2021 Wildfire Season

[John Webb]

Are you talking about a recent fire or the Cerro Grande fire from around 20 years ago?

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20 years ago.

 

[skiki]

Not that she remembers any of it, but that is DD in the photo. She has always been anxious around flames though, even candles on the dinner table.

My heart is with everyone who is having to deal with the current fires.

 

[Pequenita]

Not that she remembers any of it, but that is DD in the photo.

She's a cutie.

 

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Dixie fire which is still burning after 2 months (960k acres, 75% contained) may have been caused by PG&E-

PG&E worker refuses to stand by statement that tree sparked Dixie Fire

A federal judge demanded to hear testimony from the PG&E worker who was the first known person to see the Dixie Fire.

www.abc10.com

 

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[DanoT]

Provincial wildfire State of Emergency called off in B.C. as there gas been relief due to recent rain. There are 205 fires still burning, down from over 1,585 with 8,686 square kms burned which is less than what burned in 2017 and 2018. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfire-emergency-ends-1.6174659

 

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[AmyPJ]

What is the current status of the Caldor fire?

 

[skibob]

What is the current status of the Caldor fire?

Pretty much caput. Great firefighting, good weather, and a bit of luck brought it to a halt just as it looked poised to do a whole lotta damage to Kirkwood, Heavenly, and South Lake Tahoe.

 

[skibob]

I love how the wood post on the right is nearly completely burned, but the paper stapled to the left post appears untouched. Fire is fickle.

 

[4ster]

What is the current status of the Caldor fire?

Close to 70% contained & over 200,000 acres but won’t be “caput” till it pours rain or dumps snow. Resources are moving out & although some areas are still under evacuation warning many areas have been lifted & folks are moving back in. Local LTBMU forests are opening at midnight, seems like things are getting back to normal.
Amazing effort & containment by all the firefighting agencies involved!

 

[skibob]

Close to 70% contained & over 200,000 acres but won’t be “caput” till it pours rain or dumps snow. Resources are moving out & although some areas are still under evacuation warning many areas have been lifted & folks are moving back in. Local LTBMU forests are opening at midnight, seems like things are getting back to normal.
Amazing effort & containment by all the firefighting agencies involved!
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Definitely not "caput" in a literal sense. Hot spots will persist for months even after the rain and snow come and the firefighters leave. But as an existential threat, caput.

 

[AmyPJ]

Very good news. Crossing fingers that the SoCal fire season is uneventful, because it's that time of year for those to start up.

 

[4ster]

Very good news. Crossing fingers that the SoCal fire season is uneventful, because it's that time of year for those to start up.

Looks like a couple of fires on the west slope of Sequoia NP, east of Visalia which may be where our Utah haze came from yesterday. Seems like only a few small fires in SoCal so far.

 

[skibob]

Looks like a couple of fires on the west slope of Sequoia NP, east of Visalia which may be where our Utah haze came from yesterday. Seems like only a few small fires in SoCal so far.

This weekend, a broad range from BC to somewhere in Northern California will get some real rain. That doesn't speak to SoCal, but it is a start toward putting to bed numerous long burning fires.

 

[textrovert]

Sections of TRT opening up from tomorrow.
Southern section from Stateline to Desolation to remain closed at least till the end of the month.

 

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[John Webb]

Tahoe National Forest and all Norcal NF's except El Dorado reopened last night -2 days early.

Tahoe National Forest - News & Events

Tahoe National Forest - News & Events

www.fs.usda.gov

Closure of some forests in Southern Cal remain & are extended.
I guess they are feeling good that the 2 big ones: Caldor & Dixie fires being nearly contained.

 

[Lorenzzo]

After almost a month of unhealthful air in UT from migrated CA fire smoke, the air is now clean. I’m back on my bike and stairmaster and it’s positively joyful. I will never take clean air for granted again and the issue has changed me politically.

 

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End in sight for 2021 "fire season"?

First Dusting for the Peaks? | Tahoe Daily Snow Forecast | OpenSnow

Nice weather through Friday. Winds pick up later Friday through the weekend. A storm moves through Sunday into Sunday night....

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