Copter 4 on scene 5/18/26 1038PT #SandyFire #SimiValley

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

2 typo 2 air tankers requestion, 3 lats type 1, one mapping platform. 5/18/26 1111 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

"I can use anything you can send" 5/18/26 1111 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

The following zones are under an Evacuation Warning:

Simi Valley 31
TOAKS 6
TOAKS 7

https://emergency.venturacounty.gov/

5/18/26 1112 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

Mulitple spots over fire road, if we get aircraft might be able to grab it. 5/18/26 1113 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

Air attack now overhead. 5/18/26 1116 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

Roads they are currently looking at are Meander and Rambling 5/18/26 1120 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

That's not a cloud overhead...

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

Trying to get South Ops to fill tanker orders... Immediate threat to civilians, firefighters engaging near structures, trying to get South ops to give it priority. They are trying to get units to work through evacuation addresses. 5/18/26 1124 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

[conejoclint@m.ai6yr.org]

@ai6yr Photos from a friend in Wood Ranch.

#SandyFire

[me@social.taupehat.com]

@conejoclint @ai6yr that's a lot of smoke. Are they getting wind down there? It's blowing like crazy up in the North Bay.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@me @conejoclint 50mph gusts

[me@social.taupehat.com]

@ai6yr @conejoclint

[jmccyoung@mstdn.social]

@me @conejoclint @ai6yr Over half of the Fire Weather Snooper stations are either Flirting or Red Flag: https://www.weather.gov/lox/fwmV3?wfo=mtr&net=1,2,229# I think this just covers northern California, though?

[me@social.taupehat.com]

@jmccyoung @conejoclint @ai6yr yep, we're red flag here. Cool link btw.