Residents along the Southern California coast are seeing the effects of the Alisal Fire in the air they are breathing. On Thursday the South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a special air quality advisory for smoke that will be worsening during the afternoon.
Heavier concentrations of the smoke are expected to move into the counties of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and L.A. Thursday afternoon and evening.
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY ADVISORY: smoke from the #AlisalFire near Santa Barbara is expected to move into portions of the South Coast Air Basin and elevate air quality levels: https://t.co/Y158OoPtBX pic.twitter.com/VEqa4FneIY
— South Coast AQMD (@SouthCoastAQMD) October 13, 2021
The Alisal Fire has burned more than 16,000 acres 19 miles west of Santa Barbara.
It looks like this Smoke and Fire comment section has degenerated into political forum on California? Good bye!
I am a CA native, I lived there for 45 yrs and then decided to move out 15 + yrs ago, the best decision I ever made, great country to be sure, it’s the human component that is a nightmare, high taxes, very restrictive regulations, housing is not affordable, people are very stressed, grid lock on and on….
Fed FF’s that live in CA fuel the very important discussion of pay and benefits for the rest of the country however the rest of the country is not nearly as expensive as CA to live, CA is paying nearly 5$ for gas, VA 3.10$.
In so cal there really is no such thing as good air quality, yes there are moments when the east winds blow, but if I remember correctly the phrase non attainment comes to mind, no matter what you do the air Q will always be an issue. look at this site, the air is nearly always bad….https://www3.epa.gov/airquality/greenbook/anayo_ca.html
Air Quality Advisorys should be a very frequent thing…..
All battery powered transportation, really……..lol…….
I’m a 75-year native Californian. I tire of the gripers whose focus is so fixed and narrow that they ignore the fact that in California there are still vast open areas with no gridlock, clean air, and more beautiful country that you could never see all of in one lifetime. We have the beautiful Pacific Ocean along our amazing coast, and mountains few states can match. I hope the door hit you in the keester on the way out.
Not to mention new ideas that start in California end up being adopted thru out the rest of the country eventually. Kind of tells you something.
Reminds me of all the people who complained about CA disasters and moved to TX to get away, only to be hit with power grid failures, natural gas shortages, hurricanes, and floods.
Y’all better get used to it. Newsom’s new green law says no chainsaws after 2024. Hope y’all like living with them forest fires! Battery operated chainsaws you say! MEH! Better hire a ghost hotshot crew to pack all the needed backup battery dead weight. OH!, and what to do when way far in the back country the underpaid pack team gets tired of packing all the depleted batteries around??? Hide em…dump em….no-one will ever know. F***ing brilliant! Welcome to Hell!
The law would go into effect Jan. 1, 2024, should regulators determine the law is feasible. If not, it could be put on hold until realistic, according to the bill language.
Eh. Fire fighting crews are exempt from a lot of laws, I doubt this will be any different. And I personally won’t miss landscaping crews revving up their gas-powered leaf blowers at 6 am.
Calm down, you’re going to give yourself skin failure!
The smoke odor in western Orange County (E of Long Beach) became obvious enough tduring the initial o seal-off the house, even though skies looked clear. The previously green AQMD air quality on Wednesday quickly went to yellow, and warned ORANGE for today. As of 2 PM there’s little odor outside, while knowing that inside is the place to remain for now.
I’m looking forward to the investigation report. There is a very popular backcountry dirt road in the area of origin. That SHOULD have been closed during the high winds. And residents SHOULD have already prepared defensible space months ago.