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OT: Cali wildfires, no bueno...

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,494
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    Ah, this happened LAST year; still, very disturbing.
    Sunday, my Dish TV switched to SD due to "weather conditions"; it was dead calm, no clouds, but I couldn't see any "blue" sky; it was all smoke.  
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
    edited August 2018
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    Botch said:
    Ah, this happened LAST year; still, very disturbing.
    Sunday, my Dish TV switched to SD due to "weather conditions"; it was dead calm, no clouds, but I couldn't see any "blue" sky; it was all smoke.  
    There's another one this year.
    http://google.org/crisismap/google.com/2018-carr-fire

    Hit really close to my in-laws. My wife and kids were out there. My brother-in-law and nephew both work at Shasta Dam. Things are a mess. For a few days, no one could get there and the dam had to go black. Now official personnel can get past roadblocks with gov ID, but things are a mess. At one point my nephew left his house in Redding with his pets and valuables to stay with his folks for a few days when it was close. He's back at his place now, but it will be a mess for awhile. My BIL is loaning a place he has to a co-worker whose place burned while his co-worker finds another rental place.

    Operation BBQ Relief has deployed, if you have a spare dollar or so, toss it their way.
    https://operationbbqrelief.org/ 
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

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  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
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    @lkapajian luckily the fires have stayed away from Santa Rosa so far. But this sucks, have you noticed the layer of smoke over the Valley?
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 10,769
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    jabam said:
    @lkapajian luckily the fires have stayed away from Santa Rosa so far. But this sucks, have you noticed the layer of smoke over the Valley?
    Every morning the car is covered in ash
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • Wylecyot
    Wylecyot Posts: 203
    edited August 2018
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    I am born and raised in So Cal.  I've been evacuated a couple times due to fires and feel for your daughter.  Glad she is safe.  We drive though the central coast and are vacationing in Tahoe.  The smoke from all the fires is heartbreaking.  Prayers are with everyone who is impacted!
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    Wylecyot said:
    I am born and raised in So Cal.  I've been evacuated a couple times due to fires and feel for your daughter.  Glad she is safe.  We drive though the central coast and are vacationing in Tahoe.  The smoke from all the fires is heartbreaking.  Prayers are with everyone who is impacted!
    Prayers are great, I've been saying them myself. OBR is onsite delivering food to those in need. Considering contributing. https://operationbbqrelief.org/

    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 10,769
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    DMW said:
    Wylecyot said:
    I am born and raised in So Cal.  I've been evacuated a couple times due to fires and feel for your daughter.  Glad she is safe.  We drive though the central coast and are vacationing in Tahoe.  The smoke from all the fires is heartbreaking.  Prayers are with everyone who is impacted!
    Prayers are great, I've been saying them myself. OBR is onsite delivering food to those in need. Considering contributing. https://operationbbqrelief.org/

    Thanks @DMW
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    lkapigian said:
    DMW said:
    Wylecyot said:
    I am born and raised in So Cal.  I've been evacuated a couple times due to fires and feel for your daughter.  Glad she is safe.  We drive though the central coast and are vacationing in Tahoe.  The smoke from all the fires is heartbreaking.  Prayers are with everyone who is impacted!
    Prayers are great, I've been saying them myself. OBR is onsite delivering food to those in need. Considering contributing. https://operationbbqrelief.org/

    Thanks @DMW
    This one really hit close. My Mother-In-Law is laid to rest in a Veteran's cemetery that was at risk. We all know she isn't actually there, but still. The destruction the Carr fire has delivered is pretty crazy.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    When we were there during the first week of July, you could see it from the 5 heading south to Sacramento. It had been going for a while then. Having spent an appreciable amount of time out west in my 60 years, and experiencing wildfires first hand, I just knew this one was going to be bad, even as remote as it was at that time.
    Sending a donation.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

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    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,407
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    Thanks @DMW.  Donation sent.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • jabam
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    https://youtu.be/qi6dAPBvyYU

    I believe this is on the 405 in LA
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,981
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    jabam said:
    https://youtu.be/qi6dAPBvyYU

    I believe this is on the 405 in LA
    From last year, right?
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
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    Yes that is from last year.  
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
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    Tragic, be safe all.
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 10,769
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    JohnInCarolina said:
    jabam said:
    https://youtu.be/qi6dAPBvyYU

    I believe this is on the 405 in LA
    From last year, right?
    S
    I'm about 20 miles from j@jabam we are
    80 miles or so fro the nearest and we live in a valley AKA soup bowl, not sure if you can see how bad, but this is a few minutes ago, it's like dusk

     
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    This is just sad. All the best to those effected or in the way of these fires.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 10,769
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    Pretty bad when you can take a direct picture into the sun and it doesn't blind you 

    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • R2Egg2Q
    R2Egg2Q Posts: 2,136
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    For anyone thinking about volunteering to help OBR in Redding, the 8/6-8/8 dates are probably your best chance.  Here’s the current details from their volunteer app:


    I’ve been trying to get an afternoon and morning shift for a few days but I can’t seem to get off of standby status. I’m glad they have no shortage of volunteers. 
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    Bay Area, CA
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,407
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    @R2Egg2Q - good for you.  I hope you are successful.  
    A few forum members volunteered last year when the hurricane/flood hit Texas.  Based on their posts, OBR knows how to get it done.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • Cornholio
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    lkapigian said:
    Pretty bad when you can take a direct picture into the sun and it doesn't blind you 

    Yeah, we went through an evacuation last October at our house during the Canyon Fire here in OC.  I was out mountain biking on a windy day right above where the fire started and had no clue, luckily I was off the trails before it jumped to the side I was on.  After my ride I stopped at my local pizzeria for lunch and saw the smoke begin to rise.



    I rushed home and got my then 8+ months pregnant wife and 2 year old on there way while I stayed back and got some docs out to evacuate and hosed down some areas of concern for embers.  

    Things were looking ok so my wife and kid came back only for things to turn our direction again so I packed us all in the car at 10pm and evacuated for the night.  We got lucky but some nearby neighbors lost their homes.

    View of the apocalyptic sun while standing in the driveway and a view out our front door.


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