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Old 07-27-2018, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Mountains of Oregon
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Yikes, the Carr fire, which started west of Redding toward Whiskey Lake, is completely out of control and roaring toward the town of Redding. Several of the suburbs are already engulfed. Some of the articles talk about as many as 5,000 structures threatened.

https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/a...215632950.html



This is Terrible. We're praying for the good folks living there.
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Old 07-27-2018, 10:22 PM
 
Location: Myrtle Creek, Oregon
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This is shaping up as a really nasty year. Fire season is only about 4 weeks old. We still have August and September to deal with.
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Old 07-28-2018, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Whidbey paradise
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Are we paying the price for decades of hands-off forest (mis)management?

I apologize, if I'm taking it off relocation pre-requisite.
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Old 07-28-2018, 12:53 PM
 
Location: The beautiful Rogue Valley, Oregon
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I think that is only a part of it - what we are really paying for is almost a decade of record heat and dry forests, which means the trees are stressed, dying and fodder for massive beetle kills.

At our other house we lived at the southern edge of the Ponderosa pine forest that surrounds Crater Lake, with several very tall trees on the property that were at least 50 years old, probably older. And we were having to water them, because the ones on the acreage to the south of us were starting to die in the heat and low rainfall. These were not planted trees, either.
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Old 07-28-2018, 03:59 PM
 
Location: Mountains of Oregon
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In the winter we used to get much more snow & rain. We need it badly.
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Old 08-02-2018, 09:21 AM
 
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Excellent fire map

https://www.fireweatheravalanche.org/fire/
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Old 08-02-2018, 10:46 AM
 
Location: Portland Metro
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My 67-year old sister and our 91-year old mother were finally allowed to return to their home in Redding last night. Six days away from home. Fortunately, they have power and everything looks OK. But homes about 1/4 mile from theirs burned to the ground.
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Old 08-02-2018, 01:29 PM
 
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jjpop, I'm glad your family came through okay. So many people lost much. So sad. Redding was always good to me when I stopped there. Nice people.
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Old 08-02-2018, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Portland Metro
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jjpop, I'm glad your family came through okay. So many people lost much. So sad. Redding was always good to me when I stopped there. Nice people.
Thanks, soars. The one that breaks my heart is the great grandmother and her grandkids. I watched the great grandfather's interview and it tore me to shreds.

I've been going to Redding on and off for almost 50 years. When you're there in the summer it feels like the city's on fire, and this time it really was--at least a part of it.
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Old 08-04-2018, 10:49 PM
 
Location: Pacific Northwest
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We need rain to help battle these fires and it usually doesn't start until October. Bless the fire fighters who go out and risk their lives attending to these fires.

Does anyone know how to access how long certain cities have gone without rain in Oregon? I tried a search but no luck. I'm in the valley and its been at least 2 months.
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