Pretty sure we've talked about CalTopo's awesome MODIS overlay function in here, but if not:
http://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=38.24...n=0.25&a=modis
Also, yeah, that mandatory evacuation area is HUGE.
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Pretty sure we've talked about CalTopo's awesome MODIS overlay function in here, but if not:
http://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=38.24...n=0.25&a=modis
Also, yeah, that mandatory evacuation area is HUGE.
I had to bug out of Arnold while I could.
This is really bad.
I am safe. Home not threatened at all.
Good luck, Mang.
Wish I was still in the area to help out.
I'm good. I work in Arnold and live in Twain Harte. It's my friends I worry about. The house that earlier picture was from is evacuated. Might have to do a quick and dirty harvest...,
I can help with that, too. Maybe later next week.
Fuck. Now at 50000 acres and they are evacing San Andreas.
And parts of Angels Camp.
http://thepinetree.net/index.php?mod...w&ANN_id=45494
From ~45 minutes ago:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COp82nVUsAAeXSO.jpg:large
Saw this too :-(
https://vine.co/v/eFbOJa9q9Er
A friend of mine that is a FS aircraft dispatcher in CA posted on FB that there are 10 - ten - air tankers, 2 lead planes and over 5 helicopters committed to the Butte fire. That's a lot of metal flying around - the air attack supervisor (airborne over the fire with responsibility for directing and coordinating air traffic) must be sweating bullets. The air radio frequency traffic has to be fucking nuts. I don't even want to think about the air-to-ground radio traffic.
I've handled 5 air tankers and 3 helicopters on a fire that was burning hard and I wanted to cry like a little girl.
I still have a good squirrel net freq that I recently passed on to a hand crew I know. Nice to be able to have your own black ops commo going.
Live news copter footage:
http://www.abc10.com/videos/news/2014/01/23/4798489/
Looks like this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COqSDuYWIAAcjyz.jpg:large
Another cool/useful map here:
http://ucmsparc.maps.arcgis.com/apps...afd1d7ac633df1
Lotta ganja in that smoke....
Grows were an issue on the Lowell Fire just outside of Dutch Flat earlier this summer too.
IME, and from what I hear, grows have been an issue most everywhere in CA >1000' and <6000' elevation since 1978. ;)
There have to be a lot of flashy fuels involved in the Butte fire.
Camping right now on Sonora Pass east side (near marine station, so have strong cell signal) - very heavy smoke.
Escaped smoke headed to Stinson Beach.
Solid plan. The coast is at its best this time of year.Quote:
Originally Posted by telemike
In Healdsburg now and Calistoga later today (wedding). Nice.
Foggy cool breezy on shore wind this morning then a bug switch to warm off shore winds this afternoon. Quite a quick significant change.
Nice, huh? PM me when's a good time to call about chile.Quote:
Originally Posted by telemike
It was hot when the wind changed.
I lied. Earlier I saw some Twitter stuff about the Valley Fire, but we were heading out the door to a wedding so didn't follow up on it. Then while driving from Healdsburg to Calistoga I thought I was looking at a big smoke plume off to the left (north), but figured I was just seeing things because the clouds were weird. Nope, 25,000 acres this afternoon. Middletown/Cobb area is on fire, apparently a number of structures gone this afternoon.
As of early this AM.
"The Valley Incident has grown to 40,000 acres, 0% containment. The fire is burning in a south east direction from the Community of Cobb towards the communities of Middletown and Hidden Valley Lake. The fire is also burning north east from the Community of Cobb near the Community of Loch Lomond to Seiglar Canyon Road.
There have been an unconfirmed number of structures destroyed. There are over 5000 residence without power. During initial attack four members of Copter 104's crew suffered burn injuries and were transported to an area burn center. Additional resources are on order and responding to this incident."
Tahoe lake basin is socked in with smoke.
Follow Gadi Schwartz @GadiNBCLA on twitter, he is constantly posting videos for the Valley fire there and on periscope. Intense shit.
Yeah, was following him last night. Crazy shit.
It appears that much of the town of Middletown burned to the ground last night. Nightmare scenario. We'll be lucky if nobody died.
Friend of mine lost her house last night in the Valley fire.
Fuck man. Jibmaster, who has posted endless stoke from Shasta and the Mendocino County peaks over the years here and elsewhere, lives in Angwin. Fire spreading in that direction last night.
The videos from last night are straight up hellish.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted
Vibes to those affected.
CalFire just said over 1,000 structures gone in the Valley Fire.
Looks like Middletown got pretty fucked up. Amazing imagery coming out of there. My sympathies.
My little bro is battling that fire, he says its like no fire he has seen before and he has been fighting fire for his whole life. Super sad seeing all those homes gone and the town. Hits close to my bro and I as our moms home was lost to fire a while ago, she barely got out with just her animals.
Weird coincidence. Wedding I went to in Calistoga last night was my buddy whose family lost their house and everything in it in the Cedar Fire in 2003. Sucks.
Raining at my place. Probably fire influenced. I'm liking it. Temp is 20* lower than a couple days ago.
^^^ Apparently minimal growth on the Butte Fire today and a significant containment increase, along with some evacuees being allowed back in. Good news. Weather next couple of days looks promising, assuming doesn't get too windy.
They sent all fixed wing to Valley.
My buddy put in a dozer line behind his house.
Angwin evacuated around 5:30-6 this evening.
Slideshow in this LAT article has some crazy photos:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...913-story.html
Really good reporting from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/44...ecision?page=0
Another clip from last night:
I'm standing outside in the rain. It's almost baptismal.