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That's not true. "Saint Barbara" would be "Santa Bárbara". Leaving out the accent is a grave spelling mistake, which leads to a pronunciation mistake. Of course, the English name has no accent, but when talking about the Spanish translation, the correct form should be mentioned. -- 94.134.89.251 ( talk) 01:14, 12 February 2019 (UTC) reply

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@ WCCasey:, Please see WP:LINKSTOAVOID and WP:ELYES. External links are discouraged in the guidelines unless they meet certain criteria. None of the ones I deleted (and several more) are appropriate. Per WP:BRD, you may defend each link you think should be kept based on the guidelines. Cheers, Fettlemap ( talk) 19:40, 30 November 2020 (UTC) reply

Your edit note was "Trim unnecessary content". None of the LINKSTOAVOID guidelines use the word "unnecessary". It's up to the deleting editor to "defend" deletions of content someone else has added in good faith. WCCasey ( talk) 04:18, 1 December 2020 (UTC) reply

If anyone local is reading this, it would be great to have a photo of the plaque in remembrance of the MV Conception victims that was put at the SB harbor.

• https://ktla.com/news/local-news/a-year-after-conception-boat-fire-plaque-at-santa-barbara-harbor-commemorates-34-victims/
• https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2020/09/02/special-plaque-created-for-the-conception-memorial-site/

TY in advance jengod ( talk) 03:23, 1 August 2022 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the note Jengod - I will see if I can get out to the Yacht Club in the nearish future - if anyone else gets there first that's fine too. Antandrus (talk) 03:35, 1 August 2022 (UTC) reply

Wow fastest reply ever. Thanks so much for even considering it. best jengod ( talk) 03:40, 1 August 2022 (UTC) reply

Hi Jengod - I took a whole bunch of pictures out there this morning, and have uploaded one: File:MVConception_Memorial_Plaque.jpg - let me know if that works (I added it to the Sinking of MV Conception article) - thanks :) Antandrus (talk) 21:37, 2 August 2022 (UTC) reply

Thank you so much. I know the families will be happy to have this included on Wikipedia. You did good. jengod ( talk) 22:47, 2 August 2022 (UTC) reply

I don’t understand “…and drop humidities into the single digits, increasing the chance due to downed power lines, etc., and severity of wildfires in the …”.

Does the heat itself cause downed lines? Or is it that the heat and dryness increases the likelihood and severity of fires, which could be started by downed power lines or the etc? Pbackstrom ( talk) 01:46, 19 September 2023 (UTC) reply

It's the winds that knock down the power lines - "Sundowner" winds can be very very strong (60-70 mph is not uncommon) and they desiccate because of the adiabatic effect of compression as they come over and down from the mountain ridge; it can be a hundred degrees at sea level with humidities in the single digits during one of those events. In 1990 the Painted Cave fire erupted in such circumstances and destroyed over 500 homes in just a couple of hours. Antandrus (talk) 01:49, 19 September 2023 (UTC) reply