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2017-10-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Death toll rises to 40 as firefighters continue to battle massive Northern California wild fires

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Posted by Fred 2017-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 possible rain event thursday this week but some nasty winds before then

Posted by lord garth 2017-10-15 00:52|| 2017-10-15 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember when the Left Coasties snarked that the Hurricanes were God message to the deplorables? So, what does fire have to say about their choices? Oh, that's different, shut up.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-15 09:16|| 2017-10-15 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 They do real work in the vineyards where some of the fires are burning. They don't work for the government and as far as I know they are not subsidized. They are farmers and as such tend to be a little more down to earth than the Bay Area types.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-10-15 10:14|| 2017-10-15 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 farmers, and very old land holders, mostly of Italian descent with a heavy smattering of very old mexican families. Also, some "new" money in the form of hip younger people who could affford to move to "wine country" or at least have a second home there

Posted by 746 2017-10-15 13:55|| 2017-10-15 13:55|| Front Page Top

#5 The Rual tend to be the Faithful, and get wiped out the most in CA. Drought, State mis-management, EPA, and all other BS artists and charlatans run over that State like a steamroller.

Build more dams. Cultivate property and burn it off so people won't die.

Property Management means just that.
You are responsible for what is threatening to it, and what is inside it.

Prayers for the Lost. Stay safe out there.

Posted by newc 2017-10-15 15:56|| 2017-10-15 15:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Cultivate property and burn it off so people won't die.
The videos I've seen of the fires were impressive for the thick, closely set trees & shrubs in a fire storm prone countryside. Then there are the highly flammable and closely set structures.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-10-15 17:01|| 2017-10-15 17:01|| Front Page Top

#7 We tend to try and stop any and all fires which historically have cleared undergrowth fuel. Bad fire fuel management

Posted by Frank G 2017-10-15 17:11|| 2017-10-15 17:11|| Front Page Top

#8 To be Frank, Frank... there are not enough personnel or EPA clearance for the insanity of California. But they may build a choo choo train which is what marxists do when faced with having no answers,

Posted by newc 2017-10-15 21:53|| 2017-10-15 21:53|| Front Page Top

#9 It will be a very impressive choo choo train which they can use to get away from the fire very quickly in small groups, but nobody will be able to afford it.

Posted by gorb 2017-10-15 22:26|| 2017-10-15 22:26|| Front Page Top

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