backups in that area. >> and to make sure no spot fires pop up again. that wind was -- it was evidenced with her live shot there. and that's the big problem. we talked to a spokesperson from cal

trying to fight this fire as the winds have picked up and just fanned the flames overnight. this is a look at the evacuation map flight from as far east as napa county, as far west as the pacific ocean, like nothing sonoma county has ever seen in history. if you are under mandatory evacuation orders, there are

only two evacuation centers that can take people this morning. the marin county fairgrounds is open for evacuees and small animals at 10 avenue of the flags in san rafael. and the sonoma county fairgrounds is also accepting evacuees, small pets are okay, but unfortunately they are at capacity for large animals. that's at 1350 bennett valley road in santa rosa. >> and there are several other evacuation sites that they are at full capacity. they can't even take anyone else. but they are saying you can serve as like a meeting point if you need to meet family or friends. that slus the santa rosa veterans memorial building. pebuilding, the petaluma fairgrounds, the finley community center was an evacuation center at full capacity. they had to evacuate that as well because it was threatened by the fires. so really tough going. people even trying to move out of the area are having a tough

time. we talked to a woman evacuated from her home in sebastopol. she left at 4:00 in the morning. four hours later she has only been four mile. >> she hasn't made it to highway 101 yet. but she did all the right things. fuld up the car with gas. packed everything yesterday she needed. couldn't sleep overnight, continued to pack kproo things, her pets, dishes, food, water. i mean, she got -- she did everything she could have done. she was grad to just be safe. she made it out with her life. >> these people don't know if they will have anything toome back to. >> they don't. speaking of nothing to come back to, bob is at the historic site gone. soda rock winery has been around since 1869. these historic buildings are destroyed. bob, you have

>> reporter: it is. i wanted to jump in part of the conversation you were having about people evacuating. we are heading up northbound 101 this morning in sonoma county between 4 and 5:00 a.m. we were heading north. southbound a string of cars jam packed, a traffic jam in the middle of the night just to give you a sense of how many people were evacuating. we are at soda rock winery here in healdsburg. to the left we are looking south. you can see part of the main part of the kincade fire is resting on the ridge there. you see that plume of smoke. the flames. cal fire firefighters and people from other departments are up there trying to get containment. over here, you look to the right and this sadly is what remains of the soda rock winery. i believe this was probably maybe some offices and over there, if you see the stone facade that is still standing, that i imagine was the main

[ inaudible ]. people who drivehere, you might remember, this warthog statue, a rust-colored warthog statue still standing. that's a before, might help remind yourself, oh yes, that's the place he is talking about. this is what the soda rock winery looked like when it was burning early this morning. it was extremely windy out here. those flames, when that wind was picking up, were whipping everything about, and with that a lot of embers in the air causing other little spot fires here on the property across the street. there is also a house on the property that we watched go up in flames. it's a good, i would say, maybe 20 feet away from the main facility on fire. what caught that house on fire were embers. we watched the embers blow to that house and they ended up believing into -- that white

house is gone. all that is left is the basement and stone. everything that could burn has burned her char. we spoke with cal fire. they were outy they addressed the issue of just how bad the conditions are out here when it comes for tm >> something if i could impart on anybody, if you are still in the area and the kind of conditions are happening, do your best to get to a safe location. find a dirt lot, a parking lot, something until this fire intensity subsides and then you can leave the area. or if you still have the time before the fire gets to you, please go because if you are in the area, we are unable to fight fire. our job is then to protect life and we are unable to extinguish the fire. >> reporter: the only structure still standing here in soda rock is that wooden barn there. i believe maybe they hold weddings in there.

that's what it looks like. but as you pan back over to the right, everything else is gone. >> this is a winery that was established in 1869 according to their sign. i believe one of te been an original general store that was here in the alexander valley. not sure which structure that loss. g. as we were talking earlier, couple bought this winery in according to the website, a 2000 and they just wrapped up a ten-year renovation of this property. >> yeah, their hearts have to be broken this morning. and there on the left of your screen you see what was that winery just days ago, and now on the right the devastation behind our own bob ridell there of really nothing left. and our hearts are broken for them. >> very much so. so sad to lose a part of history, that that has been there since 1869. >> very much so. you see the true destruction of these wildfires and how they can grow.

following this all week really. she was one of the first ones to tell us that this historic wind event was heading for sonoma county. and these numbers are staggering, kari. >> yeah, one thing to see it on the commute models and say, okay, this is what it looks like and to see it playing out. take a look at the wind gusts that we had this morning. in healdsburg reaching 93 miles per hour. and that was in the hills. so we are seeing in some of our higher elevations these gusts reaching over 80 miles per hour in saint elaina. for hawkeye, a higher elevation, a wind gust there of 63 in the hills of novodo 61. even in san francisco 39-mile-per-hour winds. i was looking at the camera behind you. you can see over the bay, whitecaps over the water. the flags are just waving. i mean, it is really a high wind event that will stay with us throughout the day.

grizzly peak seeing winds up to 45. in pittsburg also. in the highland peak area around the diablo range 58. i want to show you the outline of the kincade fire, what is burned already and what likely expand the next couple of days. unfortunately, we are seeing 30,000 acres burned here, and so we are seeing mostly in the highest elevations those high wind gusts movingou except for the rest of the day, this is what our models show in terms of miles per hour. still as we go through 11:00 it's going to be winds. clearlake 50-mile-per-hour winds. even for parts of the east bay, the peninsula down to the south bay it's going toe very gusty. those winds will not let up until early tomorrow morning, and there may still be those really high gusts. combine the high wind gusts with the low humidity, this shows the

relative humidity as we go into this afternoon. it will be dropping down into the teens and when you have crisp air, relative humidity numbers in the teens, fire behavior becomes a lot more erratic. we could see the fires spreading rapidly around the area of the kincade fire. the reason why they had to evacuate all the way to the coast is because we have a lot of dry fuels along with the gusty winds and low humidity. as we go into the day today we still have this high-wind warning that continues for pple. and so f now through tomorrow this is a prolonged wind event. and then we also have for the elevations above 1,000 feet a red flag warning for the north bay, the east bay hills, as well as the santa cruz mountains. going into the rest ofhe day, we have been talking about the main key points we want to really stress here about the kincade fire. you need to evacuate. healdsburg around windsor, and we heard from those city

officials in those areas that they have mostly evacuated. but if you are still at home and you are listening to this, it is time to leave. we have wind gusts topping 80 miles per hour. the strong winds will continue throughout the day, and at this point with a quickly spreading fire, the only thing you is get out of the way. get out of harm's way. so we are going to have high winds today. winds calm down tomorrow. the cool temperatures continue. on tuesday we are looking good and hopefully we get more containment on the kincade fire because there is another high wind event that could develop on wednesday as we see another system coming in. just kind of reinforcing the cool air that we are feeling, but it's going to be windy and dry once again going into the middle of next week. >> and we will be holding our breath on that monday and tuesday, the break before the wind kicks up again. >> let's talk about some of these evacuees. not some, but automatic. and there are so many people

that have to be evacuated because of the kincade fire. >> this is just the kibeginning for them. chris kamara has some important information as we are in the midst of getting out of the fire zone. >> if you are at home and you have some time, i want to tawal you through three different things you should do to prepare yourself or the possibility that you will have an insurance claim afterwards. so first step is that if you have an insurance policy go ahead and scan it. take the most important parts of that policy you are going to need to know, what to do after something happens and how you get in touch your agent or insurance company. scan that page. ideally, take it and send it to the cloud if you can. take a picture of it, send it so it's in safekeeping in the event you lose your phone. step number two, if you have time for this, run around your house and do a quick home inventory. go through each drawer, each closet, open the doors, take wide shots, close-ups because

anybody in thecompanies in manya detailed list of everything you owned before they paid your claim in full. your best defense against that is to go ahead and do a home inventory right now and get everything ahead of time rather than tying to remember after your home has burned down everything that was in it when the fire took it. so try to do that now. it's really important. it doesn't take terribly long. if you have to get out right this second, skip it. but if you have a little bit of time, try to do that as safely as you can. and third, whoever is leaving. >> if you are leaving your home right now and you have to spend money on gas or food or a hotel, save your receipts. it is entirely possible that your homeowners or renters insurance policy will cover some of those expenses. you shouldn't be out of pocket necessarily. if you save your receipts, that's part of your policy. please save your receipts and take pictures of them, send them to the cloud in case you lose the paper copies.

afterwards you can file a claim. talk to your insurance act after all of this is over and see what happens and whether your policy includes that kind of very important and useful coverage. all right. let's talk about a go bag for a minute here. these vary from person to person. this is a list from the san francisco fire department. but it's aoo work off of. if you are trying to figure out what you need to take with you, first-aid kit, cash, set of clothing, blanket, flashlight. on page two, water, toiletries, important papers, pet products, especially toys and food for the pets as well as your mobile phone charger. this varies from family to family, person to person. think about what you need. try to take a second to think about what you need to sustain yourself for the first, say, two or three days in dealing with this event. ideally, you will be able to find sheherelter else and they can take care of some of these things. if you are stuck, for example, on 101, you need maybe some of these things in the meantime. and so try to think that through for yourself. don't necessarily follow a list,

rigid note, think about what you need, nmedicine, for example. i didn't have that on the list. you might need your prescription medicine. take that, too. if you are at home and you are not in the evacuation zone, if you don't have a go bag, start thinking about it. the next time it could be you. so think about what's onbout th go bag near the door and maybe today go build one. you probably have a lot now. it's really important to take it and consolidate it. put it someplace where you can grab it and go in a hurry. we were talking earlier about the traffic. this map is a little difficult to see. i can lay it out for you. this is google maps looking southn we are going from roanok park down to petaluma. bob was headed northbound. it's green on the right side, which is northbound, but it is solid red southbound. google maps is saying if you need to get from roanoke park to petaluma and get away from the

potential fires, go to old redwood highway which snakes to the east of 101 and you end up by the petaluma village premium outlet. that saves you a bunch of time. 101 is absolutely still a parking lot as people heed those evacuation warnings. back to you guys. >> we know a woman who has been stuck in all of that traffic. jennifer bellinger, she was trying to evacuate from sebastopol. got stuck in traffic for four hours now, only going about four miles. >> yeah, we talked to her, i think, about 30 minutes ago. jennifer, are you there with us? >> i am here, yes. >> we we have been referring to you on air. we feel so invested in your progress like you arer goif girlfriends now. please tell us you made it farther in your vags. >> we need it to see the been talking bumper to bumper

horrendous traffic that you have on highway 101 heading south. we are at roblar road. the meacham road area on stony point. so we have made it a bit further. we have been in the car five hours now. i honestly never thought it would take five hours to get from sebastopol to the highway 101. >> my goodness. now you have gone what? six miles? >> we are probably about eight to 12 miles out now from sebastopol. >> wow. and you heeded the warning when they said to evacuate. you had mentioned that already, in anticipation of evacuating, gotual all of your things together. talk a little bit about that. >> so it was just, you know, knowing in my mind exactly what we needed. i went from room to room and just very calmly packed things up, kind of methodically packed things up, and then when it became pretty clear that, you

know what? it's likely we are going to up the car somewhat vacuation, like playing tetris. heavy dog and cat crates on the bottom. cases of bottled water. bags of food. our suitcase with clothing, blankets, the pet items. gosh, our medicines, phone chargers. i had already filled up the car with gas and had taken cash out of the bank. anything that we thought might make us comfortable. our chargers for our electronic devices. our pet records so that, you know, if you go to a shelter and they want to know if your pets have been vaccinated or if you board them at t know that they are vaccinated. i have their records with me. important papers we have in a file. we have that in the trunk. >> you did a good job. >> yeah, you are a blue ribbon evacuee, jennifer. truly.

>> well, i have to say, i have to say following their -- there are a couple of pages on facebook that have been phenomenal. the sonoma sheriff's department has done a fabulous job. sebastopol police department. the county of sonoma's page and the various others. i mean, they really have drilled it into us exactly what they want us to do and what they want us to bring and how they wan wr along as well? >> very much so. so. i can't imagine -- and you had asked me earlier, you know, about like if there was ever a thought like should we go, should we not go? and i just honestly, you know, i think most of us who live in sonoma county who were here two years ago have ptsd from the fires back then. i literally cannot fathom not leaving. i just can't. i know some people do, and i

respect their choices. those are their choices. but i honestly can't -- i can't -- there is nothing material that we can't replace. we can't, however, replace our lives wior the lives of our pet. those are irreplaceable. >> that's exactly right. we so admire your ability to se believe y petaluma. that you get -- i >> we are. >> we hope you get there safely. we commend this we praiabout -- we pray your home stays safe. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> thank you for talking to us. wow. to be so positive about this in the face of such devastation. taking a live look outside right now, this is in the east bay. and look at that. you see kind of the -- that's the wind there. you see the trees swaying in the

wind as well. these are these windy conditions that we're experiencing throughout the bay area. overnight in the area near the kincade fire they had really hurricane-strength winds in that area fanning the flames along. now you see throughout the bay area, and these are going to last until 11:00 tomorrow morning. >> tomorrow morning. and this is in walnut creek. if i'm not mistaken, is that as 11:00 a.m. tomorrow will the and you just mentioned, first respite we have from this wind. a long way to go until then. >> we have a long way to go, and the winds haveeet right now those wind speeds in napa at 38 miles per hour and santa rosa 25. and fairfield 35-mile-per-hour winds coming in from the north. i mean, these winds have been moving. we saw earlier this morning a wind gust of 93 miles per hour in the hills above healdsburg. so we also have this large area that has already burned some

very steep terrain along with the kincade fire. this shows the perimeter of the fire that may change as we go throughout the day due to this fire being spread towards the south and west. we are also looking at the satellite imagery which shows the air quality. i just wanted to note quality s not up right now because the power is not working in a lot of these areas. but ind the particulate matter was safe? okay. the safe rang is below 50. if it's 756, the particles floating in the air because of this wildfire is very hazardous to be n-95 masks wevize you to get. the smoke is spreading in socal edison county. also solano and east contra costa county. the other part of the story will be the unhealthy air quality with the drifts of smoke coming

in. looking at this camera, i can see the flag really whipping out there. there have been people out there i c taking pictures. we have also seen at times this pole with the cameras on it just shaking in those high winds. even in san francisco we are getting gusts close to 40 miles per hour. looking ie, ians a very hazy srtruality -- and i wanted to show you this view again because this is in walnut creek. this is not a high elevation s is going to be ash coming in from the wildfires. but also for people just driving out there today, you need to have a tight grip on the steering wheel. i was seeing tumbleweeds and trash and everything flag across the roadway this morning. so it does make it very dangerous. let's talk about our temperatures for today because it is starting out much cooler compared to the past couple of days due to this cold front moving in. our trend only takes it into the low 70s going into the rest of the day. our winds are going to stay

that coming in from the north and northeast those winds will be rushing past the bay area due to this incredibly strong cold front that passed. and our winds in 55 miles per hour. going throughout the rest of the day staying quite high at 30 to 40 miles per hour. here we are at 8:00 tonight, and it's still gusting. even for some of our valleys. san francisco, inland areas, we are going so have some high wind gusts, widespread winds for several hours into tonight as well as early tomorrow morning. the humidity levels will also be critically low. looking at the relative humidity numbers in the teens. so when vy dry air, it causes the fire to spread rapidly. it moves a little bit more quickly than it would if the air was very humid and we had a lot of moisture in the air. going into today we still have the high-wind warning for all of these areas shaded in purple. the red flag warning showing the

the bay area. as we go into the rest of the day for the kincade fire once again we have been saying if you are around the area of healdsburg, windsor, you have already cleared out of geyserville, we know that you z e make sure you leave because the roads are backed up. we will still have the wind gusts over 80 miles per hour. so strong winds continue. we will have that fire spreading quickly and erratically. going into the rest of the day, high temperatures in the mid-70s inland. very gusty winds. our winds will start to come down tomorrow and then on tuesday we have some calm winds, but tlm here will be that potenl for a high wind event, maybe not that strong, but gusty winds that could spread the kincade fire or any other fires that develop as we will go into another high fire danger for the middle of next week. we will be monitoring that and

wind gusts. another update coming up. >> sounds good. we will continue to check back with you, kari. a lot of people, of course, turn to social media, get the word out, get information. we are always online. these are just some of the many posts that we're seeing talking about the kincade fire. everything from seeing the smoke throughout the bay area. people posting video of the fire very close to them as well. even video of folks trying to evacuate the area. we have been monitoring it all morning long. in fact, this morning and even last week, since last week the kincade fire has been trending and hashtagged because it's effecting so many people. so many people forced to evacuate from this fire. just trying to head to some evacuation centers, which were evacuated themselves. >> an unprecedented event. we have never seen anything like this in the history of sonoma county, in the history of northern california. hurricane-force winds hitting

our bay area. >> and what a horrible combination to have right now with the low precipitation, the dry brush that is everywhere, because we had, you know, extended summer really into fall. >> yes. >> we are at the end of october. ed it been warm temperatures that we were seeing. and that combination is just horrible. we talked to an official from cal fire who was saying, you know, these wind gusts can carry an ember a mile away. and then you see another fire emerge. >> my gosh, it's just terrifying to think what could transpire over the next 26 hours as we look to get to that marker of 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. meteorologist kari hall said that's the point at which the wind should be dying down. so it's almost like we have to hold our breath and hope to get to monday at 11:00 a.m., and then the problem therein lies the wind is expected to pick up once again on wednesday. it's like living in a nightmare for people who are in sonoma county and were there two years

ago, in october of 2017. >> that's exactly right. and they could have a little ptsd when it comes to that as well. but there are help lines that are available. if you have -- if this is very tough reminder of the destructive fires that you maybe endured in the past, in napa and sonoma, i tweeted out the number of a distressed help line to call. it's a mental health help line. they are up and running. 1-800-985-5990. >> that's a really great idea. >> yes. >> something to think about in terms of people's mental health. >> exactly. >> they just endured something and survived something as tragic as this two years ago, and now wake up to living it all over again. >> we are going to continue to follow this. nbcbayarea.com. we will continue to stream all morning long. get the latest information online and -- >> on the air. >> and on the air.

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