MALIBU—On Monday, October 27, the city of Malibu posted on its Facebook page that elevated to brief critical fire weather conditions are expected across Los Angeles and Ventura Counties (including Malibu) for Tuesday, October 28 thru Wednesday, October 29 due to gusty Santa Ana winds and very low humidities.
Winds 15–25 mph with gusts 30–45 mph, humidities 5–15 percent. Live fuel moisture remains near critical levels, increasing fire danger. While winds will ease Tuesday night into Wednesday, warm, dry, and hazardous fire conditions will persist.
SCE has not announced warnings about potential Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). If that were to occur, the city of Malibu will post that via alerts and social media messages.
BE PREPARED
-Malibu residents should prepare for possible fires, evacuations, power and traffic signal outages, downed trees or powerlines, and hazardous driving conditions.
-At intersections with malfunctioning traffic lights, come to a complete stop as required by CA law.
-Get preparedness info: ready.lacounty.gov.
CHECK PLANS AND SUPPLIES
-Review your emergency plans and evacuation routes, including reunification locations.
-Check supplies for expired food, batteries, and medications (including for pets).
-Keep your gas tank full and know how to manually open your garage door.
-Check on elderly or disabled neighbors.
-Power outage preparedness info: ready.lacounty.gov/power-outage.
-Review the City’s Evacuation Plan, zones, and terminology at malibucity.org/evac.
STAY INFORMED
-Monitor local AM/FM radio (99.1 FM KBUU) for emergency updates.
-The City will issue alerts and post updates at MalibuCity.org and MalibuCity.org/alerts and social media.
-Sign up for City alerts at MalibuCity.org/news (scroll to Alert Center, and choose Weather, Emergency & Utility).
-Sign up for County alerts at lacounty.gov/emergency/alert-la.
-Monitor evacuation information & emergency updates at Genasys Protect https://protect.genasys.com/search and Watch Duty https://www.watchduty.org.
By Danny Jones