Big Sur Fire Blogging
- Northern California Fires - General Information
- Big Sur Fires 2008: How to Help
- Butte County Fires 2008: How to Help
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If your organization is involved in disaster relief for the Northern California fires, please e-mail me your information and I'll add your resources to the master lists on the above pages.
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I was up late, looking at photos, reading personal blogs by Big Sur residents. For many of us in California, and even around the country, Big Sur is almost mythical. It's most certainly mystical -- in its desolate beauty along Highway 1, the magic evoked on the perches of Nepenthe, the living spirit of Henry Miller, the vast swaths of redwoods and wild lands that carpet the mountains and shorelines. Seeing so much of it burn is like a cruel capper to an already brutal (and early) fire season.
More than 60,000 acres have burned so far (8,000 more, just last night). And areas along Highway 1 are under mandatory evacuation as firefighters try to construct effective fire breaks. To get a sense of what life is like right now for our friends to the south, check out a few of the blogs and photos I've listed below.
Also see a previous post on Big Sur Fire Updates
To help: SurFire2008.org has information on a fire relief fund for those who've lost their homes.
Ventana Wildlife reports they were able to rescue their eight captive condors, but may have lost at least one of the female wild birds and a condor chick to this fire. They're also in desperate need of donations.
Big Sur Fire Blogs:
- Big Sur Now
- Sitting With Fire
- Life in the Fire Lane
- Ventana Wildlife Society Blog
- Firefighter Blog
- Photo Tour of Back Country Affected by Fire
Previous updates on the Northern California fires
Comments
Check out the Blog for Locals and Supporters at www.BigSurNow.com
Susan, thanks for the blog link. I’ve added it to the post.
Please note that the surfire.org site itself is a volunteer effort. A post there says they can certainly use donations to cover their extra big bill from their ISP for bandwidth use.
They stepped up and created what’s become an invaluable resource (way better IMO than already established news outlets) and deserve to be supported as well. If someone knows of an established non-profit that will channel money to them, please go to the surfire.org site and let them know!
In response to Big Sur lover’s comment above — if you check the “update” link at the top of this blog post, the new blog post makes mention of the fire relief fund at SurFire2008.org. Here’s the link again for anyone interested in helping out:
http://sanfrancisco.about.com/b/2008/07/10/northern-california-fires-help-always-needed.htm