My boss's boss has a 2nd home up there, but she says they rarely go... the drive is too far, traffic, etc. etc.
On the other hand, my cousin's husband has an old cabin that his family bought in the forties, I hope it's safe as they've done a bunch of work on it the last couple years
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
my friend has a great little house in the tahoe keys that has been in her family since the 60’s (staying there is like travelling back in time) - i would guess the house will be safe since it’s so close to the water but with a fire of this magnitude you cant assume anything
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I remember the Malibu fire of 10+ years ago where the flames raced down and jumped PCH, burning down houses that were right on the beach.
― nickn, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
Yeah, fires jump roads, canyons, rivers— the fire that burned up Paradise a few years back jumped the Feather River canyon, and it's actually quite wide and deep in the area where it did so. I still think about my favorite swimming hole up there.
― Kind regards, Anus (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
The awful fire in Santa Rosa a few years back was caused by the wind-driven flames jumping four lanes of Hwy 101 and torching a leafy green suburb surrounded by lawns.. Nowhere is safe
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 1 September 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I was in Berkeley for a conference during the last few days of that fire, it was...horrible, just abysmal air quality, and here we were— a load of writers and queers taking smoke breaks despite the AQI. I quit smoking soon after.
― Kind regards, Anus (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
I remember looking at the before and after pictures of that Santa Rosa fire and being confused. How could this happen here, it's not a brushy area out in the boondocks?
― nickn, Wednesday, 1 September 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
An ex's family home was in that neighborhood (Coffey Park) and burned to the ground... her father never really recovered. Took to a recliner at his sister's house and never really got up again (I think the official cause of death was a stroke).
It was a freak thing, because it was a flat, green, leafy neighborhood, like something out of a Spielberg film... definitely not brushy & hilly. Unfortunately wind-driven embers can get up in the rafters and I think that's what happened to a lot of those homes.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 1 September 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I was in Berkeley for a conference during the last few days of that fire, it was...horrible, just abysmal air quality, and here we were— a load of writers and queers taking smoke breaks despite the AQI.
was that the day the sky was orange all day long? ... I smoked, but didn't do any physical labor ...
― sarahell, Friday, 3 September 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
AQI of 126 today in gene OR, good times
― sleeve, Friday, 3 September 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
*Eugene
careful with that axe, gene
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 3 September 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
Sorry sleeve, Oakland is very nice today! Only a little over 70 ... both in AQI and temperature
― sarahell, Friday, 3 September 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
Sarahell, I don't recall the skies. They were quite yellow. But the fire we were talking about was in 2017…
― Kind regards, Anus (the table is the table), Saturday, 4 September 2021 00:42 (two years ago) link
Smoke from the Sierra fires advanced on Los Angeles this morning like it was a goddamn mothership
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E__6AJ3VIA0CGum.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 24 September 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
I saw this at lunch and thought, "That looks like smoke but I don't smell a fire, hope I don't have Covid."
― nickn, Friday, 24 September 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
thirty years ago today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
looking like northern California's fire season might end this week. fingers crossed.
― lukas, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
yes
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
now we will have flood season
― sarahell, Sunday, 24 October 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
boulder, colorado, december 30 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/30/weather/colorado-wildfires/index.html
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Friday, 31 December 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
"Marshall fire explained: How we got 115 mph winds in Boulder County on a December winter day"https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/31/marshall-fire-explained-firestorm-colorado-weather/
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 1 January 2022 21:23 (two years ago) link
ever earlier
Eleven large wildfires are currently burning across the Southwest and Southern Plains, with some 8 million U.S. residents under fire alerts. https://t.co/6plChJvQcf— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) April 21, 2022
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 21 April 2022 21:18 (two years ago) link
The entire southwestern US is in severe drought. Still.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 21 April 2022 21:19 (two years ago) link
very windy and extremely hot today in slc.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Friday, 17 June 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
so far no fires but it just feels bad, you know
did you see https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 17 June 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Friday, 17 June 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
paywalled though
the word that comes to mind is 'desertification'
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Friday, 17 June 2022 21:44 (one year ago) link
Alaska is on fire.
https://fire.airnow.gov/#
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 10 July 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
not great
― sleeve, Saturday, 10 September 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
hope my friends in Oakridge are OK, they got an evac order
i have a hunch that this year we're gonna get epic flooding then epic fires.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 31 March 2023 23:28 (one year ago) link
It’s El Niño so it’s certainly going to be warmer
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 1 April 2023 00:33 (one year ago) link
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/471/227/dd0.png
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Saturday, 1 April 2023 01:57 (one year ago) link
thread is about wildfires not flooding but i need to put this somewhere
29" SWE. As Utah officially surpasses the estimated 1952 levels, those concerned with flooding can learn more about risks and other state resources by going to the @UtahDPS emergency management page: https://t.co/gfkjF2yFlE #utwx pic.twitter.com/jHQQ62QUXr— NRCS Utah (@NRCS_Utah) April 4, 2023
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
All the rainfall/storms will definitely lead to more fuel by the summertime - grasses and underbrush, and fallen trees and limbs
But the rain may have helped some of the drought-stricken pines
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 23:56 (one year ago) link
doubt i'll see this much snow again in my lifetime.
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 21:39 (one year ago) link
hope you are not in a danger area for snow melt flooding
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
i think we're far enough away from the creek. we'll see how bad it gets.
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
Canada too, although maybe that’s a different thread.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 00:25 (eleven months ago) link
this'll do for now
we've already had two in Oregon within 50 miles of us
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 00:42 (eleven months ago) link
Quite visible and smellable in Brooklyn this evening
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 00:42 (eleven months ago) link
I forgot to look up but my daughter told me about the big red sun. And a friend of ours that hasn’t been posting recently just told me about all the smoke in Ottawa.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 00:57 (eleven months ago) link
Actually we can smell it now too here in Queens.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 00:59 (eleven months ago) link
yeah i mean it was shortsighted of me to limit this to the western us
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 01:03 (eleven months ago) link
Smoke smell not quite as unpleasant as what it was in downtown Brooklyn right after 9/11 but why compare?
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 01:04 (eleven months ago) link
Feeling it on my eyes. Not sure if psychosomatic, doubt it.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 01:09 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/toronto-ottawa-covered-smoke-wildfires-2023-06-06/
The Canadian capital of Ottawa, which neighbors Quebec, was covered in haze on Tuesday morning, with air quality in category 10+, the worst level on Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index, indicating "very high risk".
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 01:42 (eleven months ago) link
ottowa, welcome
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 01:48 (eleven months ago) link