I’ve been tracking tanker drops on https://www.flightradar24.com/38.46,-122.72/11
Wildfires are usually out in the hills and only consume isolated structures and communities, but this one has ravaged one major town so far and is threatening others. I have at least three friends there, they’re all OK so far.
Fires started almost simultaneously along a huge corridor and at least some of it is being investigated as arson. There was one fire that was started by downed power lines in high winds, but that doesn’t explain fires from Willits down to Santa Rosa and then east to Napa all starting at once.
I’m hearing 3500 structures gone so far, 25 dead and 250 missing. This is bad.
I was born in Marin (just to the south) and went to Santa Rosa many, many times and I liked the place. Praying for the best.
Thanks for the link...had not seen that...
I agree it is unusual that the flat town areas had so much devastation and much of it simultaneously...Wonder if and when it will be investigated.
Glad your friends are OK.
It is bad...Keeping them all in my thoughts and prayers!
I've seen credible information from local news outlets (which I trust more than the agenda-driven Big Media Industry) that it already is being investigated as such. There has been one incident that I am aware of of multiple witnesses seeing a car pull over, someone get out and walk off into the brush and a few minutes later a new fire starts, same car, many spots, different witnesses. One group of witnesses ran into the brush and were able to put one out before it got big.
I don't care for conspiracy theories because they tend to be nonsense, but this one is being investigated by the Sonoma SO if I remember correctly.