community members rely on battery-powered radios during any extended power outages (tuned to KCSB 91.9 FM, we hope). Keep listening to KCSB for our ongoing coverage, and please consider adding (805) 893-2424 to your phone directories."
Whew. (Fingers crossed that Santa Ana winds don't kick up over the weekend.)
I wrote and posted the following during my work-day today:
"KCSB 91.9 FM broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from the base of Storke Tower at the University of California, Santa Barbara campus. Our staff and programmers are working overtime to provide comprehensive information and breaking news about the Gap Fire and its effects, including evacuations, blackouts, and health advisories. KCSB is also a broadcast hub in the County’s and State’s Emergency Alert System.
KCSB will be providing ongoing on-air coverage of the Gap Fire, but staff restrictions mean that we will have minimal web updates over the long holiday weekend. Stay tuned to KCSB throughout our current state of emergency for all the latest news and information. KCSB also wholeheartedly encourages listener and community calls about Gap Fire developments: please call the KCSB Request Line at (805) 893-2424 with eyewitness reports or other comments.
Additional information regarding the status of the Gap Fire and emergency operations is available at:
Incident Information System
Santa Barbara County Gap Fire website
Santa Barbara City website
KCSB also recommends that community members rely on battery-powered radios during any extended power outages (tuned to KCSB 91.9 FM, we hope). Keep listening to KCSB for our ongoing coverage, and please consider adding (805) 893-2424 to your phone directories."
Whew. (Fingers crossed that Santa Ana winds don't kick up over the weekend.)
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I hope everyone comes out of this a-okay.
I sure hope this gets contained soon!!!
Here Big Sur is burning and we had three fires in 2 weeks or something around Santa Cruz, really scary, a few friends lost their homes...
Just sent a message to Mark (DjMark) about this darn fire he must be following closely from Austin...oh boy...
Stay wet, wet, wet...
oxoxoxoxoxo
yeah dont breathe too much!
Are you talking about the basin fire?
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