Tuesday, October 13, 2020

MASSIVE WILDFIRE NEARING CONTAINMENT

 by Bob Walsh


The August Complex fire, which has turned more than 1 million acres of the formerly great state of California into charcoal stretching across seven different counties, i snow about 75% contained.  They are hoping that maybe some rain this coming weekend will help the situation.

The Zogg fire, covering not quite 60,000 acres in Shasta County and the Glass Fire covering about 68,000 acres in wine country, are now more than 90% contained.  Full containment is hoped for by Monday.

The two smaller fires have destroyed more than 1,500 structures.  CalFire has seized PG&E equipment in the area of the Zogg fire to determine if it was the cause of the fire, which has left four bodies in it's wake.  

Winds of 40-50 mph are expected this weekend which could make things dicey for full control.

Gavin Newsom still blames Donald Trump being a "climate denier" as a cause of much of the problem even though he is openly grateful for federal assistance.  He seems to ignore shitty forest management practices which leave the floor of many forests in CA as essentially large piles of kindling and million of dead trees standing because the tree huggers don't want roads cut into wilderness areas to remove the damn things.

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