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***Official FIRES thread***
- Thread starter JBerry
- Start date
Bingo!
I spent a bunch of time at Bass Lake as a kid right around this time of year. Never would have seen this coming.
Don't really smell smoke but you can sense it.
What color is your sky? SF has been moving between PMS 156, 158, 1585, 164, 167
Gavin Newsom started the fires so Duffy would wear a mask.
That place is creepy as it is. Kinda weird they opened back up.
Got a smoke free sesh yesterday after work ..... pretty fun but still had some residual respiratory effects. Dark to the south with central coast complexes. Prob last time I surf until it clears and looks flat anyways for at least a week. Everything is socked in today west of the Cascades. East side looks decent. Rain forecast for Monday
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Today in SF, the sky is more yellow than orange, but much more smokey. A fine layer of white pepper ash looks to be sprinkled over my plants and the windows. Hazardous air anyone?
Moveable map here
Interesting link to what it looked like to take off from SFO yesterday here (click me).
Moveable map here
Interesting link to what it looked like to take off from SFO yesterday here (click me).
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Pretty wild to consider that Karl the Fog basically deployed a force field of protection over SF and the greater Bay Area yesterday. I drove from SF-San Jose and back yesterday afternoon and SF was definitely the epicenter of the "Upside-Down". Pictures really have a hard time doing justice to the glow and the darkness.
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Less orange here today but just DARK. Rode my bike an hour each way to work and back yesterday. Didn't feel or smell it on the way in but did on the way home.
The desperate fight to save his family ends in tragedy
He saw a woman on the road. Her hair was singed, her mouth looked almost black, and her bare feet were severely burned. He impatiently tried to help her into his car, explaining how he needed to find his wife and son. Finally, she spoke. “I am your wife.”
www.oregonlive.com
The visibility has improved dramatically but the air around here smells smokier. More so yesterday than today.
August Complex (25% contained)
846,812 acres
Mendocino Nat. Forest, Northern CA
North Complex (21% contained)
252,313 acres
Lake Oroville, Northern CA
Creek Fire (6% contained)
196,667 acres
Shaver Lake, Central CA
Dolan Fire (40% contained)
115,440 acres
Big Sur, Central CA
Current winds
846,812 acres
Mendocino Nat. Forest, Northern CA
North Complex (21% contained)
252,313 acres
Lake Oroville, Northern CA
Creek Fire (6% contained)
196,667 acres
Shaver Lake, Central CA
Dolan Fire (40% contained)
115,440 acres
Big Sur, Central CA
Current winds
I was watching KSBW news on Thursday. They were standing on the Kirk Creek bridge, right next to the campground and filming the fire on the ridgetops right above. So freaking sad. We have been doing camping trips down there in late Sept/early October for 30+ years now.August Complex (25% contained)
846,812 acres
Mendocino Nat. Forest, Northern CA
North Complex (21% contained)
252,313 acres
Lake Oroville, Northern CA
Creek Fire (6% contained)
196,667 acres
Shaver Lake, Central CA
Dolan Fire (40% contained)
115,440 acres
Big Sur, Central CA
Current winds
Covid 19 was the original kicker. We didn't make reservations thinking the campground would be closed. Glad now we didn't. It would have been money thrown down the drain. We were down there camping when Obama couldn't do his do and didn't get a Federal budget signed. Federal campground. It closed. Every person in the campground was ordered to bail. No refunds....
Treebones is on the south side of Cape San Martin, so there is still a ways to go.
Also, as the fire moves south into Pacific Valley, the density of trees is dramatically lower along the highway and inland, so the firefighters have a better chance at plowing some fields to make a stand. You can see in the photo below how tree density is drastically reduced in this area vs. north Big Sur.
Also, the lower brush stuff grows back fast. Sadly, the tall Redwoods, Oak, Pine, Walnut, and Cypress trees don't.
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THat's right! I couldn't quite remember it's exact location. I do remember that long flatter stretch north of plaskett though!
Either way, hopefully later this week the weather will cool a bit and they can grab that fire and settle it down!
Either way, hopefully later this week the weather will cool a bit and they can grab that fire and settle it down!