I'm on the California coast; last weekend we had a freak dry lightning
storm that saw 11,000 bolts of lightning, which ended up causing
300-something fires. We have a 63,000 acre fire 5 miles away from us
burning now, with another 40,000 acres burning not that much farther
away. 77,000 people have been evacuated so far, and almost 25,000
structures are threatened.

As of this morning, it's 5% contained.

My heart goes out to the people in relocation shelters dealing with
the loss of their house and with being in public shelters during
Coronavirus and people with lung problems; the air is thick with smoke
and making it hard to breathe. I've got my kids at home and have them
starting their school year online, staying inside.

In heartening news, I'm seeing a lot of people offering to help,
especially with animals. There are a lot of horses around here, and
other people out of harms way are lining up to offer their trailers
and land to pick up and relocate horses. Others with trucks and vans
are offering to help evacuate people. I've got a bunch of gallon water containers and am going to bring some down to an evacuation shelter
down the road from us. I might take a ride down the coast a bit
farther today to see if I can get out of the smoke for a little while.

We have a SUV and a go bag packed and ready, just in case.



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On 22 Aug 2020, Kurt Weiske said the following...

We have a SUV and a go bag packed and ready, just in case.

Thanks for all the info. It's always interesting to hear more from people who are there.

Good luck. Hope you're able to stay safe.


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I'm on the California coast; last weekend we had a freak dry lightning
storm that saw 11,000 bolts of lightning, which ended up causing 300-something fires. We have a 63,000 acre fire 5 miles away from us
burning now, with another 40,000 acres burning not that much farther
away. 77,000 people have been evacuated so far, and almost 25,000
structures are threatened.

I saw a headline yesterday, which could have been click-bait, that claimed
that California was now experiencing its worst fires "ever." I cannot
imagine it being much worse than some of the images from a year or two ago,
so I hope that is not the case. :(

Sounds like you could have used some of the heavy rains we got yesterday.
Stay safe.

Mike


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Kurt,

I'm on the California coast; last weekend we had a freak dry lightning storm that saw 11,000 bolts of lightning, which ended up causing 300-something fires. We have a 63,000 acre fire 5 miles away from us burning now, with another 40,000 acres burning not that much farther
away. 77,000 people have been evacuated so far, and almost 25,000 structures are threatened.

Some of these thunderstorms are prolific lightning producers. Portions
of Arkansas have been "drying out" lately, after a very wet spring and
early summer...but the remnants of what will probably be Hurricanes
Marco and Laura, will affect the region later this week...with threats
of tornadoes, flooding rain, strong winds, and intense lightning. Florida
may be the lightning capitol of the US, but Arkansas has to be a close
second!! Plus, some of the remants of hurricanes (like Ivan) that
affected Arkansas, were prolific tornado producers across the region.

As of this morning, it's 5% contained.

Unfortunately, those wildfires, once they get started, take a long
time to get under control.

My heart goes out to the people in relocation shelters dealing with
the loss of their house and with being in public shelters during Coronavirus and people with lung problems; the air is thick with smoke
and making it hard to breathe. I've got my kids at home and have them starting their school year online, staying inside.

You have to...it has become a double edged sword.

In heartening news, I'm seeing a lot of people offering to help, especially with animals. There are a lot of horses around here, and
other people out of harms way are lining up to offer their trailers
and land to pick up and relocate horses. Others with trucks and vans
are offering to help evacuate people. I've got a bunch of gallon water containers and am going to bring some down to an evacuation shelter
down the road from us. I might take a ride down the coast a bit
farther today to see if I can get out of the smoke for a little while.

I saw where much of Nevada was under a Dense Smoke Advisory.

We have a SUV and a go bag packed and ready, just in case.

I'm glad I'm not in Louisiana...where they could be hit by two
hurricanes (Marco and Laura) just 2 days apart.

Daryl

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Mike,

Sounds like you could have used some of the heavy rains we got
yesterday. Stay safe.

Fires aren't the problem in Arkansas...but tornadoes and flooding
from Laura may be in the coming days. Her path might take her remnants
across Kentucky.

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Daryl

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Beats washing dishes. <G>

In recent years, I have seen some plasticware that is also silver in
color... not the see-thru gray but actually silver-colored. So that
tagline is out of date. :)

Mike


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Mike,

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Beats washing dishes. <G>

In recent years, I have seen some plasticware that is also silver in color... not the see-thru gray but actually silver-colored. So that tagline is out of date. :)

I still don't care to wash dishes, if I don't have to. I did enough
of that working for Burger King for 5 years over 40 years ago. :P

Daryl

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