Article from the L.A. Times here on the fire is pretty harrowing:
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-camp-fire-tictoc-20181118-story.html
― omar little, Monday, 19 November 2018 03:14 (five years ago) link
our friend's aunt apparently did not make it, they found remains at the home she shared with her son.
they're speculating the fire might keep going til the end of the month, though i imagine everyone is at this point well out of harm's way.
― omar little, Monday, 19 November 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
That's awful
― Evan, Monday, 19 November 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
that LA Times piece, i was holding my breath the whole way through, jesus
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 19 November 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
my heart sank reading that la times piece
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 19 November 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
I read it at lunchtime & then sat in my car & cried. Reminds me so much of the stories I heard growing up after the Ash Wednesday fires in 1984, the speed of the fire & the chaos of trying to evacuate. Devastating.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 November 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
1983, not 84.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 November 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
There was a heartbreaking piece on the ABC (Australia) radio this morning. Reporter going around with a local cop who has stayed behind to search for remains.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 19 November 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
My brother had to do similar work after the 2009 black Saturday fires here. He's involved with the Emergency Services developing map/GIS data precisely for these sort of scenarios: when a town is razed to the ground, you no longer even know where the houses were to be able to easily identify remains. They had to devleop and use overlay maps and GPS tracking linking back to address databases. I imagine the stuff they worked on will come into play here - he's worked with US officials on it before.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 19 November 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link
this was the worst wildfire in U.S. history, having occurred in Wisconsin on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire (which caused it to be overlooked.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo_Fire
the Camp Fire seems to be a similarly frightening conflagration in terms of its speed and growing size, but hopefully not as deadly in terms of life. I'm really hoping the numbers are in fact that Grenfell-type situation and are at present inaccurate.
― omar little, Monday, 19 November 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
this is beyond amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CbWkfCA9tc
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
Dang, that's Castro Peak. He doesn't post here anymore but cutty & I would ride around up there all the time. The other side of that valley is where the Rock Store is.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
Happy to note that the Rock Store survived.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
The trailer park across the street where people lived did not fare so well.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
I used to jam with a few guys south of that area in Malibu.
We used to drive around the mountain for fun, too.
― the sound of space, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
getting pretty scary over here
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 04:04 (four years ago) link
SoCal fires have always been scary. But there's no question about it, they are getting even scarier.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 04:29 (four years ago) link
the fire is >2 miles away, but it's up on the mountain and looks like it's in my backyard at night right now
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 04:33 (four years ago) link
Rain is on the way, hope it hits you guys ASAP.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 05:29 (four years ago) link
thanks, Albert. Was a long night of checking the evacuation map on phone alarm increments.
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link
Stay safe, SG!
― Yerac, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
Cave fire ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
cave fire. I don't think it's taken any homes. There was a large evacuation area last night. Locals talking about the 1990 painted cave fire that hopped the 192 and 101 has me worried.
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for 2018 Northern California fire
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/16/camp-fire-pg-e-pleads-guilty-84-counts-manslaughter-2018-blaze/3199591001/
― nickn, Thursday, 18 June 2020 00:43 (four years ago) link