2018 Wildfire Season

[evdog]

New fire in Socal yesterday below Idyllwild. Caused by moron throwing flares out of his vehicle - since arrested for arson. It's already burned up the mountain beyond Hwy 74/243 and looks to have burned an area that was finally opening up after the last fire 5 years ago - burning pretty much what the last one missed. 7,500 acres. Fuck. Fortunately it missed most of another rad trail network so far.

[XXX-er]

we are seeing smokey skys from FF in yurp up here in the narth west BC

[Meadow Skipper]

I just saw a couple recent reports that the Carr fire jumped the Sacramento River (!) and is burning into Redding CA. That’s kind of remarkable.

[2FUNKY]

I just saw a couple recent reports that the Carr fire jumped the Sacramento River (!) and is burning into Redding CA. That’s kind of remarkable.

Yes it is. Fuck. The town of Old Shasta is gone. Various sections of west Redding on the edge of town are under mandatory evac. The fire is burning toward Lake Shasta city at a very high rate of speed. This is where I grew up. My heart is breaking.

[2FUNKY]

Update. It’s in Redding. Fuck me. OMFG!

[2FUNKY]

[abraham]

Yes it is. Fuck. The town of Old Shasta is gone. Various sections of west Redding on the edge of town are under mandatory evac. The fire is burning toward Lake Shasta city at a very high rate of speed. This is where I grew up. My heart is breaking.

Damn dude. That's crazy and so damn fast. Hard to believe it's in Redding

Glad to hear your dad's place is ok. Isn't DTM from around there too?

[Flyoverland Captive]

That is fucking terrifying. Wow.

[2FUNKY]

Damn dude. That's crazy and so damn fast. Hard to believe it's in Redding

Glad to hear your dad's place is ok. Isn't DTM from around there too?

Thanks man. Yes he is.

[KQ]

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS:

The Long Hollow Fire southeast of The Dalles, Oregon (near Durfur) grew inconceivably to over 16,000 acres since last night. The Wasco County Sheriff's Office has issued mandatory level 3 evacuations for areas near the fire's proximity. Our fire model indicates there is still a high-extreme likelihood of the fire continuing to grow. You can find more information on our website, https://www.fireweatheravalanche.org...ng-hollow-fire.

https://www.facebook.com/fireweather...v2Auxs&fref=nf

https://www.fireweatheravalanche.org/fire/

[evdog]

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...=oft11aH-15li2

Let's hope he is convicted and sentenced to the maximum below.

Riverside County prosecutors announced Friday that they have charged a 32-year-old man with starting nine separate fires, including a wildfire that has burned more than 11,500 acres in Idyllwild and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents as it rages through the San Jacinto Mountains.

Brandon N. McGlover was charged with 15 felony counts connected to the fires, authorities said. He is charged with one count of aggravated arson, five counts of arson of an inhabited structure and nine counts of arson of forest or wildland. If convicted, he faces a sentence of up to life in prison. He’s being held on $1 million bail.

[Dantheman]

Yes it is. Fuck. The town of Old Shasta is gone. Various sections of west Redding on the edge of town are under mandatory evac. The fire is burning toward Lake Shasta city at a very high rate of speed. This is where I grew up. My heart is breaking.

Holy shit. We're supposed to drive through there next Saturday. I hope 299 is open by then, it's a long ass detour to Weaverville otherwise.

Isn't DTM from around there too?

How's this for some small world shit: 2FUNKY's little brother and I played little league together and his step dad was our coach.

[char_]

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS:

The Long Hollow Fire southeast of The Dalles, Oregon (near Durfur) grew inconceivably to over 16,000 acres since last night. The Wasco County Sheriff's Office has issued mandatory level 3 evacuations for areas near the fire's proximity. Our fire model indicates there is still a high-extreme likelihood of the fire continuing to grow. You can find more information on our website, https://www.fireweatheravalanche.org...ng-hollow-fire.

https://www.facebook.com/fireweather...v2Auxs&fref=nf

https://www.fireweatheravalanche.org/fire/

16k is alot, but the Martin Fire in Nevada went from 165k to 235k in a single 24 hour period earlier this year. Day 1 it was 22k, following day 91k.

Similar fuel type. Lots of wind.

Big Burn did like 3 million in three days.

[Meadow Skipper]

^The Las Conchas fire in NM in 2011 burned ~43,000 acres in 14 hours when it started, roughly an acre a second. That was pretty good for the first day of a timber fire (which typically burn at a much slower rate than brush and/or grass), I watched it across the valley from my house and it blew my mind. Again, these rates of spread this year are amazing.

The national head shed figures resources are about to get scarce and things will get worse. National Preparedness Level just got set to 5 (out of 5):
https://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm <-updated daily.

Shit might get real for the next few starts in CA.

[MultiVerse]

The Carr Fire created this rotational updraft:

https://twitter.com/ABC10/status/102...852739/video/1

Fire cyclone radar:

https://twitter.com/nplareau/status/...755008/photo/1

"The cyclone is apparent at the surface and extends to >18000 ft aloft! This is a very deep rotating convective column!"

Timelapse video:

https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea/statu...102464/video/1

[2FUNKY]

Good luck, DTM. I’ll be surprised if it is.
That cyclone is crazy. Saw that earlier this morning.
Mass devastation. Friends have lost homes and all belongings. Fire fighter who was in my brothers crew was killed. RIP.

[Dantheman]

Fire fighter who was in my brothers crew was killed. RIP.

Fuck. My sister's husband is wildland FF too and probably on this one (they live in Anderson).

[Meadow Skipper]

The Carr Fire created this rotational updraft:

https://twitter.com/ABC10/status/102...852739/video/1
[...]
https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea/statu...102464/video/1

Pretty amazing videos.

I’m sorry to hear about your brother’s crew mate, 2funky.

[2FUNKY]

Thanks guys.

[capulin overdrive]

Yup, sad news. Been a bad year for fighters all over the country.

[Dantheman]

News is reporting the death of a dozer operator, too. Fuck.

[2FUNKY]

Yeah, happened yesterday. Horrible.

[capulin overdrive]

May be 3 dozer deaths this year, two for sure?

[2FUNKY]

Carr fire is a fucking monster.

[ill-advised strategy]

The explosive growth of some of these fires is...noteworthy.

I feel like we all kind of knew it would get this way eventually right?