Wine Country Ablaze

[two wheel tramp]

I just finished working Mutual Aid OT with the Sonoma County SO and Santa Rosa PD. We started with scene security as the shelters, and then supplemented Santa Rosa PD with calls for service.

It looks post-apocalyptic in northeast Santa Rosa. Mark West Springs and Fountaingrove Parkway are just ash. I've never seen anything like it in person.

THANK YOU.

 

[i_am_the_koi]

Man, I lost everything in this fire again . I don't think I'll be a motorcyclist for a while. I finally just set up a nice garage to work on all my bikes. Oh well, I got my ass kicked in the Valley Fire in 2015 as well. I know what's ahead, but it sucks. I unfortunately left to go help an elderly couple who were Terrified and couldn't drive at 1am, but then i wasn't able to make it back home to grab a few prized possessions. My family is safe so that's more important to me.

-venting over

If you need somewhere to go man I'm in Napa come on over

 

[budman]

Kfxrider90 I am so sorry to hear about your loss.

So good of you to go help others when devastated.

Hoping the for the best for you and so many others.

Good on you Nick.
Good on you Koi.

Bad does bring good. You guys are bringing that.

 

[westie]

My sister called me up freaking out. We have property in Napa and she was pulling a Henny Penny. Turn on the news and their basically right in front of the property. Looked pretty ok to me. thanks Sis!

 

[Johndicezx9]

Man, I lost everything in this fire again . I don't think I'll be a motorcyclist for a while. I finally just set up a nice garage to work on all my bikes. Oh well, I got my ass kicked in the Valley Fire in 2015 as well. I know what's ahead, but it sucks. I unfortunately left to go help an elderly couple who were Terrified and couldn't drive at 1am, but then i wasn't able to make it back home to grab a few prized possessions. My family is safe so that's more important to me.

-venting over

Good on ya!

(Two of the fire victims were a 100 y/o man and his 99 y/o wife married 75+ years.)

 

[anytwowilldo]

Brutal fire

I know two families in my near immediate circle that lost everything., one old Baja riding buddy (Mark West Springs Rd), and the brother of my sister in law

Sorry to hear that Scott. The Mark West Springs area was hit hard! You and I have a friend (Barfer) who's Mother lost her home right there. It is just so sad!

Some good news: Another friend, right across from Safari West, was able to use his excavator to clear space and dig a moat around his house. He stayed and was able fight the fire successfully.

 

[1962siia]

Sorry to hear that Scott. The Mark West Springs area was hit hard! You and I have a friend (Barfer) who's Mother lost her home right there. It is just so sad!

Some good news: Another friend, right across from Safari West, was able to use his excavator to clear space and dig a moat around his house. He stayed and was able fight the fire successfully.

Wow that is awesome to hear! It must have been a crazy scary scene during the blaze!!

 

[Climber]

Wow, the containment report is bleak!

Containment updates for 12 major Northern California fires

I summarized it in condensed form, the devastation is even worse than I imagined from the individual reports and maps.

TUBBS FIRE:Napa County:Located off of Hwy 128 and Bennett Ln. in Calistoga
27,000 acres: 0 percent contained: 571 structures destroyed, including 550 homes

ATLAS FIRE (updated 8 a.m. Tuesday): Located off of Altas Peak Rd, south of Lake Berryessa
25,000 acres: 0 percent contained: 2 people have been killed: 125 structures destroyed:5,000 structures threatened

NUNS FIRE (updated 8:20 a.m. Tuesday): Located off Hwy 12, north of Glen Ellen
5,000 acres: 0 percent contained: 7 people have been killed: 5,000 structures threatened

PATRICK FIRE (updated 8:13 a.m. Tuesday): Located off Patrick Rd, west of Napa
1,000 acres: 0 percent contained: 5,000 structures threatened

REDWOOD COMPLEX (includes Redwood Fire and Potter Fire) (updated 8:42 a.m. Tuesday): Located north of Hwy 20, west of Mendocino National Forest, south of Black Bart
21,000 acres: 0 percent contained: 1 person has been killed: 50 structures threatened

POINT FIRE (updated 9:09 a.m. Tuesday): Located near Hwy 26 and Higdon Rd., West Point
130 acres: 50 percent contained

 

[Ogier le Danois]

I am thinking of those affected.

This fire season has been brutal. I hope the rain and cool weather rolls in.

Please be careful and watch the air quality stuff. You can do some damage from all the particulate matter if you do too much outside.

 

[Blankpage]

As for timing....5 minutes before I shot this, I was in bed. We got out because we got lucky and moved quickly when we realized what was happening. We were minutes away from not having that chance. The house was surrounded by fire when we pulled out"

Crazy that he was in bed only 5 minutes before. Lucky that no one was borrowing the car or it being blocked in by something else.

I drove through the 2000 Los Alamos NM burn a few weeks after and it was destruction like I had never seen. This Santa Rosa scene is going to be way worse.

 

[DTM74]

I saw a older Asian guy riding his bike this morning in Fairfield. WTF? It was smoky and hazy AF...Get the F*ck Inside!

 

[Ridley]

I drove through the 2000 Los Alamos NM burn a few weeks after and it was destruction like I had never seen. This Santa Rosa scene is going to be way worse.

I remember looking north from my house in ABQ and seeing that fire...the smoke cloud looked like a nuclear bomb went off.

 

[bergmen]

I drove up to the Redwood Complex fire myself to assess whether we in Ukiah were at any risk of it advancing south towards us. Highway 101 was opened at around 9:00pm last night so it was clear for me to investigate myself. I found the southern perimeter to be out and just smoking, the northern perimeter still advancing but very slowly. Smoke so thick it was hard to breath:





I drove south through the Santa Rosa area right after this drive and the devastation is unimagineable. Small fires still burning along the roadside and again, smoke so thick visibility can be measured in 100s of feet.

Dan

 

[rebekahlynn]

Man, I lost everything in this fire again . I don't think I'll be a motorcyclist for a while. I finally just set up a nice garage to work on all my bikes. Oh well, I got my ass kicked in the Valley Fire in 2015 as well. I know what's ahead, but it sucks. I unfortunately left to go help an elderly couple who were Terrified and couldn't drive at 1am, but then i wasn't able to make it back home to grab a few prized possessions. My family is safe so that's more important to me.

-venting over

I'm sorry kfxrider90, that was very kind of you to help your neighbors. What could you/your family use most right now?

[youtube]OAme517Wddc[/youtube]

Read this dude's story:

"Well, I wouldn't be alive if I didn't drive. Our house was towards the top of a hill, and our only escape was down that one road.
Breathing wasn't on my mind, but you can hear me take a couple of deep breaths in the video. I was just focused on making it out.
My car smells like a fire pit. Further down the road, I lost visibility and ended up crashing into a boulder. My Chevy Cruze took a solid chunk out of the front end, but the airbags miraculously didn't deploy and I was able to keep going. My dad's truck lost a tire on the way (also going off road from poor visibility) and he limped down the hill on a rim. We abandoned the truck from there.
As for timing....5 minutes before I shot this, I was in bed. We got out because we got lucky and moved quickly when we realized what was happening. We were minutes away from not having that chance. The house was surrounded by fire when we pulled out"

https://www.reddit.com/r/santarosa/comments/75ago9/escaping_my_home_this_morning/

my heart was pounding just watching that- fucking crazy scary

Good on ya!

(Two of the fire victims were a 100 y/o man and his 99 y/o wife married 75+ years.)

tragic but if I were one half of that whole, I would want to go with my partner

Some good news: Another friend, right across from Safari West, was able to use his excavator to clear space and dig a moat around his house. He stayed and was able fight the fire successfully.

that is bad. ass.

 

[Yakoo752]

Evac order for Oakmont, Santa Rosa - Nuns Fire is moving fast

 

[budman]

15 confirmed dead...

It is still raging. The devastation is the worst I have ever seen.

 

[ThumperX]

The wind just picked up here in San Rafael

 

[gixxerjeff]

The wind just picked up here in San Rafael

It's beginning to pick up here in Petaluma....noticeably.
It's going to be a long, anxious night for some people.

 

[NeverSayDie]

Man, I lost everything in this fire again . I don't think I'll be a motorcyclist for a while. I finally just set up a nice garage to work on all my bikes. Oh well, I got my ass kicked in the Valley Fire in 2015 as well. I know what's ahead, but it sucks. I unfortunately left to go help an elderly couple who were Terrified and couldn't drive at 1am, but then i wasn't able to make it back home to grab a few prized possessions. My family is safe so that's more important to me.

-venting over

You are a hero.

 

[Agent Orange]

Can someone explain how is it that these fires spread so fast in such a short amount of time? I get the wind is a big factor, and probably having alot of dry foliage around doesn't help either. But seeing these images of entire neighborhoods confuses me. How come air tankers can't just drop retardant or water on the perimeter to stop the fire from destroying property?