Are all our SoCal forumites okay?
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tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
Christ, this just keeps getting worse. The scenes on the news right now are making me sick. 
Tig
Fucktangular
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NASA satellite image.
NASA satellite image.
His widow sold it and moved away a few years ago.
The cars were auctioned off last year.
So far.
It’s right in the middle of the triangle between three wildfires.
Hurst, Eaton, and Palisades.
Acadiafall
Kiss Me Hardy
So Ive noticed the '10% contained' etc on the news a lot recently and was wondering how you can put a percentage on how much a fire is contained? Does it mean its 10% put out or that its surrounded by firemen that have stopped its spread by 10%.
God knows
God knows
Bob411
thrumming with potential
Neither. Something non-combustible, like dirt or a river.
How Authorities Define Fire ‘Containment’ and ‘Control’
Here’s what it means when officials say a fire is zero, some, or 100% contained.
"These control lines, according to a CAL FIRE factsheet on the 2021 Caldor fire, can be natural like rivers or man-made like dug-out firebreaks. “Containment is a measure of the amount of line around a wildfire.” For example, if officials state that a fire is 30% contained, that means barriers have been placed around 30% of its perimeter. “It’s as much a measure of linear footage as it is confidence,” the factsheet says."
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
Winds have behaved the last few days down here in the Southland. That doesn't say much for the valley areas where most of the fires continue. Also since the winds have died down, the air quality is breathable again. For a while it was really nasty with ash over the place.
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Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
Have you lost power during these winds? Ours was out for 2.5 days. They may turn it off again if the winds get stronger.Winds have behaved the last few days down here in the Southland. That doesn't say much for the valley areas where most of the fires continue. Also since the winds have died down, the air quality is breathable again. For a while it was really nasty with ash over the place.
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Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
Fortunately no. Could be because I am south of all of the chaos but with Edison, you never know.
Even my place of employment in El Segundo did not lose power for the first 2 days of the fires. Amazingly, LAX continued to receive and dispatch flights.
TomcatMF
Vetteless
LAX can operate at low visibility thanks to ILS, and the smoke is well above minimum altitudes for instrument landings.
Acadiafall
Kiss Me Hardy
Aha! cheersNeither. Something non-combustible, like dirt or a river.
How Authorities Define Fire ‘Containment’ and ‘Control’
Here’s what it means when officials say a fire is zero, some, or 100% contained.time.com
"These control lines, according to a CAL FIRE factsheet on the 2021 Caldor fire, can be natural like rivers or man-made like dug-out firebreaks. “Containment is a measure of the amount of line around a wildfire.” For example, if officials state that a fire is 30% contained, that means barriers have been placed around 30% of its perimeter. “It’s as much a measure of linear footage as it is confidence,” the factsheet says."
