Tenaja fire rages in California: "They don't know which way it's going to go"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Flames from the Tenaja fire are burning dangerously close to homes in California. After tearing through 2,000 acres, the fire is only about 10% contained.

Hundreds of homes were threatened when heavy winds kicked up the blaze on Thursday afternoon. "All of a sudden, it just started taking off!" one witness said.

Some 800 firefighters, facing 90 degree temperatures, attacked the fire with bulldozers on the ground and water-dropping helicopters from the air.

"We did have a full strike team of resources deployed," said Fernando Herrera of the Riverside County Fire Department, who added that firefighters also went to homeowners' backyards to help protect their homes.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tenaja-fire-rages-in-california-they-dont-know-which-way-its-going-to-go/ar-AAGTZTz?li=BBnb7Kz

[MiniMe]

1. I guess they didn't rake the woods

You know that tRump isn't going to approve disaster relief for a blue state

[PufPuf23]

2. Wednesday night NW CA got hammered with over 19,000 lightning strikes

New fires are rapidly becoming evident.

Here is a link I cannot get to copy with a nice map and text.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/09/05/thousands-lightning-strikes-start-only-small-fires/2222849001/

Here is a link to the inciweb site for Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Inciweb is a portal to other fire locations as well.


https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6370/

Here is a article with more pictures and maps:

"Red Bank Fire at 6000 Acres Is the Largest of Multiple Fires Peppering Northern California After 19,000 Lightning Strikes"

http://kymkemp.com/2019/09/05/red-bank-fire-at-6000-acres-is-the-largest-of-multiple-fires-peppering-northern-california-after-19000-lightning-strikes/

[highmindedhavi]

3. All mandatory evacuations orders were downgraded to warnings

2 homes were damaged