I guess when you have flames licking around your wheels you don't care too much about driving too fast.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 9 November 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
Well, till you smash into the car ahead of you and then have to walk to safety with a broken leg.
― nickn, Friday, 9 November 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
i mean he's literally running for his life
i would definitely be more careful but yeah
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 9 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
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.
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 9 November 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
yeah i imagine the sheer adrenaline makes for a lead foot
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
Understandable, but I was white-knuckling sitting in my office watching it.
― nickn, Friday, 9 November 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
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
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
p fucking grim in SF right now
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
heavy smoke and some ash
― Dan S, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
I think it's worse than last year's fire, as today I could smell the smoke when I was at home.
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
my heart goes out to those having to leave their homes
― the sound of space, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
P100 masks, y'all
― sleeve, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
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
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 9 November 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
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
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link
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
― Dan S, Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:42 (five years ago) link
5 people found dead in their cars most likely on that very same road.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link
jesus
― brownie, Saturday, 10 November 2018 01:59 (five years ago) link
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
― omar little, Saturday, 10 November 2018 02:35 (five years ago) link
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)
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 November 2018 06:41 (five years ago) link
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
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 11 November 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link
#tfw when life is a tarkovsky film pic.twitter.com/K9EEGKQAyM— Tovarisch (@nwbtcw) November 10, 2018
― flappy bird, Sunday, 11 November 2018 03:14 (five years ago) link
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?
― flappy bird, Sunday, 11 November 2018 03:18 (five years ago) link
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.
― omar little, Sunday, 11 November 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
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.
― omar little, Sunday, 11 November 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 11 November 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
Higher winds coming tomorrow...
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 11 November 2018 04:12 (five years ago) link
no words
― sleeve, Sunday, 11 November 2018 04:30 (five years ago) link
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
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 12 November 2018 01:17 (five years ago) link
was hanging out today with a friend whose dad lived in Paradise: house gone, got his three dogs out, no clothes or anything else.
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Monday, 12 November 2018 02:15 (five years ago) link
Some beautiful shots on ig but just no
― calstars, Monday, 12 November 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
PG&E has informed state regulators that it experienced an incident early Thursday on a major electrical transmission line at a remote site in Butte County just minutes before the reported start of the devastating Camp Fire.In a brief report filed with the California Public Utilities Commission, the company said a power outage was recorded on its 115-kilovolt Caribou-Palermo line at 6:15 a.m. Thursday. Cal Fire says the blaze started at 6:29 a.m.Driven by high winds in the Feather River Canyon, the Camp Fire raced west, destroying parts of the the communities of Paradise and Magalia. So far, 23 people are confirmed dead in the fire, which had burned a staggering 6,453 homes and 120,000 acres as of Sunday morning.
In a brief report filed with the California Public Utilities Commission, the company said a power outage was recorded on its 115-kilovolt Caribou-Palermo line at 6:15 a.m. Thursday. Cal Fire says the blaze started at 6:29 a.m.
Driven by high winds in the Feather River Canyon, the Camp Fire raced west, destroying parts of the the communities of Paradise and Magalia. So far, 23 people are confirmed dead in the fire, which had burned a staggering 6,453 homes and 120,000 acres as of Sunday morning.
https://www.kqed.org/news/11705306/pge-transmission-line-may-be-tied-to-disastrous-butte-county-fire
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 12 November 2018 02:44 (five years ago) link
Yeah it was that which started those massive Black Saturday fires we had here in 2009 (the ones that wiped a couple of towns clean off the map). Winds + high voltage lines + poor maintenance = hell.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 12 November 2018 05:48 (five years ago) link
Also the Ventura fires last year?
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 12 November 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
Tubbs fire:
The Tubbs Fire was the second-most destructive wildfire in California history, behind only the Camp Fire of 2018,[6][4] burning parts of Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties in Northern California during October 2017, and affecting the city of Santa Rosa the most.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 12 November 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
there's a massive fire every year in southern california. its 'normal' now.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 12 November 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
Thought this was a good thread:
It continues to frustrate me how badly people misunderstand California wildfires. I have mentioned previously here the amplifying role of population growth, and the causal ignition trigger of development at the urban-wilderness interface, but the fuel itself is key.— Paul Kedrosky (@pkedrosky) November 10, 2018
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 12 November 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
42 now confirmed dead in Camp Fire
― Dan S, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
What a terrifying tragedy. It's days later and there are still a hundred unaccounted for.
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 03:41 (five years ago) link
The toll from the Camp Fire, the worst California wildfire ever, is now 48. The National Guard has been drafted to help with the search for remains. The fire has now claimed 130,000 acres and has destroyed 8,817 structures. 52,000 people have been evacuated
― Dan S, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 04:35 (five years ago) link
clickbaity title: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-malibu-trailer-park-fire-20181114-story.html
but man this is so true:
“While it may be true that a fire disaster does create a kind of egalitarian equality, what follows is anything but,” said Mike Davis, author of “Ecology of Fear.” The book included a chapter titled “The Case for Letting Malibu Burn,” a stinging critique of fire suppression mismanagement that leads to catastrophic fires and expensive efforts to save castles where none should have been built.“Fires tend to gentrify areas,” said Davis, “and what follows a huge fire is not just the rebuilding, but rebuilding on a larger scale, with more expensive structures than before.”
“Fires tend to gentrify areas,” said Davis, “and what follows a huge fire is not just the rebuilding, but rebuilding on a larger scale, with more expensive structures than before.”
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
see also: disaster capitalism
― sleeve, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
btw this is terrifying:
https://google.org/crisismap/google.com/2018-camp-fire
you can look at the Malibu one as well
― sleeve, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
if you look at the map, a quick estimate shows that the fire burned an area that--east to west--is more than 1/8th as wide as California.
― omar little, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
thought this was interesting, particularly in the context of crazy republicans asking why only california ever seems to burn: https://www.firescience.org/worst-states-fire-danger/
― gbx, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
Rhode Island has had a larger percentage of its land burned than California.
― nickn, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
Camp Fire toll now 56, with 10,321 structures destroyed
― Dan S, Thursday, 15 November 2018 05:07 (five years ago) link
In terms of sheer area, 2018 has brought us the largest fire in state history (Mendocino complex), the 7th largest (Carr) and now the Camp Fire has cracked the list at the 20th spot and considering its containment level will no doubt climb at least a few spots on the list.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
All this after the previous largest fire was last year's Thomas Fire.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
According to a couple sources now more than 600 people remain unaccounted for. Our friend’s aunt is among them.
― omar little, Friday, 16 November 2018 03:34 (five years ago) link
oh god, that's awful omar, i hope you all find her well
― gbx, Friday, 16 November 2018 05:58 (five years ago) link