Frank Taylor at the Google Earth Blog points us to an image overlay made using NOAA imagery of the fires in San Diego, California.
It really shows a significant amount of smoke coming from the fires. You can download the file here, or you can visit the Google Earth Blog for more information.
San Diego County Wildfires “Reconnecting Families and Individuals”
For Immediate Release:
San Diego, California USA
Monday, October 22, 2007
San Diego County Wildfires “Reconnecting Families and Individuals”
NOKR is asking anyone that may have a missing or potentially injured family member due to the Wildfires situation in San Diego County to register this person with the Next of Kin Registry.
Register at: http://www.nokr.org
This contact information will be passed on to area emergency officials responding to this disaster.
The NOKR organization has initiated contact with San Diego County Office of Emergency Service to offer any assistance possible to help reunify individuals and families displaced by these tragic fires.
State of California Listed on the States Home Page
Information About (Living in California)
Next of Kin
http://ca.gov
National Next of Kin Registry
http://www.ca.gov/HomeFamily/Safety/Emergencies.html
US Governments Portal USA.gov (Under Family Services)
http://www.usa.gov/Government/State_Local/Health.shtml
Next of Kin National Registry
About NOKR:
The Next Of Kin Registry (NOKR) was established as a FREE tool for daily emergencies and national disasters. NOKR is an emergency contact system to help if you or your family member is missing, injured or deceased. NOKR provides the public a free proactive service to store emergency contacts, next of kin and vital medical information that would be critical to emergency response agencies. Stored information is only accessible via a secure area that is only accessible by emergency public trust agencies that have registered with NOKR.
NOKR encourages every township, county, municipality, city, state and nation to take ownership of the NOKR. This resource belongs to you, your citizens and to your emergency agencies. Take the NOKR registration forms and add your own identifying symbols.
NOKR is a humanitarian organization. As part of our mission to society NOKR has created a trusted safeguarding system for all personal emergency contacts worldwide. NOKR does not own the information we store, this information belongs to the registrants and is made available securely to registered emergency agencies during times of urgent need.
NOKR is a non-partisan; non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to bridging rapid emergency contact information. NOKR was established in January 2004, for daily emergency situations.
Office 1-800-915-5413
Fax 1-800-927-5497