Northern CA fires - Oct 2017

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:52 pm

I have a bunch of friends and family who have had to be evacuated due to the Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa, and ashes were falling at our house this morning. Here's a map of the CA fires and evacuation zones.

Hoping any OO'ers with friends/family in the Santa Rosa/Sonoma/Napa area are ok.

Another good map (easier to read if you kill the smoke plumes).

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:08 pm

Now there's a big fire in Anaheim Hills with evacuations. It's across the freeway from us but massive smoke happening.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:27 pm

Yeah, woke up this morning to seeing a close friend's "We're Safe" check-in for her and her family on Facebook. Sounds like had to evacuate in a hurry in the middle of the night, and they're now pretty sure their home is completely destroyed.

edit: wow, yup. Entirely rubble.

DD* · Post by DD* » Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:49 pm

Had the opportunity to relocate to Cali back in the early 2000s and the ex (wife at the time) didn't go for a variety of reasons. Between the earthquakes, mud slides, wild fires, and droughts, y'all can keep the left coast. Prayers for those affected....

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gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:36 am

DD* wrote:Had the opportunity to relocate to Cali back in the early 2000s and the ex (wife at the time) didn't go for a variety of reasons. Between the earthquakes, mud slides, wild fires, and droughts, y'all can keep the left coast. Prayers for those affected....

Not getting hurricanes and tornados is seeming like a pretty tolerable tradeoff right now for me.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:26 am

gbasden wrote:
DD* wrote:Had the opportunity to relocate to Cali back in the early 2000s and the ex (wife at the time) didn't go for a variety of reasons. Between the earthquakes, mud slides, wild fires, and droughts, y'all can keep the left coast. Prayers for those affected....
Not getting hurricanes and tornados is seeming like a pretty tolerable tradeoff right now for me.

Do you know what's really nice? Having none of the above.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:11 pm

Jeff V wrote:
gbasden wrote:
DD* wrote:Had the opportunity to relocate to Cali back in the early 2000s and the ex (wife at the time) didn't go for a variety of reasons. Between the earthquakes, mud slides, wild fires, and droughts, y'all can keep the left coast. Prayers for those affected....
Not getting hurricanes and tornados is seeming like a pretty tolerable tradeoff right now for me.
Do you know what's really nice? Having none of the above.

Yes, but you have that hard rain. Hard, horizontal rain.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:42 pm

Blackhawk wrote: Yes, but you have that hard rain. Hard, horizontal rain.

We haven't had much beyond a hard drizzle for about 2 months now. I haven't had to mow my lawn since late August! The 2" that we were 100% supposed to get last week turned into almost nothing; now we are being promised a soaking tonight. We'll see...I should charge the battery in my lawn mower just in case...

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:12 pm

I saw film of the fires around Napa and Sonoma last night and also footage of the fire in Anaheim. There was film from Disneyland looking east at a burnt orange sky that was kind of surreal. At least 11 dead in the northern fires.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:36 pm

Jeff V wrote:
Blackhawk wrote: Yes, but you have that hard rain. Hard, horizontal rain.
We haven't had much beyond a hard drizzle for about 2 months now. I haven't had to mow my lawn since late August! The 2" that we were 100% supposed to get last week turned into almost nothing; now we are being promised a soaking tonight. We'll see...I should charge the battery in my lawn mower just in case...

No, the other kind of hard, horizontal rain Chicago has been in the news so much for lately.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:41 pm

The winds stayed quiet last night (nowhere near the 50-80mph winds which drove the fires sunday night/monday morning), but they are supposed to pick up a bit tonight - but fortunately only to around 20-30mph.

Edit - gusts up to 45mph now forecast. Fingers crossed!

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:23 pm

Jeff V wrote:
gbasden wrote:
DD* wrote:Had the opportunity to relocate to Cali back in the early 2000s and the ex (wife at the time) didn't go for a variety of reasons. Between the earthquakes, mud slides, wild fires, and droughts, y'all can keep the left coast. Prayers for those affected....
Not getting hurricanes and tornados is seeming like a pretty tolerable tradeoff right now for me.
Do you know what's really nice? Having none of the above.

yes, but you live in Chicago...

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:25 pm

naednek wrote:
Jeff V wrote:
gbasden wrote:
DD* wrote:Had the opportunity to relocate to Cali back in the early 2000s and the ex (wife at the time) didn't go for a variety of reasons. Between the earthquakes, mud slides, wild fires, and droughts, y'all can keep the left coast. Prayers for those affected....
Not getting hurricanes and tornados is seeming like a pretty tolerable tradeoff right now for me.
Do you know what's really nice? Having none of the above.
yes, but you live in Chicago...

So, Jeff wins this argument!

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:10 am

Highway 12 through Napa is closed, and many offramps near Santa Rosa off 101 is closed. Sigalert.com shows the closures, and it's a mess up there.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:03 pm

Well, I live in Central California, in the San Joaquin Valley, and today I can smell the smoke from the northern California fires. You can see it in the air as well.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:26 am

According to one of my friend who is an independent bus operator, the locals near Napa are calling for buses to "standby" nearby in case they need to evacuate a lot of people. I'd imagine with 50-60 per bus, they have 10-20 buses at least in the area "just in case".

Kurth · Post by **Kurth** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:36 am

Just last Friday, I bought my ticket to fly into SFO for the San Francisco - Napa Valley Ragnar Relay Race:

Whether you’re in it to Zin it, or just need a Riesling to run, Reebok Ragnar Napa Valley is the ultimate California weekend running adventure. Starting in the heart of San Francisco, teams of 12 (or 6), will run relay-style while experiencing the best parts of Northern California. The 200-ish mile course brings runners over the Golden Gate Bridge, through Sausalito's charming downtown, next to endless rows of grapevines and past world-famous wineries.

Looking at these fires, I'm pretty sure there's not a snowball's chance that race is going to happen.

Small concern compared to the horrible stuff all those people in Napa and the surrounding area are dealing with, but I'm bummed.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:31 am

Even with neighborhoods burned down the mail still gets delivered.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:06 pm

Over 30 dead now, the most deaths in a fire in over 100 years in California.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 3:22 am

I've been told through back channels that they want tour buses standing by near Napa to evacuate more people... if needed, and they're paying up to $1000 a day just to have a bus sitting there... "just in case". There are no free buses around San Francisco right now.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:56 pm

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