Community Chat

[chiclets]

Fires are frightening and heartbreaking when people loose everything. People probably have to  have good insurance but memories can not be replaced.

Wildlife and animals are the saddest. Where can they run to survive. Who helps to  protect them.

[september]

My former home town is in danger today.  I hope and pray for everyone.  

[suzyQ3]

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@september wrote:

My former home town is in danger today.  I hope and pray for everyone.  

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@september, how sad. I certainly hope it doesn't come to that.

[september]

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@suzyQ3 wrote:

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@september wrote:

My former home town is in danger today.  I hope and pray for everyone.  

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@september, how sad. I certainly hope it doesn't come to that.

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@suzyQ3   I hope everyone heeds the evac orders and gets out.  There is only one road open at this time to enable them to do that 

[Anonymous032819]

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@september wrote:

My former home town is in danger today.  I hope and pray for everyone.  

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So do I @september .

So do I.

[noodleann]

I was reading about it yesterday. Seems as if lightning strikes are the cause of the biggest fires. I don't know if I got this wrong, because it was so hard to envision, but I thought I read that an area the size of Rhode Island had burned and that the smoke's effects were felt as far away as Nebraska.

[patbz]

I'm in the mountains of Arizona and there are also many fires in our area.  I went into town tonight and the Arizona Depart of Trans lighted signs said parts of three highways leading out of town are closed (including both our direct routes to Phoenix).  If I were planning to go to Kingman or Phoenix I'd have to check my route online.  Most of these fires are lightening caused.  No relief in sight as we have a very sparse Monsoon season.

[Linmo]

Here in CA, there were over 10,000 lighning strikes last Sunday night resulting in more than 300 fires.  More lightning is expected from Sunday night through Tuesday morning. Temperatures have decreased a little from the extreme heat we had earlier this week, but the winds in many areas are strong.  

[gardenman]

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@Sushismom wrote:

Once again, the air smells of smoke and it's hard to see the very-near-by foothills. 

Rain would be nice but it's unlikely here in California where I live. Our rainy season runs from about November to March. 

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California is ideally set up for wildfires. Four or five months of rainy weather that's ideal for growing provides lots of lush green growth, then the long dry spell dries it out into tinder and sets the stage for fires. If it's not removed it builds up and becomes ever more dangerous. This same thing happens wherever you have rainy seasons and dry seasons. Parts of the Amazon have it, Australia has it. It's just the way it is. And it's been that way for centuries. This isn't anything new. Civilization arguably makes it worse as the vast herds of bison, deer, antelope, that used to graze on the lush green growth are largely gone which allows more of it to remain, but even when they were around the fires burned.

You can build fire-proof homes but the cost and look are both deterrents. We build spacecraft that survive temperatures many times what you find in the hottest wildfire, so the technology exists to build a fireproof home, but the cost and appearance make them impractical.

[Bridgegal]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

Seems like California goes through this every year.  Such tragic loss and devestation.  We need to get climate change, which causes these horrible doughts, under control.  All the Western states have bad fires with Colorado being the worst.

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     Agree.   We have two burning in the Santa Fe National Forrest right above us.   I hope all FF are under control soon.  It's such a horrible thing every year.