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Some serious impacts. That storm started over 600 wildfires via lightning strikes. It overwhelmed the fire fighting system in California especially since we had
by njarboe 3y ago
Some serious impacts. That storm started over 600 wildfires via lightning strikes. It overwhelmed the fire fighting system in California especially since we had serious COVID lock downs in effect and 10% of the firefighters were not available. They had been released from prison due to COVID. Much of the Santa Cruz mountains burned. In northern California a fire was left burning for about a month before it finally flared up and ended up burning over a million acres. Six weeks when the air was so bad that people in my area were advised to not go out doors. That was a big motivator for me leaving the state.
- bandyaboot 3y agoYeah I recall seeing the images out of SF last year where the sky just had an otherworldly color to them. Here in the northern reaches of the country this summer we’ve had our fair share of wildfire smoke out of Canada—probably something like 2 days a week on average when the wind lines up. But yeah, nothing like what was going on in CA last year.
- fuzztester 3y ago>otherworldly color orangeish, as I saw it. I was in India and read the news and saw the photos too. Both freaked me out. And the Australia fires had been around the same time, +/- a year or so. Similar damage.