Deadly McKinney fire levels homes in California

[Tau]

Pretty crazy stuff. I wonder who'll get the blame for this:

WEED, Calif. —

A hot drizzle fell over the Weed Community Center on Monday, where nearly all of the 157 cots assembled by the American Red Cross had been occupied by evacuees from the McKinney fire the night before.

Dozens of people milled about, some anxious and others bored, as the blaze raged in the nearby Klamath National Forest. Many feared the worst, but for Harlene Schwander, 81, it had already happened: Her house, located along Highway 96, has been leveled by the fire.

About 650 firefighters battling the blaze were contending with triple-digit heat and possible thunderstorms that could set off dangerous conditions. There were about 10 other smaller fires burning in Klamath National Forest.

McKinney fire levels homes, destroying a lifetime of memories in a flash

For wildfire evacuees, it is an anxious waiting game as the 55,000-acre McKinney fire burns out of control and destroys an unknown number of homes.

www.latimes.com

 

[beautress]

Pretty crazy stuff. I wonder who'll get the blame for this:

WEED, Calif. —

A hot drizzle fell over the Weed Community Center on Monday, where nearly all of the 157 cots assembled by the American Red Cross had been occupied by evacuees from the McKinney fire the night before.

Dozens of people milled about, some anxious and others bored, as the blaze raged in the nearby Klamath National Forest. Many feared the worst, but for Harlene Schwander, 81, it had already happened: Her house, located along Highway 96, has been leveled by the fire.

About 650 firefighters battling the blaze were contending with triple-digit heat and possible thunderstorms that could set off dangerous conditions. There were about 10 other smaller fires burning in Klamath National Forest.

McKinney fire levels homes, destroying a lifetime of memories in a flash

For wildfire evacuees, it is an anxious waiting game as the 55,000-acre McKinney fire burns out of control and destroys an unknown number of homes.

www.latimes.com

Prayers up for the Californians. Prayers up for the survivors' safety, quenching rains, and timely restoration of losses.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Prayers up for the Californians. Prayers up for the survivors' safety, quenching rains, and timely restoration of losses.

If anyone still lives in Californication by now, they deserve all the misery going on in that state. Why else do they call it the shake and bake state. If it isnt earthquakes then it is fires, been going on for the past 40 years now.

Oh yeah, and mudslides when it rains after a fire...

 

[deannalw]

I find it hard to believe California has anything left to burn

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

I find it hard to believe California has anything left to burn

If there are places to burn, the whacko pyromaniacs will find them.. You cant count on them every year. I wonder if they are repeat offenders let loose by the LA DA?

 

[deannalw]

If there are places to burn, the whacko pyromaniacs will find them.. You cant count on them every year. I wonder if they are repeat offenders let loose by the LA DA?

You may be on to something...