#atlasfire

My sister ( @terratears ) and I are doing charity commissions! If you have not heard, our home of Northern California has had over 15+ wildfires since October 8th.  Half of our hometown is still under mandatory evacuation. Our house included. The fires are slowly being contained. 

Every cent made from these commissions will go towards helping victims. We’ll be donating via these links:

Youcaring -  Tubbs Fire Victims - Santa Rosa Community

Redwood Credit Union - North Bay Fire Relief 

Feel free to donate directly! Any sort of support will be greatly appreciated! Thank you and spread the word please!

For anyone who has checked on me, sent me private messages, etc.

Some good news today. The Atlas Peak fire (Napa and Solano Counties) now has 1900 personnel working it and is 27% contained. Some of the fires in Sonoma County have merged into one, but that is positive in a way because it means they have less perimeter to control. The fire in Mendocino is still going strong.

Weather conditions are very good today for fighting, but will go back to higher winds and low humidity tonight and into tomorrow; however, it won't be anything like Sunday night when all this started because of the quantity of First Responders out there and ready. There are crews and mutual aid from all over the country and even Canada and Australia that helping.

ICE has officially suspended routine enforcements and shelters only take names for purposes of knowing who is safe, they can not and simply aren't interested in asking anything about immigration status - life safety is the only goal now.

The amount of volunteers and donations is amazing. Some places have had to turn away volunteers and asked people to stop bringing food.

Can't see any flames or glow from my house currently, although the air quality is very very bad. The public schools, colleges, and universities all around the fires won't be open for students again until next various days next week.

There are a few areas that are being repopulated and those returning residents need to remain vigilant for any safety concerns. Many areas are still under mandatory or advisory evacuation status, such as the entire town of Calistoga.

The official loss of life is 31 and that will probably go up. Still 100's technically missing, although lack of communication has been the main problem and 500+ have been located and are safe.

Wildfires in Northern California right now are some of the worst in California History.  The top photo I took from my front porch early Monday morning in Redwood Valley, CA. That ridge is maybe a mile from my home. I had to run to my neighbors and make sure they were awake and wake up my father as well so we could evacuate. This fire was moving FAST. I mean 70 mph fast. Like dripping water down the hillside only it was treetops caught ablaze.

We watered our yard as best we could in the dark night. The silence punctuated by exploding vehicles and propane tanks.

All during this time, my grandparents lost their home in a city an hour away from me. The bottom two photos are what is left of their home in Fountain Grove in Santa Rosa, CA.

I am posting this because we need help. Northern California needs help. 40 people and counting have died. 3500 and counting homes destroyed. 40,000 people displaced.  If you would like to donate to the fire relief fund, Redwood Credit Union is collecting. You can specify a county or generalize it to all effected counties. They don’t take taxes out like Go Fund Me.

Posting some updates here on my family’s situation before bed. They finally got the okay to return safely!