Posted on 01/14/2025 1:03:15 AM PST by Paul R.
Strong winds once again fueled a Southern California brush fire on Monday evening, pushing the Auto Fire to spread through the Santa Clara Riverbed in Ventura dozens of firefighters worked to gain the upper hand.
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Hopefully the firefighters get this one quenched before the winds ramp up.
The water has to be a source very near by, judging by the frequency of the drops. Possibly it’s the river itself, in a clear area — in a couple views I spotted reflections off the surface of what must be the river itself. Apparently it’s down in level but not run dry.
NWS has issued a new PDS for renewed winds. :-(
https://www.weather.gov//images/lox/WxStory/WeatherStory3.png
Sorry so big on that image - scaling it doesn’t seem to work?
Ah, better!
Mods, please delete #5 if you wish.
Thanks for posting.
Related article on this fire:
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/nx-s1-5259428/auto-fire-ventura-california-los-angeles
Any dumpster fires? Yeah. The whole f#@$ing state of California.
Things are looking much better at this point. Gotta hope that holds as the winds ramp up...
Nope - it is FUELED by the flammable material.
It is OXIDIZED by the strong winds.
They’d probably get more sand and gravel than water.
try Castaic Lake.
It is upstream on the Santa Clara river.
Hope the Reagan library survives it’s a beautiful place. I imagine Navy Seabees from Naval Base Ventura County are out assisting crews.
The Reagan Library ships in goats every year to clear the vegetation all around the library, the goats remain there for months grazing every year!!
so
a 1 acre fire in a protected habitat will not be air dropped
how about when it grows to a 5 acre ?
no ?
when it becomes a 100 acre ?
no ?
how about when it becomes a 1000 acre fire that is about to consume a town or city
yes.
so let a 1 acre fire in a protected habitat burn and possibly turn into a life threatening fire , THEN HOPE it doesnt grow into a city killer.
see the problem with this approach ?
nip it in the bud is how you prevent out of control killer fires.
i thought the left liked
“ kill it before it grows” ?
spit
eco bizerkers
450,000 pounds?
sure
letting the endangered critters burn to death
cuz
retardant might affect their health
libTARD logic on full display
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