Large Scale Central

Fire

General Discussion
#41

Doug Arnold said:

Let’s go back to trains!

Weeell that is easy, ignore the thread and view/contribute to the many other “train-flavoured’uns” on this site :wink:

doug c

#42

Tim said:

Ok, going from the news reports, it seems California is going up in smoke. I know we have members there, including some near the fire zones. Time to check in…

Actually, I’d like to go back to the original post and replay Tim’s invitation…

#43

Checking in: far from fires, lots of smoke. Keeping things indoors and very sad for everybody who is affected.

editted for autocorrect

#44

Thanks for checking in Jim.

I saw photos of San Fran a couple days ago, it looked like it was in the middle of an eclipse.

So sorry for you folks out there.

Jim, are you getting ask residue?

I’ll be flying into Sac in a week and a half, staying in Hughson and Sutter creek for a few days for family issues (I was raised in Modesto), so I’ll see some of your sky for myself I expect.

#45

No ash. We seem to have a stationary inversion layer, trapping the smoke.

#46

Cliff:

I’m guessing in 1.5 weeks this will not be an issue and you won’t actually see any smoke. Here’s a vox page [link] that shows air quality. Rain is forecast for Wednesday so maybe that will help. Of course, the smoke is the least of the problem. It would be great if the fire can stop destroying people’s lives. Last thing I read was some worry about the wind kicking up again near Chico this weekend, which would not be good. The fire is said to be about 60% contained…

#47

Cliff, I am about 20 miles closer to the fire than Jim, although still nowhere near it. We have had some ash around here but not much and I think it mostly came from a couple trips to Davis where kids and grandkids are. I agree with Jim – you should be okay with regard to this fire. Who knows if there’s another one coming but summer fire season should have run its course by now, which leaves the Santa Ana type fire season, and those fires are usually in coastal areas.

#48

Time to wind down this posting on the Camp Fire. As of this evening, per KRCR-TV, it is fully contained after burning 153,336 acres, destroying 13,696 homes, and taking 85 lives so far. Still have a lot of people unaccounted for, and the forensic search teams still searching. Of all the human-interest stories, and there continues to be many of them, the most poignant for me came out of the Sacramento Bee. Mid 30s couple and 3 kids surveying are the loss of their 40,300 sqft house. She points to her family and says, “This is what is important the rest (ashes) is just stuff”.

Bill

#49

their 40,300 sqft house

That’s a mighty big house! Are you sure it’s not a store? (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)The White House is 55000 sq.ft.

This is a 40,300 sq.ft. house…

#50

Joe,

whats the problem with a 40,000 sq foot house?

my ranchhouse was about 10,000 sq foot, and i was never rich. just middleclass.

and in california, where all the rich show bizzers live? i’m sure, they got hundreds of 40,000 sq foot houses up there.

#51

Korm

I’m just saying that a house that big is not a house, it’s a MANSION!!(https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif) And certainly not the average California house.

#52

Living in a fire state myself all I can say is God bless >

$ .02

#53

Hey Joe, that’s like a lot of my efforts, (RR, woodworking, writing, etc.). I purposely leave a “humble point” so others won’t get the idea I am as smart as I think I am. Yea, it should be 4,300 sqft.

Here’s another anecdote that may change your view on human nature. Our local Hell’s Angels show up at a church full of evacuees with gifts of food, clothing, hygiene kits, and discover chaos that makes their efforts inadequate. So, they went to the pastor and asked how could they help. He told them security was their biggest problem. First on the list was “escorting” the local transient folks out of the building and perhaps discouraging any reentry. The transients were fighting with the survivors over the donations. Then they gently organized the chaos thus giving the survivors a welcome sense of stability and safety. Other Bikers from as far as 200 miles came to provide “security”. Read the complete story here and disregard any “humble points”.

Bill

#54

Bill

That was a heart warming story. I applaud these CA bikers. Well done!

Thanks for posting that. (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)

#55

40,300??