California Wildfires running thread

[Spartan Squad]

I'm trying and failing to see when the new law goes into effect. But these guys are either really dumb in their timing or incredibly lucky. California isn't tolerating this nonsense anymore.

 

[DanOregon]

In a year or two, after LA has started rebuilding, after Congress has summoned leaders from California to yell at them in a hearing and a deep local investigation has been completed, and other tragic events and controversies will have pushed this fire to the back of people's brains, , a report will be issued, citing the state, county and city for some actions and inactions, but noting the extreme nature and influence of weather conditions that led to the fire's destruction, making it unlikely the damage could have been mitigated much if at all.
TWO very significant wild fires on the cusp of significant housing areas? Its not like LA is the only place in California with that issue. High winds are expected in San Diego this week.

Shoot, when is the last news story you heard about the Baltimore bridge?

 

[Huggy]

Imagine any of you - you wake on Tuesday morning and your life is fine. By Tuesday night, your house and all of your possessions are gone. And the block where you live. Obliterated like a neutron bomb.

Last Sunday night my son's girlfriend mentioned she'd like to go to California as she'd never been. I have a lot of family there and we have gone many times. I told them they should think about heading out in the summer and staying with my cousin who lives and works in Pacific Palisades as we did in 2023. Not even 48 hours later there was absolutely no chance of that happening.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

I was wondering why the US needs to import a plane like that given the fire situation here, but I'm guessing outside of Tahoe, Crater Lake, Havasu and Flathead in Montana and the Columbia River, there is a lack of large enough bodies of water for that thing to "scoop" and get back up in time.

My understanding is that there is an agreement in place, where Cali sends firefighters and equipment to Quebec during their fire season (spring/summer) and they send stuff to California in the winter.

 

[Spartan Squad]

In a year or two, after LA has started rebuilding, after Congress has summoned leaders from California to yell at them in a hearing and a deep local investigation has been completed, a report will be issued, citing the state, county and city for some actions and inactions, but noting the extreme nature and influence of weather conditions that led to the fire's destruction, making it unlikely the damage could have been mitigated much if at all.
TWO very significant wild fires on the cusp of significant housing areas? Its not like LA is the only place in California with that issue. High winds are expected in San Diego this week.

This isn't the first time we've had this scenario. In 2017, Sonoma County and Santa Rosa specifically was nearly wiped off the map by the Tubbs fire. Very similar. Fire starts in hilly area then winds quickly push it to urban areas and it was a disaster.

A year later we had the Butte County fire that basically did wipe paradise off the map. That one is still head and shoulders worse than the LA fires but it was poor farming area and not multi million dollar homes.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

As a longtime reader of Outside magazine - which has fed a fascination with smokejumpers and hot shot crews for decades now - I've been kind of amused by the TV reporters who wearing the yellow Nomex fire-resistant shirts with jeans. They're only worried about being burned from the waist up?

 

[DanOregon]

Its not so much the burn risk, but they don't want their own clothes to get damaged and stink of smoke. Dry cleaning bills you know.

And it looks cool.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

$30m. Compared to the damages fires cause and the cost of firecrews? It would pay for itself in one fire season.

Per plane? One plane ain't gonna be nearly enough.. They have multiple planes touching down, sucking up ocean water, and then getting back in the air. Figure $150 million for five planes.

 

[MileHigh]

Another critical wind day today. Hopefully, no new fires but it's so dry out there that it seems inevitable there will be more.

 

[playthrough]

Its not so much the burn risk, but they don't want their own clothes to get damaged and stink of smoke. Dry cleaning bills you know.

And it looks cool.

There was a tweet going around of David Muir reporting from the ground in the yellow jacket and when he turned a bit to show what was behind him, you could see clothespins on the back of the jacket used to make it more form-fitting. Because it's a g-d fashion show in the middle of a disaster area.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

There was a tweet going around of David Muir reporting from the ground in the yellow jacket and when he turned a bit to show what was behind him, you could see clothespins on the back of the jacket used to make it more form-fitting. Because it's a g-d fashion show in the middle of a disaster area.

It was also holding the wire to his earpiece.

 

[playthrough]

It was also holding the wire to his earpiece.

OK, fair