Hang in there, California: wild fires

[Aktungbby]

containment is now at 45%

[fireftr18]

I don't have any more words to add. Prayers for you and everyone else there, and for the firefighters working.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

containment is now at 45%

Stay safe Mister! Do you have an evac plan ready?

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

/\true that! 2017's mess: It came down to cat food/kitty litter, wife's jewelry, hygiene products,wedding photos, passports and clean skivies for three days of pending evacuation if the winds shifted...all in the
best two cars parked in the driveway as the power is out to the garage door, (which killed 4 people trapped in their garages!) Long garden hoses 'X' across the roof for spritzing any wind-bourne hot ash showers. At 67 I've got too much damn crap anyhow!

Always! grab the underwear drawer, BP and statin meds, catfood, cat, wife's jewlery, my service Beretta, favorite watch, wedding photos, chequebook with passport & vaccination card, clamber into the Subaru and bugout ....to the end of the block; then turn back, pick up wife and turn off the gas meter with $5 meter-wrench which sits atop the meter and has been used in two previous earthquakes to turn off the neighbors' meters. At age 71, all the excess crap and house can go up in smoke...and I can move to Reno!EDIT:evacs are lifted and the fire is 45% contained...

[Ostfriese]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

then turn back, pick up wife

I laughed way too hard about this

[Aktungbby]

/\keeping one's humor in earthquake/fire ravaged California is essential. Notably, on the the first 2AM quake (2000)that destroyed my chimney, epicentered 5.2 Richterwise just 500 yards from my home, depressed the ladies in my my neighborhood considerably....the second 3AM quake(2014 6.0 Richterwise) which really wracked downtown Napa(killing 1) but only rattled my house merely elicited: "I just want a cup of coffee" from my neighbor German-born hausfrau, as I promptly wheeled out the Webber BBQ to start caffeinated brewing in the driveway-the electricity also being out. Cleanup can always wait untill I've had a cuppa joe! The ongoing Napa fire, now dubbed the Old Fire, is up to 570 acres and is 65% contained. One firefighter was sent to the hospital from an undisclosed injury. Since January, there have been 5 fires all over California: Colorado Fire-687 acres; Airport Fire-4136 acres; Jim Fire-551 acres; Quail Fire-135 acres; and the River Fire-595 acres...and the season is young... EDIT: in addition to the $40K chimney, during the 2018 remodel of my house,(2 baths, kitchen, roof, patios/driveway) it was discovered that the rear stucco had also suffered in the 2000 'quake; and added another $8K to the pricey project!

[Ostfriese]

The sheer size of wildfires in the US and in Australia never cease to baffle me. The largest forest fire in my home country was the Lüneburg Heath fire in 1975, and it destroyed "only" about 30 square miles of forest (albeit in an area fare more densely populated than the US and Australia).


Still, I wish you all the best. Stay safe.

[Aktungbby]

The Old Fire is now at 85% containment ie "mop up" phase. PGE electric lines are being investigated as possible cause. We're blessed: it's been steadily drizzling since last night solidly wetting the county...putting a serious damper on the fire, now a minor thing; & good for the drought ...and I don't have to mow the lawn!