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countryjake

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33. KOMO news said today that high temps & dry conditions here til Oct 2016.

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 08:47 PM

Jul 2015

I think that's wishful thinking, myself. This isn't the first drought we've had lately, up here in Skagit County. We went 86 days without rain back in 2012 and fire season that year was disastrous. But never before has it come so early.

I'm out in the boonies, the foothills, and two weeks ago when it was up to 95 degrees, the air was totally filled with smoke, it was hard to do anything outdoors...we were surrounded by wildfires from up in BC and the North Cascades and smaller brushfires all over the county.

My landlord laughed at my lineup of water buckets last month, but he cut the pasture this week and came hollering when he was halfway thru, grabbing half of that water to put out a fire that the muffler on his tractor started.

There's a herd of Elk who drink from my buckets early every morning...if you're next to a refuge, try setting out some water for them to see what shows up. All the critters are really suffering from this heat.

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Brush Fire Jumps Highway In So Cal [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 OP

At least 8 vehicles on fire BarbaRosa Jul 2015 #1

I've never heard of cars on the freeway catching fire from a wildfire before this villager Jul 2015 #30

It is extremely rare but it does happen nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #32

Is it windy out there, or just tinder-dry? villager Jul 2015 #34

Both and my educated guess from scanner traffic nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #37

Oy. At the point where it's making its own "weather" already? villager Jul 2015 #39

My other question is... in San Diego Air copter 1 and 2 have night time nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #40

30 percent contained? villager Jul 2015 #42

My ear is on a bloody scanner nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #44

And that has been walked back per LA Times nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #52

Wow, I-15 in the Cajon Pass - with a couple of cars caught by the flames petronius Jul 2015 #2

I have been on that road several times as my gf's gf lives in Vegas. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #4

When we were kids we used to like pulling over to watch freight trains petronius Jul 2015 #18

We don't have a car but we rent one to go to Vegas. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #20

We're watching it on CNN right now. Holy shit. nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #3

Here the link nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #5

Almost a jinx! Been watching these cars ignite for half an hour, now. countryjake Jul 2015 #7

I am watching the water drops nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #9

It's the same way up here in WA, tinder dry, wild fires everywhere... countryjake Jul 2015 #19

Here is a file picture from the Chariot fire of that DC 10 nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #23

Same here GP6971 Jul 2015 #28

KOMO news said today that high temps & dry conditions here til Oct 2016. countryjake Jul 2015 #33

Yep, the deer GP6971 Jul 2015 #38

This is scary malaise Jul 2015 #10

Cajun Pass? 2naSalit Jul 2015 #46

Well you know the drill nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #48

Yup... 2naSalit Jul 2015 #49

live video, here... countryjake Jul 2015 #6

So dry out here in SoCal aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #8

It is not a desert. SoCal's climate is semi-arid. KamaAina Jul 2015 #12

To me it's a desert aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #15

Desert planets? KamaAina Jul 2015 #16

Too late for you my friend aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #17

And so it begins. KamaAina Jul 2015 #11

It has not stopped nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #14

And September and October are yet to come... villager Jul 2015 #29

Don't remind me nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #31

This is the area map nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #13

Man. They fly that DC-9 tanker like a cropduster! House of Roberts Jul 2015 #21

We have seen them at major fires. It is an impressive site nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #27

Fire now up to 2000 acres, mandatory evacuations in Baldy Mesa area. countryjake Jul 2015 #22

This is a file picture of the DC 10 nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #24

Victorville Fair grounds for large animal shelter nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #25

Live video udbcrzy2 Jul 2015 #26

Watching it live on Chris Hayes Sienna86 Jul 2015 #35

3500 acres nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #36

another fire burning in nor cal too shanti Jul 2015 #41

30 percent contained nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #43

Inciweb data nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #45

Satellite image from the fire nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #47

Wind from the south. bemildred Jul 2015 #51

This is going to be days nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #53

Shit, the earlier report of some containment is not nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #50

There were as many as 5 drones PasadenaTrudy Jul 2015 #54

5 percent contained per inciweb this morning nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #55

45 percent nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #56