California Fires

[Tortuga]

6 hours ago, ChrisC said:

Would there be sufficient pressure if firefighters were fighting nearby? 

Good question but I'd rather do it than not do it..

[Loopy]

The news now says there have been 5 deaths from these fires.  A grandmother and her 2 grandchildren are the latest. 

 

https://www.krqe.com/news/national/2-children-great-grandmother-perish-in-california-wildfire/1331108728?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KRQE_News_13

 

The Redding fire.  😟

 

Edited July 29, 2018 by Loopy

[Loopy]

This is just a probable cause of the Redding CARR fire 🔥.

 

http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2018/07/28/ca-fires-redding/

 

CA FIRES – REDDING – Possible Cause Revealed

Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2018 by Post Scripts

by Jack

 

Updated 2200 hrs., 7/28/18.   Possible cause of CARR fire in Redding, pickup truck towing a car trailer.  Trailer had flat, but driver did not notice the noise of tire coming apart or notice how it was pulling.  He continued to drive on the flat tire until the steel rim hit the pavement and showered sparks as he continued to drive… until it was too late.  The fire was already starting.   If this story changes, we’ll update it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 30, 2018 by Loopy

[Miss Bea]

How to figure it out? A vehicle, towing a trailer, stopped along the highway, with a damaged rim, and a trail of fires behind it.

Edited July 30, 2018 by Miss Bea

[bagwell1987]

[Tortuga]

1 hour ago, Miss Bea said:

How to figure it out? A vehicle, towing a trailer, stopped along the highway, with a damaged rim, and a trail of fires behind it.

..that's a dead giveaway...

[Tortuga]

1 hour ago, Loopy said:

This is just a probable cause of the Redding CARR fire 🔥.

 

http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscripts/2018/07/28/ca-fires-redding/

 

CA FIRES – REDDING – Possible Cause Revealed

Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2018 by Post Scripts

by Jack

 

Updated 2200 hrs., 7/28/18.   Possible cause of CARR fire in Redding, pickup truck towing a car trailer.  Trailer had flat, but driver did not notice the noise of tire coming apart or notice how it was pulling.  He continued to drive on the flat tire until the steel rim hit the pavement and showered sparks as he continued to drive… until it was too late.  The fire was already starting.   If this story changes, we’ll update it.

Well, here is an idea. Get a trailer tire pressure monitoring system...🤨

[Qapla]

Would that make it the Trailerr fire instead of the Carr fire?

[Loopy]

O O, more deaths in the California fires. 2 more people (Ferguson fire)...now up to 8.

 

 

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fires-20180730-story.html

 

Friends please be careful out there.

 

 

 

 

[nanceebgd46]

I was born in Los Angeles County and have seen so many fires over the decades.  

It's horrible how many lives a fire can ruin....the poor people lose literally everything.

The worst aspect of these fires is, most of the time, the fire was started  by an

arsonist!  That has always made me sick to my stomach.

[Sandyds61]

On 7/28/2018 at 1:12 PM, Tortuga said:

As I was watching the news I was wondering if lawn sprinklers on the roof of a house would be helpful, then at the end of the news segment it showed a home with a lawn sprinkler on the roof. It looks like a good idea. I think I might install some rain-bird type sprinklers on the corners of the roof just in case one day there is a fire close enough that we have to evacuate, maybe it will save the house...

My husband is a home designer, and we recommend that to our clients especially if they are outside the fire district or in a forested area. He knows of one home in a subdivision that was the only home saved here in central Oregon when a fire went thru. So many of the subdivisions here are requiring sprinkling but that helps on the interior, the rainbirds on the roof can  help with flying embers, when you can run them and saturate the home and surroundings.

 

Another thing to consider is if you have outdoor BBQ's tied into a large propane tank add an auto shut off for the gas.

A home my husband designed you can see it here: https://www.houzz.com/projects/366190/the-old-keystone-ranch-refined-yet-rustic-western-ranch-home

was lost due to such a fire.

 

The owner had a large 500 gal propane tank and had just filled it, he went to BBQ and left it on for weeks, they went on vacation and got a call when they arrived in Arizona that their home was gone. The BBQ metal could only take so much and melted away. My husband suggested to install an auto shut off for the BBQ a rather inexpensive item but the owner elected not to have it added. They were outside the fire district but the loss of their home could have been prevented with a simple shut off valve. 

[Doug]

Today we were notified that the scheduled training day this weekend, for attendants , to be held in Redding is cancelled.

I already made the alternate training in Rio Linda last weekend. Closer to home.

[Tortuga]

Here is an update

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/04/us/carr-fire-week-wrap/index.html

[hatcheckgirl]

From the article posted by Richard:

"What we're seeing in California right now is more destructive, larger fires burning at rates that we have historically never seen," Cal Fire spokesman Jonathan Cox said.

😱

 

Do we know how the brothers are affected?  And you Richard? All ok?  

 

[Tortuga]

29 minutes ago, hatcheckgirl said:

Do we know how the brothers are affected?  And you Richard? All ok

We are fine, the Carr fire is about 175 miles away but we still get smoke from that fire and several others.

 

I haven't heard anything about any friends that are affected.

 

Thanks for asking...😊

Edited August 5, 2018 by Tortuga

[bobby]

sad Gov. brown said it was the new normal 

  i can see the car fire form my home 

[tekmantwo]

40 minutes ago, bobby said:

sad Gov. brown said it was the new normal 

  i can see the car fire form my home 

Bob, you can see actual flames, coming towards you??

[tekmantwo]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

We are fine

Like the new picture....who's that with your wife?

[bobby]

47 minutes ago, tekmantwo said:

Bob, you can see actual flames, coming towards you??

no just the smoke  sorry 

[bobby]

hear a map of all the fires 

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/multimedia/8578464-181/live-map-of-the-river

 

i life just south of it 

where High way 101 and 12 meet i can see the smoke 

Edited August 5, 2018 by bobby

[Old]

Aid to victims of the Carr fire.

Recieved word from bothers in Redding, that each familly that has lost home to fire,two elders have been assigned by the LDC to assist and support. Too soon to see how this is to be accomlished, all we know is our organization has stepped in and they will be taken care of even as the ashes cool.

Edited August 5, 2018 by Old

[Tortuga]

2 minutes ago, Old said:

Aid to victims of the Carr fire.

Recieved word from bothers in Redding, the each familly that has lost home to fire,two elders have been assigned by the LDC to assist and support. Too soon to see how this is to be accomlished, all we know is our organization has stepped in and they will be taken care of even as the ashes cool.

Do you know which AH is closest to Redding?

 

I assume LDC will use it as a home base and have a special talk for anyone affected by the fire.

[Miss Bea]

I was told that fourteen of our family lost their homes. In the Carr fire. 

Pioneer School was cancelled. 

[Old]

6 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

Do you know which AH is closest to Redding?

 

I assume LDC will use it as a home base and have a special talk for anyone affected by the fire.

I would assume Marysville, Assembly Hall, or do they now call it Yuba City? Havent been there in 20 years.

Edited August 5, 2018 by Old

[tekmantwo]

17 minutes ago, Old said:

I would assume Marysville, Assembly Hall, or do they now call it Yuba City? Havent been there in 20 years.

If you mean theAssembly Hall on Washington St, that is Yuba City.

 

Assembly Hall and Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
650 N George Washington Blvd, Yuba City, CA 95993
(530) 673-0436

https://goo.gl/maps/vnYDetg11g62