Update: timecodes
7:19:10 start of Eaton coverage
8:25:30 start of FirePhotoGirl coverage
9:18:10 burning house
9:35:15 firefighters, burning house
https://www.youtube.com/live/DwMAbDmR8Q ... JnrP2_aXEB
View from Mt. Wilson.
Eaton Fire
This horrible, wind-driven fire is burning homes in Altadena and creeping up Eaton Canyon toward Mt. Wilson. Agenda-Free TV on YouTube is doing a decent job of monitoring emergency radio traffic and finding independent reporters like FirePhotoGirl, who drove into the storm of embers and burning buildings. You'll have to scroll through the timeline. It's still a live video and I don't have a timecode yet.
Update: timecodes
7:19:10 start of Eaton coverage
8:25:30 start of FirePhotoGirl coverage
9:18:10 burning house
9:35:15 firefighters, burning house
https://www.youtube.com/live/DwMAbDmR8Q ... JnrP2_aXEB
View from Mt. Wilson.
Update: timecodes
7:19:10 start of Eaton coverage
8:25:30 start of FirePhotoGirl coverage
9:18:10 burning house
9:35:15 firefighters, burning house
https://www.youtube.com/live/DwMAbDmR8Q ... JnrP2_aXEB
View from Mt. Wilson.
NBCLA tower view looking down Eaton Canyon:
They just panned the camera to look toward Mt. Harvard. The fire is spreading into Santa Anita Canyons.
YouTube channel live feed:
https://www.youtube.com/live/30SymDISGC ... A8kP1iwxNe
Ash is now falling on Arcadia.
https://www.youtube.com/live/30SymDISGC ... A8kP1iwxNe
Ash is now falling on Arcadia.
I'm looking at other cameras too.... Definitely gonna affect hiking in the area.
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... s-Arcadia1
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... s-Arcadia2
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... WilsonEast
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... WilsonWest
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... s-Arcadia1
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... s-Arcadia2
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... WilsonEast
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... WilsonWest
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Donald Shimoda
Donald Shimoda
Found post-event (Jan 10) imagery from Altadena and some of the mountains: https://soar.earth/maps/2025-los-angele ... 41%2C18.35 Altadena looks devastated. Mountains are mixed. South-facing canyon slopes are cooked. North-facing ones look untouched. Looking for imagery from further North...
use https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser
make an account and you can see the new sentinal imagery!
make an account and you can see the new sentinal imagery!
stoke is high
The new imagery is available from Matthew's link or paid caltopo ("Sentinel Weekly"). Or just click here. Conclusions as before: most places toasted. Bottoms of canyons and north-facing slopes did much better.
LA County has a new field survey map. They are currently documenting the fire damage to each house, including pictures. The survey is incomplete, but this is an example of one area between Fair Oaks and Lake, and into Mount Curve.
- William Davies Memorial Building at Farnsworth Park.
Here's another high-res MAXAR image. From the morning of the 10th. Shows the areas further north. Some stuff was still burning at the time, so not complete, but should be close.
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I know Edgar McGregor from Facebook. He's active in Eaton Canyon, does a lot of cleanup over there, and general reporting of events in the area. NPR interviewed him about the Eaton Fire. He helped warn and prepare neighbors about the threat of fire during the wind storm.
I figured out their address but won't reveal it here. It appears their house survived based on the high-res aerial imagery.Gene wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:55 am Door camera and cellphone video:
https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/1878472127113826624
I hope so.Sean wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:03 pmI figured out their address but won't reveal it here. It appears their house survived based on the high-res aerial imagery.Gene wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:55 am Door camera and cellphone video:
https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/1878472127113826624
here's an in-depth account from this couple. their home did make it. their experience is nearly identical to mine.Sean wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:03 pmI figured out their address but won't reveal it here. It appears their house survived based on the high-res aerial imagery.Gene wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:55 am Door camera and cellphone video:
https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/1878472127113826624
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Hi all, this is Kili “Survival Gal” Sands (the orange hammock), I guess I am the last one to see (and take pictures of) Taunton before the Eaton Fire.
After saying goodbye to several of you, I stayed one more night. The next morning I hiked up to Lowe Camp and hung my hammock. The winds had been blowing all night, but I had experienced those winds in that camp before, so I didn’t think much of it.
The morning of the fire, I received a message from a forester friend of mine on my satellite communicator (a Garmin InReach Mini 2) saying it was time to leave. He explained there was a fire in Lower Eaton and Lower Millard, which put me between and above TWO fires! Being a wilderness survivalist, I had practiced “bugging out” before, so I started packing up quickly.
As I packed, my friend explained Altadena was GONE, which was a little hard to understand, but then I saw a wall of brown smoke rising over the neighboring ridge (near Inspiration Point), spanning about 45 degrees. My friend and I had once talked about the possibility of wildfire to which I said I would get up to the “tennis court” flat above Lowe Camp, so that would be my emergency out.
By the time I was ready to go, my friend said the Sheriffs would be waiting for me at Eaton Saddle. I quickly consulted my map. There was a fairly direct route, but that would swing past the path of the fire. So I opted for a longer route, a service road, that would take me west, out of the path of the fire, and north, upwind of the fire.
As I reached the westernmost side of my route the smoke now extended over about 90 percent of the horizon, with fresh smoke just starting to come over the ridges, but Millard Canyon wasn’t ablaze. Still, the wind was incredibly strong! There were times I had to lean full into the wind, unable to take a step forward, until the wind let up.
As I rounded the north side of Mount Lowe and Mount Markham, I couldn’t see the smoke to keep track of the fire’s progress. My friend, still keeping in touch with me, reminded me to hit the S.O.S. button if things got out of hand. I assured him I would, but with the winds as strong as they were, I knew there would be no helicopter rescue. I would have to rescue myself.
As I approached Meuller Tunnel, I could see down Eaton Canyon toward Altadena. Smoke was now covering about 180 degrees of the horizon and, though I felt relatively safe, it was clear how big the fire was and how close I came to being caught by it.
With Eaton Saddle ahead, I finally felt safe. As I reached the Saddle, I saw there was no Sherriff vehicles, so I started down the road to Red Box. Soon, a USFS truck with fire workers drove by. I filled them in and asked for a ride. I was on my way.
After saying goodbye to several of you, I stayed one more night. The next morning I hiked up to Lowe Camp and hung my hammock. The winds had been blowing all night, but I had experienced those winds in that camp before, so I didn’t think much of it.
The morning of the fire, I received a message from a forester friend of mine on my satellite communicator (a Garmin InReach Mini 2) saying it was time to leave. He explained there was a fire in Lower Eaton and Lower Millard, which put me between and above TWO fires! Being a wilderness survivalist, I had practiced “bugging out” before, so I started packing up quickly.
As I packed, my friend explained Altadena was GONE, which was a little hard to understand, but then I saw a wall of brown smoke rising over the neighboring ridge (near Inspiration Point), spanning about 45 degrees. My friend and I had once talked about the possibility of wildfire to which I said I would get up to the “tennis court” flat above Lowe Camp, so that would be my emergency out.
By the time I was ready to go, my friend said the Sheriffs would be waiting for me at Eaton Saddle. I quickly consulted my map. There was a fairly direct route, but that would swing past the path of the fire. So I opted for a longer route, a service road, that would take me west, out of the path of the fire, and north, upwind of the fire.
As I reached the westernmost side of my route the smoke now extended over about 90 percent of the horizon, with fresh smoke just starting to come over the ridges, but Millard Canyon wasn’t ablaze. Still, the wind was incredibly strong! There were times I had to lean full into the wind, unable to take a step forward, until the wind let up.
As I rounded the north side of Mount Lowe and Mount Markham, I couldn’t see the smoke to keep track of the fire’s progress. My friend, still keeping in touch with me, reminded me to hit the S.O.S. button if things got out of hand. I assured him I would, but with the winds as strong as they were, I knew there would be no helicopter rescue. I would have to rescue myself.
As I approached Meuller Tunnel, I could see down Eaton Canyon toward Altadena. Smoke was now covering about 180 degrees of the horizon and, though I felt relatively safe, it was clear how big the fire was and how close I came to being caught by it.
With Eaton Saddle ahead, I finally felt safe. As I reached the Saddle, I saw there was no Sherriff vehicles, so I started down the road to Red Box. Soon, a USFS truck with fire workers drove by. I filled them in and asked for a ride. I was on my way.
Some find a way, most find an excuse.
Welcome to the forum. Glad you made it out safely.Survival Gal wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:28 am Hi all, this is Kili “Survival Gal” Sands (the orange hammock)...
Wow, amazing. You must have been one of the few people camping in the mountains that night. The wind was so powerful, but I guess Lowe Camp was protected enough to be livable for you in that hammock! Apparently there were hurricane-force gusts.Survival Gal wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:28 am With Eaton Saddle ahead, I finally felt safe. As I reached the Saddle, I saw there was no Sherriff vehicles, so I started down the road to Red Box. Soon, a USFS truck with fire workers drove by. I filled them in and asked for a ride. I was on my way.
Wild story! So glad you made it out!
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UPDATE:
My Forestry friend just told me Lowe Camp is okay. Idlehour don't seem to be within the burn area.
K
My Forestry friend just told me Lowe Camp is okay. Idlehour don't seem to be within the burn area.
K
Some find a way, most find an excuse.
Where was your car parked? Did it survive?
stoke is high
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My outings are often 3 weeks long, so parking is not a good idea for me. Before the fire, Altadena offered a half-dozen trailheads, so I could start/end anywhere. Now I'm not sure where I'll go next (for the next few years).
Some find a way, most find an excuse.