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10-10-17, 02:03 PM | #1 |
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Hang in there, California: wild fires
Devastating wildfires
http://abcnews.go.com/US/thousands-f...ry?id=50383162 The worst of all natural disasters.
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10-10-17, 03:13 PM | #2 |
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The High winds are not making this better, that's for sure.
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10-10-17, 03:32 PM | #3 |
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Just saw it in the news, terrible. Looked like almost a quarter of California is in flames, and the wind speed of more than 120 km/h fan the flames and drive the front on to new territory, easily transgressing forest aisles
Napa valley and the wine areas are also taking a beating.
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10-10-17, 03:49 PM | #4 |
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Sad to see.
Is it just me or does stuff like that seem to occur more frequently lately?
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10-10-17, 03:59 PM | #5 |
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Very sad ... worse one yet.
More than 50,000 acres are burning in Napa and Sonoma counties alone. Authorities say wildfires have destroyed at least 1,500 homes, businesses and other structures and forced an estimated 20,000 people to evacuate from eight counties
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10-10-17, 04:53 PM | #6 | |
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from the front line
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You're a little late to the party Onkel; Moderator please move to http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2517667&postcount=105 We just got back power and Verizon/internet( incl. my computer) two minutes ago after eighteen hours. Still totally smoked out; visibility is under two hundred yards. I had driven 30 miles to regain some phone service and shop for a generator (the local stores are sold out) when the call came from the daughter that the power was restored. This 'peace' with the elements is short-lived however; the forecast is for 30 mph winds tonight so it's not over yet, embers still in the rugged area ravines and gullies tend to revitalize and start the fires afresh. This fire has incinerated twenty sq. miles and 11 are dead so far with well over a hundred homes totaled with some 1500 structures total...some within 1000 yards of my own home in all four directions. We're breathing with masks or wet bandanas; ash is everywhere and tree boughs are all over the yards from the winds: 'copters cannot drop retardant in such winds. The house is closed up tight to keep out smoke, and use of the AC is not advisable. More as things develop... https://www.wsj.com/articles/thousands-forced-to-flee-as-wildfires-continue-to-rage-in-california-1507644679 (all that gray stuff is what I'm breathing as it 'settles' in the Napa valley!) the winds, usually from the west, are coming from the East and nort...very unusual and forboding and blowing embers everywhere- these CHP fotos are of the Atlas Peak area fire to the east of me (5 miles) which has accounted for 50+ homes destroyed alone. Fire services are hard pressed in the rough terrain.
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10-10-17, 06:15 PM | #7 |
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My employer has asked me to head to California to assist with these fire claims.
the commissions would run about $18,000 - $25,000 per week I respectfully declined the assignment. California is the hardest state in the USA to work insurance claims due to the burdensome red tape and bureaucracy, not to mention the litigation which accompanies about 1 in every 3 or 4 claims worked there. I could go there and stay til spring and pay my house off and then some, but is just not worth the headache. I'm told they are going to suffer a massive shortage of experienced insurance staff as a result of the back to back hurricanes and the dispersal of personnel in other parts of the country. I feel for these folks. they are probably going to get bottom of the barrel, brand new people with zero experience trying to adjust $700,000 losses
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10-10-17, 07:04 PM | #8 | |
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10-10-17, 07:29 PM | #9 |
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i lived in Los Angeles for about a month.
You literally cannot pay me to go there LOL
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10-10-17, 07:39 PM | #10 |
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I've lived in California all my life and you couldn't pay me to live in LA either!
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10-10-17, 08:06 PM | #11 |
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You could park in the middle of Hwy 405 in LA in the morning and no one would know it as they all slowly pass you by on their way to work.
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10-10-17, 08:38 PM | #12 |
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I'm glad to hear that you're safe Acktung. I was wondering about you and ready to send a pm. Everyone, don't forget, wildfires have been going on for months in other parts of the US and Spain.
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10-11-17, 12:02 AM | #13 | ||
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Thanks!
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10-11-17, 01:46 AM | #14 |
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Hello Aktung,
good to hear from you! I hope you can stay, or if not that your house will not be damaged. But better leave if things get worse! That said, can someone advise if you can somehow protect your house, i mean maybe with getting all the ground around the area, roof and walls soaking wet maybe? Must be 200 m of perimeter at least of course Stay safe.
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10-11-17, 04:16 AM | #15 |
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^Yup! still up watching up-to-date situation reports. Daughter came by to check and remove pictures and an Eyvind Earle print of my wife's particular favor these last 35 years.. We had been to see an exhibition of his work this weekend in SF. I just checked; the firechief's official car is still out front across the street. I assisted a few neighbors who did leave with their pets. Then reassured some very elderly neighbors (90's) and their kids that the chief, who has been on duty since Saturday, was staying which reduced their considerable anxiety. My boat captain is still up, like me, watching TV two doors down and my immediate other stalwart is tuned to his police scanner receiver. The wife has finally 'hit the hay' as I pointed out she'll be worthless without some sleep. Two cars are in the drive outside, loaded with pet food, documents, and clothes in case the power fails again so we don't waste time overriding the electric door. Currently there is little wind and the heavy smoke of two days is dissipating; the moon is clear. Not like this AM when the sun came up blood-red with visibility at 2-3 hundred yards. Fortunately I have an old land-line ATT house phone which works so I can call out. The Verizon cellphone/Wi-Fi situation is very bad otherwise. I'm lucky to still have internet and appreciate the concern.
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