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the fear has been suppressed by fire cover and smoke cover. today we re expecting a lift. gusty winds, they put embers out. there is advance of a flame front. i want to play this sound for you and a question on the other side. listen to this. this past winter we did not get the normal snow pack and precipitation that we re used to seeing. we have a probability of ignition and that means if you
the glow got bigger and started to spread from north to south. and it was around 10:00 the dispatch lady said, i ll never forget this she said, the marlins won the world series and santa ana winds are expected to reach 60 to 80 miles an hour tonight starting at midnight. flame-driven santa ana fire is the most deadly kind of fire that we have in southern california because the combination of dryness and the wind speed means the fire can travel at 60 to 80 miles an hour the head of the fire. and i knew at that point that it was gonna be really bad. and i said to thomas, who at that point had joined me up on the roof, this is going to be bad, isn t it? and he said, yes, it is. it was moving faster than we thought it was. what the fire was doing, it was spotting, and when i say that, it means that you have a flame
that we have in southern california because the combination of dryness and the wind speed means the fire can travel at 60 to 80 miles an hour the head of the fire. and i knew at that point that it was gonna be really bad. and i said to thomas, who at that point had joined me up on the roof, this is going to be bad, isn t it? and he said, yes, it is. it was moving faster than we thought it was. what the fire was doing, it was spotting, and when i say that, it means that you have a flame front, and then out in front you have different fires starting, because embers are getting thrown out, you know, a half mile, a mile ahead. and so, new fires are starting. i had all these things going on in my head. what are we going to do with the baby, with all the animals? i had to make the right decisions because, you know, making the right decisions gets people killed. . he said i need to video contents for the insurance company, i need to grab the camera and take video, that s