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riversedge

(70,272 posts) Sat Dec 23, 2017, 09:51 AM Dec 2017

California Thomas fire becomes largest in state's history

Source: bbc

5 hours ago

Image caption Satellite imagery shows the vast Thomas Fire, north of Los Angeles, which has spread as far as the Pacific coast

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The Thomas fire has burned more than 1000sq km - an area greater than New York City, Brussels and Paris combined.

The blaze broke out in Santa Paula in early December and has moved west towards the coast, one of several major fires in California in recent months.
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Seven of California's 10 largest fires on record have occurred since 2000. Two were in the 1970s and the earliest was in 1932 - the Matilija fire which, like the Thomas fire, burned through Ventura County...............

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42464835

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California Thomas fire becomes largest in state's history (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2017 OP

We've really been hammered this fire season. Adsos Letter Dec 2017 #1

...and republicans persist in their dangerous lies to Americans about climate change Achilleaze Dec 2017 #2

The Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 was larger Brother Buzz Dec 2017 #3

Not to be insensitive but reading of So. Cal fires always reminds me of one my fave songs ... mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #4

A little gentle rain would not be amiss about now. And then more, after that soaks in.Deep snowpack Hekate Dec 2017 #5

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)

1. We've really been hammered this fire season.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 11:31 AM

Dec 2017

And fire danger is still critical in late December.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

2. ...and republicans persist in their dangerous lies to Americans about climate change

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 04:46 PM

Dec 2017

republican lies to Americans are clearly dangerous.

Brother Buzz

(36,456 posts)

3. The Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 was larger

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 04:50 PM

Dec 2017

Just north of 300,000 acres. Same drought and Santa Ana wind conditions. There is no doubt the Thomas fire would have broken this dubious record if we didn't throw a ton of resources into fighting it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Canyon_Fire

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

4. Not to be insensitive but reading of So. Cal fires always reminds me of one my fave songs ...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 06:54 PM

Dec 2017

Check it out (with high volume being highly recommended) ... this tune kicks ass ... in fact their entire 2012 album 'Sirens' (produced by David Lowery, of Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven fame ... he and Cracker guitarist Johnny Hickman appear on one track as well) is absolutely top-to-bottom awesome ... not a duff track on it.

"When the last dingdong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock, hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of man's puny inexhaustible voice, still talking" - William Faulkner

Hekate

(90,769 posts)

5. A little gentle rain would not be amiss about now. And then more, after that soaks in.Deep snowpack

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Sat Dec 23, 2017, 09:35 PM

Dec 2017

...in the mountains. Coastal fog drifting in off the ever-abundant sea, bringing precious moisture to all, finding its way from the ocean back up the dry creek beds and into the mountains, reversing its original journey...

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