Anyone here been affected by the fires in California? It seems like it's been one of the worst I've heard of in a long time. Hope everyone from here is ok.

Indirectly affected (poor air quality). It's pretty much just as bad as when I was in Southern California back in October 2007. :(

 

 

 

Here are some images from NASA showing the hot spots of the fire, as well as the smoke spread...

 

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/featur ... smoke.html

I have a friend out there, and I don't think he's affected by it, but I hope he's safe in case the fires spread out to SoCal.

 

 

 

(he's in Rancho Cucamunga)

 

 

 

My thoughts are with the families and those affected by the fires.

It seems that the west coast (or west side of the country in general) gets hit with huge forest fires every year. It must suck to have live out there and be constantly worried about if your home is going to make it another day or be burnt to ashes.

 

 

 

I hope everyone living around there gets evacuated.

Indirectly affected (poor air quality). It's pretty much just as bad as when I was in Southern California back in October 2007. :(

 

 

 

Here are some images from NASA showing the hot spots of the fire, as well as the smoke spread...

 

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/featur ... smoke.html

 

 

 

Yeah, Octobor's were a lot worse than these, in terms of how smokey the air was, and I'm all the way down at the beach..

 

EDIT: Huh, they're nowhere near me. I've been out of town for the past two weeks so I was just thinking I had missed them, lulz :lol:

Which area are the fires in? If they're in the San Diego area I usually know about them, I have lots of relatives there.

We're getting most of the smoke here in Reno, but otherwise I am not directly affected by the fires. I have asthma, so the smoke sucks, but it's better than fire slowly burning towards my house :?

The fires are pretty located all over California, mostly in the mountainous regions where most of our forests are located. Those in the metro areas face the aftermath of the fires, i.e. smoke and ash raining down in some parts of the state.

 

 

 

In San Francisco, it's not so bad, but on some days the smoke mingles with the clouds and the sunlight ends up being a light pink to a reddish color when it beams down on the ground. It's rather creepy. In Redding, which is further up north in California, the sky's practically pinkish/orange colored, and there were reports of ash falling down there as well, picked up by the winds from the vegetation fires.

 

 

 

Majority of these fires were caused by dry lightning strikes. At one point there was nearly 2000 wildfires burning. There are now approximately 300 still going on. In Northern California, officials are still concerned about the Butte Fire (a.k.a. Basin Complex), which is near Big Sur. Containment has been going up and down so it hasn't been great for the residents there at all.

 

 

 

Here's a more interactive map, showing the fire locations, shelters for both humans and animals, and Red Cross shelters.

 

http://www.oes.ca.gov/WebPage/oeswebsit ... p?readForm

It's pretty bad where I am(Nor Cal San jose area) It's been smoky continuously for a while now, and every once in a while the sunsets bright orange because of it.

 

 

 

I hope they can get a grasp on it soon.

Word to the wise: When in California, pick a home in the city. :geek:

 

 

 

I haven't seen much smoke where I live, which is west of San Bernadino.

The smoke has been coming down a little bit, but its not nearly as bad as the fires that were in October. My school district closed because the smoke was so bad.

 

 

 

Its a good thing I live right next to a lake. I can just jump in there if fire comes to my house. :lol:

We were getting a lot of smoke and ash falling, but since the winds have calmed, the smoke has left.

it wasnt as bad as the ones earlier this year that happened during school. it was dangerous to even go outside.

 

 

 

and it isnt even wildfire season yet :ohnoes:

We've just had a huge wave of smoke in the last hour. It's pretty nasty.

meh. the fires are nowhere near me, so im not affected. the air quality sucks, but that doesn't really affect me either cuz im always on the computer! :lol:

When I flew down to L.A. over the 4th I got a pretty good view of the Big Sur fire. And this weekend I was up in Chico with some friends. It was pretty smoky.

Those fires are about 600 miles North of where I am (OC baby), so I got nothing to worry about.

It's not just California, Washington and Oregon have been having a lot of wild fires recently as well: http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/ ... 6397e.html California seems to have it a lot worse though.

 

 

 

I hope that anyone living around these fires is okay. I hope these fires are contained soon.

this time i'm safe and not affected at all but last time it was right by my house and I had to evacuate :ohnoes:

west coast = fires

 

south east = hurricans

 

central = tornados

 

east central = floods

 

south central = desert'ish

 

north = blizzards

 

 

 

always something going wrong :? OT: live on the east coast, so no

it was a dreadful experience. ashes we're falling to the windshields in cars, sky was red, the sun was pale orange and in the dark, fogs of smoke would be visible. but it eventually faded away after 9-10 days. .

west coast = fires, aws0em

 

south east = hurricanes

 

central = tornadoes, blizzards

 

east central = floods, tornadoes

 

south central = tornadoes, flooding

 

north = blizzards

 

 

 

always something going wrong :? OT: live on the east coast, so no

 

 

 

Fix'd.

 

 

 

 

 

Yep. 1.75 miles from my house. I'll post another picture my dad took of the flames when he gets home so you have a better idea of how close it was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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west coast = fires, aws0em

 

south east = hurricanes

 

central = tornadoes, blizzards

 

east central = floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards

 

south central = tornadoes, flooding

 

north = blizzards

 

 

 

always something going wrong :? OT: live on the east coast, so no

 

 

 

Fix'd.

 

 

 

 

 

Fix'd

Read were i live, we have had Very very very very poor air quailty, for weeks sometimes you step outside, you smell the smoke, i have to practice cross country in this too :(

 

 

 

I was mostly affected by the Big sur fire and the fires near the Bay area, but sometimes the smoke went farther south making it worse. I haven't heard anything new so far, so the big fire like the Big sur fire and Indian fire must be out :), Also to some of the people talking about the sky, During sunset on smoky days its weird, you can actually see the sun in a red glow and stare at it without having eye damage, I'm just scared that the fire don't start close to the bay area in the Coastal Range.

west coast = fires, aws0em; earthquakes

 

south east = hurricanes

 

central = tornadoes, blizzards

 

east central = floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards

 

south central = tornadoes, flooding

 

north = blizzards

 

 

 

always something going wrong :? OT: live on the east coast, so no

Fix'd.

Fix'd

Fixed.

 

 

 

Just watched the news. Big Sur fire now at 61% containment! But it may not be fully contained until the end of the month. :(