Posted on 08/07/2018 4:39:45 AM PDT by blueplum
...The Holy Fire, which had exploded from 75 to 700 acres within an hour Monday afternoon, was threatening recreation structures in the area of Trabuco Creek and Holy Jim Canyon roads, according to the United State Forest Service.
It had consumed more than 1,200 acres by 5:40 p.m., with zero percent containment. At 8:19 p.m., the Cleveland National Forest's official Twitter account said the Holy Fire had grown to 4,000 acres with zero percent containment, meaning the blaze had more than tripled in size in fewer than three hours.
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This afternoon about 4pm, from our perspective on the east side of the 15, there were two ridges putting out some high flame but by 10pm the smoke seemed to dissipate and we could see stars so we thought it was under control on the Orange Co. side of the mountain. Still two ridges burning at 1am but now at 4:30am it looks like it's spreading north, and has jumped the ridge burning down into Riverside Co. We smell smoke again, so I imagine it will be a long day for locals and firefighters. The last time that (and this) area burned was around 81/82 so a lot of fuel in the forest and canyons. No word on what started the blaze.
Thanks for posting. Will be thinking of you and pray for safety of you and your neighbors, along with firefighters.
Hopefully, we can get the former State AG and current Senator to run for POTUS one day will all her great management skills and knowledge of government.
Having just been through the Thomas fire this past year. I'm starting to wonder where there hasn't been a major fire--in this once great state--as of recent.
Bless the firefighters and the communities and all those in the air path from the smoke!!
I’m on the other side, in the OC. Fire moving away from me. Never in any danger, but of course you never know how the wind could shift. It would really take a catastrophe of epic proportions though, for such a fire to burn all the way through Rancho Santa Margarita to reach me. Copycat fires set by nuts is always my worry. In any event, yesterday I looked toward the fire and it appeared really ominous. Like someone dropped an atomic bomb on Saddleback.
PC kills.
California Forest Practice rules are to blame for these horrible fires.
The forests should have been properly managed, with timber cutting, brush clearing, and preventative burns.
Most wildfires begin with natural causes like lightning, fermentation under hay bales, sparks from exhausts and other unintentional causes. Hope that you’re safe, until that fire is out, and that you don’t have those nightly temperature inversions that bring smoke down to ground level.
This is because our state has conservative management policies and actually works to prevent wildfires. 53% of the state is forest. 19 million acres. And we have rolling hills, terrain issues. Blah blah.
So tired of California and Washington too, every damn year. Blah blah. The Sierra Club crap.
Gaia doesn't work. When will they get it and actually elect someone who has a brain?
Thanks. I just posted about the same issue.
Thoughts and prayers are with you. Stay safe.
I noticed that mushroomy cloud. I was inside and thinking, why is it clouding up, and went outside to a red sun and a huge smoke cloud blowing our way. Right now, still at night of course, the fire on the southmost ridge is making the smoke clouds above glow red so it looks like a volcano. Quite a sight. Glad you’re in a safe area!
Holy smoke!
We have the knowledge to prevent the spread of these fires before they start. When in heaven’s name will we take preventive action.
Time for some new ideas and revival of the CCC Camps.
Jusr don’t turn around and look at the fire. One guys wife did that once and turned into stone.
Some. Most begin with arson.
I had a lengthy argument on this very website with another poster, who shall go nameless, that thinks as you do. However, the area in which this fire is burning is not located in a desert.
You bet we do. The Idylwild fire was a good example of how quickly a mountain fire could be controlled. Hundreds of firebreaks, tens of thousands of trees culled, multiple egress routes and firestrike points that could nudge the fire into wilderness and away from town. The same practices could be used everywhere without destroying ‘natural’ beauty. Instead, the irrational fear of setting a saw to a tree trunk has returned most of the state to prehistoric times (worse, we have more trees now) when megafires effectively prevented permanent habitation of many areas.
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