Neighbors home over there. Nobody was hurt, but now it has firefighters worrying what else neighbors can do. It didnt crash through the roof, but it has landed on our roof. The east bay wasnt under a red flag warning, but the trees were blowing down around 3 30 this afternoon. Two in this berkeley neighborhood including this red oak. I could hear the tree breaking and i felt something was going to happen. I looked out of the window. And the winds were worse last night. Gusts up to 50 miles per hour. As i realized it wasnt rain and it was just wind. It was really windy. It was so noisy. It sounded like a rain storm. But it wasnt and that is the problem. The high winds combined with the dry weather and cram lig crack lig grass has a warning in the middle of what is supposed to be the rainy season. Having no significant rainfall in the middle of january is something i have never seen before. And firefighters say all it takes is a spark from a vehicle to ignite a dangerous fire. Piece of c
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All where parents are picking them up. The 13yearold girl and 14 yearold boy were taken to the hospital in will you be oj simpson, texas. The press conference will get under way at any time. Well update you with more information. They are being treated in will you be okay, texas. Mark kelly shows us how firefighters are dealing with the conditions but first lets get to Lawrence Karnow in the weather center. Reporter these extremely unusual conditions for this time of year usually january all the hills are nice and green but this year, we have been having the cloudiest calendar record this year. High pressure is building in making for dry conditions outside. In fact, the mountains usually very green at this time of year. Well, they are brown and dry. We have seen some gusty winds today, some 30 to 40 plusmile perhour gusts. Red flag warnings have been extended over the north and the east bay hills and the diablo range until 8 a. M. On thursday morning. Some of the humidity dropping to l
6 00, we have Live Team Coverage of a red flag warning in parts of the bay area this morning. Kpix 5s mark kelly is up in the Berkeley Hills checking conditions over the east bay but first we go to Lawrence Karnow in the weather center. Lawrence. Yeah, guys. We have some very dry conditions around the bay area. Unusually dry. We have hardly had any rain at all for the season, record dry year last year. So here we go. Out the door, we have High Pressure building in again. And those offshore winds are blowing especially over the mountaintops. Skies are nice and clear right now. But looks like we are going to see some very dry conditions over the mountains and that means, well, we are going to see some red flag warnings staying up over the mountaintops, as well. Temperatures right now 37 degrees in concord. 28 degrees in santa rosa. Fairly calm conditions down in the valleys this morning. 39 degrees in san jose. And 44 degrees in San Francisco. By the afternoon, we are expecting some reco
Fire crews tell us they have to be prepared for anything at this point. Winds were so strong in berkeley monday evening that they toppled over this tree on benita way. At high elevations like this gusts to reach 40 Miles Per Hour. So these conditions mean big changes for how firefighters have to do their jobs. They have to wear their lightweight fire gear and their regular gear. They have to have both of that on hand. The low fuel moisture, the low atmospheric moisture, and high winds, if somebody caught on fire up there it could spread rapidly involving many residences and buildings and be a much greater hazard to life and property than a fire under normal conditions for this time of year. Reporter so thats right. The fire chief says its these conditions this time of year in the middle of winter which is so rare. Typically, the fire hazard season is june through november. And then we get the rain in the winter but fire crews are starting to think we could see these hazardous fire cond