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    California posters check in: 3 Major Fires Burning Across The State

    Have you had to evacuate?

    Nothing near me, don’t even see smoke.

    Malibu just evacuated.
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    • The evacuations: Thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes.




    • High winds, low humidity: More than 20 million people under red flag warnings.

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    80 football field per minute!

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    Hopefully the whole state will burn and start over again. Shithole

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    terrible

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    Pardon my ignorance as I've never researched the subject, but why is this always happening in California?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    Pardon my ignorance as I've never researched the subject, but why is this always happening in California?
    Humans are making the problem worse. Can we get out of nature’s way, for our own good?

    Wildfires are intensifying in California — but “wild”fires might be a misnomer at this point, because humans are responsible for why they’ve gotten so out of control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that 84 percent of fires are started by humans. The Carr fire in northern California, for example, was sparked by the rim of car with a flat tire.

    If you look at where California’s population is growing and getting denser, you’ll see that more and more people are building in areas that are at risk, increasing the potential for costly destruction — 2017 was the most expensive year on record, topping $10 billion in damages.

    Since we drastically exacerbated this problem, can we swing it back the other way? The impact of man-made climate change is unlikely to reverse. And people continue to build in dangerous areas, with no sign of stopping. By 2050, there could be over 640,000 new homes built in the path of wildfires.


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    In the Western United States, “fire season” isn’t seasonal anymore — it’s year-round. Because more and more, wildfires are a thoroughly man-made disaster and are technically a misnomer. Here, we take a car and drone tour through some of the most fire-prone parts of California, and see firsthand the causes and effects of “fire season” that just keep getting worse and worse.


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    Megafires, individual fires that burn more than 100,000 acres, are on the rise in the western United States -- the direct result of unintentional yet massive changes we've brought to the forests through a century of misguided management. What steps can we take to avoid further destruction? Forest ecologist Paul Hessburg confronts some tough truths about wildfires and details how we can help restore the natural balance of the landscape.


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    what a mess
    Malibu evacuated??

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    No! not the animals?

    Animals are being moved from the Zoo because of the thick smoke!

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    Diggity how far are you from the fires?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    what a mess
    Malibu evacuated??
    Yes, celebrities including your girl Kim Kardashian fleeing their homes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Diggity how far are you from the fires?
    Far enough.

    80-90 miles away.

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    WOWZERS


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    Quote Originally Posted by DiggityDaggityDo View Post
    Far enough.

    80-90 miles away.
    80 football fields per minute. 80 x 100 yards = 8000 yards. 1,760 yards per mile. 80 football fields is roughly 4.5 miles.

    The fire will reach you in 17-20 minutes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VeggieDog View Post
    80 football fields per minute. 80 x 100 yards = 8000 yards. 1,760 yards per mile. 80 football fields is roughly 4.5 miles.

    The fire will reach you in 17-20 minutes.



    Veggie, thank for the the math.

    But that is The Camp Fire in Northen California, I am in SoCal.

    The Camp Fire is about 520 miles away. I still have time to pack and maybe even rub one out before evacuating

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    Diggity was that angry person you?

    Shouting at the live news reporter who is just doing his job? lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thrilla View Post
    Diggity was that angry person you?

    Shouting at the live news reporter who is just doing his job? lol
    Wasn’t me. I would have showed my face and gave a shout-out to SBR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hman View Post
    Pardon my ignorance as I've never researched the subject, but why is this always happening in California?
    There's a lot of dry land in California and it's a very windy state. Horrible combination. The wind basically picks up the fire and moves it at will. You ever heard "it never rains in California"? That does not help as well.

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    So many rich people homes abandoned. Imagine all the expensive loot you could strike.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Thrilla View Post
    So many rich people homes abandoned. Imagine all the expensive loot you could strike.

    Definitely a great opportunity. Especially if the house goes up in smoke after.

    Probably wouldn’t even get questioned at this point while running out of the houses with face covered and boxes of goodies.

    ”Hey, I’m just grabbing all my important shit, I need to get the fuk out of here now”.

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    Smoke filled skies here in San Francisco. Chico is roughly 180 miles away. Trying to reach a couple of buddies in Paradise. Read the town is wiped out. Hoping for the best for them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiggityDaggityDo View Post
    Definitely a great opportunity. Especially if the house goes up in smoke after.

    Probably wouldn’t even get questioned at this point while running out of the houses with face covered and boxes of goodies.

    ”Hey, I’m just grabbing all my important shit, I need to get the fuk out of here now”.



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    The Giant: Check in!

    Are you safe??

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    Thrilla, you can skip Alyssa Milano’s house.

    She took her Doc Martens with her.






























    I just had to evacuate my home from the fires. I took my kids, dogs, computer and my Doc Marten boots. (Husband is in NY. Horses are being evacuated by my trainer.)

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    Damn Doc Martens pretty expensive

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    I don’t care about rich people houses that are Democrats

    I care about the Republican houses

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    Damn Thrilla... I know you really wanted those Oreos.

    Sorry man.




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    never thought I’d get to actually play what I thought was a hypothetical game of what would you grab if there were a fire. so far all I have is Luna, some limited edition Oreos and my spike tv award

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