News The West Coast is on Fire - Page 6

Eureka · 09-05-2017, 02:15 AM

I'm on the Northern Coast of CA and the air is filled with smoke everywhere. Ash on my car and the sun/moon is red. A friends house burnt down near hwy 299. Seems to be lots of fires everywhere. Anyone here dealing with this? We need some of that rain from Texas.

BWillie · 09-06-2017, 05:16 PM

Calexit is happening

**lewdog** · 09-06-2017, 05:21 PM

Most of the fires in Montana are lightning strikes in fact.

**lewdog** · 09-06-2017, 05:26 PM

And personally, Montana needs to do a better job of random and structured logging to thin forested areas so these burns are better able to be fought in the future and hopefully won't burn as quickly. It's called selective logging I think. Looks like this.

suzzer99 · 09-07-2017, 12:51 PM

Eureka, I've decided your part of the world is my favorite for outdoor activities in all of CA.

One question though - are most people in Eureka morbidly obese, or did I just see a skewed sample size while I was there? Btw I'm pretty overweight, so not judging. Just curious.

**The Franchise** · 10-11-2017, 11:48 AM

Northern California is crazy right now. Over 70,000 acres burned. 1,500+ buildings destroyed. 3 miles outside of the town that I work in and some of these fires are 0% contained. I have friends that are already evacuating their homes. Shit is ****ed.

Eureka · 10-11-2017, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Eureka, I've decided your part of the world is my favorite for outdoor activities in all of CA.

One question though - are most people in Eureka morbidly obese, or did I just see a skewed sample size while I was there? Btw I'm pretty overweight, so not judging. Just curious.

This area is the best for outdoor activities! There are def some obese people here. Most don't dress up like they do in the rest of CA like LA/BAY. Women who are a 6 in the Bay area automatically become an 8 in this area lol. The weather is mild so lots of homeless people live here during the winter.

Just had a customer in the store who was telling me his daughters house burnt down in Santa Rosa. Said she went to bed at 3 AM thinking no way the fire was getting to her neighborhood and then she woke up a few hours later to a mandatory evacuation.

The fire was spreading at a rate of a football field every 3 seconds due to the wind. That sounds crazy!

19now11 · 10-11-2017, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Eureka

I'm on the Northern Coast of CA and the air is filled with smoke everywhere. Ash on my car and the sun/moon is red. A friends house burnt down near hwy 299. Seems to be lots of fires everywhere. Anyone here dealing with this? We need some of that rain from Texas.

imfrom fortuna. shits scary around here right now. i wonder what a tornado right now would do lol.

Kiimo · 10-11-2017, 12:12 PM

Well I mean we knew it was coming. This is the price of escaping from the drought in one epic snow season.

19now11 · 10-11-2017, 12:14 PM

out door activity around humboldt county is awesome you just gotta dodge the homless camps and used needles layen around. from my understanding, about 5 years ago san fran gave free 1 way tickets to homless to our part of the state. eureka may be the worst city in cali.

Kiimo · 10-11-2017, 12:18 PM

They grow good sticky, though.

DanT · 10-11-2017, 12:34 PM

My thoughts and prayers are with the folks with deceased or unaccounted for loved ones and for folks who've lost their homes and keepsakes. The air quality is very poor right now, with all the smoke and ashes in the air, to the point where even folks without respiratory conditions could be adversely impacted. I live in Davis and work in Sacramento. Davis is closer to the fires in Napa and Santa Rosa.

Californians are good people, though. Lots of brave, smart and hardworking folks out there looking after one another, including fire fighters, police, nurses, doctors, volunteers, and folks managing and staffing emergency shelters in schools, churches and other spaces. A worrisome thing about the location of the fires is that there are quite a few elderly in those parts of the state.

DanT · 10-11-2017, 12:38 PM

Thing about California, though, is that the growing's so good out here, that all kind of fuel builds up, setting the stage for these fires.

Sunday caught me off-guard with how strong the wind gusts were. I somehow missed the forecasts or something, but those winds were crazy strong, which dries the vegetation and other fuel even further and then sends embers flying once fires do start, making them spread rapidly.

kcxiv · 10-11-2017, 12:58 PM

Wow, its smokey as **** outside. The smell of Charcoal is in the air. This is pretty crazy. I dont live close to eureka either, but the smoke is ****ing thick even where i live.

vailpass · 10-11-2017, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DanT

Thing about California, though, is that the growing's so good out here, that all kind of fuel builds up, setting the stage for these fires.

Sunday caught me off-guard with how strong the wind gusts were. I somehow missed the forecasts or something, but those winds were crazy strong, which dries the vegetation and other fuel even further and then sends embers flying once fires do start, making them spread rapidly.

It's almost like it's nature's way. Like these kinds of fires have been happening for centuries and result in the fertilization and replenishment of the forest but we've only been noticing it since man decided to build homes in the path of organic progress. Weird.

Hoover · 10-11-2017, 01:15 PM

Yeah this sucks.

I'm headed other there for the Chiefs/Raiders game. My brother is an idiot Raiders Season Tix Holder. Anyway whenever I visit I take a spin through Napa Valley and enjoy some great restaurants. That all went to shit. My brother has actually left his house, its not currently in danger but the smoke is just awful.

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lewdog Mod Team Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Valley of the hot as **** Casino cash: $1641900	And personally, Montana needs to do a better job of random and structured logging to thin forested areas so these burns are better able to be fought in the future and hopefully won't burn as quickly. It's called selective logging I think. Looks like this.
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suzzer99 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: L.A. Casino cash: $2704284	Eureka, I've decided your part of the world is my favorite for outdoor activities in all of CA. One question though - are most people in Eureka morbidly obese, or did I just see a skewed sample size while I was there? Btw I'm pretty overweight, so not judging. Just curious.
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10-11-2017, 12:12 PM	#83
Kiimo MVP Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Studio City, CA Casino cash: $3818742	Well I mean we knew it was coming. This is the price of escaping from the drought in one epic snow season.
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19now11 Banned Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Humboldt County Ca Casino cash: $10003191	out door activity around humboldt county is awesome you just gotta dodge the homless camps and used needles layen around. from my understanding, about 5 years ago san fran gave free 1 way tickets to homless to our part of the state. eureka may be the worst city in cali.
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Kiimo MVP Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Studio City, CA Casino cash: $3818742	They grow good sticky, though.
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DanT Veteran Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Davis, CA Casino cash: $4311711	My thoughts and prayers are with the folks with deceased or unaccounted for loved ones and for folks who've lost their homes and keepsakes. The air quality is very poor right now, with all the smoke and ashes in the air, to the point where even folks without respiratory conditions could be adversely impacted. I live in Davis and work in Sacramento. Davis is closer to the fires in Napa and Santa Rosa. Californians are good people, though. Lots of brave, smart and hardworking folks out there looking after one another, including fire fighters, police, nurses, doctors, volunteers, and folks managing and staffing emergency shelters in schools, churches and other spaces. A worrisome thing about the location of the fires is that there are quite a few elderly in those parts of the state.
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DanT Veteran Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Davis, CA Casino cash: $4311711	Thing about California, though, is that the growing's so good out here, that all kind of fuel builds up, setting the stage for these fires. Sunday caught me off-guard with how strong the wind gusts were. I somehow missed the forecasts or something, but those winds were crazy strong, which dries the vegetation and other fuel even further and then sends embers flying once fires do start, making them spread rapidly.
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kcxiv In Search of a Life Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central Valley, Cali Casino cash: $8807996	Wow, its smokey as ** outside. The smell of Charcoal is in the air. This is pretty crazy. I dont live close to eureka either, but the smoke is **ing thick even where i live.
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Hoover Rufus Dawes Jr. Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $1408179	Yeah this sucks. I'm headed other there for the Chiefs/Raiders game. My brother is an idiot Raiders Season Tix Holder. Anyway whenever I visit I take a spin through Napa Valley and enjoy some great restaurants. That all went to shit. My brother has actually left his house, its not currently in danger but the smoke is just awful.
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