This is the latest MODIS satellite thermal imagery; I just captured this data a couple of minutes ago. I still have the light red cross-hatching for the older fires showing (these are fires dating back to 2000). The top capture is a closeup of the Harris Fire. The town of Jamul is on the left edge, about 1/3 of the way down the picture. Barrett Lake is the big lake on the right. Loveland reservoir is at the top, just to the left of center. Our home is south of the right edge of Loveland, about halfway down the unburned part.The current hotspots (the red hatched areas) are exactly where I'd guessed from the earlier smoke plumes. You can see four red splotches just west (left) of Lake Barrett, right in that canyon I posted about earlier. The other hotspot is just south of the town of Jamul, and a little bit east, just north of state 94. This satellite data was actually captured several hours ago (it takes them a few hours to get it posted on the web), so the cameras are giving us more current information – and what they show is great progress. I'll post a capture of them in a few minutes.
The lower image is a “wide angle” view of all of San Diego County, along with the southern parts of Orange County. Palomar Mountain looks like the worst hotspot left in the county, though we know from news reports that there are still big hotspots near Julian, and also on Camp Pendleton (the fire visible near the coast). You can also see a fire burning up in Orange County; I know nothing about that one.We've turned the corner on the fires overall in the county. Most of the news now is not new evacuation orders (as it has been), but rather announcements that people can now return to their homes. The evacuation centers are starting to empty out. There's optimism in the air, and neighbors helping neighbors…
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