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*Update* Northern California's Wildfires - "Firefighters are Making Progress"
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:40 am
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:40 am
DRONE FOOTAGE
***Updated Monday 10/16***
A week after several wildfires ignited in Northern California, firefighters are making progress toward containing the massive blazes that have killed at least 40 people and burned about 5,700 structures.
On Sunday, diminished winds gave firefighters a break in the weather to gain ground on the rash of fires that have scorched swaths of Northern California, including Sonoma and Napa counties.
As California Gov. Jerry Brown said over the weekend: "We are not out of the woods yet, there's still fires burning."
Overnight firefighters continued their battle against 17 wildfires that have
burned 221,754 acres. Several of the wildfires merged with other fires, while
full containment was made on three other.
More than a dozen fires are burning in California -- most of which are in Northern California.
But in a sign of some relief, a number of residents are being allowed to return home as mandatory evacuation orders lifted in areas, including the cities of Napa and Calistoga.
*** Monday UPDATE *** Acreage Totals
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- Tubbs Fire (Napa, Sonoma counties): 44,881 acres 60% contained.
- Pocket Fire (Sonoma County): 11,889acres. 30% contained
- Nuns/Adobe/Norbbom/Pressley: 48,627 acres 40% contained
- Atlas Fire (Napa County): 51,057 acres, 65% contained.
- Redwood Fire/Potter Fire (Mendocino County):35,800 acres 45% contained.
- Cascade Fire (Yuba County): 10,171 acres, 94% contained.
- Cherokee Fire (Butte County): 8,417 acres, 90% contained.
- Canyon 2 (Orange County): 9,217 acres, 90% contained
- LaPorte Fire (Butte County): 6,151 acres, 90% contained.
- Sulphur Fire (Lake County): 2,500 acres, 80% contained.
- Lobo Fire (Nevada County): 829 acres, 97% contained.
-McCourtney Fire (Nevada County): 76 acres, 89% contained
NOAA Satellite View
This post was edited on 10/16/17 at 7:58 am
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:41 am to Scooba
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:42 am to Scooba
Yea it's not good. Will Hill is a beautiful vineyard. That whole area is torn up. Silver Oak is nearby too
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:42 am to Scooba
We are about 15 miles away, woke up to the smell of fire all throughout the house and a heavy smoke all around the area, looks almost like a dense fog. Wife works out in that area and isn't able to make it in today due to all this.
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This post was edited on 10/10/17 at 10:00 am
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:45 am to Scooba
How did this start?
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:46 am to Scooba
Images of Keanu Reeves putting fires out with a blanket
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:47 am to Chiefagain
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How did this start?
I am guessing arson
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:49 am to TennesseeFan25
Stay safe man.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:51 am to Scooba
Effect on California's wine industry/prices?
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:54 am to Chiefagain
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How did this start?
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All of the new fires started after 10 p.m. PT on Sunday, Pimlott said, bringing the total spread of more than 25 fires across the northern half of California to about 73,000 acres at what he called the worst possible time. McClean said investigators were still trying to determine the origin of the blazes and called it a "meticulous process."
At least 1,500 homes and commercial structures were destroyed in the region in just 12 hours, authorities said.
Cal Fire Deputy Chief Bret Gouvea, commander of the unified response team, described a simultaneous eruption of "large fires that were all wind driven, with winds up to 50 miles per hour, in seven counties."
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:55 am to Mike da Tigah
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:56 am to Scooba
Appreciate it, no one in our area seems to be concerned. Napa is in that huge valley, so don't know if the mountains help with keeping that barrier. Additionally, winds are blowing westerly for the most part
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:57 am to Scooba
How does California have winds of over 50 mph? shite, that not far from hurricane force winds. It seems that Cali has wildfires every damn year.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:59 am to Tiger in NY
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I am guessing arson
Partly true
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As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson. The remaining 10 percent are started by lightning or lava.
They deal with this every year too.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:00 am to supadave3
Literally hasn’t rained in like 5 months
Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:03 am to SEClint
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Effect on California's wine industry/prices?
The issue, other than the loss of lives/homes, is that several of these wineries hold multiple vintages for release. So not only are your 2017 grapes destroyed, but you lose 2-3 years worth of wine stored for ageing in bottles/barrels in your cellars.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:04 am to Chiefagain
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How did this start?
Sometimes starts with a cigarette thrown out of car window.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:14 am to TH03
Teach me something...
Won't these fires actually create incredibly fertile soil in the future?
Obviously they're disastrous now, but will we have awesome wine in the coming decades because of this?
Won't these fires actually create incredibly fertile soil in the future?
Obviously they're disastrous now, but will we have awesome wine in the coming decades because of this?
Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:16 am to TennesseeFan25
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no one in our area seems to be concerned
Sad but true.
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100-year-old World War Two veteran among dead
As dawn breaks over California, details about some of the victims has begun to emerge. NBC News has reported two people who died in Napa County were an elderly couple; 100-year-old Charlie Rippey and Sara, his 98-year-old wife. Their son, Chuck Rippey, told NBC Bay Area their carer had contacted him as flames swept in towards their home at the Silverado Golf Course. He said: "The caregiver called and said there's fire everywhere. "I said get these guys out on the street, and before she knew it, the roof was caving in very fast."
Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:16 am to supadave3
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How does California have winds of over 50 mph? shite, that not far from hurricane force winds. It seems that Cali has wildfires every damn year.
They come up over and zooming down the mountains after passing over the hot desert. Cali is huge. Areas have wildfires every year, and always have. People just keep moving to drier and drier areas.
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