Melodi
Disaster Cat
My very close friends (one of the couples who married about the same time Nightwolf and I did) just posted on facebook that one minute they were drinking wine and listening to Italian folk music and the next moment they were packing the car and evacuating! It was very sudden - they are safe in the Bay Area for now - they had really wanted Nightwolf and I to buy a house next door if we had moved back to the US. I know they are in a redwood grove area, but not sure exactly where it is.
UK daily mail article best seen at link - I will look for more information
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Terrifying moment firefighters race through raging fire in Napa County to save families as more than 30 wildfires scorch more than 120,000 acres, PG&E warns of blackouts, and 42 million are put under heat warnings as temperatures reach 115 degrees
PUBLISHED: 06:03, 19 August 2020 | UPDATED: 08:16, 19 August 2020
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Firefighters raced through raging fires in Napa County Tuesday to save families as more than 30 wildfires scorched more than 120,000 acres across California, PG&E warned of blackouts, and 42 million people were put under heat warnings as temperatures topped 115 degrees.
Terrifying footage showed firefighters driving along Berryessa Knoxville Road in Napa on a rescue mission as the LNU Lightning Complex Fire raged on around the vehicle and was zero percent contained.
Heavy smoke billowed into the air and angry orange flames destroyed homes and burned down trees as the state continued to be ravaged by more than 30 wildfires, some caused by extreme lightning storms.
In wine country north of San Francisco, blazes sent residents fleeing their homes in Sonoma County and Napa County.
Evacuations were also in effect to the north and east of the San Francisco Bay Area, near Salinas in Monterey County, around Oroville Dam north of Sacramento, in remote Mendocino County and near the Nevada state line north of Lake Tahoe.
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Hours later, dozens of homes in the Spanish Flat area of Napa were destroyed as the LNU Lightning Complex Fire burned out of control and engulfed the properties in flames.
The area's famous vineyards were also ablaze.
Fire crews continued to battle the blaze into the night but with resources stretched thin, they are little match for the ever-erratic fire.
Over in Los Angeles, 1.5 million people were without power at around 9 p.m. local time, caused by heat-related outages, The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said Tuesday night.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted that crews were working to restore power to homes as soon as possible but it could take up to 12 hours.
This came just hours after Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday as more than 120,000 acres of land has been destroyed and air quality plunges to dangerously low levels.
'California and its federal and local partners are working in lockstep to meet the challenge and remain vigilant in the face of continued dangerous weather conditions,' Newsom said as he warned residents the next 48 hours is critical.
UK daily mail article best seen at link - I will look for more information
Terrifying moment firefighters race through raging fire in Napa County
Harrowing footage showed firefighters on a rescue mission in Napa amid the LNU Lightning Complex Fires Tuesday.
Terrifying moment firefighters race through raging fire in Napa County to save families as more than 30 wildfires scorch more than 120,000 acres, PG&E warns of blackouts, and 42 million are put under heat warnings as temperatures reach 115 degrees
- Terrifying footage showed firefighters on a rescue mission in Napa amid the LNU Lightning Complex Fires
- The state continues to be ravaged by more than 30 wildfires, some caused by extreme lightning storms
- In wine country near San Francisco, blazes sent residents fleeing homes in Sonoma County and Napa County
- Hours later dozens of homes in the Spanish Flat area of Napa were engulfed in flames Tuesday
- Over in Los Angeles, 1.5 million people were without power at around 9 p.m. local time
- Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency earlier Tuesday and warned the next 48 hours is 'critical'
- Nearly 42 million people in California will be under heat warning as record-breaking temperatures continue
- The warnings are expected to cause more blackouts for millions of California residents throughout the week
- California Independent System Operated issued the first rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years on Friday
PUBLISHED: 06:03, 19 August 2020 | UPDATED: 08:16, 19 August 2020
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Firefighters raced through raging fires in Napa County Tuesday to save families as more than 30 wildfires scorched more than 120,000 acres across California, PG&E warned of blackouts, and 42 million people were put under heat warnings as temperatures topped 115 degrees.
Terrifying footage showed firefighters driving along Berryessa Knoxville Road in Napa on a rescue mission as the LNU Lightning Complex Fire raged on around the vehicle and was zero percent contained.
Heavy smoke billowed into the air and angry orange flames destroyed homes and burned down trees as the state continued to be ravaged by more than 30 wildfires, some caused by extreme lightning storms.
In wine country north of San Francisco, blazes sent residents fleeing their homes in Sonoma County and Napa County.
Evacuations were also in effect to the north and east of the San Francisco Bay Area, near Salinas in Monterey County, around Oroville Dam north of Sacramento, in remote Mendocino County and near the Nevada state line north of Lake Tahoe.
Hennessey Fire Burns In Napa, California
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Hours later, dozens of homes in the Spanish Flat area of Napa were destroyed as the LNU Lightning Complex Fire burned out of control and engulfed the properties in flames.
The area's famous vineyards were also ablaze.
Fire crews continued to battle the blaze into the night but with resources stretched thin, they are little match for the ever-erratic fire.
Over in Los Angeles, 1.5 million people were without power at around 9 p.m. local time, caused by heat-related outages, The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said Tuesday night.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted that crews were working to restore power to homes as soon as possible but it could take up to 12 hours.
This came just hours after Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday as more than 120,000 acres of land has been destroyed and air quality plunges to dangerously low levels.
'California and its federal and local partners are working in lockstep to meet the challenge and remain vigilant in the face of continued dangerous weather conditions,' Newsom said as he warned residents the next 48 hours is critical.
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