MENDOCINO Co., 10/13/17 — The mandatory evacuation order has been lifted in all of or large parts of the following areas: Re-Population for Potter Valley, Redwood Valley Rancheria, Ridgewood Ranch/Golden Rule, Reeves Canyon.
Though the areas are no longer mandatory evacuation, they remain under and evacuation watch, and the public is cautioned to alter and be prepared to evacuate again if the winds shift.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has issued an press release announcing the repopulation of large parts of the affected area.
Here is the press release with details:
“DATE: “October 13, 2017”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Incident Number:
Mendocino Lake Complex Fire
Crime/Incident:
Re-Population for Potter Valley, Redwood Valley Rancheria, Ridgewood Ranch/Golden Rule, Reeves Canyon
Location:
Potter Valley & Redwood Valley
Date of Incident:
10-13-2017
Time:
5:40 PM
Victim(s):
N/A
Suspect(s):
N/A
Written By:
CAL FIRE
Synopsis:
Re-Population Plan
For
Potter Valley, Redwood Valley Rancheria,
Ridgewood Ranch/Golden Rule
Reeves Canyon
CAL FIRE Media Advisory
The following areas will be allowed to repopulate. EVACUATION ORDERS for these areas are lifted, but will remain under EVACUATION WARNING:
1. Communities of Golden Rule Mobile Home park, Ridgewood Ranch, and Reeves Canyon Road
2. Madrone Lane accessed off of Road I
3. Redwood Avenue including Redwood Valley Rancheria
Potter Valley in the following areas:
1. Eel River Road south of the Stroh Ranch
2. Powerhouse Road
3. Gibson Lane east of Hawn Creek Road
4. Hawn Creek Road
5. Main Street east of Hawn Creek
6. Westside Potter Valley Road
7. Spring Valley Road
8. Potter Valley Road from Highway 20 to Main Street (excluding Shale Lane)
9. Remainder of the Potter Valley community, including everything west of the Lake County line
HARD ROAD CLOSURES will be at the following locations. Only Fire, Law Enforcement, and Public Utilities may pass:
1. Eel River Road at Oat Gap
2. Potter Valley Road south of Stroh Ranch
3. Busch Lane at Powerhouse Road
4. Gibson Lane at Hawn Creek Road
5. Shale Lane at Potter Valley Road
Residents returning to these areas should exercise extreme caution. Fire, Law Enforcement, and utility crews continue to work in the area, and there are many downed trees and other hazards. As these areas will remain under an EVACUATION WARNING, residents should be prepared to evacuate again on short notice.
Cooperating Agencies: Mendocino County, Lake County; Lake County Sheriff’s Office; CAL OES; California Highway Patrol; CALTRANS; California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation; American Red Cross; PG&E; United States Forest Service; California National Guard; National Weather Service; California Conservation Corps
Approved by:
Captain Gregory L. Van Patten”
Sunday October 15th @ 9:00.
SO AS I SIT HERE ON EEL RIVER ROAD AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN WHERE THE BASE COMNAND AND STAGING HAS BEEN CREATED READING CAL FIRES INCIDENT REPORT THAT CLAIMS THERE ARE 143 ENGINES 26 WATER TENDERS 70 GROUND CREWS 16 HELICOPTERS AND 2416. PEOPLE FIGHTING THIS FIRE I MUST TELL YOU THAT IS IN FACT A TOTAL LIE.I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1AM AND THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE TO NO ACTIVITY UP THE MOUNTAIN ONLY RIGHT NOW ARE SMALL NUMBERS OF FIRE CREW TRICKELING IN. THERE ARE NO HELOCOPTERS CURRENTLY IN THR AIR I COUNT THERE ARE 2 DOZERS. ON TRAILERS SITTING HERE IN THE FIELD AND A SMALLER ONE HAS GONE UP THE HILL. THE FACT THAT THIS FIRE WAS ALLOWED TO CROSS THE VALLEY AND BURN UP THE MOUNTAIN IS MY PROBLEM BECAUSE IT BURNED DOWN THE OTHER SIDE AND NOW THREATENS INDIVIDUAL HOMES. WHEN FIRES ARE ABLAZE IN STRONG WINDS OUT OF CONTROL GROWING RAPIDLY AND UNMANAGEABLE THEY ARE WILDFIRES. BUT WHEN THERE IS LITTLE TO NO WIND AS THERE HAS BEEN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS FIRES BECOME VERY MANAGABLE AND MUCH MUCH EASIER TO CONTAIN AND EVEN EXTINGUISH. BUT IF A FIRE US BURNING IN AN AREA OR TOWARDS AN AREA HIGH IN TINDER AND FUEL THAT COULD POSE A GREATER POTENTIAL DANGER UNDER HIGH WIND CONDITIONS THE IDEA OF LETTING IT BURN COMES INTO PLAY MAKING IT THEN A CONTROL BURN. LET ME PUT IT LIKE THIS WILD FIRES ARE BIG MONEY HUGE MONEY. TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVEN HUNDREDS AND CAN REACH BILLIONS. NO FIRES NO MONEY SMALL FIRES SMALL MONEY. BIG FIRES BIG MONEY RAPIDLY CONTAINING A FIRE AS SOON AS IT BREAKS OUT KEEPS IT SMALL. BEING EXTREMELY EFFICIENT AND EXTINGUISHING FIRES WITH PRECISION AND ACCURACY NEVER ALLOWING THEM TO BECOME GIANT FORCES CREATES LESS NEED FOR A GIANT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COULD IN EFFECT RESULT IN DOWNSIZING AND CUTBACKS. WHERE AS CONSTANTLY APPEARING. STRAINED FOR RESOURCES AND UNABLE TO CONTEND WITH CHALLENGES YOU MEET PRESENTS A CONSTANT NEED FOR INCREASED RESOURCES. THIS IS WHERE WE BEGIN TO WALK A PATH OF OBJECTIVES, WHO”S AND WHAT. DELAYING COMMITMENT OR DEPLOYMENT BY JUST MINUTES CAN TAKE YOU FROM THOUSANDS TO MILLIONS. EVERYTHING IN GOVERNMENT CIRCLES AROUND MONEY. IF YOU WANT AN ANSWER TO SOMETHING OR TO SOLVE A MYSTERY OR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AND WHY THE GOVERNMENT OR THEIR AGENCIES DOES WHAT THE DO SIMPLY FOLLOW THE MONEY. MY PARTNER WAS TOLD YESTERDAY BY AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WHEN SHE CALLED THE COUNTY TO INFORM THEM THAT SHE HAD ANIMALS SHE NEEDED TO GET THAT WERE IN DANGER AND PLANTS SHE HAD TO WATER. THAT WOULD DIE IF SHE DID NOT GET TO HER PROPERTY ON THE EEL RIVER THAT SHE COULD NOT ACCESS HER PROPERTY UNLESS SHE HAD A CANNABIS PERMIT ISSUED BY THE COUNTY. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE PATROL ON SITE AT THE ROAD BLOCK HAS A LIST IF PERMIT HOLDERS AND IF YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST YOU WILL ALLOWED TO WATER YOUR PLANTS.. WHAT ABOUT THE ANIMALS ? THE INDIVIDUAL REPEATED THAT WITH A PERMIT YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO WATER YOUR PLANTS AND SAID THSTS ALL I CAN OFFER YOU.. FOLLOW THE MONEY PEOPLE AND YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR ANSWER. THE FEMALE STATED THIS WAS HANDED DOWN BY TOM. ALLMAN . SO YOUR ANIMALS DONT MATTER. UNTIL YOU DONT FEED THEM OR NEGLECT THEM AND THEN YOUR CHARGED WITH A CRIME” ANIMAL CRUELTY” LIKE LEAVING THEM TO DIE IN THE WAKE OF A FOREST FIRE IS NOT NEGLECT OR CRUEL. IS THAT NOT WHAT THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS GUILTY OF BY PREVENTING YOU FROM SAVING THEM? YES ITS CALLED LEGAL WILLFULLNESS AND NEGLIGENCE AND WILLFUL NEGLECT. BUT IF YOU HAVE A CANNABIS PERMIT YOU CAN ENTER INTO A DANGEROUS FIRE ZONE TO WATER AND SAVE YOUR PLANTS AND WHILE YOUR THERE GET YOUR ANIMALS. IF YOU PAID THE COUNTY FOR A PERMIT TO GROW CANNABIS YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM BEING RESTRICTED FROM ACCESS TO YOUR HOME SO THAT YOU MAY WATER YOUR PLANTS. NOW THE FIRE IS LARGELY UNDER CONTROL AS MOP UP CREWS BEGAN ENTERING THIS AM AND PG&E CREWS BEGAN HAULING IN TELEPHONE POLES AND SPOOLS OF WIRE. PG&E IS NOT SENDING LINEMEN INTO AN ACTIVE BURNING FIRE ZONE TO INSTALL POWER LINES WITH A WILDFIRE BURNING THREATENING HOMES AND LAND. MOP UO CREWS. ARE NOT BATTLING BLAZES THERE ELININATING HOT SPOTS AND FORTIFYING LINES AND CUTTING UP LIMBS AND SNAGS. BUT THE WORD IS THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING ANY OF THE RESIDENTS BACK UP ANYTIME SOON. I HAVE 2 INDUVIDUALS THAT DID NOT LEAVE THR AREA THAT HAVE BEEN UP THERE MONITORING ALL THEIR ACTIVITY AND WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON. PEOPLE ITS TIME WE. ALL WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROTTING SH#T IN ALL FACTIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENTS AND ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND AGREE ONE THING ITS CORRUPT ITS NO LONGER BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE THERE AGRNDA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WE THE PEOPLE BENEFITING FROM IT. IT IS DEFINITELY BROKEN AND MUST BE FIXED. NOT BY REPLACING INDUVUDUALS. WITH NEW ONES TO CORRUPT BUT BUT BY CREATING A NEW. DESIGN COMPLETELY THAT FUNCTIONS AND INSTITUTES HEAVY ACCOUNTABILITY AND HEAVY OVERSIGHT BECAUSE ITS NEVER GOING TO GET ANY BETTER EVER AS IT STANDS.AND ITS TIME FOR TOM ALLMAN TO GO.. PROVIDING SPECIAL EXEMPTION TO THOSE WHO BOUGHT PERMITS TO GROW CANNABIS ALLOWING THEM INTO EVACUATED CONTROLLED AREAS TO WATER THEIR PLANTS YET NOT OTHERS WANTING TO.REMOVE THEIR ANIMALS. YOU CANT MAKE THIS UP… ANIMAL CRUELTY , DISCRIMINATION, NEGLIGENCE, WILLFUL NEGLECT. THESE ARE AGENCIES OF THE PEOPLE NOT DICTATORSHIPS OVER THE PEOPLE THESE PEOPLE ANSWER TO US NOT US TO THEM THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE BUT SADLY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION DOES NOT KNOW THEIR CONSTITUTION OR HOW IT WORKS OR THE POWER IT CONTAINS OR HOW IT IS USED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER THE GOVERNMENT AND THEIR ACTIONS. THEY STOPPED TEACHING THAT AROUND 1910 OR 11 IT USED TO BE STANDARD CURRICULUM EVEYONE THAT ATTENDED SCHOOL LEARNED IT AND LEARNED IT WELL. REMOVE IT AS A STANDARD OF EDUCATION GIVE IT 100 YEARS AND YOUR DEMOCRACY BECOMES MULTIPLE FACTIONS OF DICTATORSHIPS.CLOAKED IN THE ILLUSION OF FREEDOM THROUGH A RIGHT TO VOTE …YEAH FOR. ONE OF 2 CANDIDATES THEY OFFER US DECIDED NOT BY THE TOTAL VOTE OF THE PEOPLE BUT RATHER BY SOME OTHER FORMULA THEY CREATED TO UNDER MINE THE POPULAR VOTE. UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL ! THEY HAVE BEEN TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL AT DIVIDING US BY RACE EDUCATION RELIGION SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL STATUS POLITICAL AFFILIATION AND ON AND ON. WE HAVE TO ALL COME TOGETHER TO CHANGE THIS WE MUST UNITE OR WE ACCEPT OUR BONDAGE.
Hi Aidin, in the future if you could not type in ALL CAPS that would be great, it looks like you are yelling and can be hard to read, thanks.