rtraverdavis
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I just heard about this fire and was going to pm you to see if everything was alright. What a crazy day. I’m glad you guys are okay.
It's hard to imagine what it's like to live through this kind of stuff. Years ago where I lived over 250 homes burned in one afternoon, one of which I lived in with some other folks. Couldn't do anything except sit outside and watch it burn. It's rough stuff.
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The fire behavior was absolutely bizarre, probably because the sustained winds were pushing it so fast.
These types of fires are similar to those set artificially, like when the allies fire bombed Germany. Like the fire bombings, the wind storms combined with the already huge fires can become self sustaining with horrific results. Just look at those photos they look like they’re from a bombed out war zone.
devon deer
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I have never seen or been around wild fires, but with the descriptions and photographs on the thread it looks horrific, sorry for all affected and I hope things improve soon, stay safe.
kwyeewyk
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The sad thing is every fire that started on Sunday in WA is believed to be human caused in one form or another.
Irrelevant
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You'd call windblown downed power lines human caused?
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rtraverdavis
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I hope it avoids you guys. Keep us posted!
Irrelevant
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The web viewer @kwyeewyk screen shot earlier in this thread is one of the better viewers out there: https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/
I feel for OR right now, the big ones get getting to very close to a lot of people. It's crazy how much forest is burning there right now, much of it would qualify as a temperate rain forest.
I feel for OR right now, the big ones get getting to very close to a lot of people. It's crazy how much forest is burning there right now, much of it would qualify as a temperate rain forest.
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A forecast high of 101 and 23mph winds. Good Lord....
kwyeewyk
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That gets labeled as human caused even though it's an accident, technically there are very few natural causes of fire: lightning, lava, etc.
I'm very sorry to hear that, gouch. The amount of fire that Oregon and northern CA woke up to this morning is almost unbelievable. In some respects, I think we might be witnessing the Big Burn of our generation. Some of these fires are making 25+ mile runs through conifer forest in a matter of hours.
Irrelevant
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rtraverdavis
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Irrelevant
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So sorry @gouch
For those that want to follow real time and not have to look for gifs.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov
For those that want to follow real time and not have to look for gifs.
GOES-West - Sector view: Pacific Northwest - GeoColor - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
kwyeewyk
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So sorry to hear that, I hope everything turns out as well as it can for you and your family and that you're all safe.
