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Sad news from CBS San Francisco:
"Sherry Bledsoe said her son and daughter and her grandmother died in the fire that tore through Redding. The fatalities bring the death toll to five since the massive Carr Fire started six days ago. The latest victims are Melody Bledsoe, 70, and her great-grandchildren, 5-year-old James Roberts and 4-year-old Emily Roberts."
The fire has now burned 80,900 acres and is only 5% contained. That 5% may as well be zero.
Update: The fire near Redding has now burned 89,000 acres and forced 38,000 people to evacuate. The fire near Yosemite has burned 53,646 acres -- the equivalent of 70,800 football fields, according to NBC -- and full containment is not expected until August 15. The Idyllwild fire has burned 13,130 acres and is 29% contained.
There are 12 wildfires burning in California today. The three biggest ones are getting most of the media attention. Among the others are a 13,000-acre fire that has destroyed four homes in Mendocino County; an 11,000-acre fire, also in Mendocino County; a 4,600-acre fire on the California-Oregon border; and a 150-acre fire which has destroyed seven homes in Napa County.
Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for the counties -- Shasta, Riverside and Mariposa -- where the largest fires are raging. The declaration means those counties can receive state assistance and resources. What California really needs is seven straight days of heavy rainfall -- and that ain't gonna happen.
More bad news -- and several people are still missing so the death toll will likely rise. Statewide, this summer's fires have already burned more than 200,000 acres (313 square miles).
A second firefighter is killed in Ferguson fire near Yosemite, raising death toll in wildfires across the state to 8
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...729-story.html
The Redding fire has now burned 99,000 acres and the fire near Yosemite has burned 56,000 acres. These two fires are scary enough but it's even scarier to think about the possibility they could eventually merge.
Thousands ordered to evacuate as two California wildfires rage 30 miles apart
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/califor...ver-fire-rage/
The fire near Redding is now the ninth largest in our state's history. Among the eight people killed by the fire are a 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren whom she had wrapped in wet blankets in a futile effort to protect them as flames reached the house. The boy, 5, had called both 911 and his grandfather, pleading, "Come get us! The flames are at the door!" Heartbreaking.
Carr fire in northern California has scorched more than 103,000 acres
http://abc11.com/carr-fire-has-now-s...ornia/3849649/
It took only a few hours today for the ninth-largest fire in California history to become the seventh-largest fire. More than 110,000 acres have burned, six people have died, at least 20 are missing and 17,000 remain under evacuation.
Carr fire in Shasta County is seventh-most destructive in California history
http://abc7.com/carr-fire-is-seventh...tory-/3856451/
Shasta County investigators have located 16 of the 20 people who were reported missing in the Carr fire. Four are still unaccounted for. Three lived in Redding and their homes are still standing so the three are almost certainly safe somewhere.
CalFire just updated the numbers: 112,888 acres have burned and the fire is 30% contained.
Last October there were 21 wildfires raging in California. Today, with new fires burning near Covelo, Yuba City, Simi Valley and Santa Clarita, the state has matched that record. The fire near Redding has now burned more than 115,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 homes.
'It just goes on and on': New wildfires erupt in scorched Northern California
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/it-just...rn-california/
The fire near Redding has now burned 115,600 acres. CNN said the fire is spreading so rapidly, it burns the equivalent of a football field every three seconds. The fire near Yosemite has burned 58,900 acres. The fire near Idyllwild is at 13,140 acres and is expected to be fully contained on August 9.
When I started the "California burning" thread ten months ago, I never imagined it would require daily updates. Today there are 18 wildfires still raging. The fire near Redding has burned 126,000 acres and destroyed 1,555 homes and buildings, the Yosemite-area fire has burned 68,610 acres and two fires in Mendocino County have burned a combined 110,000 acres.
Red flag conditions threaten to stoke large wildfires burning in Northern California
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...802-story.html
The fire near Redding has now burned 131,896 acres and is 39% contained. The fire near Yosemite has burned 73,560 acres and is 41% contained. The two Mendocino County fires have burned a combined 153,000 acres. And this -- this is scary:
California’s Carr Fire may have unleashed the most intense fire tornado ever observed in the US
The Washington Post, Aug 3 2018 11:54 AM
A tornado? Scary. Wildfire? Horrific. A tornado made of fire? Just about the most terrifying thing Mother Nature can whip up. On July 26, the Carr Fire near Redding unleashed a vortex with winds so strong it uprooted trees and stripped away their bark. The National Weather Service estimated the fire-induced tempest packed winds in excess of 143 mph. Such wind strength is equivalent to an EF3 tornado, on the 0-to-5 scale for twister intensity. "This is historic in the US," said Craig Clements, director of San Jose State University’s Fire Weather Research Laboratory. "This might be the strongest fire-induced tornado-like circulation ever recorded."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ed-in-the-u-s/
Yosemite National Park was established in 1890 and covers 747,956 acres. This morning the Ferguson fire spread into the park and is burning toward the Badger Pass ski area. It has now burned more than 77,200 acres.
Fire siege leaves Yosemite empty of humans and filled with smoke during peak summer season
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...804-story.html
The fire near Redding has now burned 140,000 acres. Fire officials said today the fire was caused by sparks -- and the sparks were caused by someone driving a car with a flat tire.
The Sir Douglas Quintet had a hit song titled Mendocino. That was in the year 1968 BC -- before the conflagrations:
Mendocino Complex fire explodes to 229,000 acres, making it one of the largest on record
Los Angeles Times, Aug 4 2018 7:30 PM
A massive pair of fires burning on either side of Clear Lake, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, exploded to 229,000 acres tonight, making it one of the largest on record in California and the most pressing of 17 large wildfires across the state.
The Mendocino Complex fire, as it’s called, consists of two separate conflagrations that have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The fire has burned dozens of homes and is now the sixth-largest blaze on record in California. The largest is last year’s Thomas fire, which burned 281,000 acres in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...804-story.html
The Redding fire has now burned 154,600 acres. The Yosemite fire has burned 89,700 acres. The Mendocino fire has burned 254,000 acres and is now the fifth-largest wildfire in California history.
Mendocino Complex fire keeps burning; 68 homes lost and more evacuations ordered
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...805-story.html
The Redding fire has now burned more than 163,000 acres, the Yosemite fire has burned 91,500 acres and the Mendocino fire has burned 274,000 acres (426 square miles) and is soon going to surpass last year's Thomas fire as the largest in state history.
Mendocino Complex fire is now second-largest in California history
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...806-story.html
Did you know California's firefighters do not have "readily available water" because "bad environmental laws" are diverting the water "into the Pacific Ocean"? That is according to Donald Trump, the tweeter-in-chief.
In a strikingly ignorant tweet, Trump gets almost everything about California wildfires wrong
http://www.latimes.com/business/hilt...806-story.html
Trabuco Canyon is an unincorporated community in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains in eastern Orange County. Trabuco Canyon is also the site of the newest California wildfire. This fire is in an inaccessible area. Helicopters and air tankers are making water drops.
Trabuco Canyon brush fire: Fast-moving blaze burns 75-100 acres, destroys cabin
https://abc7.com/trabuco-canyon-brus...cture/3895291/
Today's fast-moving fire in Trabuco Canyon -- Trabuco is the Spanish word for "blunderbuss," a 17th-century muzzle-loading firearm -- has already burned 1,200 acres.
1,200-acre brush fire explodes in Orange County; local residents evacuated
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...806-story.html
Twenty-four hours ago, the Mendocino Complex fire was the fifth-largest in California history. Now it's the largest. Last year's Thomas fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties burned 281,893 acres and destroyed 1,063 homes and buildings. The Mendocino fire has now destroyed 75 homes and burned 283,800 acres (443 square miles).
The Trabuco Canyon fire is up to 4,000 acres. The wildfire near Redding has burned 164,400 acres. Fires are still burning in Idyllwild and Yosemite. Smaller fires are burning near Julian, Parkfield, Vallecito, Coulterville, Rancho Calaveras, Kettleman City, Temescal Valley and other parts of the state. Pray for rain!