Northern California Fires

[CurSedVoyce]

Hearing from the lines, that even though contained only shows 20 percent, it is just a matter of finishing the lines, hitting hot spots, mopping up and doing some monitoring.

 

[Treeaddict]

Dang, Stephen! It seems like you just went through this. I’m sorry to see it’s happening again. They don’t know the source of the blaze? 4th of July makes fireworks suspect I presume.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

No word yet, though it will be investigated thorough. Suspicion of fire works is rumoring around.
I smelled something like electrical or trash before we left for the lake. Would not surprise me some one was burning trash up there. No facts will come to light for a while I'm afraid
We go through this almost yearly
We also have a lot of grows up here that are hooked up illegally to electricty etc.

 

[Mrs.B]

Glad to hear it's looking better today. Too many fires already.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Dont know if this will work. Released by Sherriffs Ofc

 

[SeanKroll]

I'm curious how much of that is back- burned, or whatever, to establish a fuel break from a road or other feature.

Some areas looked black on the ground, with green trees.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Back burning mostly took place after it had already hit the edge of town and was skirting it to stop it from progressing in the stockton creek draw and beyond. Fire is a funny animal Sean. Ive seen it go right around stuff you thought it should burn on the way by.
Looking at the top of the ridge in the burn scar I am working, two lone ponderosa pine trees while below and around and beyond is mostly scorched earth. Just a change in the wind will or lack of can change what may still stand or not.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Most your back burning is at night when the wind changes direction and calms

 

[Treeaddict]

All those fully green canopies in the burn area gonna stay that way? I’d imagine most of your trees are fire resistant/tolerable. I can’t remember the proper term. I know certain species basically require fires for continued survival.

 

[Kaveman]

Fire adapted ecosystem. That's the term you're looking for. And yes, that area should be, but the influence of man changes many things.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Really depends how hot the root crown got or if the fire got into the tree. Live oaks will come back from the roots though. More like a scrub oak bush.

 

[davidwyby]

While back I posted picks of a rock scramble I did. All crispy now. Almost got into a RV resort with full time residents etc.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Dang, Stephen! It seems like you just went through this. I’m sorry to see it’s happening again. They don’t know the source of the blaze? 4th of July makes fireworks suspect I presume.

I forgot to mention. Fireworks are illegal here.
Professionals only with permit. Nearest show is out on a lake an hour or so away, or an hour or so down in the valley.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Current arson stats...

 

[davidwyby]

Why do they do it?

 

[Wood Collector]

Unfortunatly for some people its like a disease, others its a thrill seaking by lighting the fire then going on the trucks. Its hard to explain as theres so many reasons that people do it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Why do they do it?

Its a mental illness, just like being a pedio, or rapist or....
They get off on it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I'm curious how much of that is back- burned, or whatever, to establish a fuel break from a road or other feature.

Some areas looked black on the ground, with green trees.

Here are the little pondos up on the ridge in the Oak fire burn scar....

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Were we just talking about lawn mowing in another thread?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Park Fire. Over 300,000 acres. Crazy fast.
They evacuated Paradise. Those folks have really been through it.