Sorry bout that,
If the fire fighters had stood and fought the fires in Paradise then many houses would still be standing, and many peoples would of not burned to death.
80 acres a minute fire................derp...........
If you got a death wish.........then do what this idiot says..........derp
- Fires can't move that fast stop the bullshit.
- Any fire would move in any direction no more than 1 acre in 10 minutes, fires don't move faster than the wind,if the wind blows at lets say 70 miles and hour then the fire can only creep along at 35 miles an hour at best.
- At what rate you describe a 70 mile hour wind moves a fire 200 miles in 10 seconds.
- Not going to happen.
- I'm going to need a link on that one.
- I've personally seen these fires my self, and know how fast they move, no one need die in a forest fire.
- Why so many died in Paradise was lack of attempt to put the fire out.
- And they set back doing nothing while the fire raged.
- These people should of been like the 63 year old guy defending their property, and his 90 year old mother.
- These facts are plain as the nose on your face, just read them.
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
Yes, Fires CAN move that fast if you have a Santa Ana behind it. The Camp fire was moving from East to West at 50mph....try running away from that.
bodecea, you are correct. Santanas do move very quickly and wreak a lot of havoc in the Golden State, come rain or come shine as I recollect from living in the state for 5 years. We experienced fires in the Lone Star State in the terrible drought of 2011. I could see 7 distinct fires in the distance from my homestead, and now that I think about it, the fires were going straight up with smoke billowing around the flames. Caoifornia Santanas definitely move fast in a horizontal way in a manner I can only describe as lickety-split. After viewing the video I just posted above, not only was the Camp Fire a Holocaust in and of itself, those kids sitting in the back seat of the car driving down a fiery road were scared to death. Kids live outside on baseball fields, and they know just how treacherously a wind can take away a baseball just batted out to center field. It breaks my heart, but I reviewed other videos before posting that one, because some of them depicted such horrible sights that could fall in the too horrendous to show list.
With all due respect, Mr. Chesswarsnow, that was the fire from hell, hundreds are still unaccounted for, and those winds were blowing so fast they overtook first responders before they could get there. Please go gently on people here who know victims and know how dangerous Santanas are because their families go way back there, and what they see on tv could tear your heart apart.
One of the Chiefs of the First Responders had some very wise words to those discussing this unique catastrophe, and I quote:
"Interior chief: Now is "not the time to point fingers"
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said it's not the time to "point fingers" as he was visiting the aftermath of the "
Camp Fire." Zinke lamented the destruction Wednesday and said there were many factors in wildfires, including rising temperatures. "There's a lot of reasons for a fire," he said. "Now is really not the time to point fingers."
I agree with the Interior Chief, and I humbly say to all our California members at USMB what words cannot say:
