Looks like something out of Fallout.
California Wild Fires | Malibu under evacuation
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
The BBC reports that Trump has visited what's left of the town of Paradise, but couldn't remember what the place was called. He also seems to think he can demand that the weather and climate bend to his will.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46248510
This is awful, they were saying up to 1,000 people are still missing. 
Sounds like that will be a large overestimate but I also think the death toll will rise significantly from the current figure of 117.This is awful, they were saying up to 1,000 people are still missing.
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Anyone able to post the LA Times article?
If the power lines were down, why didn't they push that warning message on the phones?
You can see the smoke in NYC apparently.
On the news maybe
Phone towers down? No electricity?
The tweet says power line malfunctioned.
Googled.. looks like it was power. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/19/pge...orning-when-california-camp-fire-started.html
The linked article does say one family had no power or mobile reception. That wouldve been scary.
From california.. No.
Finally some rain!...
Surely those “missing” have to now be assumed dead? In this modern age it’s difficult to see how people can still be unaccounted for....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/21/california-fires-smoke-new-york-east-coast-arrival
Edit: I sure wouldn't have seen it. I didn't even see @Organic Potatoes post. My bad.
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Death toll tol 86 and 500 unaccounted for. I
So I hear the folks in NYC can now see the smoke. Crazy stuff.
Wow. Those drone videos are surreal to say the least. R.I.P. to the poor folks who died in such a torturous and horrific manner.
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Mandatory evacuations now in the eastern part of the city I'm in right now (Irvine, California) more california fires.
I'll have to keep an eye out and possibly change my route home later. The sky looked pretty bad this morning with that heavy smoke.
The feckin Santa Ana winds kicked up this morning and somehow a fire started and of course now it's "exploded" into either 500 acres or thousands of acres (depends on the news source).
The wind has to be seen/felt to be believed. It was gusting over 60 mph earlier and over 80 mph in some areas. The area is bone dry too, not having rain since April.
Mandatory evacuations now in the eastern part of the city I'm in right now (Irvine, California) more california fires.
I'll have to keep an eye out and possibly change my route home later. The sky looked pretty bad this morning with that heavy smoke.
The feckin Santa Ana winds kicked up this morning and somehow a fire started and of course now it's "exploded" into either 500 acres or thousands of acres (depends on the news source).
The wind has to be seen/felt to be believed. It was gusting over 60 mph earlier and over 80 mph in some areas. The area is bone dry too, not having rain since April.
Those winds (& the mistral in France) are quite something, like a full body hurricane speed hair dryer.
I hope you don't have to leave your home, stay safe. The picture on that article looks like some kind of end of the world scenario.
I'm at work and the smoke outside is filtering into our building now. I'm going to head home shortly. Its safer down there, I hope.
Hope you and the family stay safe, mate.
Christ. Fingers crossed for you & yours, brother.
Why does this keep happening? Has it always been like this?
Yes but the fires are a bit worse now. A combination of climate change and increasing population.
No raking.
In seriousness, wildfires are a typical occurrence in California, but there’s strong causation between the severity & frequency of them & climate change. The trend is definitely very negative when it comes to future fires in California.
Stay safe mate.
Don’t worry though, Trump said it’ll magically get cooler.
In all seriousness, stay safe @utdalltheway
In all seriousness, stay safe @utdalltheway
thanks all.
I'm back to WFH and it's amazing how clear it is here versus when I left the office. The line between the smoke area and the cleaner air is amazing actually.
https://voiceofoc.org/2020/10/silve...-in-irvine-as-firefighters-battle-high-winds/
I'm back to WFH and it's amazing how clear it is here versus when I left the office. The line between the smoke area and the cleaner air is amazing actually.
https://voiceofoc.org/2020/10/silve...-in-irvine-as-firefighters-battle-high-winds/
As others have said, Climate Change is the leading cause. Which has also led to severe drought in the Southwestern US and poorly managed/maintained forests. All in all, the fires have gotten larger and they are burning hotter due to how dry everything is.