Full Notification

Dear Friends,

The Analy High School Evacuation Center remains operational with approximately 70 evacuees. Those with special medical or other needs (about 24) are lodged in the Small Gym and others (about 46) are lodged in the Larger Gym. The Analy Evacuation Center telephone number is 329-6524.

After consultation with the City of Santa Rosa and the County of Sonoma E.O.C.'s, as well as the Red Cross, we will be closing the larger gym housing able-bodied people by noon tomorrow. That closure can be modified if circumstances require it.

The small gym will remain up and operational through Saturday at noon unless conditions warrant otherwise.

The California National Guard has a presence at Analy High School, Hessel Church and St. Stephen's Church. They are there to provide logistical support. For example, they will be tasked with taking down over 400 cots tomorrow afternoon if the closure goes as planned.

At this point, the Analy Evacuation Center DOES NOT need any more donations of anything. They have stopped accepting donations. The small number of needs are being routed through the E.O.C. The Community Disaster Response Team is sorting the donations they've received so they can eventually be transferred to the Santa Rosa shelters.

The winds should be calm tonight with wind speeds of 10 to 15 MPH on the valley floor.

However, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Friday night into early Saturday morning, when the winds on the slopes and ridges above 1,000 feet should reach 25-35 MPH with some gusts up to 45 MPH, especially in the very early hours of Saturday morning.

There are still approximately 40,000 residences and businesses without power, an improvement from the 50,000 that were without power previously.

P.G.&E restored gas to 8,500 residences yesterday and are hoping to restore another 10,000 residences today.

P.G.&E. has restored power to Sutter Hospital and getting Sutter and Kaiser hospitals back up and running is a priority.

The City of Santa Rosa has determined that 2,834 homes were destroyed by fire within their City Limits, as well as 25 commercial structures representing 400,000 square feet of commercial space.

For the most up-to-date information on the fires, call 565-3856 or visit www.sonomacounty.ca.gov.

The Sebastopol Community Church is NO LONGER serving as an Evacuation Center.

Hessel Church are St. Stephen's Church are open and willing to accept evacuees.