FOREST FIRES

[GrauGeist]

This is my neck of the woods.
I'm just 45 miles south of the large fire incident marker at the top.

 

[SaparotRob]

That's frightening. How bad is the air quality?

 

[Gnomey]

Stay safe guys!

 

[N4521U]

This is my neck of the woods.
I'm just 45 miles south of the large fire incident marker at the top.

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Chrise almighty I used to live in Anderson and outside Yuba City.
CA is burning up!!!!!!!!

 

[GrauGeist]

Here's a photo I grabbed on the 4th.

The Pyrocumulus in the foreground is from the Salt Fire (16 miles north of Redding), the Pyrocumulus in the background is from the Lava Fire, burning around and behind the base of Mount Shasta and is about 50 miles north of Redding.
Mount Shasta is obscured by the Pyrocumulus clouds, but they are almost 3 times the volcanoe's 14,180 foot height.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

This is my neck of the woods.
I'm just 45 miles south of the large fire incident marker at the top.

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Where are the winds? Are they pushing the fire towards you?

Anyone who lives in fire country should have papers in a metal box, and a bag of food and water ready to go. Tornado country, too.

 

[GrauGeist]

Winds have been southerly, pushing the fires away from town, though the Lava Fire has consumed one town (90% lost) and the Salt Fire can't gain too much momentum as the area was destroyed by the Delta/Hirz fire back in '18, when the Carr Fire burned into Redding and the Camp fire annihilated the nearby city of Paradise.

 

[fubar57]

Fire just north of camp. Haven't found any info on it other than it is 6000+ hectares/1482 acres

 

[nuuumannn]

Bush fires in Australia did this to the evening sky one night at work a few years ago...

Bush fire sky

 

[GrauGeist]

Fire just north of camp. Haven't found any info on it other than it is 6000+ hectares/1482 acres

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Did you look.it up on the argcis fire map?

If you locate the fire, click the fire icon on the map and it should display the incident name, time of discovery and current acreage involved.

 

[fubar57]

Sorry for the delay Dave, internet sucked in camp. There are three fires that joined together called the "Manson". What I was told was that isn't smoke but steam as they water-bombed the crap out of it. The next day it rained a crap load and we never saw any more smoke. Now this next photo isn't mine but the missus trying out her new Canon. No filters used, this was the actual colour of the sun. I've seen a lot of smoke coloured suns but never anything like this

 

[GrauGeist]

She did a great job, Geo!
I have captured the sun through heavy smoke (plenty of opportunities here in NorCal) and have seen the various colors created by dense smoke, so I'm not surprised by the violet hue, but it is a remarkable capture.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good shot. Pretty smoky here in Calgary again but suppose to clear with a wind shift tonight.

 

[N4521U]

You guys are even getting one of our fire bombers to help!
Hoping everyone on the ground is able to survive all this.

 

[GrauGeist]

Had to share this, a DC-10 on one of our local fires.
Pilot has 'nads of steel.

(Photo credit: John Lindsey)

 

[fubar57]

This was sunrise at about 5:30 on Sunday, smoke is coming from Ft. St. John and Alberta

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This was yesterday, same time, same direction

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My brother sent this photo of the fire north of his place in FSJ. So far no talk of evacuation

 

[Greg Boeser]

I wish you Canadians would keep all your air pollution to yourselves.

 

[fubar57]

This is B.C. and Alberta this year so far

 

[GrauGeist]

Sorry to hear you guys are already in fire season.
Here in NorCal, we still have snow on the lower ranges with full lakes and such.

My concern is that with the exceptional wet winter and spring, the fuel density will be greatly increased.

 

[MiTasol]

This was sunrise at about 5:30 on Sunday, smoke is coming from Ft. St. John and Alberta

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This was yesterday, same time, same direction

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My brother sent this photo of the fire north of his place in FSJ. So far no talk of evacuation

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Love that top photo but hate what is causing it