Posted on 09/25/2020 6:46:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The wildfire called the August Complex is nearing the small communities of Post Mountain and Trinity Pines, about 200 miles (322 kilometers) northwest of Sacramento, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Law enforcement officers went door to door warning of the encroaching fire danger but could not force residents to evacuate, Trinity County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Nate Trujillo said.
As many as 1,000 people remained in Post Mountain and Trinity Pines, authorities and local residents estimated Thursday.
The threatened marijuana growing area is in the Emerald Triangle, a three-county corner of Northern California that by some estimates is the nation’s largest cannabis-producing region.
People familiar with Trinity Pines said the community has up to 40 legal farms, with more than 10 times that number in hidden, illegal growing areas.
Growers are wary of leaving the plants vulnerable to flames or thieves. Each farm has crops worth half a million dollars or more and many are within days or weeks of harvest.
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I don’t smoke dope.
The last two years have beaten me.
Sorry.
Sound like you are saying its a High priority
Me Neither,
But if I did,,,
I don’t like marijuana. Would hate to be downwind when fires destroy the plants.
Clearly they need to dump multiple plane loads of that nice red fire retardant on the marijuana plants to save them. That should solve the problem!
Now, you’ll see action!
Liberals rushing to the area to get a free contact high.
I’ve heard that the Emerald Triangle is a very ruthless and dangerous place.
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