Meetings/20191108
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Friday November 8 2019 Mushroom Fire Canyon discussion
Wendy's House
Wendy, Casey, William, Christine, SusanTheElectrician, Greg, Michael, Mark, Vanessa and partner ( I forgot her name! sorry! ), Jen, ...
- Intro by Wendy - grp started after Airstrip Fire, meet monthly, have walkie talkie plan, have done various canyon investigations WRT exit routes etc.
- How did you find out?
- Vanessa - saw fire from along 1 thought it was HMB, partner saw / smelled nothing. asks: are there other ways out? how do we get out of here?
- discussion, centering on "fast exit Canyon" hours really to climb out on poorly maintained trails across private land.
- Susanne - calls many folks but confusing stories from all the people called. Basic response: " We will come to get you out if you need to get out" Feels like it can't be trusted.
- Cotton - got a call from a friend in SF, got on radio, Ed Coffeey answered! very comforted by use of radio! remembered to pack CASH MONEY this time, prior power outage meant no cash available. please remember to do this folks.
- Michael - heard on radio while driving around San Mateo
- Susanne - ppl did't seem alarmed in town. more ( unhelpful ) gossip in town than anything concrete
- William - mentions that generators are hot and could cause more fires
- casey - Received SMC alerts ( quick check, not all folks got the SMC alerts, even in-canyon ) then monitored FireDispatch.com.
- jen - heard from someone then went to wendy's to help. she and mike walked the canyon updating people, very helpful. Used an old phone plan list from ?Larry and Nancy?
- wendy - got a call from friend in emerald hills ( another high risk area, but more roads out ) people called like crazy so the phone wasn't useful. too many folks without the little radios.
- Vanessa - saw fire from along 1 thought it was HMB, partner saw / smelled nothing. asks: are there other ways out? how do we get out of here?
No one at station 59 answering phone. ( all out fighting fire ) Later their replacements didn't know about Butano Park or anything. what's up with our maps? ( different organizations, no one to do 'introduction' to area to out of towners, etc )
Sherrif's department wasn't saying anything about evacuation. ( note: they probably can't following orders and procedures for emergencies. they want to be very careful on causing a mass exodus )
consensus - get your stuff ready. have cash around in fire season. make better community friends with fire station ala La Honda ( may be diff; La Honda is volunteer Sta 59 is professional ? )
casey - Ari had said in this situation that 911 is the place to call. it helps even as they keep count of how many people are calling which may change their response.