Some cold September rain is obviously good news when it comes to fire risk, but how much, or how long, might a relatively small storm like this help? Fire officials say that depends on what comes next.
"Couple days ago, we had the earthquake," said Pat Travis of Santa Rosa."It definitely gave us a shake. Little bit of everything up here."
"If the fire was going to come down, I at least thought that may stop it from coming into the house," Travis said in 2020 of his sprinkler system left running during the Glass Fire. "I think that's what a lot of us are doing, just cleaning up the property," he said of the new sense of urgency."These trees were over the house, so we cut them this way back.""That is wonderful news," Travis said."We are delighted to have the rain come."
In the midst of severe, worsening drought, it is a rare fortunate break, especially on the heels of the heat wave and moving into the wind season.