tylerbeach3
fellimbuck spiltn'burn
Wait. THE randymac might come? Cool.
Nor Cal & North SF Bay GTG (November 11-14, 2022)
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Randy, I'll caravan down with ya if you want!
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Am I stopping in Portland on your account as well? Gotta stay on top of stuff, y'know!
RandyMac
Stiff Member
There are a couple things to consider, a we will see how it goes when we get there.
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Nothing heading south from Don this time so far as I know.
There is a different guy in Portland who may have something for me though. I'll let you know.
Roger that!
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
The Tubbs fire is burning the heck out of NE Santa Rosa as well as areas of Calistoga. It started somewhere near 128 in between Santa Rosa and Calistoga/Saint Helena. Don't at this point know if the park is affected. Good chance that it is. We have falling ash/burned leaves/bark on and around our house SW of Sebastopol. Closest fires are about 10 miles from here. Thoughts and prayers for all the affected people and the park are greatly appreciated. Ckelp (and family) and my Dad live about 2 miles south of the current evacuation zone.
RandyMac
Stiff Member
I'll bring my burnt timber gear.
Burnt stuff is between full on snags and live trees, with a chance of B&C and lung damage.
Personal opinion, burnt timber sux the big green one.
Burnt stuff is between full on snags and live trees, with a chance of B&C and lung damage.
Personal opinion, burnt timber sux the big green one.
Hang in there, y'all, I have been following this story all morning. Looks real bad from here.
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Here's the best map I can find at 1600 09 Oct; this is from 1000, 6 hrs ago. It puts the main body of the fire NE of Bothe-Napa park and SW of RLS Park. The wind is from the NE so this would be a backing fire. Backing fires tend to move slower, but also to burn things in their path more completely due to staying longer. I'll post an updated map when I find one.
Update: this NWCG map should auto-refresh.
Update: this NWCG map should auto-refresh.
Here's the best map I can find at 1600 09 Oct; this is from 1000, 6 hrs ago. It puts the main body of the fire NE of Bothe-Napa park and SW of RLS Park. The wind is from the NE so this would be a backing fire. Backing fires tend to move slower, but also to burn things in their path more completely due to staying longer. I'll post an updated map when I find one.
Update: this NWCG map should auto-refresh.
That is a serious sized fire, I must contact my daughter and get more info on it.
It's several fires at the same time. Worth noting is that just north of there burned hard 2 and 5 years ago. It's definitely fire country, especially this time of year.
Certainly has been a fire country West of Clear Lake.
Yeah, that one 2 years ago was supposedly the 3rd worst in recent CA history. We were on deck to get shipped to that one but we got sent to Yakima instead... and then sent home. Fire seasons are weird.
My daughter is staying down in Santa Cruz and I am still waiting to hear back from her, we always spend a few days in Northern Napa and Calistoga when I am out there.
I have a feeling things are gonna look a little different when I get there a month from now.
lightj12
ArboristSite Operative
It's about as dry as it gets around here; hope that you are all faring OK up there. I felt the winds switching on shore today at the coast so that's a sign of relief. Heavily inundated with smoke where I'm at (~SW of Bothe). I'll be glad when winter moves in. Jeremy
Yesterday Cody and I were working at the top of the mountain above Big Basin state park. The wind was HOWLING until noon then it died down until 4pm. Cody was limbing up a big oak that was dancing in the wind. We even had a hard time talking to each other. I hope no firefighters were at the wind driven head of those fires in NorCal, that is a recipe for disaster. 1500 homes lost as of a few hours ago. Homeowners' fire insurance is looking to be a thing of the past in California. The permit process doesn't allow many home owners to clear any vegetation away from their house.
Landscape surely will be changed, not sure I want to see it in that state of ruin.
