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[ARC]

G morn T Crew.

 

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[fishstick]

Good morning y'all

 

[robertk]

Good morning all. Eleven degrees this morning, which I suppose is an improvement over the seven it has been the last couple of mornings. The ice isn't melting, but does seem to be evaporating directly. The roads are clear, so that's a plus.

Here's a few shots of the icy weather. It's really hard to catch how this looks in a photo. In person, it looks like everything is made of glass and lit up like Christmas trees. I'm guessing the phone mutes some of that lightness thinking it's an overexposure or something. Anyway, there's a view down the driveway, a look across the little pond, and a look at one of the cedar trees. It really is quite beautiful in person -- just really, really cold.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good morning!☕️ It’s a balmy 2° F here now.🥶🥶🥶

 

[pepperj]

Morning everyone

 

[pepperj]

Good morning all. Eleven degrees this morning, which I suppose is an improvement over the seven it has been the last couple of mornings. The ice isn't melting, but does seem to be evaporating directly. The roads are clear, so that's a plus.

Here's a few shots of the icy weather. It's really hard to catch how this looks in a photo. In person, it looks like everything is made of glass and lit up like Christmas trees. I'm guessing the phone mutes some of that lightness thinking it's an overexposure or something. Anyway, there's a view down the driveway, a look across the little pond, and a look at one of the cedar trees. It really is quite beautiful in person -- just really, really cold.

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Nature can show its beauty in every situation.

 

[newnan man]

Good morning everyone. 43 outside right now. Very cold for Florida. The cats won't go outside.

 

[Gare]

Good morning all. It is 11 degrees here in Ohio . Whats going on out in California IS TERRIBLE. Do you think we will ever know who or what is responsible ?

 

[robertk]

Nature can show its beauty in every situation.

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Nice! That’s much closer to how it actually looked.

 

[Tony in SC]

Good morning all. It is 11 degrees here in Ohio . Whats going on out in California IS TERRIBLE. Do you think we will ever know who or what is responsible ?

Good mornin', 16 degrees here. As for California, I think the whole country has bred a generation of psychos!

 

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[oldmxrat]

Good morning.
Off to be entertained by the baffoons at DMV shortly. Always a nightmare in Nevada.

 

[oldmxrat]

Good mornin', 16 degrees here. As for California, I think the whole country has bred a generation of psychos!

That, and catastrophic city mismanagement. (DEI)

 

[pepperj]

Good morning.
Off to be entertained by the baffoons at DMV shortly. Always a nightmare in Nevada.

The ol' saying comes to mind.

 

[releventchair]

Good morning all. It is 11 degrees here in Ohio . Whats going on out in California IS TERRIBLE. Do you think we will ever know who or what is responsible ?

Don't get me wrong I feel for the lost souls .

'Humans mostly cause the problem of being in the path of fires. Fires will start one way or another eventually.. The greater delay the greater the fire has fuel at times.
Consider historic controlled burns by natives. Some reported to have set fire to pine type trees in celebration type events like our fireworks even.


Same winds throughout history during season.
Same drying fuel throughout history.

Build homes in fuel rich environs in wind funnels in already high wind areas.
Lets talk about roofing materials. Siding.
Water storage and 3 inch pumps to apply water with. Any homes have swimming pools collecting ash? Were they discharged prior?

Nope. We'll pile up fuel near larger flammable materials in a historic drying and high wind region.
Wanna talk combustibility before or after annual fire season?

Why would anyone build using adobe brick and clay roof tiles?
Or keep brush and other scrub at bay instead of up tight to homes?

Fire can rejuvenate a habitat. Or destroy it.
Nonportable housing in a fire rich habitat is a very bad thing. History shows that far more than my opinion.

How many homes have been ruined post fires elsewhere when mudslides result?
And why are homes sitting atop unstable terrain in such regions in the first place?

Flooding on a river delta where poorer folks have scratched out a living for eons?? Maybe not a good place to build much of a structure you can't afford to lose though. History and flooding won't stop because you are in the way..

Early homes often appear to have been built on higher ground with a view.
Around my area that involves sun in winter.

Not flood plains. Not once in a hundred years flood area , (still below the historic watermark of a prior big flood.)
The trick is to avoid historic hazards. Or else built to sacrifice what nature isn't going to skirt.

California didn't just encounter fires.
The hundreds of millions spent on fires suggests it is not a rare condition.
Historic dwellings hint of either portability , hard to burn materials, or sacrificial dwellings if need be.
But we're better than nature when in comes to living in fire prone areas because we have money to fight it AFTER a fire is doing what fire does?
Ya , look to humans for the biggest problem with fires.

Think about this.

 

[releventchair]

Good morning.
Off to be entertained by the baffoons at DMV shortly. Always a nightmare in Nevada.

Here we can make appointments. I don't of course.

I travel to my hometown to visit one now a days and the difference is crazy. No complaint there! (Now that I've declared such it'll probably be jinxed now....)

 

[releventchair]

Mornin all.
Single digits this morning.
(MORNING P.J.!)

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everyone

Winds died down yesterday and last night, new fires still started and wind coming back today. Not good

 

[CreekSide]

I’m here !!!
Y’all didn’t even miss me did you?
I slept late then had to hurry to work

 

[releventchair]