OT Hey Further, you okay? North Cali Fires

[SlyPokerDog]

Fucking brutal. The reports sound horrific, 50 mph winds pushing walls of fire.

 

[Mediocre Man]

But what about Trump and then there is that next fire that is bigger and worse.....but then it's not at all?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Had several friends evacuate their homes. One lost their home, cats, and entire neighborhood.

 

[andalusian]

That is very sad. I always liked Santa Rosa - such a nice little city.

 

[Denny Crane]

There was a massive fire on the top of the mountains by Santa Cruz in 1985. It went on for days and filled the sky with smoke. The plume was visible for many miles. I commuted from Livermore to Mountain View in those days, and it was like driving into the fire.

The '89 earthquake destroyed the homes of many of my friends who lived in or near Santa Cruz.

They're saying the rainy winter is a major contributor to these recent fires. The vegetation grew after being watered and is now fuel for the fires.

Thoughts are with you, @Further

 

[crandc]

We don't yet know cause, but winds up to 70 mph spread it so fast no one could keep up. A couple of 75 years died together, he 100, she 98.

Monday morning smelled smoke - all the way where I live. My neighbors and I all had the same reaction, went and checked our appliances wondering if we'd left something on.

It could be years before wineries produce again, even after rebuilding. And more dry windy weather in the forecast.

 

[santeesioux]

Monday morning smelled smoke - all the way where I live. My neighbors and I all had the same reaction, went and checked our appliances wondering if we'd left something on.

The smoke from those fires is horrible all the way up here in Southern Oregon too.

 

[Further]

I'm fine, been crazy here. Several people I know lost their homes. Two nights ago I had an evacuee sleeping on my couch. I'm at work but my car is full and I'm ready to evacuate if needed.

 

[Denny Crane]

Smoke from the Poinsettia Fire near Carlsbad in 2014. The plume blew out over the ocean for miles. The fire was an hour's drive away from where I took the picture. The air smelled like the traeger smoker.

 

[Denny Crane]

The smoke turned the sky an eery dark red color.

 

[Further]

I'm about 6 miles from the nearest fire one direction and 10 another. So it's close but I'm still safe.

 

[crandc]

As it broke out big in middle of the night and moved so fast, even people with kits often had no time to get to them. I have an earthquake kit but if there was a wall of fire 20 feet from my house I'd grab the cat and run.

 

[andalusian]

Smoke from the Poinsettia Fire near Carlsbad in 2014. The plume blew out over the ocean for miles. The fire was an hour's drive away from where I took the picture. The air smelled like the traeger smoker.


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We were in the middle between the Poinsettia fire on one side and the Coco's fire on the other. Had to evacuate. The fire never got closer than 1 mile from our home - but when I loaded the car with the kids and the dog - had a huge smoke cloud above us - it was not a fun experience.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I'm fine, been crazy here. Several people I know lost their homes. Two nights ago I had an evacuee sleeping on my couch. I'm at work but my car is full and I'm ready to evacuate if needed.

Fucking A man. Stay safe.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

We were in the middle between the Poinsettia fire on one side and the Coco's fire on the other. Had to evacuate. The fire never got closer than 1 mile from our home - but when I loaded the car with the kids and the dog - had a huge smoke cloud above us - it was not a fun experience.

Yikes.

Allnyou guys be careful. You could all have a sleepover in my theater room. Wife may not like it though

 

[Further]

Well, fire department is recommending evacuation from next neighborhood over but not mandatory yet. About 1.5 miles away.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

TAKE PICS YO

 

[Further]

TAKE PICS YO

Of my penis? Not the time brah, lives are at stake.

 

[stampedehero]

The people in this country affected by Hurricanes, Floods and Fire have got to wonder why they were thrown into these calamities.

 

[Denny Crane]

We were in the middle between the Poinsettia fire on one side and the Coco's fire on the other. Had to evacuate. The fire never got closer than 1 mile from our home - but when I loaded the car with the kids and the dog - had a huge smoke cloud above us - it was not a fun experience.

I'm glad you're safe. As long as you're not real close to the fire, you should be able to evacuate. They've had some evacuations near here this year:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-banning-fire-20170814-story.html

That's a long way from here, but you could smell the smoke from it.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Well, fire department is recommending evacuation from next neighborhood over but not mandatory yet. About 1.5 miles away.

Jesus.....

 

[Further]

I just bought hot dogs and marshmallows, better to be prepared

 

[andalusian]

Yikes.

Allnyou guys be careful. You could all have a sleepover in my theater room. Wife may not like it though

I want to point out that I was answering Denny who referenced a big fire that we had 3 years ago... Luckily for us, we are not close to the current horrible fires in NorCal, nor too close to the fires in Orange County.

 

[Denny Crane]

Yeah, we're at least 500 miles away from the NorCal fires.

 

[theprunetang]

Of my penis? Not the time brah, lives are at stake.

Prez knows that lives are at stake! He will die if he doesn't get that dick pic.

 

[Further]

I'm kind of worried I'm getting pinched. theres fires in Windsor, about 7 miles, Santa Rosa, just past there. In a different direction out the russian river valley there are first 10 miles away and that wind is blowing towards us. In a third direction there are fires just outside gyserville which is about 7 miles from my house. Then in the final direction there are fires about 20 miles out. I didn't know there were so many directions.

But I've been closely listening to all news alerts and nothing seems to be bearing its teeth at Healdsburg although a school about 1 mile from me got a preliminary evacuation warning but that's just cause they are rich shits with worried parents.

 

[Further]

Prez knows that lives are at stake! He will die if he doesn't get that dick pic.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

My wife and I just got back yesterday afternoon from 9 days in Cali. Went to Fresno (gag) to see her relatives and then swung over through the Napa Valley to 101. We were aware that fires were happening somewhere but were generally oblivious overall.....which was probably a good thing. We saw the fires to the southwest of Napa on our way in and the winds were really starting to play havoc with it, but we spent Sunday afternoon wandering downtown Napa and no one but no one seemed concerned. We then stopped in St. Helena for a meal and again, no one seemed a bit concerned and nothing out of the ordinary was going on. In fact we commented about how much the air had cleared up. We passed through Calistoga and then spent the night in Cloverdale. That’s when things got real. By 3 am Monday morning our room smelled like a camp fire and by the time we visited the local coffee shop, people were starting to seriously freak out. We hit 101 quickly after being told we could probably get through if we hustled. Fat chance.

North of Ukiah, 101 was closed indefinitely (with flaming hillsides alarmingly close by) and we were told if we wanted to keep going North we had to backtrack and detour through Anderson Valley and over to Hwy 1 south of Mendocino and then hook back to 101 at Leggett. Just what my carsick prone wife wanted to hear. So we backtracked and were glad we did (carsickness aside). 101 didn’t open until sometime the next day (And Mendocino proved to be an enjoyable visit). To make matters worse, the Eureka area had a massive AT&T outage (for whatever reason) and that, along with all the cell towers that were consumed by the fire had our family and friends freaking out big time when our phones kept going immediately to voice mail. Our phones were literally blowing up by the time we got to Crescent City. We felt very loved.......Interesting couple of days and proof that ignorance really CAN be bliss sometimes. As they say, God looks out for fools and little children.........

 

[riverman]

Glad you folks are ok....my grandkids are south of the fires....those Sugar Pines, Digger Pines, Madrone and Manzanita can melt steel when they get going....one Sugar Pine is like an army of archers with flaming pine cones shooting in every direction....I fought fire encroaching on my property in the Sierras every year for 7 years when I was living in N Cal....it's brutal. This was a bad one....heavily populated area...bad scene.

 

[crandc]

I work in South Hayward and we can smell smoke. Interestingly, I live a little closer but can't smell smoke (or see Russia) from my house, maybe something to do with prevailing winds.

Further, I'm sure you're too smart to need to be told this, but in case you might need to evacuate:

If your garage has an electric door opener, pull your car out now, in case you lose power. An outage is no time to try to figure out manual override.
Gas your car, get cash, pack some supplies, docs, maybe your flash drive in car.
Be sure phone is charged.

Best of luck and best to the amazing firefighters.