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InciWeb: Locations of Public Information Kiosks

Posted: 08 Aug 2007 07:32 PM CDT

InciWeb: Count and Cities Announce Locations of Public Information Kiosks:
Locations of Public Information Kiosks

Counties and Cities Announce Locations of Public Information Kiosks

Incident: Zaca

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE

105 E. Anapamu St., Room 406 · Santa Barbara, CA 93101

www.countyofsb.org

(805) 568-3400 · FAX (805) 568-3414

News Media Contact:
EOC News Media Line-(805) 696-1161
Terri Maus-Nisich
Assistant County Executive Officer
OR
William Boyer
Communications Director
(805) 896-1056 (cell)
wboyer@co.santa-barbara.ca.us

ZACA-071607-015

August 8, 2007 -- TIME:1:30 p.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The County of Santa Barbara and the Cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta announce that eleven kiosk locations have been established beginning Tuesday, August 7, 2007, which will provide current Zaca Fire press releases, updates, maps and other relevant information.

The following locations will be updated with key information daily:

Santa Barbara:

The Mission (2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara)
City Hall (735 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara)

Goleta:

City Hall (130 Cremona Dr. Suite B)
Camino Real Market Place Theatre (7040 Marketplace Dr.)
Goleta Community Center (5679 Hollister Ave.)

Montecito:

Lower Village (1483 East Valley Rd.)

Santa Barbara County:

Tucker's Grove Park - Entrance (Turnpike Rd. and Cathedral Oaks Rd.)
Magnolia Center - 5130 Hollister Ave.
Turnpike Center @ Hollister Road (163 S. Turnpike, Goleta)
Calle Real Center by Trader Joes (5767 Calle Real, Goleta)
Java Station on Hollister @ Modoc (4447 Hollister Ave.)
County Administration Building (105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara)

For regular updates about the Zaca Fire, the public can tune to the County's government cable TV station, Channel 20, or the government TV stations for the City of Santa Barbara, Channel 18, or the City of Goleta at Channel 19. In addition, the public can tune to the following radio stations.

AM Stations: KTMS-990; KZSB-1290; KUHL-1410 and KINF-1440.

FM Stations: KCSB-91.9; KSPE-94.5 (Spanish); KSYV-96.7; KTYD-99.9; KSBL-101.7; KRAZ-105.9 and KIST-107.7.

In addition, motorists and residents in the San Marcos Pass area off Highway 154 can listen to AM 1040 (WQFI350) for updated emergency information. For specific updates on the Zaca Fire, the public can call the Zaca Fire Public Information Line at (805) 961-5770 or go online to http://www.inciweb.org/ or http://www.countyofsb.org/ or http://www.sbcfire.com/.

El publico puede llamar a la linea de informacion de Zaca Fire al (805) 961-5770 para mas detalles o puede ir al WEB http://www.inciweb.org/ o http://www.countyofsb.org/ o http://www.sbcfire.com/. El publico tambien puede escuchar noticias por radio. AM KTMS-990; KZSB-1290; KTYD-99.9; KSBL-101.7; KRAZ-105.9 y KIST-107.7. Los motoristas y residents de San Marcos Pass en la area del Camino 154 pueden escuchar la estacion AM 1040 (WQF1350) para nueva informacion de la emergencia.

Zaca Fire, MODIS Website - Image of the day

Posted: 08 Aug 2007 07:22 PM CDT

MODIS Website:

August 8, 2007 - Zaca Fire, Southern California

Satellite:

Aqua

Date Acquired:

08/05/2007

Resolutions:

1km (77.7 KB)
500m (172 KB)
250m (1.4 MB)

Bands Used:

1,4,3

Credit:

Jeff Schmaltz
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team,
NASA GSFC

In Santa Barbara County, California, a large wildfire that had burning for a month was continuing to tax firefighters, close roads, and force people to evacuate their homes in the mountains southwest of Los Padres National Forest on August 5, 2007. The Zaca Fire was more than 63,000 acres and about 68 percent contained according to the USDA Forest Service InciWeb report from Sunday, August 5.

This image from the MODIS on NASA's Aqua satellite shows the fire on Sunday afternoon, August 5. The areas where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. Thick smoke spreads northeast toward the intensively farmed San Joaquin Valley and the city of Bakersfield. Irrigated fields are lush green, bare or sparsely vegetated land is tan, urban areas are gray, and the natural vegetation on the mountains appears dull greenish-brown.

The fire began accidentally on private land near the forest, and extremely dry conditions allowed the blaze to escape control quickly. Southern California is in the grip of extreme drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. According to the group�s drought classification scheme, areas experiencing "extreme drought" are likely to suffer major crop and pasture losses and to face widespread water shortages or restrictions. The costs of wildfires are among the largest economic impacts of droughts in California.