Wildfire Season

[CodeRedR51]

This was as of yesterday:

We went on a drive up north today and I can confirm that everything is closed and roped off to keep people from hiking down trails. Cars parked on the side of the road that didn't listen had tickets put on their windows. It was super hazy most of the time which, as bad as it sounds, was nice because along with the clouds it blocked the sun and made it a bit cooler.

 

[Joey D]

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Picture of the Sparks lake fire about 40 minutes away from my place . Also it is still 90 f at midnight here .

So this prompted me to change the title of this thread. But looking up the Sparks Lake Fire, it appears to be over 2,300 acres now whereas yesterday it was just 250 acres. That's an extremely quick growth which is clearly not being helped by the hot, dry temps.

 

[Novalee]

Someone wrote an article on what we just went through in last 24 hours here .

710,117 lightning strikes hit western Canada in 15 hours

One expert called the weather 'really horrifying.'

www.sfgate.com

 

[UKMikey]

 

[Joey D]

We're getting all the smoke from those fires settling down in the Salt Lake valley. The air here is gross and everything is a weird shade of orange. Normally the mountains are completely visible from my apartment, but this is what it looks like today:

 

[Keef]

That's insane. I just watched a video the other night about the biggest fire in CA that grew over 20,000 acres in a single day.

The Beckwourth Complex fire at 6:50:

 

[Joey D]

I really hope the Mariposa Grove doesn't get too much damage. I was there years ago it really is one of the most incredible places.

Yosemite wildfire is latest threat to giant sequoia trees

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees.

apnews.com

 

[Joey D]

This is burning fairly close to where I (and pretty much 95% of Utah) live. My wife is at a party west of where we live and said it looks like it's snowing with the ash falling down.

Campers evacuated due to Jacob City Fire in Tooele County

Firefighters were on the scene of a wildfire in Tooele County on Saturday that forced evacuations of campers in the Middle Canyon area.

kutv.com

 

[Dotini]

Alaska has surpassed two million acres burned this year.

Alaska surpasses 2M acres burned

Alaska has officially surpassed 2 million acres burned in wildfires already this season.

www.alaskasnewssource.com

 

[Joey D]

Not looking good in Western Europe at the moment.

Wildfires scorch parts of Europe amid extreme heat wave

Firefighters from Portugal and Spain to southern France and Croatia are battling a spate of wildfires scorching Europe amid an unusual heat wave that authorities link to climate change.

apnews.com

 

[Dotini]

Not looking good in Western Europe at the moment.

Wildfires scorch parts of Europe amid extreme heat wave

Firefighters from Portugal and Spain to southern France and Croatia are battling a spate of wildfires scorching Europe amid an unusual heat wave that authorities link to climate change.

apnews.com

IMHO this is an extra bad development, as it comes on top of other European crises concerning energy and food, not to mention an alarming war. And curiously, the Euro has broken below par with dollar.

 

[Joey D]

Some seriously destructive and deadly fires going on in Maui at the moment.

At least 36 killed on Maui as fires burn through Hawaii and thousands race to escape

Wildfires, whipped by strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far to the south, took the island of Maui by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings had stood.

apnews.com

 

[Joey D]

Massive fires still burning in West Texas at the moment.

Texas firefighters battle flames stoked by strong winds as warnings are issued across the region

Strong winds have spread flames and prompted at least one evacuation while airplanes dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle as firefighters worked to stop the largest wildfire in state history.

apnews.com