I think the Mayan apocalypse is upon us here in Northern California!

[XemaSab]

Apparently we've got over 1000 fires burning in the state, and more lightning in the forecast.

Even the Salt Lake Fire Department can't save us! :o

http://www.redding.com/

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Offer up some human sacrifices.

Only Chac can prevent forest fires.

[HeeBGBz]

18. Got Virgins? n/t

[appal_jack]

27. In NorCal? Good luck...

Virgins in Northern California! :rofl:

I kid, I kid.

As a former NorCal citizen myself, I love that land and its people dearly. Best wishes to you all, and especially for your heroic firefighters. :patriot:

-app

Edit 'cuz I've been in the sun too much today, and apparently can no longer write coherently, even when cracking cheap jokes.

[NYC_SKP]

28. That's funny...no offense taken by this N.Californian.

Funny, and sadly more likely to be true than one would like.....

[zeemike]

2. I feel for ya

Here in New Mexico we are having the same problem.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Pretty amazing, isn't it?

And it's just the beginning of fire season. The air is nasty too.
Must be awful for you, working outside.

[XemaSab]

5. The air quality was better south of Red Bluff

Here in Redding it's just THICK on the ground. I went outside for a few minutes and now I have a sore throat. :(

[Hydra]

4. You borrowed our firefighters????

Oh, well. Be sure you send them back when things dry out here. For once, we're not the world's biggest tinderbox.

[XemaSab]

7. We did borrow your fire fighters

I saw about four Salt Lake engines go by on the freeway the other day. :P

[kestrel91316]

6. What's REALLY weird is, down here in SoCal, we have no action at all.

And we got through that entire week of temps 105-115 with no action. I feel cheated.

[XemaSab]

9. Be careful what you wish for....

:o

[kestrel91316]

14. Oh, I know. We'll make up for it sooner or later. Probably sooner.

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. Don't talk like that! Here in Big Bear Lake, we're practically shaking in our boots!

I gotta say though, 80 has been our hottest temp so far!

[kestrel91316]

15. You've got nothing to worry about. All your trees ALREADY burned down, right??

Or was that over in Arrowhead.

(don't hit me)

[cherokeeprogressive]

20. There were visible flames on the Fawnskin side of the lake, behind the town

But for the most part, the fire burned from Butler Peak east to west. No fire here on the south side of the lake.

Driving down the 330 from Running Springs makes ya want to cry though. They got it the worst and most of the hillsides are barren now. Looks like a moonscape.

(I don't hit people)

[kestrel91316]

31. Do they still have lots of dead pines standing from the beetles?

[Duke Newcombe]

30. Your turn last summer: our turn now....

we'll throw the ball back to you in a bit... :(

Duke

[Tashca]

8. Freaking crazy

I finally get my snorkel off here in Cedar Rapids.....and I read about all this heat and fire in so much of the rest of the country....any talk of relief for you??

[XemaSab]

11. The firefighters should get a break in the next few days

More dry lightning forecast. Can't go out in the middle of a lightning storm. :thumbsup:

[Dover]

10. Hmmm.

Fires.......(check)
Floods......(check)
Famine......(check)
Droughts....(check)
Plague......(check)
Economic collapse...(check)
Various other natural and manmade disasters (check, check, check).

Yep....apocalyse now. And it's everywhere.

[Auggie]

19. Are the locusts coming too?

[Dover]

21. You must have read my posts in the gardening forum!

Grasshoppers EVERYWHERE! A bumper crop in the Southwest.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. I love northern California.

I hope this is over for you soon. We get lots of wild fires up here, too, and they're devastating to the air quality, even if life and property aren't at risk.

[XemaSab]

17. Thanks

:pals:

[Cleita]

16. I'm feeling for you.

I'm also keeping my fingers crossed as there is a fire burning north of here. Fortunately the scorching hot weather we had last week has cooled off and some fog is coming in. I hope you guys get some weather relief too.

[Guaranteed]

22. The smoke has been a fog for three days- in the city.

It's starting to affect peoples' health, too.

[EFerrari]

35. It has. I can smell it even in the wind off of the ocean.

:(

[NYC_SKP]

23. But the Salt Lake F.D. has a great track record.

The Lake has never caught fire under their supervision. Not once. Never. They're good!

[XemaSab]

24. Good to know!

:patriot:

[depakid]

25. Was just in NoCal

and the smoke was so think it was hard to breath- damn stuff extended into Reno Nevada, almost until the Oregon border!

[a la izquierda]

26. I'm a California transplant and my hubby and I...

are thinking about all our CA brethren.
The OK panhandle has been drier than during the DustBowl era. But here in central OK it's been sorta wet. Weird.

[AlCzervik]

29. it's terrible down here so i can imagine it must be much worse in Redding.

[AntiFascist]

32. All I know is...

the Moon looked really orange-red last night, and I live farther south of all the fires.

[Dover]

33. Dutch prepare for Maya apocalypse

Thousands of Dutch people are buying boats and rations and building bunkers to await an apocalypse predicted by the Maya of South America.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/2187871/Dutch-prepare-for-Maya-apocalypse.html

[Karenina]

36. That's a BULLSHIT tabloid piece.

[Why Syzygy]

34. kick