Forest Fires...

[Samurai Waki]

Thanks for the support guys , I'm really thankful it didn't take us by surprise and that our state's Forest Service is really good about notifying people about evacuations.

Best of Luck WakizashiBeen there, done that, last October here, with the brushfires and evacuations. The toughest part, after the actual hurried packing and moving, was lack of good, up-to-date info on the status of our home and neighborhood. We went days not knowing.

Yeah. I moved to Montana from Santa Barbra last spring, and when the California wildfires started to descend into the Valleys I was like "Thank god I moved out in time". I guess my card got picked in this year's go-around .

But I got a hold of someone at the Forest Service today about the Status of my home, she looked it up in the roster and said the fire had been fully contained about four miles south of where I live but the evacuation is still on order, and the National Guard isn't allowing anyone on the main route to where I live. Not a big deal, better safer than sorry.

[Decker]

Eh...just move here to good 'ole California! We have no fire problems...and not to mention no need for forest fires

[KukriKhan]

Thanks for the support guys , I'm really thankful it didn't take us by surprise and that our state's Forest Service is really good about notifying people about evacuations.




Yeah. I moved to Montana from Santa Barbra last spring, and when the California wildfires started to descend into the Valleys I was like "Thank god I moved out in time". I guess my card got picked in this year's go-around .

But I got a hold of someone at the Forest Service today about the Status of my home, she looked it up in the roster and said the fire had been fully contained about four miles south of where I live but the evacuation is still on order, and the National Guard isn't allowing anyone on the main route to where I live. Not a big deal, better safer than sorry.

Great news all around, Wakizashi. It's good the Forest Service has a handle on status.

Webcams.

Why didn't I think of that?

[drone]

Why didn't I think of that?

It's not foolproof, it requires power and internet access to remain available. So if powerlines or the ISP's lines cook you won't know the cause of the failure. But it's better than nothing (or relying on news reports).

[cmacq]

I'm really thankful it didn't take us by surprise and that our state's Forest Service is really good about notifying people about evacuations.

Califoria has a state Forest Service?

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I was reading an interesting National Geographic article recently, which said that the recent upsurge in forest fires is due to an ill-advised policy for most of the 20th C. of trying to put out all of the forest fires when in fact most of them should have been left to burn, resulting in huge tracts of forest which are just waiting to go up in smoke. Pretty ironic.

[cmacq]

Yes, that was very green for the day, and it has directly resulted in more and much larger fires with greater loss.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Good to hear you made it through alright Waki.

CR

[Samurai Waki]

So far the evacuation is still in place, mostly at this point because of air quality rather than the danger of the fire itself. 24-72hrs is the expected wait time, but supposedly it's gonna get rainy with a little bit of western wind, so I should be clear to go home in a day or two. I don't like staying at Motels, but at least my Cousin lives here, so wifey and I got a little date by ourselves, the first one since February.

[KukriKhan]

Califoria has a state Forest Service?

Yes, the so-called CAL-FIRE. But I think Wakizashi was referring to his new home in Montana, and their version of a forestry department.

[cmacq]

Thanks,

I work for the USFS in Arizona and I somehow didn't know that. Very interesting.


CmacQ