Mud slides in area burned by Thomas Fire

Mudslides over night on January 8th-9th 2018 in Montecito area of California. The mudslides, at least in some areas, can be attributed to the Thomas Fire (281,893 acres burned at 92% containment). Bill Gabbert of Wildfire Today covered the mudslides in a January 9th article.

Here are a couple of Youtube videos, one from ABC News published on January 9th and a second from CBS Los Angeles published on January 10th.

God speed to all affected . . .


Direct link to video (Jan 9th ABC evening news)


Direct link to video (Jan 10th)

Mudslides in southern California

Wildland fires, such as those that burned in southern California last summer and autumn leave denuded areas, that is all the vegetation that holds hillsides together has been burned off. Until reseeding and mulching efforts on these denuded areas have a chance to take, rains can lead to mudslides. And heavy winter rains while helping to alleviate drought conditions in California have lead to mudslides.

There were more mudslides this past weekend in southern California near La Canada Flintridge, burned by the Station Fire in 2009. The LA CBS affiliate has a nice slide show that may be found here. An LA Times article on the mudslides may be found here.