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Auggie

(31,060 posts)
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 02:32 PM Aug 2020

Three wildfires raging in Napa County, 205 homes threatened

Firefighters battled flames in three separate Napa County wildfires overnight and on Tuesday morning Cal Fire released updated information on containment and the amount of acreage burned.

The Hennessey Fire east of St. Helena is now 2,700 acres with zero containment. One structure and two outbuildings were engulfed in flames overnight and 205 homes are threatened.

The Gamble Fire, near Berryessa Knoxville Road west of Brooks, grew from 600 acres on Monday to 5,000 acres Tuesday morning. A third blaze, the 10-15 Fire, has consumed 4,500 acres near Putah Creek Bridge and Berressa Knoxville Road.

All three fires have zero containment. Nearly 500 crew members are on the scene of these conflagrations as well as 57 engines, 18 bulldozers and 13 water tenders, according to Cal Fire.

https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/Hennessy-Fire-wildfire-wine-country-Rutherford-15492100.php

Hennessey and Gamble fires may have started by lightning strikes. Pics at the link.

Gotta be Hell for responders. It's so friggin' hot and humid right now.



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Three wildfires raging in Napa County, 205 homes threatened (Original Post) Auggie Aug 2020 OP
Updates: Auggie Aug 2020 #1
We are just over the county line, in Solano county. Adsos Letter Aug 2020 #2
Winds blowing east ... Auggie Aug 2020 #3
We've got the a/c, but we may end up with a 1-2 hour power shutdown. Adsos Letter Aug 2020 #4
Wonder if PG&E takes air quality in consideration when planning rolling blackouts Auggie Aug 2020 #5
PG&E doesn't make the rolling blackout decisions Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #6
Thanks for the explanation Auggie Aug 2020 #7
Note: California ISO was the entity that was manipulated by Enron et al. back in 2001... Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #8

Auggie

(31,060 posts)
1. Updates:
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 05:02 PM
Aug 2020

Hennessey Fire is just north of the Pritchard Hill area and some very high-end vineyards and wineries.
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/17/hennessey-fire-lnu-lightning-complex/

North of that is a separate incident CalFire has not yet named. It's in the Los Pasados State Forest, west of Pope Valley. https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/

Gamble Fire, north of Lake Berryessa, is threatening the Berressa Highlands neighborhood.
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/17/gamble-fire-lnu-lightning-complex/

CalFire reports 0% containment.

All of these are within seven to eight miles of each other.

Ash is falling in downtown Napa.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
2. We are just over the county line, in Solano county.
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 05:15 PM
Aug 2020
Here's the smoke from our location:







It's 102* right now, projected to hit 104* in the next couple of hours. Humidity is dropping.

Auggie

(31,060 posts)
3. Winds blowing east ...
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 05:37 PM
Aug 2020

won't be able to open the windows tonight, murder if you don't have A.C. ... or the electricity to operate it.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
4. We've got the a/c, but we may end up with a 1-2 hour power shutdown.
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 05:47 PM
Aug 2020

And it feels like the humidity is rising again. It will help some with the fires, but as you suggested, will make the firefighters' jobs harder.

I'm listening to KGO, and they are saying that humidity levels dropped overnight and allowed the fires to blow up.

Auggie

(31,060 posts)
5. Wonder if PG&E takes air quality in consideration when planning rolling blackouts
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 05:58 PM
Aug 2020

In a high-wind situation there's no debate. But air quality is a common sense thing, no?

Hope your power stays on.

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
6. PG&E doesn't make the rolling blackout decisions
Wed Aug 19, 2020, 03:15 PM
Aug 2020

California ISO makes them.

The California Independent System Operator is a non-profit Independent System Operator serving California. It oversees the operation of California's bulk electric power system, transmission lines, and electricity market generated and transmitted by its member utilities


Shutting down for high winds is another story, and PG@E makes them.

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FWIW, California ISO lifted the blackout warnings today; we dodged the bullet....for now.

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
8. Note: California ISO was the entity that was manipulated by Enron et al. back in 2001...
Wed Aug 19, 2020, 04:49 PM
Aug 2020

to create that bogus California electricity crisis.

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