This is summarized information from Calfire on the major fires around the San Francisco bay area. Major fires are only barely being contained. If weather and luck go against the fire fighting then entire cities within the San Francisco bay area could end up being destroyed.
The fires are large enough and close enough that it is lighting up the sky as seen from houses in the East Bay.
The entire area was covered with smoke that reduced visibility to about 500 feet.
The SCU Lightning Complex started on August 16th with multiple fires within the complex. These fires have since merged into two major fires and are broken into three zones; Canyon, Calaveras, and Deer. Temperatures today warmed into the upper 80s and lower 90s with humidity from 20-30% and winds gusting out of the southwest from 15-25 mph this afternoon. A Red Flag Warning for dry lightning and gusty outflow winds is currently in effect through 5 pm Monday.
This fire is only 10% contained and threatens many parts of the East Bay and South Bay parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The fire fighting effort is focused on saving lives. If the winds and weather are not fortunate then a lot of buildings will be lost. Evacuations order for entire cities of hundreds of thousands of people could go out.
The fires are mainly expected to expand at night around 3 am and in the afternoon.
The Peninsula side of the San Francisco bay area is threatened by the 67000 acre CZU Lightning Complex. This is 5% contained.
Napa, Vacaville, Fairfield are threatened by the LNU Lightning Complex. This is 21% contained.
SOURCES – Calfire, KPIX, KGO
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Modern fires tend to destroy a lot more homes than people. So they actually increase the homeless problem.
California continued prescribed burns but Federal stopped them.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wildfires/trump-administration-halts-wildfire-prevention-tool-in-california-over-coronavirus-idUSKCN21X1HD
They need some irrigation canals…
22/10/13 percent contained LNU/SCU/CZU Edit: 27/15/17 8/25 AM.
The CZU fire is very unlikely to go over the Summit Road/Skyline Blvd main ridge to the east, and fire breaks north and south are complete, so the containment numbers somewhat understate things for that fire. In the other direction the containment numbers overstate things for the LNU fire – that could run in multiple directions.
SCU Deer Zone portion in Contra Costa county is 100% contained. The rest are still mostly running wild, but risk to east San Jose is low as there is no real interface zone. Risk is highest in Morgan Hill area.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/california-fire-map/
The US Federal government owns about 57% of California woodlands. And about 40% of California’s woodlands is privately owned land.
The government of the State of California only owns about 3% of California’s forest.
http://newpapyrusmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/11/mitigating-forest-fires-by-harvesting.html
Seems a bit extreme for dealing with their homeless problem.
Wonder what this will do to real estate prices?
“Do you know the way to San Jose?”
Blue State Blues
I think the environmentalists who got california to ban responsible forestry practices actually want this to happen