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Keep us updated!ANL got the evacuation orders, I’m packing bags, chargers, everything.
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Keep us updated!ANL got the evacuation orders, I’m packing bags, chargers, everything.
ANL got the evacuation orders, I’m packing bags, chargers, everything.
ANL got the evacuation orders, I’m packing bags, chargers, everything.
I was wondering if you were okay with these fires. Please stay safe and I hope you have a home to come back to!I am in the yellow in the map above
LOL. So am I. I have one flashlight and I'm not sure if the battery is still working in it, it's been that long since I last used it. I used to have a plug-in, rechargeable lantern but it stopped working, so I got rid of it. Stuff happens, especially when you go years between power outages at night.They have one flashlight.These are professionals in their fifties. I don’t get it…
I guess I’ve had family that had to evacuate multiple times and multiple years because of fires, but even so because of earthquake possibilities I always have had an emergency kit at home and a backpack in my car.I was wondering if you were okay with these fires. Please stay safe and I hope you have a home to come back to!
LOL. So am I. I have one flashlight and I'm not sure if the battery is still working in it, it's been that long since I last used it. I used to have a plug-in, rechargeable lantern but it stopped working, so I got rid of it. Stuff happens, especially when you go years between power outages at night.![]()
I am in the yellow in the map above
They have one flashlight.These are professionals in their fifties. I don’t get it…
No. They actually tend to strengthen at night - the Wikipedia page about Santa Ana winds explains the phenomena -Do the winds die down at all at night?
If the Santa Anas are strong, the usual day-time sea breeze may not arise, or develop weak later in the day because the strong offshore desert winds oppose the on-shore sea breeze. At night, the Santa Ana Winds merge with the land breeze blowing from land to sea and strengthen because the inland desert cools more than the ocean due to differences in the heat capacity and because there is no competing sea breeze.[13][16]
To the contrary, Santa Ana winds tend to strengthen at night because the inland desert cools more rapidly than coastal areas, forcing the wind from the east toward the west.Do the winds die down at all at night?
This is what happened in Lahaina where there was an actual hurricane moving south of Maui that sent wind gusts to near hurricane force to Lahaina. This turned the fire into a blowtorch which devastated Lahaina.There are hurricane strength winds?No wonder it’s spreading so fast
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What about the flashlight function on their phones?So I told her to get things together when they go back and she said we don’t have any light or candles or just for atmosphere. I told her to go buy flashlights and get together what they can.
Stay safe ANL.ANL got the evacuation orders, I’m packing bags, chargers, everything.
The winds in LA should die down by tomorrow which will slow the spread of the wildfires and allow air support in fighting the fires.
I know. I just didn’t want to bring it up now.For now. Apparently forecasters are saying that there may be another Santa Ana wind event next week.
While the budget cut certainly does not look good in hindsight, I think it's quite a leap to assert that this event or its consequences could have been curtailed, much less prevented. It's hard to imagine how any amount of additional money could have helped battle these fires given the conditions. Money would not have prevented the atmospheric river that fueled grass growth last year, or the drought this year that turned that grass into tinder, or the hurricane-force wins that fanned the flames of these fires. But you know what might have made a difference? Serious action on reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that are fueling climate change and the resulting extreme weather conditions. Of course, we've been kicking that can down the road for years and seem quite content to continue to do so, so here we are. We continue to fiddle while our planet burns.I can't remember if this has been posted or not, but the Mayor of LA was warned by their Fire Chief last month that the $17.6 million budget cut would "severely limit" the department's capacity to prepare, train and respond to any major event such as an earthquake, wildfire, hazmat incident, etc. My heart breaks for the citizens who have lost their homes and especially the families of the 5 known fatalities. This could have been prevented or at least curtailed.
I don't know that we want this thread to go too far into PI, but I'll bite since you started it... To blame it on climate change is utter bullshit. There is ZERO reason the water tanks & hydrants were running dry 2 days ago when California did indeed experience higher-than-average rainfall for the last meteorological year, which ended just this past September. That water should have been stored in the reservoirs that the state voted to build 10 years ago which have never been built due to environmental activists. It has been THIRTY years since a water reservoir was built in southern California yet the population of the area has continued to grow unabated. Or how about the lack of willingness to clear out the dead chaparral and undergrowth - an obvious fire mitigation policy that was clearly disregarded when you look at some of the photos pre-fire with flames licking up hillsides covered with vegetation.While the budget cut certainly does not look good in hindsight, I think it's quite a leap to assert that this event or its consequences could have been curtailed, much less prevented. It's hard to imagine how any amount of additional money could have helped battle these fires given the conditions. Money would not have prevented the atmospheric river that fueled grass growth last year, or the drought this year that turned that grass into tinder, or the hurricane-force wins that fanned the flames of these fires. But you know what might have made a difference? Serious action on reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that are fueling climate change and the resulting extreme weather conditions. Of course, we've been kicking that can down the road for years and seem quite content to continue to do so, so here we are. We continue to fiddle while our planet burns.