It's slower than this one but still way too fast for anyone to think they have time to pack and run when they see it coming.
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The Camp Fire destroys 9070+ homes in California (87 confirmed dead, ~500 missing)
- Thread starter NihonTiger
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The fire covers a wide area. Imagine a line of fire a couple miles long moving at that speed.
Thanks, I figured it might be but I wasn't sure.
Really hope they can get a lot of this under control. With the Santa Ana winds coming back tomorrow this is highly likely to get so much worse than it already is. :(
Hope you hear from her soon and that she is okay. Couldn't imagine what that would be like.
80 football fields per minute is the square area, not linear distance moved per minute.
Someone made a street map overlay:
This is Magalia. There's nothing left. That area just right of the red road used to be two schools.
Someone made a street map overlay:
Yeah I can see it being very easy to get trapped as there appears to be 2 exits.
Yeah Skyway RD seems to be the main road going north south from magalia to paradise
Can you imagine being in a traffic jam
As the fires rage around you? God. One guy flips a u turn and goes the other way
I'm very sorry to hear that, Surfinn. I hope your aunt is okay.
Thank you all for the kind words. I hope every single person who is missing turns out ok. It feels real when it hits home.
Thanks a lot. You're a good man Einchy
110k acres 20% contained, 23 dead 110 missing person reports, 6,700 buildings destroyed....
But bad news tonight:
That clip gives you the impression you have a running chance.
I guess it depends on the environment..because this one is nuts.
There's even a timer on the lower left hand side.
there is the distinct smell of being at a bonfire all throughout marysville\yuba city. it was even strong in the house this morning.
Same here in Roseville. Looks incredibly foggy outside and I can taste the smoke in my apartment. EPA AQI was like over 400 short time ago.
I guess there will be some campers at the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds. This is absolutely terrible for the displaced and harmed folk.
Yeah, that video is fucked y'all. I can't stop you from looking at it, but steel yourself if you're gonna do that
Probably not on fire in his car. It's almost always the smoke and lack of oxygen. You just can't get enough actual oxygen if you're that close to such a large fire. It's burning it all up, and so while you think you're "breathing" you're just inhaling a bunch of things that aren't oxygen.
It has to be an area calculation. If it was a straight line, you couldn't outrun it at that speed even if you were in a Ferrari. Still, it's pretty quick.
Probably not on fire in his car. It's almost always the smoke and lack of oxygen. You just can't get enough actual oxygen if you're that close to such a large fire. It's burning it all up, and so while you think you're "breathing" you're just inhaling a bunch of things that aren't oxygen.
It has to be an area calculation. If it was a straight line, you couldn't outrun it at that speed even if you were in a Ferrari. Still, it's pretty quick.
Had a lot of fun up at Chico State and the town of Chico and Black Butte Lake last year for a competitive event, maps seem to show Paradise is to the east of Chico? I read that the campus shut down, I can imagine the air quality is really bad up there, it's definitely unavoidably bad here in Sacramento.
Shit, this is just devastating to hear. 23 dead and loads of people missing. Not to mention loads of homes destroyed. This has me especially worried since my cousins live near that area.
One of my cousins (who is an EMT) helped out over there as well. I just hope the death toll doesn't go much higher and everyone is safe.
One of my cousins (who is an EMT) helped out over there as well. I just hope the death toll doesn't go much higher and everyone is safe.
This stuff is horrifying, RIP to all the lives that were lost and I hope the missing are found alive.
The only comfort I can think of is that is likely a better way to go then burning alive.
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I'm in plumas lake .Hope elwe don't have to evacuate but I won't be surprised if we do.
A guy with a cell phone shooting video of his dead neighbors.
Apparently the fire has jumped containment lines at doe mill road and is heading to forest ranch and hwy 32 per KRCR TV
http://krcrtv.com/watch Still live streaming
http://krcrtv.com/watch Still live streaming
I've got a cousin that's in the process of selling his place in Plumas, and our cousins south of Oroville evacuated on Wednesday.
My aunt lived with my uncle in Paradise when he came back from Vietnam. She still owned their cabin there and is sad to report she lost friends in that fire.
Crazy to see what the wind may do to exacerbate this today.
So I got to thinking, people in tornado areas have tornado shelters underground, is there any kind of equivalent to that for fire areas?
Like some sort of underground thing that can be sealed off and used in an emergency when escape is impossible?
Seems like you could wait in there for a couple hours until the fire goes through the area.
Like some sort of underground thing that can be sealed off and used in an emergency when escape is impossible?
Seems like you could wait in there for a couple hours until the fire goes through the area.
Wow the confirmed death toll almost tripled since I last checked in. I knew there were bodies still unaccounted for but damn thats awful
Personal fire shelters exist but they aren't really any equivalent to a storm cellar. I don't think they contain enough oxygen to last an hour
Personal fire shelters exist but they aren't really any equivalent to a storm cellar. I don't think they contain enough oxygen to last an hour
I'm in Arkansas and my wife wouldn't move here without our in the floor garage shelter.
To survive fire you would have to be able to seel yourself off from all outside air while still being able to maintain an oxygen supply inside. Not to mention insulation to protect you from extreme heat.
My inground shelter was $5k installed. I think some described as above would cost a lot more.
Can we maybe get a Mod to update the thread title? I had to check multiple news sources to see if this was accurate but there's now an estimated 6,700 homes destroyed by the Camp Fire alone.
6,700
I can't even begin to fathom how many families that is.
6,700
I can't even begin to fathom how many families that is.
Is the fire still going on, it seems so weird that the PCAs which are in LA are going on, while like a solid amount of the people at this award show just lost their house
