California fires

[Mook]

There are some videos I saw over the weekend but id have to find them. 4th largest fire in the state or something like that.

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[CMNTMXR57]

That first pic with the plane flying over... AWESOME!

 

[Spivitz]

Scary, I've read fire like that travels at crazy speed too sometimes.

 

[Mook]

Oh fuck. Its been bumped to the 2nd largest in state history.

 

[Mook]

66 fires across various states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVa-fEPN-zo

 

[Mook]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4EqGTWTf-s

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

It’s so smokey here because of this shit. They need to cut it out.

 

[ragingclue]

Dang that's nuts. Cedar Fire was good times.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Terrible.

 

[SirMarco]

I was in SoCal this past week working a trade show. My buddy I work with, who lives in NorCal, was telling me about the fires. 8 of 12 of his family member have lost their homes and it looks to be more soon. He has his Nova stored at one of their homes and couldn't get it in time.

 

[Mook]

 

[DEEZUZ]

Fucked

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

lots of pics, don't think this is a repost

https://www.facebook.com/141780336256/videos/10154264356191257/

 

[radioguy6]

bad ass..... these 747s can drop 19,000 gallons per flight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3AWMGQ5ot0

 

[DEEZUZ]

$16,000/hr for that bad boy...

 

[Bigturbonotch]

Last year we worked on a project to convert some planes into "fire bombers".

Here a few pictures of some parts. The first one is a fitting with hydraulic actuators. This is part of the "drop system". Two per aircraft.

This here is a "chute" that water flows into and then from the reservoir tank on the aircraft. This is connected to a lower assembly where the water is finally dropped. There are two per aircraft and theses are about 8 feet.

These are fittings that hold the tanks to the aircraft.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Some of those plane pics are awesome.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Awesome pictures, but nothing new for California...

As water becomes more scarce out there, they will continue to get worse too. Not as much of a paradise as people pass it off to be.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

https://www.facebook.com/NWSElko/videos/1791131574257558/

 

[PANDA]

Fire is inside Yosemite National Park now.

 

[Yaj Yak]

fire is natural and necessary for shit like that though [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION]

 

[Pressure Ratio]

fire is natural and necessary for shit like that though [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION]

I think that is more for the prairies, not forests. But I guess even fires there help turn the trees into nutrients for the area.

It is a shame when it if forests as it probably takes decades for trees to be mature in those areas again.



*edit* quick google search and...

Established trees have to compete with undergrowth for nutrients and space. Fire clears the weaker trees and debris and returns health to the forest. Clearing brush from the forest floor with low intensity flames can help prevent large damaging wildfires that spread out of control and completely destroy forests.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I think that is more for the prairies, not forests.

It is a shame when it if forests as it probably takes decades for trees to be mature in those areas again.

nah helps forests too.


issue is these areas havent burnt in so long, small fires would have helped.

these massive clusterfuck fires aren't as helpful.

parts of yellowstone are still recovering from that 80s? fire they had but it's good for a lot of shit.

 

[Yaj Yak]

https://billingsgazette.com/news/st...cle_4e7b57d6-111c-5c65-90f5-cd627c0604c7.html

Jump forward to 2013, the 25th anniversary of those fires, and it’s evident that Yellowstone National Park continues to thrive, adapt and transform as it always has, and that part of that change has always included fire. The species of plants and animals that inhabit the park have long adapted to fire. Sure, there are changes, but Yellowstone is a dynamic landscape. Nothing stays the same. And fire will return, especially as summers grow ever longer, hotter, drier and contain more lightning strikes.

What seems evident is that although the Yellowstone fires of 1988 were dramatic, they were only a signal of what was to come. Last year in Montana alone, 1.1 million acres burned while the nation saw almost 8 million acres consumed by wildland fires. Firefighting costs for the Forest Service alone totaled about $1 billion. Already this year, almost 300,000 acres burned in just two of New Mexico’s 10 fires.

So wildland fire is here to stay on the Western landscape. More fires will burn in Yellowstone. But the burns are no longer viewed as catastrophic to the landscape. Different plants will sprout in the ashes, different trees and bushes will grow, but it is part of a natural cycle — one that people visiting Yellowstone National Park can see with their own eyes.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

nah helps forests too.


issue is these areas havent burnt in so long, small fires would have helped.

these massive clusterfuck fires aren't as helpful.

parts of yellowstone are still recovering from that 80s? fire they had but it's good for a lot of shit.

Ya, I just edited my post. Google search says they are helpful. But I think it is intended for small burns and fires. Not raging fires. Like you just mentioned.

Still sad to see large sections of forest burnt. Especially if it is longer to recover than a couple decades. Fires in the 80's and still recovering? That sucks.