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I have no idea what this cat found to eat in a burned-out neighborhood but he managed to survive. If he had not been micro-chipped, his owners would never have known. The lesson here is: Get your pets micro-chipped.
Cat lost in Camp Fire found 102 days later, will reunite with family in Missouri
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/...uri/ar-BBUyd5G
Last year's California wildfires burned 1,893,913 acres, killed 103 people and caused more than $3.5 billion in damages. Not one person in California could possibly be surprised by this headline:
2018 was California's worst year of fire ever, federal report confirms
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...309-story.html
California wildfires can't possibly be worse in 2019 than they were in 2018, can they? Mmm.......maybe they can – but I hope not.
Busy wildfire season expected For West
WeatherBug, May 6 2019
Most of the country can expect a normal wildfire season but residents along the West Coast of the United States should be ready for another busy season, the National Interagency Fire Center says. California experienced its deadliest and largest wildfires in the past two years, including a fire in the northern part of the state last year that destroyed the town of Paradise, killing more than 80 people. It was the nation's worst death toll from a wildfire in a century. The Boise-based center said a heavy crop of grasses and fine fuels has developed across California and should elevate fire potential as it dries through the summer.
https://www.weatherbug.com/news/Fore...ected-For-West
Last November's Camp Fire in northern California burned 153,336 acres, killed 85 people – three are still missing – and caused $16.5 billion in damages. We now know who to blame. Whatever it costs, PG&E power lines in mountain areas should be relocated underground.
PG&E power lines caused California’s deadliest fire, investigators conclude
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...515-story.html
Last year, California had the most and the largest and the most destructive wildfires in state history. The first major fire of 2019 is now burning near the towns of Guinda and Rumsey in northern California.
Sand Fire in Yolo County grows to 2,500 acres, is 60% contained
https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/ca...231421808.html
A word of warning to this witless wonder: Wildfires are worse than wasps.
Man trying to kill wasps accidentally starts massive fire
AOL Video, Jun 13 2019
A just-released investigation reveals the largest recorded wildfire in California history was accidentally started by a rancher trying to kill some wasps. Investigators say the Ranch Fire started when the man came upon a nest of wasps buried underground last July. The rancher, Glenn Kile, is allergic to wasp stings so he took a metal stake and pounded it into the ground to try to seal the nest off. Unfortunately, a single spark flew up and ignited dry grass on his property.
https://www.aol.com/video/view/man-t...a041bc83fbd90/
CarMax could hold a "fire sale" but I doubt anyone would be interested.
Bakersfield brush fire torches $2.1 million worth of cars on a CarMax lot
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...lot/ar-AADp3yD
Grapevine is a small unincorporated community alongside the Golden State (5) Freeway in southern Kern County. Grapevine has several gas stations and fast-food places for travelers – and today it also has a brush fire (actually a merger of two fires). Southern California's fire season is once again starting three months early.
Brush fire prompting evacuation of Digier Canyon is 80% contained
https://mountainenterprise.com/story...digier-canyon/
California's largest wildfire of 2019 – so far – was sparked Sunday afternoon by "vehicular traffic" on Highway 139 and by Monday evening had burned 10,000 acres. It is threatening power lines but not homes.
Growth slows on Tucker fire in Modoc County, which has burned 14,217 acres near Clear Lake
https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/ca...233333627.html
Another wildfire along the Golden State Freeway. An unusually rainy winter caused heavy growth of brush on hillsides – and summer heat has killed much of it. The fire danger is extremely high and wil remain so for the next three months.
156-acre wildfire north of Castaic caused by car fire
https://ktla.com/2019/08/04/156-acre...-still-closed/
A wildfire in Lassen County has burned 2,430 acres and a wildfire near Redding has burned 600 acres. Both are pretty much contained now.
Evacuations lifted at wildfire along California-Nevada border
https://www.kcra.com/article/long-va...vadar/28807164
CNN reports the fire burned "the equivalent of 753 football fields" in five hours. The cause has not been determined. Murrieta, in southwest Riverside County, is named for 19th-century land owner Juan Murrieta, a sheep farmer and avocado grower.
Tenaja fire near Murrieta grows to 1,400 acres; crews prepare for daytime heat and winds
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...heat-and-winds
California wildfires burned more than 1,200,000 acres in 2017 and more than 1,800,000 acres in 2018. So far this year, fewer than 100,000 acres have burned. Lucky us!
Evacuation orders lifted as firefighters boost containment of Tenaja fire
Hundreds of residents who had been forced from their homes by a fast-moving brush fire that has charred 2,000 acres in the hillsides near Murrieta were allowed to return home today.
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...murrieta-to-20
The largest wildfire burning in the United States today is in northern California. Of course. The Walker fire began six days ago in mountainous terrain 150 miles northeast of Sacramento and has burned 75 square miles. The Taboose fire in Inyo National Forest has burned 9,300 acres. The lightning-caused Red Bank fire in Tehama County has burned 8,900 acres and another nearby blaze, the South fire, has burned 2,425 acres. Sixteen other wildfires are burning throughout the state.
Containment of Walker fire in Plumas County inches forward; more than 47,000 acres burned
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019...nches-forward/
October is typically the worst month for fires in southern California. At least six are burning right now. The largest is in Calimesa in northwest Riverside County. It has burned more than 500 acres and destroyed around 25 mobile homes and is moving toward Redlands.
Numerous homes destroyed as fire sweeps into Calimesa; winds fuel other blazes
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...l-other-blazes
The fire in Calimesa has destroyed 74 mobile homes, houses and other structures. It has burned 823 acres and is 10% contained. A fast-moving fire that began at 9 PM yesterday in the San Fernando Valley has burned 4,700 acres (7.3 square miles) and is at zero containment. It's forced the evacuation of the entire community of Porter Ranch. Yikes!
1 dead, dozens of homes destroyed by Saddleridge fire in Sylmar and Porter Ranch
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019...-ranch-sylmar/
Twenty-two wildfires are burning today throughout California. The Saddleridge fire has now burned 7,500 acres (11.7 square miles) and destroyed 25 homes. It is 13% contained and all of Porter Ranch remains under mandatory evacuation.
In the path of the Saddleridge fire, residents must make life-and-death decisions
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...eath-decisions
The Saddleridge fire has now burned 7,552 acres (11.8 square miles). As for the big fire in Calimesa, Shawn Melvin told KCBS-TV he was driving behind a garbage truck on Interstate 10. The trash was aflame and his 8-year-old son shot cellphone video of it. Melvin got the driver to pull over, warned him of the fire danger and told him to get off the freeway. Rather than risk his truck being destroyed, the man dumped the burning trash along the roadside. He's now facing criminal charges. Good! Lock him up!
Saddleridge fire is 19% contained; growth slows
https://www.dailynews.com/2019/10/12...-growth-slows/
Sandalwood fire: Containment grows after 2 dead, 76 structures destroyed
https://abc7.com/sandalwood-fire-con...-fire/5613649/
CalFire just updated the numbers. The Saddleridge fire near Porter Ranch has burned 7,965 acres (12.4 square miles) and is 33% contained. The Sandalwood fire in Calimesa has burned 1,011 acres (1.6 square miles) and is 68% contained. The Briceburg fire, which began burning October 6 north of Mariposa, has burned 5,565 acres (8.7 square miles) and is 60% contained. A 350-acre fire north of Moreno Valley is 97% contained and a 200-acre fire burning near the Buenaventura Golf Course in Ventura is 50% contained. I'm starting to understand why California tourism always declines in October.
The Saddleridge fire has now burned 8,400 acres (13 square miles) and is 56% contained. A new fire broke out today near El Capitan State Beach and is 0% contained but it's moving toward the ocean.
50-acre wildfire forces evacuations along Santa Barbara County coast
https://ktla.com/2019/10/17/wind-dri...-county-coast/