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Butte County fire swells to 5,000 acres, evacuations ordered

Started by bing101, November 08, 2018, 03:37:22 PM

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Max Rockatansky

Quote from: bing101 on November 21, 2018, 11:20:43 AM
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/20/669855868/california-camp-fire-death-toll-reaches-81-says-fire-authorities

Update 81 people dead in the Butte County fires

Wonder how the heavy rains starting today are going to affect the fire containment effort.  Supposedly much of the Central Valley is getting an .5-1 inches tonight, I would have to assume it would be more in the Sierra Foothills. 


Bruce

Heavy rains can lead to mudslides, since the loss of mature and rooted trees can destabilize the soil. Would complicate things further.

Desert Man

Fortunately, I had relatives on my Mom's side in Paradise and they moved out in the 1980s. Still, it's sad to know the town with a nice name is destroyed. This is like the wildfire in the Coffey Park section of Santa Rosa in Oct 2017. And conspiracy theorists (LOL) don't seem to understand basic science when it comes to the nature of wildfires, my father was a CalFire fighter and he studied their mechanisms in order to extinguish fires (building and wilderness).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms61lmo7iQA
Get your kicks...on Route 99! Like to turn 66 upside down. The other historic Main street of America.

Max Rockatansky

Some recent news stories are covering that PG&E is admitting that a utility failure was the cause of the Camp Fire.  I've seen the death toll either at 85 or 86, I'm not really sure which one is accurate.  Paradise Depot was scheduled to reopen last month but I'm not sure if it did.  The Depot wasn't open when I crossed paths with CA 191 last month:

https://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2019/03/california-state-route-191.html

BTW it's pretty ominous seeing how much this fire escalated through just the posts in this thread. 

MNHighwayMan

Google Earth (note: not Google Maps–I thought Maps did too, but they either reverted to older images, or I was mistaken) now has post-fire aerial imagery of Paradise and the surrounding area. It's pretty chilling to look at.



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