Fires in California

[wga]

Near Paradise, Ca.

[19Fordy]

There are no words...........

[FortyNiner]

This thing is savage.

[50fordcoupeman]

I live in an area where wild land fires can be ever present..........prayers to them!!

[Newc]

Wow;Looks like a concrete block building with a metal roof and it still burned. The fire would get in thru the eves... roof over hang. There's going to be some new building designs in these areas. Newc

[mercman from oz]

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A very sad sight to see. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the many victims of these devastating fires.

[Lanny]

This is such a catastrophe, so devastating, as the loss of life, property and
natural resources, is beyond comprehension.
A very sad time for the people there. Prayers go out to everyone involved.




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[Cecil/WV]

I have a friend who lost all except his truck and clothes on his back, nearly lost his life helping remove patients from the hospital.

[V8COOPMAN]

God bless the firefighters....God bless ALL of 'em. DD

[Teltruck]

Our Firemen are always there when we need them !
Bob

[nobey]

I'am so sad you these people.....

[aussiesteve]

Sympathy for the victims and respect for the Firefighters and volunteers

[Talkwrench]

Just horrible the size of it .. I thought the last fire in Cali was bad ..geez !

[Init1]

I just drove through the Redding area last week on our way to the R.P.M. Nationals and the devistation in that area is hard to describe. I will say there are hundreds of men working in the woods there taking out slash, harvesting usable trees etc. And minimizing another fire as best they can. It's hard to believe a new fire close to that area is even bigger. Something has to change regarding managing our forests.

[paul2748]

Saw this on another site

[mercman from oz]

Very sad site to see a burned out 1956 Ford Thunderbird. In addition to the cars, there are the homes and a lifetime of memories in photos and other keepsakes. Then, these car guys would have lots of memorabilia, tools etc collected over a lifetime. How does one start up again? And that is only from a males perceptive. The ladies would also have lost special items that were dear to their hearts. It is very sad that many lives have also been lost during these dark and testing days. Our thoughts and prayers are with these suffering families in California.

[Ford whisperer]

Originally Posted by Init1

I just drove through the Redding area last week on our way to the R.P.M. Nationals and the devistation in that area is hard to describe. I will say there are hundreds of men working in the woods there taking out slash, harvesting usable trees etc. And minimizing another fire as best they can. It's hard to believe a new fire close to that area is even bigger. Something has to change regarding managing our forests.

Sir when you figure out how to “manage” the 60mph Santa Ana winds blasting thru the state right now, please do inform us all. I live in the Southern California forest and last July came scarily close to being wiped out by an arsonist triggered fire had it not been for the years of serious abatement performed by cal fire crews adjacent to our property and the swift response by their ground teams and aerial bombardments dispatched so professionally. Let’s please not be so quick to condemn the California forest management.

[Mike in AZ]

Santa Anas and drought conditions.

[Tinker]

Politics and weather. Firefighters have given up on the fires and have moved to saving life. God bless and god speed to the men.

[1948F-1Pickup]

Originally Posted by Ford whisperer

Sir when you figure out how to “manage” the 60mph Santa Ana winds blasting thru the state right now, please do inform us all. I live in the Southern California forest and last July came scarily close to being wiped out by an arsonist triggered fire had it not been for the years of serious abatement performed by cal fire crews adjacent to our property and the swift response by their ground teams and aerial bombardments dispatched so professionally. Let’s please not be so quick to condemn the California forest management.

Not a current fire fighter but I was an instructor. One of the people who taught me shipboard firefighting (USN) is now a federal fire fighter and is the guy who does the logistics for them.
One of things that still occurs is..... 1) Oh, here's a fire that just started
2) "we're" here but it's not our area.... we have to inform the authority in charge of that area
3) The considerable time that it then takes the authority in charge to respond has caused some real escalations in fire severity

Hard to believe that happens, right?