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underpants

(182,925 posts) Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:37 PM Aug 2018

Haunting photos of California wildfires

‘It’s Heart-Wrenching.’ Photographers Take You Behind Their Haunting Images of the California Wildfires

http://time.com/longform/california-carr-fire-photos/

Inmate firefighters look on as a firefighting aircraft prepares to drop fire retardant ahead of the River Fire as it burns through a canyon in Lakeport, Calif. on on Aug. 1, 2018.

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Haunting photos of California wildfires (Original Post) underpants Aug 2018 OP

so far... 625 square miles have burned this year in CA lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #1

I have a friend MuseRider Aug 2018 #2

K&R... spanone Aug 2018 #3

These are brave AF men and women. Another one: demmiblue Aug 2018 #4

Kicking Niagara Aug 2018 #5

lapfog_1

(29,227 posts)

1. so far... 625 square miles have burned this year in CA

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:40 PM

Aug 2018

over 400,000 acres...
and fire season is not even half over yet (June through October)

MuseRider

(34,133 posts)

2. I have a friend

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:42 PM

Aug 2018

who has a home where the fire is at the gate as we write here. They buzzed out of there as soon as they were told and now they wait. Apparently the fire fighters have been doing a really good job of keeping people's homes safe but they lose all their out buildings. Just waiting to hear from her. Such a sad situation. We could have avoided a lot of this but we chose not to do anything much.