As of late Friday morning, the small downtown areas of Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond and Felton along Hwy 9 in Santa Cruz County have not been touched by the flames of #CZULightingComplex @mercnews
Fire Weather Watch issued for 11am Sunday through 11am Tuesday for possibility of dry lightning. Graphics are pending, but here's the fire weather watch text:
https://t.co/nADYZ6w9jn
@NukeBoiler Horrible!
How did you get up there to see? Thought the roads were all closed... Our place is up at the north end of Empire Grade - don't see how I am going to get up there to find out what (if anything) is left until they reopen Empire Grade, which is likely to be days away.
Some good news: 997 personnel now assigned to battle #CZULightningComplex, per Cal Fire. That’s a significantly increase from the 591 previously listed.
@vigouss My understanding (and I am a pilot, but not a fire fighting pilot), is that the smoke makes visibility so bad that the tankers and/or helicopters cannot a) operate safety in mountainous terrain and b) cannot see to target their loads accurately enough to be useful.
FIRE UPDATES: Cal Fire will be providing updates on the River/Carmel Fires and the CZU August Lightning Complex Fires this evening, and KION will be streaming them live on our website.
CZU August Lightning Complex live at 6 p.m.
River/Carmel live at 7 p.m.
I did not always, or even often, agree with Sen. McCain’s politics. But I have the utmost respect for the man, a true American hero who served his country for many years. RIP John McCain.
... Prerequisites for effective mission command are the use of mission orders, full familiarity with the commander’s intent throughout the force, and mutual trust and understanding between commanders and subordinates."
Swap company vocab for army, & this makes a ton of sense
Turns out @USArmy has a bunch of stuff right :) Who knew? FM5.0 says:
"Because of the complex, uncertain, and ever-changing nature of operations, mission command—as opposed to detailed command—is the preferred method for exercising command and control....
The digital age is defined by software, and GitHub has redefined how the world contributes, shares, and manages code. Brilliant move by Microsoft. Congrats @satyanadella