Oh, Boy! Evacuated again.

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Here and now, the scary thing is yesterday winds were calm during the day but gusted strongly in the early evening. Same thing today. Calm winds during the day. We'll see what the evening brings. It's the winds that turn manageable brush fires into major disasters. And if the fire gets going strong, it makes it's own wind.

We have winds driven by the sun going down. They say that sundowner winds are a Santa Barbara phenomenon, but we seem to have them, as well.

Stay safe.

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

As far as "living like that", I have lived in California since 1961 and never been affected by a natural disaster.

Every geographical area has their issues with natural disasters. I’ll take my chances with the earthquakes and wildfires.

Deaths From Natural Disasters by Type, 1970-2004

All Deaths From Natural Disasters
19,959
100.0%

———————

Heat or Drought
3,906
19.6%

Severe Weather (severe storm/thunderstorm, fog, hail, wind)
3,762
18.8%

Winter Weather
3,612
18.1%

Flooding
2,788
14.0%

Tornado
2,314
11.6%

Lightning
2,261
11.3%

Coastal (storm surge, rip current)
456
2.3%

Hurricane or Tropical Storm
304
1.5%

Geophysical (earthquake, tsunami, volcano)
302
1.5%

Mass Movement (avalanche, landslide)
170
0.9%

Wildfire
84
0.4%

https://www.prb.org/disasters-by-type/

[69camfrk]

Tornadoes have you guys beat, so there!!! Tornadoes 1, Wildfires 0! Good choices too...burned to death, or swept up in a funnel and thrown into the next state!

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

Every geographical area has their issues with natural disasters. I’ll take my chances with the earthquakes and wildfires.

Deaths From Natural Disasters by Type, 1970-2004

All Deaths From Natural Disasters
19,959
100.0%

———————

Heat or Drought
3,906
19.6%

Severe Weather (severe storm/thunderstorm, fog, hail, wind)
3,762
18.8%

Winter Weather
3,612
18.1%

Flooding
2,788
14.0%

Tornado
2,314
11.6%

Lightning
2,261
11.3%

Coastal (storm surge, rip current)
456
2.3%

Hurricane or Tropical Storm
304
1.5%

Geophysical (earthquake, tsunami, volcano)
302
1.5%

Mass Movement (avalanche, landslide)
170
0.9%

Wildfire
84
0.4%

https://www.prb.org/disasters-by-type/

Wonder why they don't publish from 2004 up to 2017???? they gotta have the numbers by now....jeez.....

[Norm]

Hope everything is still OK, stay safe.

[MrPeabody]

We are still evacuated, fire still under very little control. I do have a low tech way of knowing if my house is still there. I call there and if the answering machine picks up, I know the place is still intact. If it doesn't pick up. it could be a loss of power or cell service because I have a Verizon home cell phone. But as of ten minutes ago, it still answered.

[Barn Babe]

Scary stuff, stay safe!

[Wathen1955]

Wonder how many of these fires are natural, or caused by stupid humans.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by Wathen1955

Wonder how many of these fires are natural, or caused by stupid humans.

They are still investigating the cause of the two fires in my county. When there are two fires that start so near to each other it often looks like arson. The huge fire up north that is near and in the town of Redding was caused by a vehicle mishap of some sort, but no specifics yet.

[snide]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

They are still investigating the cause of the two fires in my county. When there are two fires that start so near to each other it often looks like arson. The huge fire up north that is near and in the town of Redding was caused by a vehicle mishap of some sort, but no specifics yet.

Do you mean the Carr fire they're talking about on the news?

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by snide

Do you mean the Carr fire they're talking about on the news?

Yes. There was speculation about a blown tire on an RV causing sparks when the wheel hit the road, but nothing official.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Yes. There was speculation about a blown tire on an RV causing sparks when the wheel hit the road, but nothing official.

THAT is BS, more like islam.......

AND we well know the .gov would never admit it, hell that clown just recently....named Hussain? and no mention of the obvious terror attack....

[Dan Dlabay]

Will keep you in our prayers and hope all will be ok Stay save. Property can rebuilt but lives can't.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by mrvette

THAT is BS, more like islam.......

AND we well know the .gov would never admit it, hell that clown just recently....named Hussain? and no mention of the obvious terror attack....

You're nuts, as usual.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

We are still evacuated, fire still under very little control. I do have a low tech way of knowing if my house is still there. I call there and if the answering machine picks up, I know the place is still intact. If it doesn't pick up. it could be a loss of power or cell service because I have a Verizon home cell phone. But as of ten minutes ago, it still answered.

Glad to hear all still sounds good at the Peadbody compound.

I'd hate to make that call each day though...
Scott

[MrPeabody]

Update: We left our county yesterday evening. We were staying at my daughter's house and they issued an advisory evacuation so because of that, and the worsening air quality (my wife has asthma) we went to my grandson's house near Auburn, which is a short distance up highway 80 from Sacramento. We are about 120 miles from home.


Nice big house, we had nine dogs here yesterday, so that was fun. We just heard the power is out where we were staying, so glad we left. So for now we are safe and our house is still there. WiFi is a little spotty here, so don't worry if you don't hear from me for awhile. I will try to keep you all posted. We actually have a pretty positive outlook here. And thank you all for your prayers, well wishes and concern.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Glad to hear all still sounds good at the Peadbody compound.

I'd hate to make that call each day though...
Scott

Hell, I make it every hour.

[MrPeabody]

Not much change this morning. Our house is still there but the evacuation order remains in effect. There was a big flare up last night in a rural area not far from our town. Firefighting was hampered by idiots that had refused to evacuate because fire personnel had to rescue their dumb asses instead of help fight the fire. Looks like they got everyone out, but about ten homes were lost.


We have basically decided to stay here at my grandson's house until the evacuation is lifted, power is on and air quality returns to a relatively safe level. In the mean time my wife and I are having a wonderful time baby-sitting our great granddaughter.


The official word is it could take another week to fully contain the fire. Containment now is at 38%.

The rest of the family has returned to my daughter's house where there is still an advisory evacuation order in effect, although the fire is a pretty good distance from them. Some of them needed to return to their jobs. The hospital is closed down but there are still administrative matters that must be tended too. My daughter has been on conference calls for much of the day as they lay out plans for re-opening the hospital once it is safe. Apparently that re-opening is a very complex process.

[Jobaka]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

another week...

Damn.

At least you've got someplace good to wait it out.

[Brett K]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

We have winds driven by the sun going down. They say that sundowner winds are a Santa Barbara phenomenon, but we seem to have them, as well.

Stay safe.





Every geographical area has their issues with natural disasters. I’ll take my chances with the earthquakes and wildfires.

Deaths From Natural Disasters by Type, 1970-2004

All Deaths From Natural Disasters
19,959
100.0%

———————

Heat or Drought
3,906
19.6%

Severe Weather (severe storm/thunderstorm, fog, hail, wind)
3,762
18.8%

Winter Weather
3,612
18.1%

Flooding
2,788
14.0%

Tornado
2,314
11.6%

Lightning
2,261
11.3%

Coastal (storm surge, rip current)
456
2.3%

Hurricane or Tropical Storm
304
1.5%

Geophysical (earthquake, tsunami, volcano)
302
1.5%

Mass Movement (avalanche, landslide)
170
0.9%

Wildfire
84
0.4%

https://www.prb.org/disasters-by-type/

Yeah, but when a wildfire rolls through your neighborhood all your stuff turns into ash. When we get a snowstorm, you get a sore back from shoveling and stay inside eating French toast.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Brett K

Yeah, but when a wildfire rolls through your neighborhood all your stuff turns into ash. When we get a snowstorm, you get a sore back from shoveling and stay inside eating French toast.

Winter/Jan/Feb '97 4' in my driveway outside Wash DC.....gave the house away and Floridah only seen snow twice since then when visiting my son/Gson in Ca......