10-09-2017, 06:28 PM
Thanks BC - we're up in Blackpoint/Novato and were 2 miles downwind from the Sears Point fire so woke up to crazy winds, heavy smoke and scary orange sky over our eastern ridge ~3:30 this morning. My wife went in to work but I stayed home to man the fort and get personals and the cat ready for hightailing it just in case. We had a lot of smoke and ash but fortunately no embers. The winds died down by early afternoon but man, was I sweating bullets in the meanwhile, especially when I saw how easily the fire jumped 101 to hit west Santa Rosa - that could have easily happened here in Black Point with the easterly winds.
In between checking the yard and roof, I was pretty much glued to the tv all day and am just floored by the speed and extent of the destruction, especially from what I saw in Santa Rosa and Napa - just heartbreaking. The closest call anyone we know of so far was fire taking out structures across from a friend's mom 's house, but we are afraid there are more than likely other friends more severely impacted.
In between checking the yard and roof, I was pretty much glued to the tv all day and am just floored by the speed and extent of the destruction, especially from what I saw in Santa Rosa and Napa - just heartbreaking. The closest call anyone we know of so far was fire taking out structures across from a friend's mom 's house, but we are afraid there are more than likely other friends more severely impacted.