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Selected scenes from the two volume, two hour long video filmed in HD of the wildfires in Southern California during the 2009 fire season. Volume 1 features the "Jesusita Fire" in Santa Barbara where over 100 exclusive homes were lost, and the 90000 acre "La Brea Fire" in Santa Maria which is mostly an air show. Volume 2 features the "Sheep Fire" in San Bernardino displaying explosive fire behavior threatening the town of Wrightwood destroying three structures and the "Guiberson Fire" in Fillmore which was the only wind driven fire during the fall destroying one structure and burning 17000 acres.
The mountains over SB about 7 months after the Jesusita Fire......... www.paulcumes.com 2 session painting.... music: Island, IS Volcano Choir
Jesusita Fire Takes Houses in Mission Canyon on Day 2 and at Night on Day 3 blows towards hwy 156 out of control
Through The Roots - Zombies Performed live at the Jesusita Fire Benefit Concert @ The Historic Granada Theater. Friday May 29th 2009
The USFS Firewatch Cobra leads a ground crew to a hotspot near the fire line on the jesusita fire in Santa Barbara
This is a clip of the news broadcast shortly before we had to evacuate.
A view from the top of Santa Teresita down at the water treatment plant and Steven's Park.
Fire evacuations are being lifted as cool, moist air tames a wind-driven wildfire that has burned dozens of homes along the outskirts of Santa Barbara. More than 30-thousand people had been under mandatory evacuation orders, after the fire erupted last Tuesday on the face of a steep mountain above the city. Local winds sweeping inland and down the face of the mountains drove the fire into outlying neighborhoods Wednesday afternoon, and again late Thursday and early Friday, causing most of the destruction. The terrain also helped to drive the expansion of the fire, raging on the coastal mountain slopes. Fire officials report the blaze is now 70% contained, and full containment is expected by Wednesday. 5 air tankers, 10 helicopters and more that 4-thousand personnel are fighting the blaze. The fire has destroyed more than 75 homes and 22 are damaged. Damages are estimated at $10.8 million dollars. 145 properties remain under mandatory evacuation orders. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Gov. Schwarzenegger toured the UCSB MAC evacuation center in Santa Barbara and discuss the emergency relief efforts. Follow Gov.Schwarzenegger on Twitter at twitter.com
The Jesusita Fire and other emergencies demonstrate the effects of Santa Barbara Traffic Deconstruction. Upper State Street has been narrowed. The City Traffic Department still plans to narrow the "De La Vina Y" intersection of De La Vina and State Street. The Fire trucks shown stuck in traffic on State Street and on Highway 101 were during no fire. Please contact your Councilmember and ask what they will do to promote better traffic circulation- for our safety. Posted by CarsAreBasic.org Video from sbcag.COM (not org)
Red cross workers and volunteers help Santa Barbara residents with various needs at the Dos Pueblos High School Evacuation Center while the Jesusita fire rages on.
3 Helicopters landing to refill!!!!
DC-10 Fire Tool for firefighting!
The plume of smoke from the Jesusita Fire drifted slowly on relatively calm winds on the morning of May 8. The speed of this time lapse video has been increased by a factor of 30.
Another time lapse of the jesusita fire. Made from 2 hrs of footage
Special fire fighting helicopter comes in to recharge at a water tank near SB County fire department offices.
From Geoff's house off Hwy 154
Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire, Believe that this was one of the worst days
The Jesusita Fire has now taken over more than 2000 acres of land and has destroyed more than 75 homes and structures... Hundreds of homes and commercial structures are threatened by close proximity to the roaring flames. The flames seen from the city seem to be unrealistically large. It is hard to imagine how large they really are as judging them from a distance is difficult. www.BryantSwanstrom.com
During a party at goleta beach we looked on as the Jesusita fire flared up again on the hills above Santa Barbara, moving west toward our house. So we headed home to help roommates pack up in the event of an evacuation and caught some crazy views of the fire while we were there. Congrats to Markus, who successfully defended his thesis today on violating Bell's inequality with Superconducting phase qubits. He won't forget this day for a while!
Day 3 of the Jesusita Fire. Filmed from the "Bridge to Nowhere" of Hwy 154. Clips of fire engulfing the side of a mountain. Sundowner winds kicking up and setting of the fire. Vidoes clips shot around 6:45 to 7:00 pm.
Just after the 3:30 pm blow-up. This was taken on Tunnel Rd. with Ventura City, Oxnard City and Santa Paula city fire trucks.
Film of the Jesusita fire shot from our house on 5-7-2009
Jesusita Fire - Santa Barbara - May 6 2009. This is a 30min Time lapse of the Jesusita fires in Santa Barbara.
Briefing from Alissa Larreta of Direct Relief about assistance to residents affected by the Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara.
Done over a period of 2 hours. Ashes begin to cover the camera at the end.
Gov. Schwarzenegger was briefed on the Jesusita Fire. Yesterday, the Governor declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County due to the Jesusita Fire.
The Governor Shows his support to the Fire Fighters and People of Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire Santa Barbara Press Conference Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Breaking News May 7 2009 Emergency
shot on 4/6/2009 at around 4pm from TV Hill on the mesa. 3 hours earlier the fire looked basically gone in comparison to the day before, then the winds picked up and this happened. Shot by Tali Cook, commentary by Kyran Million.. check out my music at www.myspace.com
Timelapse of the Jesusita Fire taken from the roof of my house near 154 and Calle Real in Santa Barbara. The fire started on the 5th and was pretty small this morning after a calm night, but in the early afternoon the winds picked up and it expanded rapidly. The evacuation warning zone came within a few blocks of our place, so my roommates and I came home from UCSB to pack some things up just in case it expanded toward us. Currently, though, it seems to be moving mostly toward the south east. In the video, you might catch a few glimpses of helicopters doing water drops. They were working really hard to save a number of houses that are visible in the video at certain points. 30x speedup.
A fire that started Tuesday and been relatively quiet roared back into life as sundowner winds reached 40-60 mph late Wednesday afternoon. Over 20 homes had burned by nightfall. Firefighters were brought in from other counties to assist in the effort. Three firefighters from Ventura County were injured and transported to hospital for treatment. Governor Schwarzenegger proclaimed the area a state of emergency making it eligible for aid. Power lines are down throughout the area. Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. Currently the forecast is for winds to continue through Friday.
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View of rising smoke plume of the current raging wildfire from my home on Laguna Street in the downtown section of Santa Barbara, California
At 2:30pm on May 6 we thought this fire was over. Then the "sundowner" winds kicked in. Have you ever pointed a hair dryer at a fire? That's what this was like. In 15 minutes the fire simply EXPLODED. The images on this video were taken at 3:00pm. It shows the awesome destructive power fire.has.
The fire is moving toward Santa Barbara and fire crews are heading to stave it off.
Direct Relief International's Brett Williams discusses the organization's response to the Jesusita Fire that started burning May 5, 2009 in Santa Barbara.
Jesusita Fire Emergency Santa Barbara From Goleta Showing San Roque coming up to Patterson and Calle Real right near my house. It's all over all of Santa Barbara and this your seeing is spreading west all through and above San Roque. Sad. Pray for Santa Barbara already many houses burned and 1000s evacuated even downtown and by the Mission
The Santa Barbara fire department, assisted by air support, battled a wildfire that burned approximately 200 acres in the San Roque Canyon / Mission Canyon area. About 1200 0f 2000 threatened homes were evacuated, no structures lost as at the time of this posting. Firefighters were aided by calm winds throughout Tuesday night and Wednesday day, but high winds were forecast for Wednesday evening. Cause of the fire was unknown. No injuries reported.
This video was taken on 05-06-09 around 4:23 pm
Shot from my rooftop about 1/4 mile from the Mandatory Evacuation Line.... High Definition Video Captured with a Canon 5D Mark II.
View from my house of the Jesusita fire in SB. Taken on 5/6/09 at about 4pm
Santa Barbara and LA Helicopter landing at Santa Barbara JH for a refill
time lapse taken from Elings Park between 4:30pm and 8:00 pm on 5/5/09 Aj Brown Imaging ajbrownimaging.com
The Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara, Ca. May 5th 2009, Cinco De Mayo. Video and pictures of the Jesusita Fire captured approx. 1-2 hours after the start of the fire. Winds were blowing 20-30 MPH. The clips were taking from the Norhtridge Rd. and the top of Ontare Rd. Filmed with my Olympus FE-370 camera. Santa Barbara burning....again.
HD video shot from my roof at 4 PM on May 5th 2009... Using a new Canon 5D Mark II :) www.ryanpfleger.com www.digitalmediaportfolio.com www.paddlesurfing101.com www.PIER.org 5/5/09
Jesusita Fire, Santa Barbara, California 05.05.09 (Jack Kimball / Noozhawk video)
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