I am always concerned about terrorism with these kinds of fires..
It is my belief that the fires were caused by the high winds banging poiwer lines together creating sparks that werew carried by the wind, if not out right damaging the lines in some places.
I am here in Fresno working the Big Fresn Fair. My wife got the call to evacuate early this morning. I have been up since then trying to get here accurate information. SHe has no computer, no smart phone, etc...just a land line and sometimes TV>
We are effected by the LaPorteFire/CascadeFire here in Butte County. She did load up everything in our busvan and is waiting to see what shakes out. While re did get a mandatory evac, the winds died down or shifted so that the fire is mostly in Bangor and Rackerby in Butte and Loma Rica and Collins Lake in Yuba.
I think she is watching our neighbor across the street. He has a scanner and said he will give a call if things change. Early this monrning she could see the red skies from the Cherokee Fire as well as the La Porte Fire.
I had to laugh at my honey...I said maybe we should load up the new tent top we got this last fair and damned if she didn’t load it up. That top is worth 700 bucks 20x10 Celina Tent vinyl for those in the know. Our boys are waiting in standby (our two-headed turtle) Their food is loaded up and everything is ready to leave if needed. Just talked to her and even local news isn’t giving info...just concentrating on the Santa Rosa fires. Granted its bad, much like the Oakland fire back in 1990. But a little news from the locals about what we might be facing would be appreciated.