KBUU NewsWire – Day 351 – Tuesday Oct 29 – Epic Windstorm Aims At Malibu – Passersby Put Out 2nd Power Line Fire – B and B Ordinance OK’d – Sheriff Failed To Notify Malibu Of Fire
Written by 991KBU on October 29, 2019
- = Passersby just put out a fire … power lines fell and sparked the brush … on Mulholland.
- = A monster Santa Ana bears down on Southern California.
- = Winds will be in the 50 mile per hour range tonight on the beaches … up to 80 in the mountains.
- = The local sheriff’s office failed to alert Malibu when the Getty wildfire broke out 7 miles upwind of the city.
- = Malibu is going to get a B and B ordinance … maybe two.
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Malibu’s Only Local Daily News … from Radio Malibu …. F-M 99 point 1 K B U U. Good morning … I’m Hans Laetz reporting.
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Malibu … Santa Monica and LA schools will all be in session today.
The wind storm approaching tonight has the potential of being the strongest of the season. And the National Weather Service is using a term we’ve never seen before … “Extreme Red Flag Warnings.”
The National Weather Service says tonight’s windstorm may break records … for the difference in air pressure that is setting up to create what they call a remarkable and dangerous event.
If everything comes together as forecast … we can see 60 to 70 mph gusts
not only in the mountains but in some of the valleys as well.
There could well be 80 mph gusts at the top of the mountains near Malibu.
The National Weather Service says this will result in a significant threat of large fast-moving fires and wind damage.
Downed trees, powerlines, and broken signs or overhangs may blow around.
Power outages are likely, says the NWS.
Wind-driven wave damage is possible over at Catalina Island.
Northeast winds will be increasing late Tuesday night, then will peak on Wednesday at 25 to 40 mph on the beaches.
We will see potential damaging isolated gusts up to 70 mph in the Santa Monica Mountains.
On Thursday … winds will continue … only slightly diminished … until about 6 p-m on Halloween night.
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At sunrise … the Getty Fire just east of Malibu was only 5 percent contained.
It had grown to 650 acres.
Firefighters and aircraft have made good progress in slowing the spread of the fire. Firefighters are actively engaged in structure protection throughout the evacuation zone.
Aircraft and dozer teams are continuing to strengthen containment lines. The big problem: the Santa Ana wind event that is scheduled to begin again Tuesday at 11 PM.
Low relative humidity and gusty wind will once again pose a threat for firefighters Tuesday night through mid-day Thursday.
More than 10,000 structures (both residential and commercial) are in the City of LA’s Mandatory Evacuation Zone.
Eight residences have been destroyed and six residences have been damaged
Fire licked the edges of Getty Center, but the art is safe, the museum says.
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Passersby put out a small brushfire caused by Southern California Edison power lines, which fell along Mulholland Hwy east of Malibu Canyon-Las Virgenes Road. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/2nd-sce-power-line-fire/
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LA county sheriff”s officials failed to notify Malibu city officials about the Sepulveda Pass fire as it broke out in the middle of the night. The fire broke out about 1:45 yesterday morning. City staff were not awakened … despite the threat it posed to P C H for the morning commute … and the fact that it was moving towards Malibu from 7 miles away. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/sheriffs-fails-to-awaken-malibu/
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Malibu will regulate overnight rentals … by banning overnight rentals owned by outside parties. The city council voted last night to adopt the same type of regulations as exist in Santa Monica … with a Malibu twist. Details: ttps://www.radiomalibu.net/malibu-to-adopt-str-rules/
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Malibu will move to 100 percent renewable electricity.
The city council last night voted to shift the default option for every eelctric customer in the city … to a 100 percent green electricity supply.
Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/malibu-moves-to-100-green-power/
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Weather for the Malibu ….
(((( Winds arrive at about midnight tonight. )))) … highs (((( 69 )))) beaches … (((( 72 )))) mountains and canyons.
Downcoast winds … ((( … )))) miles per hour this afternoon.
Sunset tonight is at (((( 6:05 )))).
After that … ((( very windy )))) tonight … low (((( 56 )))) beaches … (((( 51 )))) mountains and canyons.
If everything comes together as forecast … we can see 60 to 70 mph gusts
not only in the mountains but in some of the valleys as well.
There could well be 80 mph gusts at the top of the mountains near Malibu.
The National Weather Service says this will result in a significant threat of large fast-moving fires and wind damage.
Downed trees, powerlines, and broken signs or overhangs may blow around.
Power outages are likely, says the NWS.
Wind-driven wave damage is possible over at Catalina Island.
Northeast winds will be increasing late Tuesday night, then will peak on Wednesday at 25 to 40 mph on the beaches.
We will see potential damaging isolated gusts up to 70 mph in the Santa Monica Mountains.
On Thursday … winds will continue … only slightly diminished … until about 6 p-m on Halloween night.
Sweeping down the coast …
At Leo Carrillo Beach it’s (((( )))) degrees.
KBUU Trancas … ((( ))).
Paradise Cove … ((( ))).
Big Rock … ((( ))).
In upper Malibu Canyon … ((( ))).
Calabasas … ((( ))).
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In the ocean … it’s (((( )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach.
The lifeguards say the waves today are (((( )))) feet high ….
Those are (((( fair )))) surfing conditions …. according to the lifeguards.
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