# Any Dopers from Ventura County CA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795 "2017-12-07T16:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/21 "2017-12-09T00:36:49Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Well hello Lilac fire. Warning area 2 miles away, mandatory evacuation \<4 miles from me. Fire headed just a tad north of here, I hope. My sister lives in San Diego and our parents are visiting her right now. I just asked her on Facebook if they were safe, and she said that they are - that the fire is a long ways from where they are, and the air quality is OK so far. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/22 "2017-12-09T01:17:38Z")
I’ve heard that with the warming planet, a drier climate in Southern California and a longer fire season is ‘the new normal’. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/23 "2017-12-09T03:21:20Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > The air quality in Santa Barbara is unbelievably bad. We are not that close to the fires but we’re getting lots of smoke and ash. People are wearing masks if they have to go outside. I have lived here for 27 years and have never seen anything like it. A fair number of my friends and coworkers have been evacuated. I hope this ends soon. My wife and I had to leave. When the air quality degraded to the ‘hazardous’ category, her asthma went out of control. Her job is in a mandatory evacuation zone, so no need to stick around anyhow. The air up here in Pismo Beach is nice and breathable. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/24 "2017-12-09T03:35:09Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > My wife and I had to leave. When the air quality degraded to the ‘hazardous’ category, her asthma went out of control. Her job is in a mandatory evacuation zone, so no need to stick around anyhow. > > The air up here in Pismo Beach is nice and breathable. My girlfriend is in Lompoc and she told me that it’s not so bad out there. She has all but forbidden me from leaving the indoors. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/25 "2017-12-09T03:44:48Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > My girlfriend is in Lompoc and she told me that it’s not so bad out there. She has all but forbidden me from leaving the indoors. There’s an immediate positive difference as soon as you go over Gaviota Pass. The Santa Ynez valley was smoky, but only mildly so. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/26 "2017-12-09T04:30:54Z")
I grew up in Ojai, and still have friends there. I’ve been watching the news about the Thomas Fire closely. The house I grew up in isn’t too far from where it is. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/27 "2017-12-09T05:39:12Z")
Does anybody know if Oaks Christian School will have any problems with getting to their Southern Division football championship game? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/28 "2018-10-31T03:52:39Z")
Who to blame? > [@](#): > > Southern California Edison on Tuesday said its electrical equipment likely sparked at least one starting point in the massive Thomas fire that ravaged Ventura and Santa Barbara counties late last year. > > The utility said in a statement that witnesses reported a fire igniting along Koenigstein Road in Santa Paula near a Southern California Edison power pole and that the company “believes that its equipment was associated with this ignition.” > **[Southern California Edison says its equipment helped spark massive Thomas...](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-thomas-fire-socal-edison-20181030-story.html)** > > Southern California Edison on Tuesday said its electrical equipment likely sparked at least one starting point in the massive Thomas fire that ravaged Ventura and Santa Barbara counties late last year. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795/29 "2018-10-31T04:19:34Z")
Yeah, they’re now turning the power off during some high wind events in critical areas as a preventative measure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-ventura-county-ca/803795.md?page=1)