Nor Cal Fires

how is it looking in truckee today? smoky? i gots yard work/winter'izing to do all day Sat and Sun...am on my way up this afternoon...

good news is rain/high level snow in the forecast:

Sunday: Mostly cloudy and breezy with a chance of showers. Snow level 8000 feet. Highs 48 to 58. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Gusts to 60 mph over ridges.

Sunday night: Mostly cloudy and breezy with a chance of rain and snow. Lows 26 to 36.

Monday: Brisk with rain and snow likely. Highs 44 to 54.

Monday night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows 13 to 23.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow. Highs 43 to 53.

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Originally Posted by freshies

how is it looking in truckee today? smoky? i gots yard work/winter'izing to do all day Sat and Sun...am on my way up this afternoon...
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Very slightly hazy. Otherwise clear as a bell and cool with all the fall colors going off. Should be no problem unless the wind shifts.

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Originally Posted by hardrider

SLT is smoky as a bastad right now.

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Why is it that the first thing that pops in my head when I see "SLT" is "Salt Lake Titty?

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Originally Posted by LegoSkier

Very slightly hazy. Otherwise clear as a bell and cool with all the fall colors going off. Should be no problem unless the wind shifts.

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schweet! lego, you going to see yearbook tonight @ squaw?

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Originally Posted by freshies

schweet! lego, you going to see yearbook tonight @ squaw?

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Nope. Unfortunately I'm gonna be out of town.

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Originally Posted by slim

No, no, no... it was an ironic hella. Like having a mullet or listening to Poison. It's cool if you know it's not cool but you still act like it is cool even though it clearly isn't. Greydon's all over that hipster shit, he lives in the Mission.

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Slim,

All Mission hipsters worth their tight pants and vintage t-shirt collection know absurdity is the new irony. Obviously choosing “hella” as an adjective to describe the potential for wildfire in California is absurd. Extreme would have been apt, but the jokers who read this forum would get confused and wonder what the hell smear turns and hip-checks had to do with wildfire.

See you at the Vintage Shoe Room, I know you’re dieing to get some new Kangaroos to match your Member’s Only jacket.

Greydon

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Originally Posted by Greydon Clark

Slim,

All Mission hipsters worth their tight pants and vintage t-shirt collection know absurdity is the new irony. Obviously choosing “hella” as an adjective to describe the potential for wildfire in California is absurd. Extreme would have been apt, but the jokers who read this forum would get confused and wonder what the hell smear turns and hip-checks had to do with wildfire.

See you at the Vintage Shoe Room, I know you’re dieing to get some new Kangaroos to match your Member’s Only jacket.

Greydon

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as a former resident of the noe/mission border, am i out of the loop? members only jackets are now "cool" or "retro"? god help us, what's next, jazz shoes?

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Originally Posted by freshies

as a former resident of the noe/mission border, am i out of the loop? members only jackets are now "cool" or "retro"? god help us, what's next, jazz shoes?

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Well, if you were born in 1982 a Members Only jacket is pretty old school and hilarious, thus kids will rock them and vintage shops will sell them, however, I draw the line with wrestling shoes (which some peeps are trying to revive). Wrestling shoes are horrible, as were the people who wore them to the mall, but I’m all for the “Artist Crowd” attempting to popularize the singlet as casual wear.

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Originally Posted by freshies

as a former resident of the noe/mission border, am i out of the loop? members only jackets are now "cool" or "retro"? god help us, what's next, jazz shoes?

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And god forbid, after that this could be next:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2003/200308146a.jpg
Jazz hands!

It's clear and warm in Truckee, but Squaw was full of smoke last night. Not sure how it is over there today. Couldn't see the huge smoke clouds from Tahoe-Donner this AM, either....

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Originally Posted by DescenderRob

"Fred's Fire" is named after Fred's Place. Fred's Place
is a bend in the road where there was a bar in the olden days. It is long gone. This location is half way between Eagle Rock Resort, now also long gone and the Wrights Lake road.

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That works for me. Getting tired of telling people "No, I didn't start the fire"


crap, now I have Billy Joel running through my head... <humming "we didn't start the fire">

I just watched the mountains disapear behind smoke in about 3.5 minutes. :eek:


I guess the wind has changed directions.

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Originally Posted by Greydon Clark

Well, if you were born in 1982 a Members Only jacket is pretty old school and hilarious, thus kids will rock them and vintage shops will sell them...

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So what you're saying is that the Members Only jacket sitting in my closet will collect some serious bling bling?

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Originally Posted by Arty50

So what you're saying is that the Members Only jacket sitting in my closet will collect some serious bling bling?

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F the bling, rock that jacket and go for the ‘tang.

Heh!

On a less funny note, it's really fucking smokey here right now. Visibility outside is down to around 200 yards. Forget even seeing the mountains. Also you can pretty much stare at the sun. It's just a bright orange disc peeking through the haze right now. The house even smells a little like smoke. Fack!!!

Yeah, I just drive from downtown out to Donner Lake, and there was a white standing wave of smoke coming over Cold Stream ridge from the south. I watched it build up and up an dup and eventually it came crashing down into the Truckee valley like a freaking wave. Now it smells like a chimney in my office and you can barely see across the Martis Valley. Fuck, I hope no one's getting hurt by these fires. I just had to go measure the slope in US40 at the west end of Donner Lake because a cement truck lost it's brakes and slammed into some rocks. The cement drum crushged the cab and killed the driver instantly - not a pretty scene. Bad juju up here in Truckee today....be careful out there..