Fires in Napa/Sonoma and beyond

[Diego in Seattle]

It should be interesting how this all works out in wine country. A lot of middle/low income housing has been lost, and the cost of housing has really skyrocketed the last decade or so. I wonder how the wineries will get all their help back (legally).

[Moving Sale]

Don't worry ML can fix it.

[Derron]

Typical NoCal fire. They have no defensible space and do everything not to help themselves out . I took a lot of my flight training out of Lake County and flew down in to the area a lot.

Been pretty interesting listening to what is going on there. Huge economic loss.

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/20854/web

[LTS TRN 2]

This is mega-fucked. The flooding last year did not alleviate the drought stress of the larger trees, but provided a huge growth of underbrush--all of which is on fire now. Fifteen separate fires all seemed to start at once and swept through a huge area. And the worst is supposedly yet to come as the various fires merge. There's barely any containment at all. Many of the beautiful wineries are toast, including Gunlach Bunschu, the oldest in Napa Valley. The air is barely breathable throughout the Bay Area. And to think that we're at the mercy of the Moron for federal aid just adds to the nightmare. No word on they all started.

[Mikey]

The unusually wet winter played a big part in creating the prime fire conditions this year.

[Moving Sale]

The locals used to burn it all on purpose, but they were just stupid savages so what do they know?

[Moving Sale]

Burning recently grown fuel is carbon neutral. You should take a 12th grade chemistry class.

[MsCJ]

I'm in the middle of it. I've got fire refugees in my house.... their house hasn't burned yet but they reasonably expect it will overnight. School is canceled tomorrow due to air quality.

A couple of the local vineyards have gone up in flames.

I'll be OK, I'm in a good spot with no fuel (big old trees) around me. It'll be what it'll be, it's a big mess though. For three days straight it's smelled like a campfire at my house. The smokey air burns eyes and throats. Blah, I miss Texas.

[Moving Sale]

Burning recently grown fuel is carbon neutral. You should take a 12th grade chemistry class.

I have a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. Provide the proof of your proposition. I am highly skeptical.

Yes I have heard about your BS and your chemistry degree.
6CO2+6H2O in the presence of light =C6H12O6+6O2
Burn the sugar and you are back to where you started.
Burn a 100 yr old tree you are adding co2 that was locked up a long time ago.
Burn recently formed sugar and you are basically carbon neutral.
Granted it is more complicated than that but I don't want to strain your 10 Big10brain cells.

[FiatLux]

I'm 15 minutes from Sonoma and 30-45 minutes from Santa Rosa.

The smoke came in my windows Sunday night and I thought their was a fire somewhere on the block. I turned on the local news KTVU and they said there was a fire in Sonoma/Napa and it had burned 200 acres. 3 hours later it had burned 45,000 acres. The wind was blowing around 50 to 80 mph in Sonoma and Napa.


To give you a perspective on how fast the fire was burning... It was burning the equivalent of a football field every 3 seconds.

Let that sink in for a second... or 33 plus yards.


This bad-boy isn't close to over and the winds are supposed to pick up tomorrow.

[Softball Bat]

Damn, wouldn't it be great to live in Omaha right about now?




:)

[HMMMMMM]

Back in August I had to spend a night sleeping my car in the Nevada desert because of wildfires. Ended up having to drive six hours around through Cali to get where I was going. The whole place is a fucking dustbin.

[Mikey]

Almost exactly 10 years since we almost got burned out, when it seemed like half of San Diego County was on fire. Spent three days with my truck loaded with all our valuables and pointed down the driveway while monitoring TV, radio and the interwebs for information. Some of our friends had to get out of their house with nothing but their clothes and their car as it burned down in the Rice fire. My brother-in-law almost got burned out in the Witch fire.

Scary situation for those in the danger zone, but it's what you deal with. Other parts of the country have hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, etc. We have fires and an occasional earthquake.
Oh...and mudslides after the fires.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_California_wildfires

[Moving Sale]

We have a (mostly) defenseable zone around our city. A fire came up to the city limits just last week. The grass will burn, the houses not so much.

[Dinsdale]

Burning recently grown fuel is carbon neutral. You should take a 12th grade chemistry class.

I have a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. Provide the proof of your proposition. I am highly skeptical.

Fuck you, asshole. Any time you make MS correct, you suck.

The carbon in the trees came out of the atmosphere. The carbon coming out of your vehicle's tailpipe came from under the earth's surface. And when the burned vegetation grows back (which it does quickly after a fire, as a general rule), it eventually absorbs the same amount of carbon it released.

Pretty basic shit... and I'm definitely not a member of the Cult of Warming.

[HMMMMMM]

Burning recently grown fuel is carbon neutral. You should take a 12th grade chemistry class.

I have a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. Provide the proof of your proposition. I am highly skeptical.

Fuck you, asshole. Any time you make MS correct, you suck.

The carbon in the trees came out of the atmosphere.

Yes, but remember that the carbon that was absorbed by vegetation is what assisted the planet in cooling enough to allow life to flourish. Just because it is natural does not make it conducive for human life. In fact it is actually much more unnatural for this planet to be at a state that allows us to live.

[Dinsdale]

In fact it is actually much more unnatural for this planet to be at a state that allows us to live.

OK. Why don't you think that one through, then back up and take another run at it. Try to add some basic logic next time.

[HMMMMMM]

In fact it is actually much more unnatural for this planet to be at a state that allows us to live.

OK. Why don't you think that one through, then back up and take another run at it. Try to add some basic logic next time.

The Earth is about 4.5 Billion years old. Dinosaurs started walking the earth about 300 Million years ago.

That means that substantial life outside of the oceans has been around on this planet for only about 7% of it's time.

[Dinsdale]

Agreed. And all of that happened... naturally.

[HMMMMMM]

Agreed. And all of that happened... naturally.

Yes, and it could naturally progress in a direction that we are eliminated. I read somewhere that 99.9% of species that have lived on earth are extinct.

My point is that it is incorrect to assume that the natural order of things means human survival, in fact I would argue that the opposite is true.

[Diego in Seattle]

Not one fucking cent of federal money.... stick it in their sanctuary state asses

Then let Texass secede & have Gov. AButt pay for their disaster. Same w/ Gov. Rick Scum.

[Moving Sale]

... it eventually absorbs the same amount of carbon it released.

Of course there isn't complete combustion in a forest fire which is why I used a qualifier. Don't worry, if you practice more, you too can and use your words correctly.

[Diego in Seattle]

21 dead now.

[Left Seater]

Not one fucking cent of federal money.... stick it in their sanctuary state asses

Then let Texass secede & have Gov. AButt pay for their disaster. Same w/ Gov. Rick Scum.

Check your spreadsheet. Cali is making all the noise about leaving.

[Goober McTuber]

21 dead now.

Well, it's a start.

[Diego in Seattle]

Not one fucking cent of federal money.... stick it in their sanctuary state asses

Then let Texass secede & have Gov. AButt pay for their disaster. Same w/ Gov. Rick Scum.

Check your spreadsheet. Cali is making all the noise about leaving.

Try again, Left Behinder!

[Left Seater]

That same group has tried and failed for years. The Cali effort is new and fresh.

But whatever helps you sleep at night with Trump knocking around in your dome is fine by me.

[FiatLux]

Pretty smokey here today. The smoke has actually lowered the temperature here today, due to a lack of sunlight being able to break through the smoke.


Seems like all of California's flora is slowly devolving into Socal's chaparral.

[Moving Sale]

Trump knocking around in your dome

WTF does that even mean?

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Trump knocking around in your dome

WTF does that even mean?

It goes a little something like this...

[MsCJ]

I'm 15 minutes from Sonoma and 30-45 minutes from Santa Rosa.

The smoke came in my windows Sunday night and I thought their was a fire somewhere on the block. I turned on the local news KTVU and they said there was a fire in Sonoma/Napa and it had burned 200 acres. 3 hours later it had burned 45,000 acres. The wind was blowing around 50 to 80 mph in Sonoma and Napa.


To give you a perspective on how fast the fire was burning... It was burning the equivalent of a football field every 3 seconds.

Let that sink in for a second... or 33 plus yards.


This bad-boy isn't close to over and the winds are supposed to pick up tomorrow.

I'm in Cordelia, that damned smell of campfire has been hanging out for 4 days now. It goes away for a bit but then it's back.

My refugee's house still hasn't burned but it's not out of the woods yet.

[Mikey]

Not one fucking cent of federal money.... stick it in their sanctuary state asses

Then let Texass secede & have Gov. AButt pay for their disaster. Same w/ Gov. Rick Scum.

Check your spreadsheet. Cali is making all the noise about leaving.

No they're not. Some non-California born asshole who moved to Russia is making all the noise. He doesn't speak for anybody here.

[Mikey]

The carbon is sequestered in the brush for long-term storage .

Wrong

[HMMMMMM]

The key here is rate, not total carbon (which cannot be created or destroyed).

This.

[trev]

Mexican Arsonist is usually the culprit in California. That is not being a bigot. It's a fact.

[Diego in Seattle]

Mexican Arsonist is usually the culprit in California. That is not being a bigot. It's a fact.

But it is being a bigot when one brings that up when arson isn't even suspected.

[FiatLux]

I'm in Cordelia, that damned smell of campfire has been hanging out for 4 days now. It goes away for a bit but then it's back.

My refugee's house still hasn't burned but it's not out of the woods yet.

I had to look up your town to know where you were. Not to make fun of your location, but the map says your forecast is (Smoke and 73 F)

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Corde ... 122.132103

At least the temperature has dropped by around 20 degrees due to the lack of sunlight. Everything looks orange around here. It's like a bad b movie about the apocalypse.


Anyway, it's no bueno. Air down here by the Bay is horrible. Here's the official air quality monitoring link by the hour.

http://50.57.200.217/about-air-quality/ ... eterId=316


I feel like I'm in Beijing. Or even worse, LA.

[trev]

Mexican Arsonist is usually the culprit in California. That is not being a bigot. It's a fact.

But it is being a bigot when one brings that up when arson isn't even suspected.

What was the cause? You don't know do you.

[FiatLux]

Mexican Arsonist is usually the culprit in California Northern Mexico. That is not being a bigot. It's a fact.

But it is being a bigot when one brings that up when arson isn't even suspected.

What was the cause? You don't know do you.

Heard it was an RV park. So, it was probably "white-trash".

[Moving Sale]

Thanks for saying pretty much what dins and I said and yet talking as though you had it right all along. Good gawd you are a douche. As for man releasing the co2 faster than nature would I suggest you look up the temp of lighting as it relates to the ignition temp of plant matter.