The Jesusita Fire is not inching but racing closer and closer to the northern edge of the city of Santa Barbara, California.
It has been very frustrating watching the Spokane television affiliates and television networks refer to the fire area only as “Santa Barbara.” So for anyone who shares my frustration with the imprecision of our eyenitwitless news teams, here is some information about the Jesusita Fire. More graphically, here is the GoogleMap showing the fire area.
Updated Information
Comment by Bill — May 9, 2009 @ 11:48 am
Surely this would be of greater interest to those who know the area. Those massive So Cal fires used to occur almost infrequently and now they seem to happen annually. I recall Santa Barbara when Sambos used to be called Sambos before the days of PC’ness.
Comment by Wallypog — May 9, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
Wallypog,
I’ve been contacted by a few people who formerly lived in southern California but who now live up here. The most common question I’ve been asked is, “How close is it to Reagan’s ranch?” Rancho del Cielo was north and west of the fire area. The ranch was off Refugio Pass (Refugio Road) overlooking the Santa Ynez Valley, so the fire is a long ways away.
If you recall Sambos, then you also remember when US 101 had all those awful stop lights on it.
Comment by Bill — May 9, 2009 @ 3:06 pm
I know the area well. Do you want to know why there are more fires? Go back into the hills around Santa Barbara and you will see cardboard and plywood cities that the illegals have built. They cook over an open fire daily for their meals. You can actually see cardboard and plywood cities from the I-5 freeway coming down off of the Grapevine heading toward Bakersfield on the west side of the freeway. They are all over the hills of Santa Cruz also. You will find multiple families living in old chicken coops north of SF. Again, all cooking is done over an open fire, wind or not, throughout the year.
Comment by concerned citizen — May 9, 2009 @ 3:08 pm