As regular readers will know I have long leaned on the expertise, and common-sense, of Anthony Watts, 'the onlie begetter' of the superb climate site Watts Up With That, and today he posts a riveting article on the current Californian fires which are ravaging the State - and the immediate area where he lives and works. Somehow, this makes a general news story very particular and even personal.
One of the most stunning images I’ve ever taken. This is in the town of Paradise after the #CampFire swept through. All that is left of this street of homes is this American flag, still waving, still unburned. Photo and text by Spencer Joseph.
I saw a part of a video of someone fleeing the wildfire in their car. Couldn’t watch it to the end.
Posted by: Timbo | Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at 11:51
Every year California is plagued with wildfires and in the fall, Santa Ana winds make everything worse. We had a lot of family in central and southern Ca. at one time and they migrated back here after so much development and so many fire seasons. The recent Redding fire took the family business of the last hold outs. At the end of the school year they are coming back here too.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at 13:03
There are currently 13 fires in Calif.
https://google.org/crisismap/google.com/2018-Woolsey-fire
If you zoom out you can see them all. Trump is right-bad forest management. I lived there in SoCal for many years and everyone knows that is a problem but nobody wants to "spoil nature" Yea, so your house gets burned down. Eejits.
Unlike Solomon's wife, when I left I did not look back.
Posted by: missred | Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at 16:10
Dear Miss Red, I can't tell you what a relief it is to hear from you again! I know you had difficulty getting through after the last Typepad glitch and I was about to e-mail you to check things out - but here you are, back again in all your glory - be still my beating heart! In the meantime, Mr. Ross Clark at The Coffee House has some interesting facts and figures concerning forest fires 'over there':
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/11/donald-trump-isnt-wrong-about-the-california-wildfires/
Posted by: David Duff | Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at 17:19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BnkI5vqr_0
Might want to bookmark that David, set it aside chipmunk style for when Bob comes along with some warming.
Posted by: JK | Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at 17:20
An amazing photograph.
Bushfires [a.k.a wildfires] are a phenomenon only too familiar to those of us who live in southern Oz.
Nobody who has not been up close and personal to one can really understand the ferocity and menace of them.
Posted by: AussieD | Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at 22:33