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Omaha Steve

(99,055 posts)
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 05:56 PM Aug 2021

Fire-friendly weather to return to Northern California

Source: AP

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JONATHAN J. COOPER

Thick smoke that held down winds and temperatures began to clear Sunday from the scenic forestlands of Northern California as firefighters battling the largest single wildfire in state history braced for a return of fire-friendly weather.

The winds weren’t expected to reach the ferocious speeds that helped the Dixie Fire explode in size last week. But they were nonetheless concerning for firefighters working in unprecedented conditions to protect thousands of threatened homes.

“The live trees that are out there now have a lower fuel moisture than you would find when you go to a hardware store or a lumber yard and get that piece of lumber that’s kiln dried,” Mark Brunton, operations section chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said in an online briefing Sunday morning. “It’s that dry, so it doesn’t take much for any sort of embers, sparks or small flaming front to get that going.”

Fueled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, the fire incinerated much of Greenville on Wednesday and Thursday, destroying 370 homes and structures and threatening nearly 14,000 buildings in the northern Sierra Nevada.



Burned trees and smoke fill the Bear River canyon after the River Fire burned through Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 in Chicago Park, Calif. Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the fast-moving River Fire that broke out Wednesday near the town of Colfax and destroyed nearly 90 homes and other buildings. More than 5,000 people were ordered to evacuate in Placer and Nevada counties, state fire officials said. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-science-fires-environment-and-nature-california-5d1fd7d8883b04f641f7ee28f45c2bfa

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AllaN01Bear

(17,346 posts)
2. i live in sonora ca about an elevation of 1800 feet and a hour north of yosemite np.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 06:26 PM
Aug 2021

the last two days the smoke has been bad here . visiblility less than 1/2 mile . couldnt see the house a mile down the canyon from me.
in the next county calaveras , a friend reported that she could see blue sky the day before . the winds shifted again today and i can see the sun.(red) and semi blue skys. been staying indoors mostly and when outside i wear my particle mask. the smoke was bad and reminded me of the rim fire from long ago.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. My aunt has been at the hospital in Sonora for the past week, mostly in the ICU
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:22 PM
Aug 2021

NOT covid, she's vaccinated. But she's 80 and had a different problem. She's out of the ICU as of last night, but my mom says there's a lot of COVID cases there right now.

My aunt is from PML, Groveland just up the grade. My folks also have a house there. I LOVE that area, lived there for a year in 2006 actually.

Ever been to Mercer Caverns in Murphy's? Place is freakin' cool.

AllaN01Bear

(17,346 posts)
6. we as u know are a semi red district . lots of no maskers or below the maskers .
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:32 PM
Aug 2021

yes . there have been quite a # of cases in the last few months .currently we are at 4721cases . 64 deaths . alot of stupidity going on . hope your aunt gets well soon.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
7. It's almost that smoky here in NM today
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 09:39 PM
Aug 2021

Another big fire broke out in the Four Corners, so it looks like we'll be eating smoke for a while.

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