Hang in there, California: wild fires

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

thanks! I awoke at 0600 to quite the electrical display for a hour over the house...and debated wheather to venture forth for the newspapers at the foot of the drive. I had to call several old collge buddies in the midwest though. Even worse is this 'derecho' essentially an eyeless land hurricane that ripped across Iowa and Illinois causing massive destruction. I'd never heard of a derecho ...sumpin' new...let's hope 'not normal'. They always call me during the fires and quakes; so I'm reciprocating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho

Ok!

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Ok!

a short lived ok! Two fires: both started from lightning are presently burning in remoter areas of Napa. One, the Hennessy fire, 25 acres, has occasioned mandatory evacuation of residents. The larger 375 acre Gamble fire is not a threat to homes...as yet These are small by inferno standards but if winds pick up can get out of control quickly. EDIT: the Hennessey fire is now at 2400 acres.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

a short lived ok! Two fires: both started from lightning are presently burning in remoter areas of Napa. One, the Hennessy fire, 25 acres, has occasioned mandatory evacuation of residents. The larger 375 acre Gamble fire is not a threat to homes...as yet These are small by inferno standards but if winds pick up can get out of control quickly. EDIT: the Hennessey fire is now at 2400 acres.

Are you ok now buddy?

I saw this 'Highest temperature on Earth' as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Are you ok now buddy?

I saw this 'Highest temperature on Earth' as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018

That's 130 F. the alltime recorded high...and I was working on my tan....

As temperatures soared in California, a large "firenado" was observed on Saturday in Lassen County.

[vienna]

He's OK; Death Valley is an almost 500 mile drive from his home in Napa; CA is a huge state and has many climate zones and Napa is way up to the North of San Francisco; the area there is seeing some very unusual high temperatures in the 90s F, when the norm is around the 70s this time of year; here in the Southern CA area, we are seeing temps in the mid-90s and low 100s; I just saw a weather report saying the nearby city of Lancaster recorded a Monday high of 111 degrees, and that is not a desert area; suffice to say it has been a bit 'toasty' of late and the trend is expected to continue for several more days; the worst part here in SoCal is we have a combination of very high heat, high humidity, and bad air quality caused by smoke from various brush and wildfires in the area, the resulting inversion layer making the air a bit stifling with or without a face mask...




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[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Are you ok now buddy?

Originally Posted by vienna

He's OK;

YUP! I'm always ok ....but I used to be fabulous though It's the 'new normal!' and the general impression of late: God ain't happy... Temperature to be at 104 F. today! ...

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

YUP! I'm always ok ....but I used to be fabulous though....

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[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

That's 130 F. the alltime recorded high...

There have been numerous higher temperatures but they remain unverified to this day.

I personally remember it hitting 50C when I was working in Khorramshahr which necessitated the taking of salt tablets on an hourly basis.

Strange thing was, at night the temperature could plummet to 5C