Tassajara Mountain Zen Center issues grateful message as the Willow Fire burns for a third day
Updated: 5:00 PM PDT Jun 20, 2021
I'M ALANI LETANG, WE'LL GET GET A CHECK OF THE WEATHER IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST.... WE WANT TO GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE LATEST WITHHE T WILLOW FIRE.... ACCORDING TO THE US FOREST SERVICE, THE WILLOW FIRE DID NOT GROW SATURY DA IT IS SITTING AT 2- THOUSAND AND 66 ACRES.. CONTINUING TO BURN IN STEEP-RUGGED TERRA. IN WHICH IS MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR FIRE CRS EW ON THE GROUND TO REACH THE FIRE.. CONTAINMENT REMAINS AT ZERO PERCENT.. ACTION NEWS EIGHT SPOKE WITH THE FOREST SERVICE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE FIRE FIGHT... < 00:27 OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY, THE FIRE DID NOT GROW AND THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO HEAVY USE OF AVIATION AS WELL AS MOTHER NATURE. THE FIRE IS IN THE SAME FOOT PRINT AS IT WAS A DAY AGO. BUTT TO WHAT WE'RE LKIOONG TO SET UP IS A WAY TO CARRY OUR GROUND FORCES IN VIA HELICOPTERO STHEY CAN AVOID THAT LONG GRUELING WALK TO GET TO THE FIRE LINE WSOE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT SET UP TOMORRO" > 350 FIRE FIGHTERS ARE BATTLING THE FIR. BUT AGAIN.. MOST OF THE FIRE FIGHTING ACTIVI IS TY HAPPENING IN THE AIR .. THE FOREST SERVICE SD AI THEY'RE CREATING DEFENSE LINES AROUND THE ARROYO SECO CAMPGROUNDS AND OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE AREA.. NO STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.## THE FIRE EVACUATION MAPS..ALSO DIDN'T CHANGE. WE HAVE SPECIFIC ZONES AFFECTED... IN RED, THESE ARE áMANDATORY EVACUATIONS... THESE ARE ZONES W- F SIX, ONE AND THREE- A.. .. IN YELLOW, THEY ARE EVACUATION WARNING..S. FOR ZONES WF-TWO, FOUR AND THREB E- THIS INCLUDES THE SSTAAJARA ZEN CENTER AND THE ARROYO SECO CAMPGROUNDS HAVE BEEN EVACUATE D. ALL THIS INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE...OR CRAWLING ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.## METEOROLOGIST GINA DEVECCHIO IS HERE NOW... WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS LOOKING LIKE TODAY? (SKYCAM) HERE IS THE CURRENT VI EW OUTSIDE WITH YOUR CURRENT CONDITIONS. (CURRENT CONDITION HERE'S A LOOK AT CURRENT TEMPERATURES ON THE MAP. (FOGTRACKE R) SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG. THE WILLOW WILDFIRE LOCATED WEST OF ARROYO SECO AND JUST SOUTH OF TASSAJARA HOT SPRINGS IN MONTEREY COUNTY CONTINUES TO BURN AT OVER 2,000 ACRES. WINDS E LIGHT AND VARIABLE NEAR THE SURFACE, BUT REMAIN LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER. WHILE IT APPEA THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN TREMENDOUS SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF IT LI IT WAS PREVIOUSLY, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE MONTEREY PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SMOKE PLUME DRIFT NORTH ONCE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. WITH THE MARINE LAYER BEING ONLY AROUND 1500 FT IN DEPTH, AND THE FIREúS INLAND LOCATION AND ELEVATION AT APPROXIMATELY 180035- 00 FT, LITTLE MARE IN INFLUENCE IS EXPECTED FOR THE FIRE ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER, AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DROPS DOWN THE COAST, THE MARE IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN EARLY THIS WEEK WHICH MAY HELP WITH HUMIDITY RECOVERS IE STARTING AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLIGHT E THROUGH THE EAY RLPART OF THE WEEK AS TEMPERATURES COOL. (REGIONAL SATELLITE) THE VISIBLE, INFRERAD AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW WHERE THE STORMS SYSTEMS, CLOUDS AND RAIN ARE RIGHT N. OW (FORECAST GRAPHICS) HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST FOR TOD AY INCLUDING HIGH TEMPERTAURES AND ANY RAIN CHANCES. #### OFFICIALS SAY SHIFTG WINDS PUSHED THE FIRE TOWARDS THE "TASSAJARA ZEN CENTER" - FORCING THEM TO EVACUA. TE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE WERE READY... WITH SOME ON A REFI CREW OF THEIR OWN TO PROTECT IT. THEY ALSO HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM CALLED "DHARMA RAIN". THEY SAY THEY STRENGTHENED THEIR FIRE PROTECTION DUE TO RECENT FIRES...## <SOZAN MIGLIOLI// PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER 4:29-4:55 THE LAST BIG FIRE THAT ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE VALLEY WAS IN 2008. THERE IS A BOOK ABO TUTHAT CALLED THE FIRE MONKS. AND IN THAT TIME, A NUMBER OF MONKS ALSO STAYED BEHIND AND AND PRECOTTED TASSAJARA PROTECTETHD E MONASTERY FROM THE FIRE. WE WERE LESS PREPARED THEN. SINCE THEN, WE'VE BE PENREPARING THOROUGHLY. 5:35-5:42 WE HAD ANOTHER BIG FIRE, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, IN 2016. 5:53-6:06 AND LAST YEA R, THE DOLAN FIRE. RIGHT. THIS IS GETTING TO TO FREQUENT GLOBAL WARMING, YOU NAME IT, BUT 'SIT GETTING TOO FREQUENT. SO SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS PREPEDS AR WE CAN BE TO TO DEFEND THE MONASTERY. U
Tassajara Mountain Zen Center issues grateful message as the Willow Fire burns for a third day
Updated: 5:00 PM PDT Jun 20, 2021
As the Willow Fire continues to burn in the Ventana Wilderness in Monterey County, the Tassajara Mountain Zen Center extends gratitude toward those fighting the fire. The San Francisco Zen Center, which operates the Tassajara Center, issued a statement Sunday afternoon, stating:"San Francisco Zen Center extends deep gratitude and wishes for safety to all the agency firefighters working on this fire.""The ZMC Fire Crew has been working diligently on Dharma Rain and pumps. Crew morale is high as we enter the third day of the Willow Fire."The Willow Fire is at 2,080 acres and is 0% contained.The San Francisco Zen Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center are monitoring the Willow Fire closely and will continue to issue updates as they become available.
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — As the Willow Fire continues to burn in the Ventana Wilderness in Monterey County, the Tassajara Mountain Zen Center extends gratitude toward those fighting the fire.
The San Francisco Zen Center, which operates the Tassajara Center, issued a statement Sunday afternoon, stating:
"San Francisco Zen Center extends deep gratitude and wishes for safety to all the agency firefighters working on this fire."
"The ZMC Fire Crew has been working diligently on Dharma Rain and pumps. Crew morale is high as we enter the third day of the Willow Fire."
The Willow Fire is at 2,080 acres and is 0% contained.
The San Francisco Zen Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center are monitoring the Willow Fire closely and will continue to issue updates as they become available.