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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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I met fire refugees who fled Paradise & Magalia hunkering down in the Costco parking lot ...Saw lots of scary photos....Evacuees told me the town and surrounding area of Paradise is in flames...The 4 people i talked with told me their homes were gone and the fire is 3/4 down the Skyway, which is one of the exits out of their town... They just evacuated Butte creek canyon and earlier today had already evacuated the Concow area.
Chico is still dark.. with the smoke staying high in the sky...I was actually riding my bike with back flashers on and my front bike lights on to be visible.
The dark sky in chico...Above Sierra Nevada Brewery.
Hopfields at SNB..clear sky in the distance.
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Hate to say it but it looks like Paradise may be lost,
hope all made it out safely and no lives were lost.
Hang tough Butte County.
Edit; 18,000 acres 0 containment
This is a crazy fire. Entire neighborhoods gone up. I'd be surprised and joyous if there are no fatalities.
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John M
climber
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Butte county sheriff just reported that there are reports of casualties. They have not confirmed it yet. There are a lot of retirees in Paradise. I looked at moving there a few years ago. My family has friends there.
Does anyone know of a live feed of the fire?
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John M
climber
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watching kRCR.. I was hoping to find a live copter feed.
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John M
climber
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I'm very surprised that Sacramento doesn't appear to have sent a copter. I checked a number of sacramento tv stations and can't find one.
getting dark.. so I will look tomorrow.
I knew that little redding doesn't have a news copter. :-) I was hoping for one from Sacramento.
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John M
climber
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I have probably told Nita 20 or 30 times that I would never move up there as there is little to no city planning; hundreds of long, narrow roads that do not allow two cars to pass on. And all those roads lead to 1 of 3 major roads that get shut down with even a minor snow storm.
thats why I chose not to move there. Way too many people on a small ridge with few ways out.
In the new conference on KRCR the head of the hospital in Paradise said the roof of the emergency room was on fire as he evacuated the last of the patients. Some ambulances were scalded by the fire and some burned up according to him. It must have been just crazy up there. There are pictures of multiple businesses burning.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Sounds really bad. Stay save Andy and Nita, thinking about you and hoping they get a handle on this fire. A campfire it is not!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, timid... thank you for the update...
oh my... :(
no words... :(
say, also, is there a fire down south more, near ventura area???
thought i heard two folks mention this... ??
unless i got mixed up...
thank you for any info... and updates...
prayers for all concerned...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Inciweb doesn’t even have the Camp Fire listed! WTF?
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John M
climber
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Inciweb is for federally managed fires. This is a Cal Fire incident. There is no website that monitors all fires.
No new update yet on cal Fire, but KRCR is saying its at 70,000 acres.
Its burned all the way to highway 99. Some reports that it has crossed it, but that is unconfirmed. Also looks like its close to the southeast border of Chico. Thankfully winds near Chico are low so the fire crews believe that they can keep it out of Chico.
http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents/incidentdetails/Index/2277
Edit: anyone know what might be keeping me from posting photos? I keep getting an error message when I try to post a photo downloaded from my computer.
Unknown result :
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Thanks, there seems remarkably little info available. I realize it is chaotic but still...
A bit of good news is the NWS says winds are light and not expected to greatly increase
during the day although, of course, the fire may have the last word on that. Bad news is winds
are strong around Malibu.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Go to calfire for info on the fires here in Ventura county and northern LA County. I can’t find good maps on it though. I’m in Ventura right now...there are mandatory evacuation orders for many places along the 101 through to the coast, including all of Malibu all the way up to County Line. My 96 year old grandmother left Westlake village last night and is safe thank goodness.
We’ve got red flag warnings until at least 6:00 tonight. 0 containment right now. These are the Hill fire and Woolsey fire.
Stay safe everyone and my best wishes for everyone up in the Paradise and Chico areas.
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WBraun
climber
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HO LEE SH!T !!!!!
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WBraun
climber
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And they call THAT a camp fire ^^^^^
More HO LEE SH!T !!!!!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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70,000 acres and into the outskirts of Chico.
2000 firefighters ain’t gonna cut it.
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WBraun
climber
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2000 firefighters ain’t gonna cut it.
Yep! It's now dependent on providence ......
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John M
climber
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Just heard an incredible story on krcr..
A couple that just moved to Paradise Ca from New Mexico woke up to smoke. Called one neighbor who told them to not worry. Fires happen but it would be okay. 5 minutes later another neighbor calls and said.. get out, you have 5 minutes. So they loaded up and left. They headed towards the hospital but realized it was the wrong direction as the hospital was on fire. Turned around and as they were passing their house the fire was at the house next to theirs. They finally escape after 5 hours through harrowing scenes. In one a utility pole just missed their vehicle by feet as it fell.
After escaping they receive a phone call. It is a nurse sending them a picture asking them if it was their house. It was. The nurse had been in an ambulance evacuating patients from the hospital in Paradise. The ambulance got stuck and burned up. They escaped on foot and found this couples home not yet on fire and broke in and started watering down the roof. They eventually escaped and called the couple after they were safe. So it must have happened minutes after the couple had passed their home.
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WBraun
climber
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More ^^^^ HO LEE SH!T !!!!!
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