Fires in Southern California

ESA Sentinel-2 image of the Thomas fire from Tuesday, December 5:

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/still-raging-thomas-fire-torches-its-way-california-wildfire-history

No hotlinking, I guess. The story it's from:

The Still-Raging Thomas Fire Torches Its Way into California Wildfire History

Xmas card from some friends:
https://i.imgur.com/nnxkpJc.jpg

anyone else finding their allergies kicking up a bit more the past couple weeks? when we went out to Woodland Hills the other day mine were doing a number on me.

I lol'd :\

no

everything looks/feels like its back to normal in los angeles

Here come those Santa Ana winds again...

Sister, bro-in-law, nephews just evacuated....

The evacuation center they were originally told to go... is a high school that's currently on fire.

jesus, i'm sorry

where were they told to go after that??

They are lucky and have a place to go that's out of the fire zone but I'm sure many people are not that fortunate. 80mph winds currently.

holy shit, really? that's over hurricane strength

Hope they find safe refuge. A friend had to evacuate her place in Chico from the new fire up here. What a brutal season. Calfire must be feeling.

*reeling

This was <1 hour ago near the area they were told to drive to:

#WoolseyFire Winds are pushing the fire hard in Oak Park now pic.twitter.com/sx5PIgZA4b

— Michael Coons (@Michael_Coons) November 9, 2018

This is getting pretty bad:

#WoolseyFire: VCFD Station 37 is on Fire. Starting support company (Truck 41)

— VC Stringer (@VCStringer) November 9, 2018

The neighborhood across the 101 Freeway from the Borderline shooting yesterday is now on fire.

Now there appears to be a decent sized fire in Griffith Park.

https://gizmodo.com/video-shows-the-terrifying-drive-to-escape-massive-fire-1830331814

the end of the video when they clear the fire is the shocking part for me

very sad to hear about the fires

a place that is so dry and up on the mountains and known to have fires though should not have houses (i understand housing was built before fires were a constant there), it's basically a natural disaster area now though

on another note, part of my family used to live in simi valley around 30 years ago -- that place is fucking dreadful and i'm glad they moved out of there

That guy was driving too fast for that little visibility.

Clear skies and no wind at all in Pasadena, I can't even smell smoke.

I guess when you have flames licking around your wheels you don't care too much about driving too fast.

Well, till you smash into the car ahead of you and then have to walk to safety with a broken leg.

i mean he's literally running for his life

i would definitely be more careful but yeah

tbf he was driving fast in the wrong lane. only car they could smash into would be a fire truck driving at them, and they'd probably die. fire season sucks. hoping the best for those caught up in it this year.

yeah i imagine the sheer adrenaline makes for a lead foot

Understandable, but I was white-knuckling sitting in my office watching it.

I was going to complain about a SoCal thread being bumped for a NorCal fire but that's before I knew the entire state is burning.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Massive-Camp-Fire-forces-red-air-alert-prompts-13377739.php

p fucking grim in SF right now

heavy smoke and some ash

I think it's worse than last year's fire, as today I could smell the smoke when I was at home.

my heart goes out to those having to leave their homes

P100 masks, y'all

Words fail me. This is the Woolsey Fire approaching Malibu as people desparately are trying to evacuate on PCH. pic.twitter.com/rdJGvbu7kN

— Spin Doctor (@SpinDr) November 9, 2018

This is Zuma Beach right now. Photo from @ktla5news #ZumaBeach #WoolsyFire #Malibu @Amie_Yancey pic.twitter.com/COVm9WA9HY

— Scott Yancey (@Scott_Yancey) November 10, 2018

up in Butte County

These abandoned and burned out cars shows you what a panic it must have been for residents trying to escape the Camp Fire. Unreal scenes in Paradise, CA, this morning. #CampFire pic.twitter.com/AhBuWzS0Tx

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) November 9, 2018

5 people found dead in their cars most likely on that very same road.

jesus

our friend's aunt lives in Paradise and is suffering from Alzheimer's, she was home alone at the time of the fire picking up steam and her son couldn't get to her in time. A neighbor tried to get her out but she wasn't answering and he had to flee. There's still no word.

meanwhile:

Pray for Malibu— and #TheBachelor Mansion... pic.twitter.com/D9t8VxFXeo

— Mike Fleiss (@fleissmeister) November 9, 2018

Is there a German word to describe the feeling of waiting to see if your father-in-law's house burned down? (he's fine, don't know about the place)

Llamas are tied to a lifeguard stand on the beach in #Malibu as the #WoolseyFire approaches. Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Timeshttps://t.co/X8PtsdblHP pic.twitter.com/dvAq6LWSxv

— JJ the Santa Barbarian (@cookiesinheaven) November 10, 2018

#tfw when life is a tarkovsky film pic.twitter.com/K9EEGKQAyM

— Tovarisch (@nwbtcw) November 10, 2018

my grandmother & her husband were evacuated and their house is probably gone. but they're fine. everyone else I know in LA - one of my best friends, my grandfather + his wife, other friends - live outside of the danger zone but say that the city is truly apocalyptic now. I heard the Santa Monica Pier was gone?

I think someone fed you bad intel, the city of L.A. itself is fairly business as usual albeit very smoky. Santa Monica Pier is perfectly ok. Malibu (15+ miles up the coast from Santa Monica) is what’s apocalyptic.

Not to diminish what’s happening at all; the fire going from the ocean to west hills is astonishing to me. It’s coming scarily close to my wife’s dad’s home.

F-I-L’s place in Point Dume survived! Seems like everything across the street from him burned down though. Fingers crossed for other folks here and hope for some good news.

Higher winds coming tomorrow...

no words

WATCH: Screaming DC-10 air tanker drops Phos-Check over #WoolseyFire in Calabasas https://t.co/iBgAWLyr9d pic.twitter.com/lZzI4GXexK

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) November 11, 2018

was hanging out today with a friend whose dad lived in Paradise: house gone, got his three dogs out, no clothes or anything else.