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California Wildfires
California Wildfires

The image is a smoke plume over the Sierra Valley in October 2018. The new fires are creating much more spectacular and threatening plumes.

Update September 28, 2020

The Glass Fire erupted in Napa County over the weekend, has grown to more than 15,000 acres. It has spread to Sonoma County, which was so badly impacted by the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Northern California is in another heat wave, and smoke is once again creating bad air quality. Seems the new normal for this time of year. Here in our little bubble on the west side of San Francisco we are still in no immediate danger from the raging wildfires in California.

September 7, 2020

As of this morning , wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres in California this year. Eight people have died, and more than 3,300 structures have been destroyed, many more are damaged.

More than 14,100 firefighters are on the frontlines of the fires burning across the state. They have been getting the big lightning caused fires under control, but new fires continue to break out and explode in size. The Creek Fire between Fresno and Yosemite started on Friday and grew to 78,000+ acres by Monday afternoon, with no containment.

On top of the fires, much of the state is experiencing extreme heat; downtown San Francisco reached 100F yesterday, Los Angeles reached 121F. "Spare the air" days in the Bay Area have been extended through Wednesday, for a record 23 straight days of poor air quality.


The image is a smoke plume over the Sierra Valley in October 2018.

Take care and stay safe. Thanks for stopping by and for all of your support -- I deeply appreciate it.

© Melissa Post 2020

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Taken on: October 22, 2018
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