Hang in there, California: wild fires

[fireftr18]

Acktung, thanks for the continued updates. I'm getting virtually nothing about in the news about the fires here. There is very little in fire trade magazines. I pass along the information when I can. Prayers for all of you.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by fireftr18

Acktung, thanks for the continued updates. I'm getting virtually nothing about in the news about the fires here. There is very little in fire trade magazines. I pass along the information when I can. Prayers for all of you.

The tally thus far in today's paper: 651 homes damaged in Napa county with 569 of that tally: destroyed; 4882 homes are destroyed in neighboring Sonoma County; with 601 commercial structures also destroyed...So far the death toll stands at 43 but all of the 'missing' are not accounted for as yet. All road blocks are supposedly lifted so I will be viewing the damage on Oakville Grade/Trinity Rd. road sometime this week.

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Originally Posted by Fireftr18

I'm curious about the loss of structures. In an area that has a history of wildfire, why weren't the newer areas built and older areas redone to protect them from wildfire?

The Redwood Valley fire in Mendocino County (8dead 36,523 acres0 is 100% percent contained. The Tubbs fire in Sonoma is 95% contained; the Nuns and Pocket fires in both Napa and Sonoma are 94% contained.as of this AM full containment is expected today. In today's SF chronicle: the Hanley Fire of 1964 burned 52,000 acres and destroyed 100 homes This present fire is a more savage copy along nearly the same path....half a century later:

Originally Posted by Chronicle

Local officials had long been aware that another tragic wildfire was a possibility. As recently as last spring a Sonoma Counrt report on potential hazards facing the region cautioned that a fire comparable to the Hanley Fire could cause 'catastphic damage to the City of Santa Rosa. hazard. If multiple blazes broke out around the state during fire season firefighting resources in Sonoma County could be stretched beyond theircapacity the Hazard Mitigation PPlan stated...In Santa Rosa's Fountaingrove neighborhood, built in an area that the Hanley Fire had roared through in 1964, homeowners had spent heavily on protection measures to prepare for a wildfire. Still the neighborhood was lost to the flames. No one expected that a fire could jump into the heart of Santa Rosa burning a subdivision such as Coffey Park. This fire will rewrite the books....it isn't just about the 'wildland urban interface' where 1/3 of Sonoma County residents live.

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle/20171027/281539406209892

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Drove the Oakville Grade/ Trinity roads and Hwy 128 today, through formerly evacuated Calistoga to Geyserville and back: approx. 120 miles incl. the Silverado Trail. Much complete devastation and some of the mountain slopes and beautiful homes I've seen for decades are just....gone.