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Heard some vineyards and vineries were burnt down, with the loss of some hundreds thousands of bottles.. i know it's only material damage but..
And only 2-5 percent of the fires under control ? :o

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Originally Posted by ET2SN (Post 2699151)

Semi serious question: With all the devastation on the west coast, where are all the Sasquatch? :hmmm:
Keep yer head down and yer powder dry. At least the locust haven't shown up yet. :salute::yeah:

]My wife insists I'm a Yeti in my own right:O:...as for powder, thats somthing of an issue as my 3 lbs reenacting black powder and one tube of modern for reloading 45-70 Sharps & trapdoor Springfield are in a metal trunk with my bullet lead and molds in the mancave armory,,,if the shack goes up...it really goes up!:oops:

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Originally Posted by Catfish (Post 2699152)

Heard some vineyards and vineries were burnt down, with the loss of some hundreds thousands of bottles.. i know it's only material damage but..
And only 2-5 percent of the fires under control ? :o

15% contained. One of the museum's other board members is at Schramsburg next to the damaged Castile di Amoroso winery. They had seriously cut back the dense undergrowth and barely saved the old founder's 1850's mansion. Fortunately, most of the bottled stuff is fermenting in deep caves I love to visit but the Cabernet Sauvignon still on the vines is pretty toasted or too smokey to be used. The tourist tax for the county, a major municipal income source, already impacted by Covid(25% hotel occupancy) and residential property taxes are going to be seriously afflicted. But at least the evacuees have places to stay. So far, this season, I've not been summond for anti-looting work...always a problem in these affairs. At my age, it's tough to tell "the bad guys" (locusts! indeed!)anyway if everyone's wearing a mask!!?.:timeout: EDIT: No sooner do I post this, than I note my local paper's headline: "Hotels welcome evacuees"...:haha:

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2699156)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9bDxFSXijE

great video...the "new normal":hmmm: a calm moonlit night with mild winds helps. The fire season,still far from over: 8,200 fires; 4,000,000!! (6,250 sq. miles)acres burned; 31 dead; 8400 buildings. By comparison, the 2018 season only burned 1.67 million acres! I 'spect I'm a "closet Catholic"ie: after time in purgatory surely I shall attain paradise...:oops: even Paradise CA [82 dead 95% destroyed)didn't survive! :timeout:

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid (Post 2694610)

SF this evening. It has looked like a martian sky all day long and everything is getting a coating of ash. At least it doesn't smell bad even if it is unhealthy.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/OgvJbY.jpg

@ EICHBBY : What CA does for art these days!:haha:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pic...ictureid=11532

I don't think 15% is climate change when 85% is caused by man :yep:

https://www.foxnews.com/science/deva...tomy-explained

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Wildland fires “are fires that occur on undeveloped land such as forests, prairies and shrublands; they include both wildfires and prescribed fires,” according to the United States Geological Survey.

Citing 2000 to 2017 data based on Wildland Fire Management Information (WFMI), and the U.S. Forest Service Research Data Archive, the National Park Service reports that nearly 85% of wildland fires in the U.S. are caused by humans.

Good to know my California friends are still safe. As always, prayers for everyone.

The deritus of destruction

The Glass and the bigger Hennessey LNU fire have left a big cleanup in store for Napa. Combined, the 600 homes and 350 commercial buldings incl. well known wineries and resorts are a seroius mess,
Phase 1: the state dept of Toxic Substance Control removes pedticides, gasoline etc. 90% of this is done for the Henessey fire. The much bigger Phase 2 job: ash and debris is handled by the Fed Emergency Management Agency. Owners can do their own or 'go public' and turnover their insurence cleanup reciepts to th Governor's Office of Emergency Services...most owners will use the xpublic' option. The 2017 Nuns and Tubbs fires created 250,000 tons for landfills. (practise makes perfect!?:arrgh!:)This will be even bigger. Waterways and drinking water are at risk and with temperatures in the 90's, the fire season ain't over yet! The Glass fire is in mopup with 95% containment, 196 households still evacuated. Power cutoffs are still in effect. The impact to the tourist-based winery/hotel economy, already at 25%
hotel occupancy due to Covid, has yet to be calculated; but wiill certainly diminish county coffers considerably; .:hmmm: and we're certainly overdue for another major earthquake! :yep::O::timeout:

Finis...for the moment

Cal Fire has declred th Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma Counties 100% contained. 23 days of intense destruction: 642 homes, 343 commercial buidings destroyed. The cause remains under investigation. Temperatures remain high, we are under a Red Flag wind warning with potential power shutdowns and the fire season is still a ongoing threat. Thankyou firefighters!:Kaleun_Applaud::Kaleun_Salute:

Glad to hear it contained. Prayers and good luck on the rebuilding.

Good to hear, i hope this is it for a longer time!
Thanks to the fire fighters, can't say this often enough.

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Originally Posted by Catfish (Post 2702576)

Good to hear, i hope this is it for a longer time!
Thanks to the fire fighters, can't say this often enough.

DITTO :yep:

In pictures: Silverado wildfire rages in California

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A wildfire has forced evacuation orders for 100,000 people in southern California.

The Silverado Fire broke out just before sunrise on Monday in Orange County, south of Los Angeles.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54694971

Couldn't hardly post this in "Cool Photos" thread!

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.town...ize=1200%2C675 This was in today's local paper; shot at the start of the Glass Fire...and we're finally getting rain today... both my morning newspapers were in plastic!:yeah:

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An oft-cited statistic is that Napa Valley produces less than 4% of the wine in California. The point of the statistic is that the valley makes only a tiny fraction of the wine, thereby inferring a link to quality. And in many ways it’s true. Wines from the region are considered some of the rarest and best in the United States and the world. However, the statistic is misleading and undercuts the influence and importance of the region as a bellwether for the entire state and beyond.
According to the grape-acreage crop report put out every year by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, in 2019 the Napa Valley grew more than 9.5% of the wine grapes in the state.
Because many other regions grow more grapes per vine, the total production of wine from Napa does only represent about 4%, but because the price per ton of grapes is higher and these wines fetch a higher price, this small county actually represents a disproportionate percentage of the total wine-industry revenue for the entire state — 24.5% of the total wine grape sales, for example.
And because California represents 85% of America’s wine production and 90% of U.S. wine exports, this means that as goes the Napa Valley, so goes much of the entire United States wine industry.
And this is not just an isolated event. Napa and the three nearby counties — Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma — make up about 27% of the state’s total wine-grape acres but bring in more than 47% of the wine-grape revenue. And all four counties have been negatively affected by fires and smoke. In fact, nearly all wine-growing regions in California have with more than 4 million acres burned — more than 4% of the entire landmass of the state.

Now that's somethin' to wine about!

Watch out for landslides with the rain coming now :o

Show us your home Aktung :yep:

https://www.info.com/serp?q=real+tim...AAOUJInr0IXb11

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro (Post 2706808)

Watch out for landslides with the rain coming now :o

Yep! Now it's flooding :yep:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3VMhvpT0Y