I'm with Glenn and Nikko at Glenns house right now.
Updates:
Ozmens/Millers: I caught a ride up with a sheriff this morning and we were planning to go up to your driveway, but it was completely blocked by a power line. We are planning to leave to head back to Reno early tmrw morning and will do our best to get up to the property. Sadly, I do not have much hope based on what it looked like from the road. I am so so sorry.
Guggia/Chilton: I was looking to the right when we drove by and did not see your property either way. Will also check in the am.
Apallas: I could not see your house from Silverado trail, but the vineyards towards the SCR store were still intact. I am cautiously optimistic. Tragically, your in laws homes on lower SCR did not make it. I am so sorry.
Stull/Hoel: I will do my best to get up to your respective properties, but am not sure I will be able to given the length of the driveway and possibility for debris.
Shepp: Unsure at this time, but there were two crews on it all day and crews were leaving that (north) side of Foss Valley around 9pm, which is a good sign. Cautiously optimistic. Also, flames on north side of Foss Valley were steadily burning uphill, not down.
Hocker: Bill, I cut your lock and went down to your house around 3pm. Fire has made it into Rector, but very slowly (thankfully). I immediately went and grabbed a crew that was at the mailboxes and led them down to your house. Thankfully, they were not very concerned, as the fire is very slow moving down into the canyon and away from your house. They even commented that the way it was burning may actually be a good thing (all things considered) if it slowly burns the fuel. Nikko and I went and checked again around 1015pm and flames are visible in the canyon, but it is very cool, even cold, and very little wind. I again alerted a tanker situated at the mailboxes about your property and asked that they keep a close watch. Cautiously optimistic as long as the winds cooperate.
Others in Foss Valley: Homes below Shepps seem to be OK at this time. There are several crews in the area and seem to have a good handle on conditions.
Thoughts and prayers to all during this terrible ordeal.
Updates:
Ozmens/Millers: I caught a ride up with a sheriff this morning and we were planning to go up to your driveway, but it was completely blocked by a power line. We are planning to leave to head back to Reno early tmrw morning and will do our best to get up to the property. Sadly, I do not have much hope based on what it looked like from the road. I am so so sorry.
Guggia/Chilton: I was looking to the right when we drove by and did not see your property either way. Will also check in the am.
Apallas: I could not see your house from Silverado trail, but the vineyards towards the SCR store were still intact. I am cautiously optimistic. Tragically, your in laws homes on lower SCR did not make it. I am so sorry.
Stull/Hoel: I will do my best to get up to your respective properties, but am not sure I will be able to given the length of the driveway and possibility for debris.
Shepp: Unsure at this time, but there were two crews on it all day and crews were leaving that (north) side of Foss Valley around 9pm, which is a good sign. Cautiously optimistic. Also, flames on north side of Foss Valley were steadily burning uphill, not down.
Hocker: Bill, I cut your lock and went down to your house around 3pm. Fire has made it into Rector, but very slowly (thankfully). I immediately went and grabbed a crew that was at the mailboxes and led them down to your house. Thankfully, they were not very concerned, as the fire is very slow moving down into the canyon and away from your house. They even commented that the way it was burning may actually be a good thing (all things considered) if it slowly burns the fuel. Nikko and I went and checked again around 1015pm and flames are visible in the canyon, but it is very cool, even cold, and very little wind. I again alerted a tanker situated at the mailboxes about your property and asked that they keep a close watch. Cautiously optimistic as long as the winds cooperate.
Others in Foss Valley: Homes below Shepps seem to be OK at this time. There are several crews in the area and seem to have a good handle on conditions.
Thoughts and prayers to all during this terrible ordeal.
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