The weird weather here in California.

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by KoiCCAPW Tony and anyone else in the south bay area, Did you all smell the smoke from the fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains this morning? Any koi folk up that way, near Summit Rd and Mt. Madonna park? I hope they all are OK up there.

I was at the Fry's Electronic at Brokaw and I could smell the smoke....

[Tamianth]

Its still raining here as well, snow level down again, but we did have 3 nice day's in the 100* ranges. Funny, just a couple of day's before that though we had snow falling.

I saw the news last night about the tornado's.... Scary.. Ironic too, just as I read the headline my daughter put on Twister!

You guy's have my heart felt wishes for better.. Fires and smoke are not fun!

[KoiCCAPW]

The weird weather contributed to this fire too. A fellow had a permit to burn brush to clear land, this is OK to do in a normal spring as the vegetation is still moist and green and the fire burns slowly and smoldering.
But we've had maybe half the rain we need and it stopped a month or so early. Plus last week we had a freak heat wave for three days at 100F plus heat, so everything is already really dry. Not a great time to ask for or be issued a burn permit. Someone just wasn't thinking.

Here's a map of the area of the Santa Cruz Mts. fire.
It's not a hugh fire, 3,000 + acres, but it's was heading towards an area with a fair amount of people. I know they evacuated about 300 or more homes. Lots of livestock in that area, horses, goats, etc. Most got evacuated to the Santa Cruz Fairgrounds, but some folks had the fire come so fast they only had time to let them free before they had to get out of there. I wonder what chance a koi pond would have in a big forest fire? I know there are a few in those mountain, been on koi pond tours in the area. Hope they are all right.

Map of fire area

[Jeff Speck]

Try having fry eggs in show tanks through all of this. On Tuesday I was buying 40 blocks of ice. Now I've got them covered and insulated with the 800W heaters going. Bumpy ride!

[aquitori]

I talked to Joe today and he said air quality is very bad and he has ash flying around landing in the pond.

[Nancy M.]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori I talked to Joe today and he said air quality is very bad and he has ash flying around landing in the pond.

Yep I talked to him this morning, poor Joe can't even go for a bike ride, he rides up in those hills that are burning.
His shop is within 10 minutes of the fire, sure hope it is safe from the flames.

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nancy M. Yep I talked to him this morning, poor Joe can't even go for a bike ride, he rides up in those hills that are burning. His shop is within 10 minutes of the fire, sure hope it is safe from the flames.

I hope Joe's friend Matt Baggin's house is okay. He lives in that part where the fire is called the "Sire".

[d_mer]

Ive got a 15' by 15' area of black stamped concrete nad it had 2 inches of hail on it yesterday.

[moikoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori It's funny how the weather can swing so crazy in the last 2-3 weeks. Last week here in NorCal we had 3 days straight of 100+ degree days, then down to the 70's for the last couple of days. Then yesterday I was watching the news and saw a torando and hale hit a suburb in LA....Nancy M said it was raining cats and dogs where she was.......Then grass fires here in there all round the state....I guess this is the only state where you can actually see the different micro climates at work.

same here in Sacto

[glitterfin]

Hi, I'm in northern California too. Yes, strange weather all around. I sure hope we have a lot fewer 100 degrees weather this summer, otherwise I may set up residence in our fridge.

The temperature is fluctuating in our pond outside, and I was wondering about the effect on the fish during this rapid change in weather, too.