EMSC
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Oh boy. At that length I suspect school year will be extended to hit the required hours. I've seen that happen (to my brother's kids) from striking teachers for example.
LA Fires: Jan 2025
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Now I see why you are inquiring about a ski trip now. Most of the West is under high pressure for another week. I'd strongly recommend Bachelor since wind predictions over the next week are light, meaning that Summit will be open.
That's the Eaton Fire. I was conveniently at Mammoth during the two nights with bad air quality. There was smoke odor when we got home 9:30PM Thursday outside but not inside. Friday had hazy skies and since then the skies surrounding us have been normal as shown in those pics.
Some are not so lucky. Lonnie lives about 8 miles south of the Palisades Fire and has had multiple days of bad air, even like inside malls when he tries to go out. This is aggravating the concussion aftereffects he still has after last February's collision at Breckenridge.
We live 7 miles west of the Eaton Fire burn area, but the stronger winds were blowing more north to south. Most of the 7 miles between us and Altadena cross other mountains of 1,500 - 2,500 feet. A lady we know in Eagle Rock 5 miles SW of Altadena had a lot of ash deposited last week.
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I asked earlier but can't recall the reply -- did they catch the person who crashed into Lonnie and make him pay his bills?
Yes he knows who the guy is. It was not hit and run. But Lonnie is as yet unwilling to pay a P.I. to investigate his finances. The lawyers he consulted are not willing to proceed without such an investigation. The culprit allegedly lives with his girlfriend who is a renter and thus there is no personal liability insurance. The culprit was allegedly unemployed but previously worked for a tech company in S.F. Statute of limitation to file a case is two years.
Most were for looting.
Neither LAPD nor ATF has commented on any results of the just initiated investigations.
We had planned to go to snowbird since it's a holiday weekend anyway but figuring if they don't have school we could leave on Thursday which makes non Utah destinations make more sense. We had planned to ski Sat, Sun, and half Monday before a 6pm flight. Not a lot of other places you can ski the day you leave.
Redmond airport is half an hour from Bachelor with a few direct flights.
Schweitzer is 2 hours from Spokane airport.
I'm guessing the kids are young enough that it won't kill them if they miss school next Tuesday. In any case you have the excuse that you blew town when the schools delayed reopening so long.
Schweitzer is 2 hours from Spokane airport.
I'm guessing the kids are young enough that it won't kill them if they miss school next Tuesday. In any case you have the excuse that you blew town when the schools delayed reopening so long.
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Makes sense, I guess -- private firefighters hired by insurance companies -- but I don't think I'd ever heard of such a thing before. Apparently, it's been around for a while.
EMSC
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A very long while. I get emails every late spring from my very normal insurance company saying if a wildfire comes up its possible they may send firefighters of their own (no guarantees of course).
If I recall my history, private firefighters existed long before the now common public funded ones. If you didn't pay your monthly premiums (think 1800's where everything was wooden), then the firefighting company didn't come to put out a fire at your house at all - but they might stop by your neighbor who did pay and ensure that his house didn't catch on fire.
Last I knew there were still a handful of places in very rural areas that still operate that way. There is no public funding available, but some people/businesses directly fund the fire department for service. Also are many private 'fire depts' located at medium to large businesses with high risk facilities (eg mfg plants, petrochemicals, etc...).
EMSC
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Quite a few for such a tiny airport.
Even Jet service is a big deal (in my thought patterns anyway), as last time I flew there it was (a long time ago) from PDX in a TINY 20 seat twin prop where they could barely fit the luggage in and the thing bounced around like crazy going over the mountains. Talk about turbulence!
Thanks for the edumacation -- who knew? (not me!) Given the multitudes of military people/dependents who must live in the region, I wonder if my insurance company (USAA) is sending out squadrons of private firefighters.
This guy didn't have a plan in place, tried to throw money at the problem in an obnoxious way, got a social-media beatdown, and still lost his house:
$3M home of LA CEO Keith Wasserman, who offered ‘any amount’ for private protection, burns down in Palisades Fire
LA County’s official recovery website lists Keith Wasserman’s address as “destroyed” — with a photo of the once-handsome home reduced to a pile of burnt rubble.
nypost.com
I always wondered why they didn't dump seawater on fires from planes; however, this article points out two (in retrospect, obvious) reasons to avoid it:
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www.smithsonianmag.com
Firefighting Planes Are Dumping Ocean Water on the Los Angeles Fires—Why Using Saltwater Is Typically a Last Resort
In Los Angeles,
www.smithsonianmag.com
Here is the analysis I expected from Cliff Mass.
Liz has a different theory. The day after Trump won the election, the Mountain Fire in Ventura County broke out and eventually burned 20,000 acres and 243 structures. The day after Trump was certified by Congress, the Palisades and Eaton Fires started. The Santa Anas are returning to SoCal tomorrow as Trump is being inaugurated....
Liz has a different theory. The day after Trump won the election, the Mountain Fire in Ventura County broke out and eventually burned 20,000 acres and 243 structures. The day after Trump was certified by Congress, the Palisades and Eaton Fires started. The Santa Anas are returning to SoCal tomorrow as Trump is being inaugurated....
ChrisC
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I read that Chaparral is the most combustible type of vegetation. We don't quite get as many fires in the Bay Area as LA. But of course, we are impacted many times by surrounding fires.
After the Oakland/Berkeley Hills fires, they bring in goats all summer to eat down vegetation.
When I drove down/moved from Seattle to SF, I wanted to stop by Crater Lake NP. Unfortunately, it was a fire year, and smoke filled the entire lake basin, and you could not see anything.
After the Oakland/Berkeley Hills fires, they bring in goats all summer to eat down vegetation.
When I drove down/moved from Seattle to SF, I wanted to stop by Crater Lake NP. Unfortunately, it was a fire year, and smoke filled the entire lake basin, and you could not see anything.
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New wildfires prompt evacuations near San Diego as red flag warnings return to LA
As wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles, several new fires broke out in San Diego County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.
www.usatoday.com
This fire yesterday at a Turkish ski resort was much more serious:
At least 66 people dead and 51 hurt after fire at ski resort hotel in Turkey
Reports of people jumping and climbing from windows after fire broke out at about 3.30am at 12-storey Grand Kartal hotel
www.theguardian.com
berkshireskier
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Yea, my late father, when he traveled, would never stay above the second floor of a hotel (especially if it was an older wooden hotel), just in case a fire broke out and he had to jump out the window.The San Diego fires are as yet small, but one of them is forcing evacuations.New wildfires prompt evacuations near San Diego as red flag warnings return to LA
As wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles, several new fires broke out in San Diego County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.www.usatoday.com
This fire yesterday at a Turkish ski resort was much more serious:
More deaths than Palisades + Eaton.At least 66 people dead and 51 hurt after fire at ski resort hotel in Turkey
Reports of people jumping and climbing from windows after fire broke out at about 3.30am at 12-storey Grand Kartal hotel