“Things are going very well,” Suzanne Grimmesey, a spokeswoman for Santa Barbara County, said shortly before dawn. As many as 30,000 people were under evacuation orders in foothills of Santa Barbara County, which were stripped bare by recent wildfires. “Once the storm moves out of the area, we’ll have a beautiful bluebird powder day.”The Santa Barbara County evacuations covered residents living near areas burned by three major wildfires over the past 18 months. The order encompassed Montecito, where a Jan. 9 storm triggered flash floods that destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes. Other areas impacted by the order were Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria.

Source: National Post March 02, 2018 07:30 UTC