Hang in there, California: wild fires

[fireftr18]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

The current extreme heat wave which hit 114F. yesterday, and set the all-time record for Santa Rosa since 1913: (115F.) where my daughter resides w/o AC; has created the grave situation of "flash drying" of both dead and live fuels which only increases the already extreme fire hazard throughout the state. Lightning strikes are expected in Siskiyou and northern rugged counties which have trigger'd several large fatal conflagrations. Rolling power shut downs throughout the state due to record setting AC demand on PG&E's decayed transmission lines are ocurrring...

Prayers for you buddy. I can't imagine that hot, dry air with that much vegetation. Here in Kentucky, we feel like it's dry if the humidity gets down to about 50%.

[Aktungbby]

...with smoke from big fires in northern CA forests; and smoke emanating from Washington state and now blowing south into the Bay area. If that's not enough, Hurricane Hillary, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has inundated LA., Palm Springs, turning northerly thriough the middle of the state along the I-5 and Hwy 99 axis. Las Vegas is expected to be affected in turn! This is the first tropical storm to hit CA since 1939! Just the major flooding on TV, particularly in customarily bone-dry desert areas is looking bad. Reaching the inlaws by phone is impossible. Torrential deluges being insufficient, the city of Ohai, 50 miles inland from the port of Santa Barbara, suffered a 5.1 quake around 2PM-no deaths reported....

[Jeff-Groves]

[ET2SN]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

...with smoke from big fires in northern CA forests; and smoke emanating from Washington state and now blowing south into the Bay area. If that's not enough, Hurricane Hillary, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has inundated LA., Palm Springs, turning northerly thriough the middle of the state along the I-5 and Hwy 99 axis. Las Vegas is expected to be affected in turn! This is the first tropical storm to hit CA since 1939! Just the major flooding on TV, particularly in customarily bone-dry desert areas is looking bad. Reaching the inlaws by phone is impossible. Torrential deluges being insufficient, the city of Ohai, 50 miles inland from the port of Santa Barbara, suffered a 5.1 quake around 2PM-no deaths reported....

At least the smoke is keeping the locusts from invading.

[Platapus]

All that rain all of a sudden will result in a lot of mud/landslides.


When I lived in CA we were more concerned with mudslides than earthquakes.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Platapus

When I lived in CA we were more concerned with mudslides than earthquakes.

Nah! FEMA, having requested my appraisal files for the massive 1979 7.2 Loma Prieta quake and the Santa Cruz/Love Creek massive slide(bodies never recovered) disasters;(for the house fotos); massive Napa fires(within 8,000 ft.) and two quakes since here in Napa: 2000's 5.2(epicentered 500 yards away destroying my chimney & chinaware!) & 2014's 4.1, seriously wrecking downtown bldgs. but sparing me!... all of which compelled me to keep up the license-req'd E&O insurance on my files 5 years beyond my 13 year's career retirement date in case of lawsuits...it's fires 1st; quakes 2nd; and mudslides 3rd;...no IMHO 'bout it!

[Onkel Neal]

I watched some footage of the LA fires, man, this is devastating. I hope no one here is affected.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I watched some footage of the LA fires, man, this is devastating. I hope no one here is affected.

One thinks of Dante when seeing this.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I watched some footage of the LA fires, man, this is devastating. I hope no one here is affected.

...My brother-in-law a carpender in Altadena had to 'bugout' on 15 minutes notice in his
work van and is now in Palm Springs at my sister-in-law's house. He's pretty sure his carpender shop, from which he hastily grabbed some items, is toast but his apartment has survived. I'm also checking on an old prepschool classmate, an orthopedic surgeon, who lives in Pacfic Palisades on the coast. As of this AM's Wall Street Journal frontpge, practically the whole town of very highend homes is obliterated.

[Ostfriese]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I watched some footage of the LA fires, man, this is devastating. I hope no one here is affected.

That shows pretty well how strong the winds are.