Oregon pede here. A 40,000 acre fire is 8 miles south of my house and the winds turn northward tomorrow for a couple of days. Another fire to the north. I've been in level 3 evacuation since noon, Blazer is loaded up. I'm still here though, got 500' of hose laid out. It's supposed to rain next week, hope I still have a house then.
I’m in the same boat. I lost my house in the Camp Fire, and just finally bought a new house here in Oroville in June. We’re under mandatory evacuation but there’s nothing even really close to us at the moment.
Last night was a bit sketchy though. We were up all night watching the orange glow along the ridge lines to determine if it was time to GTFO.
We’re all packed up but are staying put unless we’d become barbecue.
get a to-go bag together with any needed meds, important documents, saved to a flash drive if you want, non perishable food. Also fill milk jugs with water, 1 gallon per person per day. gather your to-go bag, toiletry bag and clothing bags all together at the front door. Please bring any pets with you, along with their food in serving size containers, meds and important papers. This way, all you need is grab and go at a moments notice.
In California, most were caused by lighting in the extremely hot weather. Compound that with high wind, no rain, and extreme heat drying everything out and you have an absolute tinderbox. The sky has turned orange here in Oregon, too. I grew up in New England, so wildfires were completely new to me when I moved out this way. I've had my fill for a lifetime. I'd much sooner deal with blizzards and freezing temperatures than a raging inferno.
are you me? grew up in central MA, live in east bay area now. we have very similar sentiments. i actually MISS snow, never thought id say THAT after 30 years of shoveling! lol.
Lol I never thought I'd miss it either! But I'd sure as hell rather deal with something manageable like snow and ice than unstoppable blazes. If I moved back to New England, I think it would be New Hampshire or Maine for me. I'd never live in Mass again. Too much of a high tax nanny state. But after being on the west coast, I do miss how direct people are there. I even sort of miss the fahkin' retahds cutting me off on route 93.
Ho Lee Phuk, that makes it look like our entire west coast from Baja California to Canada is on fire. And here I was expecting earthquake would be the final solution to Babylon, not fire for Sodom and Gomorrah
Check this map out to see where the fires are:
https://disasterresponse.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2ff1677111ae4018ac705fcce7c3312f
Oregon pede here. A 40,000 acre fire is 8 miles south of my house and the winds turn northward tomorrow for a couple of days. Another fire to the north. I've been in level 3 evacuation since noon, Blazer is loaded up. I'm still here though, got 500' of hose laid out. It's supposed to rain next week, hope I still have a house then.
I’m in the same boat. I lost my house in the Camp Fire, and just finally bought a new house here in Oroville in June. We’re under mandatory evacuation but there’s nothing even really close to us at the moment.
Last night was a bit sketchy though. We were up all night watching the orange glow along the ridge lines to determine if it was time to GTFO.
We’re all packed up but are staying put unless we’d become barbecue.
get a to-go bag together with any needed meds, important documents, saved to a flash drive if you want, non perishable food. Also fill milk jugs with water, 1 gallon per person per day. gather your to-go bag, toiletry bag and clothing bags all together at the front door. Please bring any pets with you, along with their food in serving size containers, meds and important papers. This way, all you need is grab and go at a moments notice.
Holy shit man, hold fast and godspeed to you and your family, fren. Don't wait too long if it comes to it.
Good luck Pede and keep us posted.
Thanks guys. I'm sitting here ignorant as hell.
edit: DAMN! That's a lot of fires. I wonder how many of them were caused by arson. Excellent map.
In California, most were caused by lighting in the extremely hot weather. Compound that with high wind, no rain, and extreme heat drying everything out and you have an absolute tinderbox. The sky has turned orange here in Oregon, too. I grew up in New England, so wildfires were completely new to me when I moved out this way. I've had my fill for a lifetime. I'd much sooner deal with blizzards and freezing temperatures than a raging inferno.
are you me? grew up in central MA, live in east bay area now. we have very similar sentiments. i actually MISS snow, never thought id say THAT after 30 years of shoveling! lol.
Lol I never thought I'd miss it either! But I'd sure as hell rather deal with something manageable like snow and ice than unstoppable blazes. If I moved back to New England, I think it would be New Hampshire or Maine for me. I'd never live in Mass again. Too much of a high tax nanny state. But after being on the west coast, I do miss how direct people are there. I even sort of miss the fahkin' retahds cutting me off on route 93.
(All of them are arson.)
Ho Lee Phuk, that makes it look like our entire west coast from Baja California to Canada is on fire. And here I was expecting earthquake would be the final solution to Babylon, not fire for Sodom and Gomorrah