Wildfire 2021

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Originally Posted by splat

Don't let old newguy fool you. The chicks on the fireline are HOT. They parachute in wearing bikinis and this makes the ground crews run, humping it up the mountains to the fireline, where they work harder to earn the affection of these smoke jumper hotties. That's why the camps have communal showers where you get to see them naked after you pulled 96 hours straight.
Then the guys line up for blowies once they wash the soot off. What else would motivate them to work a life endangering job detrimental to their health that doesn't pay shit? This was the only logical move after the FS discovered everyone had figured out how to squeeze 186 hours onto a timecard meant for recording a 12 hour shift.

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That’s what I thought.


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^ :nonono2:

Jeezuz…. “Run away!”
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Originally Posted by MTT

Highangle. Sorry to hear about your family’s loss
It’s big loss. People don’t realize how beautiful norhthern California is. Winding 2 lane roads in the trees or along a river. These little hamlets some don’t have a name. Nothing more than a 50s motel a gas station and dinner. And they are burning. It will never be the same. And there’s Colfax area. All the people up along the Yuba river. ?? People who keep to themselves own a piece of land with a small trailer on
All the way along 6. Clear to Sodasprings. Bad But you could see it commg

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Originally Posted by abraham

Holy fuck highangle, glad they're alive.

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

+ vibes, highangle. That’s a terrible thing. Did your s-s live in town or out in the valley?

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Thanks guys. She lived on Forgay Rd, right between town and the valley. I'm not really in the loop, but she was interviewed by a Sacramento TV station last night, so I guess they have a place to stay? They own some other parcels around there, I don't know if they have another house they can just move into.
But they're not alone, the whole town burned. There's 1500 stories like theirs.

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

^ :nonono2:

Jeezuz…. “Run away!”
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In the black but a wind shift could torch that truck and some lungs.

I hate to read about these towns burning.

Re- hot fire chicks: A few real life Angelinas out there, they’re around.

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Park City right now.

highangle, very sorry for your loss.

I lived in Auburn CA for quite a few years, and am familiar with the terrain around the River fire. I'm very happy to see the fire crews have made quick progress on that one, and hopefully continue to do so. As someone else said that area is scary dangerous with the current conditions, many communities with humans.

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Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy

I hate to read about these towns burning.

Re- hot fire chicks: A few real life Angelinas out there, they’re around.

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Yea but do they strap on a parachute and stand in the bed of a speeding pickup truck and pull the rip cord for fun?


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highangle, sorry about your sister's home....

to the topic of pay of federal WFF, now is the time for the worker lobby groups to grab congressional ears. Feinstein, who introduced one of the bills, is aware of the labor/staffing/salary problems, which is why there is language on the subject in her bill. As the bill is being negotiated with with other congress-folks, there is opportunity for that part of the bill to be improved.

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Originally Posted by highangle

My stepsister and her husband got out of Greenville with their dog and 2 vehicles this morning. Everything else is gone to the Dixie fire.
She worked for the City for 20-odd years. That's gone too along with the rest of the tax base and probably her retirement..y

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I am sorry for her loss, but she should be in CALPERS as a government worker, so I hope her retirement is secure.

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Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy

I hate to read about these towns burning.

Re- hot fire chicks: A few real life Angelinas out there, they’re around.

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I have only met one fire chick that I would bang, but she is BSC, and I've been trying to give myself some defensible space from that over the years.

The initial air attack on the River Fire was pretty intense, which contributed to saving a lot. That air attacked occurred at the same time as the Dixon fire burned into Greenville….

Also sounds like the Dixon fire ran 18 miles yesterday. I’m not sure if that’s a distance as the crow flies or distance on the ground.

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Originally Posted by schindlerpiste

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Park City right now.

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Looks like Mexico


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Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn

Looks like Mexico

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They seem like a nice couple

"You want to see my little burro?"

Last night was bad. For sure some homes bit the dust.
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The majority of the north Okanagan (pop 65k) was on evac alert.

does the Ullr thread work in summer?

damn.

That's a good idea

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Originally Posted by el hefe

The majority of the north Okanagan (pop 65k) was on evac alert.

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Take care Hefe. Its pretty shocking when i hear complete cities are on evac alert. We're getting a touch of precip but not much. Hope you guys are as well. Next week doesnt look great

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Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark

I have only met one fire chick that I would bang, but she is BSC, and I've been trying to give myself some defensible space from that over the years.

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Careful...wouldn't want you to be accused of being misogynistic :biggrin:
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Originally Posted by grinch

Take care Hefe. Its pretty shocking when i hear complete cities are on evac alert. We're getting a touch of precip but not much. Hope you guys are as well. Next week doesnt look great

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Thanks. Very calm winds today and pretty good dose of rain this morning. Can't see across the lake. Cell tower got burned so no service today. One positive is that it is burning in one of the highest areas (2000m+) of the west side of ok lake. Been skiing and sledding up there and this is basically what it needed to provide some nice turns.

Flip side is that there is a lot of old growth up there that you don't typically see in the Okanagan. Tons of moose and bear, must be fucked for them right now. Fire is west of Vernon towards Douglas lake Ranch and Westwold/Falkland.

The evac alert for Vernon was issued due to concerns of embers blowing across the lake. Lots of big chunks of ash and pieces of burnt trees today on my lawn. Was getting smoked by it last night in the wind on my dock.

^ Crazy!

Finally some water form the sky here today! SO nice. The AQI is down to double digits for the first time in I don't know how long. It feels kind of normal for now, other than being a little chilly for August! :o

Glad some are getting rain. It would be unnerving watching a new fire rage on one side of a lake basin and then trying to sleep. I know planners consider it a reasonable worst case situation to have rapid wildfire growth, like what’s happened with the Dixon fire, in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

I know I’m being repetitive here but I just keep thinking about what is going to happen if CA gets a bad wind storm in August, September, October. Especially if it is paired with dry lightning like last year. July was several degrees above average, August is starting off the same. We already have the biggest non-complex fire in history.

Bill Gates and the Illuminati need to start seeding some clouds or something or were fucked.


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