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Official California Wildfire Thread: UPDATE 2 New Fires Lilac & Liberty Fires’ 12/7/17***
Posted on 12/6/17 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 12/6/17 at 8:43 pm
Current Fire Map
ThomasFire:
90,000 acres
5% contained.
50,000+ residents evacuated from 15,000+ homes
Extreme winds tonight
Extreme fire behavior, rapid spread, long range spotting expected tonight and tomorrow.
Santa Ana Extreme Winds Expected Thursday
ThomasFire:
90,000 acres
5% contained.
50,000+ residents evacuated from 15,000+ homes
Extreme winds tonight
Extreme fire behavior, rapid spread, long range spotting expected tonight and tomorrow.
Santa Ana Extreme Winds Expected Thursday
This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 4:52 pm
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Posted on 12/6/17 at 8:51 pm to Tiger70503
This could be 100% wrong but I've heard a lot of the recent major wildfires become massive because of large fuel loads.
Many of the communities in California refuse to allow controlled burns that would decrease fuel loads due to concerns of pollution and stuff. So they are living around what's pretty much a tinder box
Many of the communities in California refuse to allow controlled burns that would decrease fuel loads due to concerns of pollution and stuff. So they are living around what's pretty much a tinder box
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:00 pm to texag7
It’s hard to do control burns here because of the Santa Ana winds. It’s too much of a risk.
Speaking of, winds near my house are just starting to get stronger. Going to be a long night north in LA.
Speaking of, winds near my house are just starting to get stronger. Going to be a long night north in LA.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:01 pm to Tiger70503
Thanks for all the green house gasses assholes in California.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:02 pm to texag7
They do prescribed burns in Cali but the time frame to do them safely is short.... 2 to 3 weeks a year. And doing burns around developed areas takes a lot of manpower which often isn't available. The problem this year is Cali got a lot of rain earlier this year which caused a lot of plant growth which is now fuel. Add in that the Santa Anna winds this year have been some of the strongest on record and its a recipe for hades.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:03 pm to texag7
Haven’t the wildfires been happening forever though? Long before we settled there?
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:05 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
I don’t know if you guys watched this video yet but I would have been shitting myself commuting to work
LINK
LINK
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:13 pm to Tiger70503
SO and I are flying into LAX on Friday night for the weekend
Staying in West Beverly Hills. Are we in the danger zone so to speak?
Staying in West Beverly Hills. Are we in the danger zone so to speak?
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:14 pm to Tiger70503
I have some friends who have already evacuated their pets and themselves.
The wind speeds and directions, live time, on www.windy.com are really good, according to friends out there.
And downed live electric lines are a problem with winds + underbrush and canyons.
Tomorrow looks ever worse for them
The wind speeds and directions, live time, on www.windy.com are really good, according to friends out there.
And downed live electric lines are a problem with winds + underbrush and canyons.
Tomorrow looks ever worse for them
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:21 pm to real turf fan
These started by arson or something benign?
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:34 pm to tigerinthebueche
I know a good many people in the region. One has already evacuated from Ojai. Bad scene there for sure.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:34 pm to Tiger70503
That video is insane, huh?
~80% of my clients are in California, with probably 75%+ of those California clients being in the Los Angeles area. The names on those interstate signs are ones I've driven past countless times.
This was sad to watch in the wine country area, and it is sad to watch now. :/
~80% of my clients are in California, with probably 75%+ of those California clients being in the Los Angeles area. The names on those interstate signs are ones I've driven past countless times.
This was sad to watch in the wine country area, and it is sad to watch now. :/
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:37 pm to Tiger70503
If there HAS to be a wildfire there, just let Hollywood burn.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:44 pm to tigerinthebueche
quote:
These started by arson or something benign?
All the hot air from Ted Lieu and Adam Schiff ignited the brush.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:53 pm to TigersSEC2010
That is freaking insane. It seems they have more and more wildfires ever single year. Why is this pretty much only a problem in Cali? I never hear of wildfires anywhere else and yet there is 30+ fires in Cali every year. Also, it seems like the amount of fires is increasing too. Is that the case or am I only paying more attention lately?
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:58 pm to TigersSEC2010
Couple of updates
#BREAKING: The #RyeFire is 7,000 acres and is 10% contained
#BREAKING: The #CreekFire is now 12,605 acres and is 5% contained.
#BREAKING: Santa Barbara County is being added into the Unified Command of the #ThomasFire due to the northwest advance of the fire.
#BREAKING: The #LittleMountainFire is now 100% contained (San Bernardino)
#ThomasFire: Extreme fire behavior near Gridley Road in Ojai. Crews unable to save homes in the area. Evacuating as many people as possible.
#ThomasFire: For reference, 90,000 acres is about 140 square miles.
#BREAKING: The #RyeFire is 7,000 acres and is 10% contained
#BREAKING: The #CreekFire is now 12,605 acres and is 5% contained.
#BREAKING: Santa Barbara County is being added into the Unified Command of the #ThomasFire due to the northwest advance of the fire.
#BREAKING: The #LittleMountainFire is now 100% contained (San Bernardino)
#ThomasFire: Extreme fire behavior near Gridley Road in Ojai. Crews unable to save homes in the area. Evacuating as many people as possible.
#ThomasFire: For reference, 90,000 acres is about 140 square miles.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:58 pm to supadave3
There were big fires in Montana not long ago.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:59 pm to Tiger70503
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fire. #BREAKING: The #LittleMountainFire is now 100% contained (San Bernardino)
Dorner cornered again.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 10:04 pm to supadave3
There were a number of wildfires in the Southeast last year during the drought. Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg being the biggest one that comes to mind.
I think the Cali wildfires just happen near more people so they get more attention nationally.
I think the Cali wildfires just happen near more people so they get more attention nationally.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 10:06 pm to supadave3
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I never hear of wildfires anywhere else
Texas has had some bad ones the last few years. Wiped out a lot of homes in central texas recently. And DFW has some but they usually don't do much damage. South Dakota has bad wildfires too.....really all of the western states. But the population is so big in cali that the wildfires do a lot more damage than in other, less populated areas.
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