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Mr.Bill

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9. I live in Lake County

Reply to NotASurfer (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 11:38 PM

Nov 2018

I think at least 100 miles from this fire. The air quality with all the smoke here is far, far worse than when the Mendocino Complex fire was about two miles from my doorstep. The sun was a faint orange dot in the sky today. I had lights on in my living room today like it was evening.

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My grandparents lived in Paradise for many years, and I spent a lot of summers there growing up. [View all] Adsos Letter Nov 2018 OP

Lived a few years as a kid in Quincy, up the Feather River Canyon a piece from Paradise mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #1

Then you know how difficult that terrain can be. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #3

Sadly, that is what they were reperting on local news in NorCal. Mr.Bill Nov 2018 #2

omg. too much tragedy today Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #4

There's another bad one starting up down in Ventura County as well. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #5

The Santa Ana winds must be terrible up there. Control-Z Nov 2018 #15

Adsos, I am so awfully sorry, and cannot imagine what it is to live in Paradise today Leghorn21 Nov 2018 #6

Thanks for the link. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #7

No worries, A - I am just now checking the population of Paradise, I figured there were maybe a Leghorn21 Nov 2018 #11

The terrain around Paradise is difficult, with lots of manzanita and buckbrush. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #13

Yes, high winds, apparently, plus there are canyons, right? Which are tough to get out of Leghorn21 Nov 2018 #14

Sac Bee article with fire map in it NotASurfer Nov 2018 #8

I live in Lake County Mr.Bill Nov 2018 #9

I'm down by Fairfield, and we were getting hammered earlier. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #12

Thank you! Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #10