That’s exactly why this is so scary...these types of fires have only been normal for the past year and a half. This isn’t normal for Nor Cal either.
Yup. We're seeing the type of fires that used to occur once in a generation occur 3 - 4x a year now.
I still have hard time understanding how you die in a wild fire.
You can literally see it coming a mile away.
Unless you just stubborn as a mule, why are you not gone before the fire hits?
I think he means how do you see a wildfire moving towards you and you don’t evacuate the area. It’s like you see a tornado coming your way and you decide to just stay at the crib. You gotta get out ASAP
They probably died from inhaling the smoke rather than burning, but it’s sad either way. RIP to those that lost their lives.
I think it's hard to fathom what the situation is like without actually being in it.
Trust, people aren't dying in these fires because they're stubborn mules, or because they're trying to save material or personal items.
The descriptions given by survivors, ecologist and other scientist up here in Northern California these past two years are ******* nuts.
1) You can't literally see the fire coming for miles like a tornado. The paths of the fires can be unpredictable. The rates at which these fires move, I still can't wrap my head around.
Fires burning areas the size of a football field every second - you can't outrun or outdrive that.
Wind can carry burning soot for miles causing fire to literally rain from the sky starting new fires unexpectedly.
Wild fires burn underground for years after they extinguish on the earth's surface. When new surface level fires start, the underground fires basically explode causing the area above to combust.
2) These rural areas are rural. Not very many roads, if there's even more than one. People get stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic for hours on hours. People get slowed down trying to care for the sick and the elderly and those who aren't mobile for any reason. Fires start and spread in the middle of the night when people are asleep, etc.
These are natural disasters that are fell less predictable or known than something like a hurricane.