Posted on 09/07/2020 8:28:37 PM PDT by rintintin
FRESNO, Calif. -- A rescue operation to airlift scores of people trapped by the Creek Fire at Lake Edison and China Peak was unsuccessful, authorities say.
The Fresno Fire Department says up to 50 people were waiting be rescued at the lake area and that there may be multiple casualties.
However, the heavy smoke conditions made it impossible for the Chinook aircraft piloted by military personnel to approach them.
Another effort will be made shortly to evacuate the trapped people using night vision, Fresno Fire says..
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God have mercy.
My prayers. Also I have grave doubts about anyone camping out at the lakes or parks in California fire season.....
I’d never buy a mountain cabin in California
Better hurry, Santa Ana winds kicking in tomorrow.
Prayers!!!
That’s not good.
There is like, nothing else to do. California has been locked down for half a year now. Many beaches closed etc. people are going nuts.
You cannot shame Marxist enviro wackjobs. They have no shame. Their actions could cause a million deaths and they’d just keep chanting their idiotic slogans. They have no ability the think they’ve been programed to spout their nonsense that fills their empty heads
Prayers up.
Not to make light of a serious situation, but will there be a move to rename Lake Edison, since it was named after some white guy who didn’t invent the light bulb?
Seriously though, I’ve been in a situation where I had to be evacuated from a California forest fire. It was scary (I was maybe 10 at a summer camp) and the fire can move very quickly.
Devil winds are coming.
Prayers. I heard about those at Mammoth Pools, but nothing about Lake Edison.
California has ,today,
Closed several forests
For that very reason.
Marxist Enviro Wackjobs,
Says it all.
121 in Woodland Hills on Saturday
“...at Lake Edison....”
Jump in the lake.
better to “go nuts” and be safe and live to see your loved ones than camp in dry fire conditioned areas. very sad for these people. God be with them all.
They will be okay if they get from Vermillion to the dam area, no trees there.
The road into Lake Edison is a single lane, 17 mile road partially cut into the granite thru the Kaiser Wilderness, that 17 miles goes over a 10K pass and will take you about 1.5 hours to navigate. The road keeps out the ‘undesirables’.
Edison is my little secret, at 7,700 feet it is heaven, been into that area for going on 40 years now...Mono creek runs east up to the Sierra crest and has world class ‘Golden Trout’ fishing.
Don’t tell anyone...
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