Wildfire risk is not going away in Southern California, but Cal Fire officials say Hilary may ease chances of a destructive fire for a couple of weeks.
— Cuyamaca’s NWS weather station recorded 4.11 inches of rain.— Mount Laguna saw 4.63 inches in the first 24 hours after the storm hit land.“Now, with this rainstorm, hopefully that will be less of a concern, but the wind can dry out our fuels very rapidly,” said Thomas Shoots, a fire captain at Cal Fire San Diego. “And so, if we have a couple of Santa Ana wind events, what are our fuel conditions gonna look like? That has yet to be seen.
The storm does not completely douse the wildfire risk because September and October are considered high-risk months for a firestorm. San Diego County’s two most destructive wildfires started in late October during a Santa Ana wind event. The Cedar Fire in 2003 and the Witch Creek Fire in 2007.
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