California Now Has Year-Round “Fire Season” Cal Fire has already responded to 850 fires since January 1st, 2015. Just last week, Cal Fire responded to 172 fires. 172 fires in one week! There have been 70% more fires responded to than average already this year, and it’s not even “fire season” yet. This year, fire season has no season. Lets just call it a “fire year”… California is in the depths of its historic drought. Nearly all of California is under the “exceptional drought”, the most severe, category. This drought has been going on for 4 years […] SnowBrains | April 30, 2015 1 Comment
King Fire Started by Felon | Fire Triples inSize & Moves 16-Miles Closer to Tahoe in 1 Day… The King Fire, just west of Lake Tahoe is a beast. It’s triple in size Wednesday night and Thursday from 27,930 acres to 71,000 acres across El Dorado National Forest and moved 16 miles towards Squaw Valley. The fire is only 10 miles from Squaw Valley right now. This morning the fire is 73,184 acres. Over 12,000 homes are threatened by the blaze and 9,000 more structures are threatened. 2,819 people have been evacuated. 3,842 personnel are fighting this fire. 8 Miles of Highway 50 were closed […] Fire SnowBrains | September 19, 2014 0 Comments
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