‘Fire Clouds’ from Oregon’s Bootleg Fire Are Generating Their Own Extreme Weather

News and Guts ^ | July 20 2021 | Unknown

[AirForceVet1988]

Oregon’s Bootleg Fire, amplified by a historic draught and weeks of extreme heat, is expected to grow in the coming days as first responders are hampered by storms and strong winds. The season’s largest wildfire is so powerful, that it’s generating “fire clouds” (or pyrocumulonimbus clouds) that can spur their own hurricanes, lighting, and thunder (watch above). The possibility of “fire tornadoes” also exists.

“The fire is so large and generating so much energy and extreme heat that it’s changing the weather,” said Marcus Kauffman, a spokesman for the state forestry department. “Normally the weather predicts what the fire will do. In this case, the fire is predicting what the weather will do.”

[AirForceVet1988]

Air quality warnings on the East Coast caused by fires on the West Coast. These fires are creating their own weather. The sunsets are pretty, but not good for your health.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Oregon’s Bootleg Fire, amplified by a historic draught...

Draught. MMMMmmm.

[cowboyusa]

Seeing it here in Philly.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

It feels like we’re asphyxiating here in Idaho.

I’m wondering if they make a house-sized version of one of those oxygen generating machines.

[Red Badger]

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Thanks, but I think I’ll pass. :)

[BenLurkin]

Probably an old wives’ tale, but have long heard that smoke from big fire seasons causes rainy winters.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Damn, ya beat me to it!

Nothing like an historic draught, is there?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“It feels like we’re asphyxiating here in Idaho”

Yep, it goes on and on and on and on...dry since March. And nonstop hot. Yuck, where’s our clean mountain air?

[metmom]

The season’s largest wildfire is so powerful, that it’s generating “fire clouds” (or pyrocumulonimbus clouds) that can spur their own hurricanes, lighting, and thunder (watch above).

They lost all credibility when they said that the fires spawn hurricanes.

No.

Just no.

[steve86]

They left off the hurricane [force winds].

[TLI]

that can spur their own hurricanes,

Hurricanes?

Sounds like the author had one too many "draughts."

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[Theoria]

[logi_cal869]

Get used to it:

It’s called FIRE ECOLOGY, not ‘climate change’.

Tiring of all the flippin hype over a natural cycle predating humans by hundreds of thousands of years.

[dblshot]

Yeah but we saved the spotted owl. Har Har

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Yours is better.

[Rio]

Bootleg started about ten miles from my home. It went in a different direction (so far) fortunately.

[metmom]

Hurricane force winds is not unreasonable.

What passes for journalism these days is pathetic.

[viewfromthefrontier]

Thanks for your thoughtfulness, Red Badger.

[Tell It Right]

Next they’ll say hurricanes cause fires.