Nor cal on fire

[28Eliminator]

daughter sent me these. 6000 acres plus already.. Chico and Oroville area can’t seem to get a break lately.

 

[Instigator]

No Shit!!

 

[Rotten deal]

Its grown to 18000 acres already . Smoke is crazy thick all the way over here in santa rosa.

 

[28Eliminator]

Its grown to 18000 acres already . Smoke is crazy thick all the way over here in santa rosa.

Daughter just texted me.. her in laws are at their house ( got evacuated from Paradise), and 3 of her co-workers have lost their homes... damn [emoji20]


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[Riverbound]

My step daughter was evacuated this morning.


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[28Eliminator]

My step daughter was evacuated this morning.


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She in paradise?


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[napanutt]

Daughter just texted me.. her in laws are at their house ( got evacuated from Paradise), and 3 of her co-workers have lost their homes... damn [emoji20]


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A guy I worked with just retired after 30 years from the Bay Area to Paradise. I’m trying to find mutual friends to find out how he is.

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

Again ? Sob good luck

 

[KingofBeers]

The smoke was crazy thick all the way to Oakland/East Bay this afternoon around 2pm.

 

[RogerThat99]

Sad News.

7:45 p.m.

A fire official says the Northern California town of Paradise has been "pretty much" destroyed.

CalFire Capt. Scott McLean says a wind-whipped wildfire destroyed thousands of structures but he said they won't have an exact count until they can get into the area.

 

[spectras only]

Is it still too hot down there for fires starting? Thought, arresting the arsonist that started seven fires earlier, put an end to these suspicious fires. Sorry for those evacuated, lost homes.

 

[4Waters]

To put it in perspective my wife just saw that officials are saying that this fire is moving forward at a rate of 80 football fields a minute. Holyshit that is insane. Stay safe up there don't wait (no acronym here) GET THE FUCK OUT!

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

To put it in perspective my wife just saw that officials are saying that this fire is moving forward at a rate of 80 football fields a minute. Holyshit that is insane. Stay safe up there don't wait (no acronym here) GET THE FUCK OUT!

Isn’t that over 200mph?

 

[KENDOG689]

Hope for you all up there will be safe.

 

[Willie B]

...Not all that far from me...above Lake Oroville... but it would have to jump in the lake to get to me I certainly hope that doesn’t happen???...
... trying to contact a friend who lives in Paradise so far no reply???...

 

[4Waters]

Isn’t that over 200mph?

I think what they mean is the fire line is 2 miles long and eating 80 football fields a min, so that would be more like 60mph.

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

I think what they mean is the fire line is 2 miles long and eating 80 football fields a min, so that would be more like 60mph.

Ahhh, that makes sense.

 

[Dan Lorenze]

Terrible..

 

[highvoltagehands]

It's bad out there. EDIT UPDATE: PG&E has cancelled the "Public Safety Power Shutoff" outage that was scheduled for today. But, PG&E will still be cutting power to select circuits located near active fires and/or areas threatened by active fires to help minimize potential electrical hazards to emergency response personnel. People located near these areas should not rely on utility electrical power being available to provide TV or Radio news or warnings.

Cal Fire Map for Northern California w/ list of active fires.

PG&E Outage Map for active Power Outages.

CalFire High Fire Threat District Map.

 

[NicPaus]

I was just with my cousins from Chico 2 weeks ago. Rebuilding From the other fires was already slow process they were saying. Been years since I was in Paradise cousin had a house there when I lived in Chico.

 

[Flyinbowtie]

HV hands for what it worth I got a text from PGE (on there outage contact list) that said they had cancelled, for the time being, the shutdown plan they had in play. According to the weather people the winds are supposed to drop a bunch tomorrow.

I am told that the hospital in Paradise was evacuated, (confirmed) and subsequently burned, as did the McD's, and most of the business district. (Unconfirmed)
I am told the fire started due to a downed powerline along Camp Creek Road, and burned right through the town. Unconfirmed.
I know for a fact 3 ambulances from our town hospital rolled up there and brought patients here during the evac.
A local strike team is there.
I know a couple kids on it.

Power is out all through the area, up to Magalia and sporadically elsewhere. If you have family up there still and they don't have power I suspect it will be a long term outage. Cell towers have been burned, cell service is dicey until you get back down in range of the Valley antennas.
Butte College classes are suspended. Chico schools are suspended.

A couple good links for information...

https://www.actionnewsnow.com/ (the best local stuff from Redding to Chico and Oroville)
https://yubanet.com/ (ignore the whacky leftist commentary, their fire coverage is pretty good)
https://krcrtv.com/ (Redding ABC affiliate)

Our irrigation water is shut off for the winter. It gets going here I am screwed.
Tomorrow and Saturday we will be doing loading the 5er again and getting ready.
Until we get some serious rains the days the north winds are howling scare the crap out of everyone living in the Sierras.

 

[Willie B]

...A good friends house burned to the ground in paradise...Lost the house plus his recording studio and one cat...
...he did have some words of optimism...Today a new life begins...
...Another friend in Chico who is 1 mile from where the evacuation starts...doesn’t even have his car packed up???...his house was also uninsurable...too many old growth trees ....he might be in deep Doo Doo...

 

[Willie B]

...Live feed...KHSL tv Chico Ca...

 

[highvoltagehands]

HV hands for what it worth I got a text from PGE (on there outage contact list) that said they had cancelled, for the time being, the shutdown plan they had in play. According to the weather people the winds are supposed to drop a bunch tomorrow.

I am told that the hospital in Paradise was evacuated, (confirmed) and subsequently burned, as did the McD's, and most of the business district. (Unconfirmed)
I am told the fire started due to a downed powerline along Camp Creek Road, and burned right through the town. Unconfirmed.
I know for a fact 3 ambulances from our town hospital rolled up there and brought patients here during the evac.
A local strike team is there.
I know a couple kids on it.

Power is out all through the area, up to Magalia and sporadically elsewhere. If you have family up there still and they don't have power I suspect it will be a long term outage. Cell towers have been burned, cell service is dicey until you get back down in range of the Valley antennas.
Butte College classes are suspended. Chico schools are suspended.

A couple good links for information...

https://www.actionnewsnow.com/ (the best local stuff from Redding to Chico and Oroville)
https://yubanet.com/ (ignore the whacky leftist commentary, their fire coverage is pretty good)
https://krcrtv.com/ (Redding ABC affiliate)

Our irrigation water is shut off for the winter. It gets going here I am screwed.
Tomorrow and Saturday we will be doing loading the 5er again and getting ready.
Until we get some serious rains the days the north winds are howling scare the crap out of everyone living in the Sierras.

Thanks for update Flyinbowtie. I edited my post to reflect your info on "PSPS".

 

[RitcheyRch]

My friend Kelly was evacuated in Paradise. Hope he has a house to go home to. This has been a rough few years for him as his daughter recovered from cancer and then it reared it's ugly head again and she required more surgery.

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

KFI is reporting that this fire has quadrupled overnight from 20,000 Acres to 70000 acres.

Crazy.

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[RitcheyRch]

Not good to read.

KFI is reporting that this fire has quadrupled overnight from 20,000 Acres to 70000 acres.

Crazy.

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[GRADS]

This was yesterday and it has only gotten worse. Look how far the smoke stretches. That big lake to the right is Tahoe and just at the bottom of the smoke is San Francisco just to give you an idea how big it is.

 

[GRADS]

I was just watching a live report from Paradise and it looked like it was midnight. They said the fire has grown to 70,000 acres.

 

[Waterjunky]

My parents and other assorted family live in Orland, that would be right across the valley in the center of the thickest smoke channel. It is supposedly like night up there in the middle of the afternoon yesterday. Very surreal when it is that dark like early dawn and yet the horizon on three sides is bright orange.
I just looked up on some of my equipment in the area, we had 9 W/sq.m at 3PM near Chico. Normal sunlight for then this time of year is between 5-600 W/sq.m Mid summer we would be pushing or over 1000. 9 is just stunning.

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Stay safe everyone. Watching Fox 26 live coverage on their facebook page and it is running through the forest and houses pretty quick. Really sad to hear about Paradise. The pictures from last night are unbelievable. Prayers for our firefighters out battling this one.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=889350291270911

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Right now

 

[240Hallett]

My dad lost his house in Paradise.

 

[28Eliminator]

My dad lost his house in Paradise.

Damn.. Sorry Mike.


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[RitcheyRch]

Sorry to hear that.

My dad lost his house in Paradise.

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

My dad lost his house in Paradise.

Damn Mike, very sorry to hear this.

 

[probablecause]

I was coming to work about 45 minutes ago and snapped this one on Florence Ave going over the 5 freeway. Not sure which fire this is but it looks like a shitstorm too.

 

[Mr. C]

My dad lost his house in Paradise.

I'm so very sorry to hear this.
My wife and son in law have family that have also lost their house and condo.
So sad..

 

[DaveC]

That picture is crazy. Thanks

I live in the bay and the smoke is really thick here right now. We are 200 miles from that craziness.

This was yesterday and it has only gotten worse. Look how far the smoke stretches. That big lake to the right is Tahoe and just at the bottom of the smoke is San Francisco just to give you an idea how big it is.

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[1cole280S]

I think someone is not happy with the election results and decided they would burn this M#$#%^ F#^%$& down before they got taxed out of it !!!!!!!

my .02 cents

my thoughts and prayers go out to every one involved!!!!!

 

[highvoltagehands]

From the dark of night, to light of day. This is Paradise, or was. Godspeed to all.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155579892351736

 

[cole_skier]

My dad lost his house in Paradise.

Sorry to read this.... thoughts and prayers for your family

 

[lbhsbz]

From the dark of night, to light of day. This is Paradise, or was. Godspeed to all.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155579892351736

Damn

 

[Chris Lapoint]

My Aunt, Uncle and a couple cousins were all evacuated from their homes in Paradise, it is believed that my Aunts home as been consumed by this fire already.
They are both safe as they went north to stay with some other family members.

Prayers Appreciated.

 

[Bullet28]

My thoughts and prayers to all that are affected by this fire.

 

[rivermobster]

From the dark of night, to light of day. This is Paradise, or was. Godspeed to all.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155579892351736

Holy fuck!

 

[rivermobster]

My dad lost his house in Paradise.

 

[DaveC]

That was crazy!!!

Ho lee fuk

From the dark of night, to light of day. This is Paradise, or was. Godspeed to all.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155579892351736

 

[SBMech]

My girlfriend lost her house in Paradise yesterday, the whole town burned down.

A few citizens did not make it out, burned in their cars. Horrible. Godspeed to all the pets and people who did not make it out.

Thank god she had her little girl with her when it all went down, Paradise burned down in just a few hours.

 

[GRADS]

My girlfriend lost her house in Paradise yesterday, the whole town burned down.

A few citizens did not make it out, burned in their cars. Horrible. Godspeed to all the pets and people who did not make it out.

Thank god she had her little girl with her when it all went down, Paradise burned down in just a few hours.

This just makes me so sad, so sorry to hear this.