Horrible Fire!

Discussion in 'Weather & Natural Disasters' started by Frank Sanoica, Jun 24, 2016.

  1. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    My wife spotted this pic, called me over. It was so shocking in scope, I asked her to put it in email, then I could copy and show it here. I was dumbfounded. It's burning around Lake Isabella, northeast of Bakersfield, CA. She thinks this is the one reported to have destroyed over 100 structures. There must be thousands of individual fires burning on the mountainside. I have never seen a fire of quite this magnitude before. Frank

    [​IMG]

    EDIT: Here's a link: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kern-fire-homes-destroyed-20160624-snap-story.html
     
    #1
  2. Patsy Faye

    Patsy Faye Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,568
    Likes Received:
    16,301
    Neither have I !
    Terrible ............
     
    #2
  3. Chrissy Cross

    Chrissy Cross Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2015
    Messages:
    19,089
    Likes Received:
    18,917
    I saw that yesterday. It's been hotter than usual I think in southern CA. Plus dry and drought conditions don't help.

    We have fires every year, although this pic is scary looking it's not uncommon in CA.
     
    #3
  4. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    The rising moon above the mountain really lent an eerie look, I thought.
     
    #4
  5. Babs Hunt

    Babs Hunt Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2016
    Messages:
    8,565
    Likes Received:
    12,083
    It looks like a volcano with the firey lava flowing all around it. I feel really sad for all the people losing their homes because of this fire...and I hope their are no lives lost. Thanks for sharing that picture @Frank Sanoica, it's terrible what's happening but it is a beautiful picture.
     
    #5
    Frank Sanoica likes this.
  6. Chrissy Cross

    Chrissy Cross Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2015
    Messages:
    19,089
    Likes Received:
    18,917
    I think 2 people died last I heard.
     
    #6
  7. Amie Ar

    Amie Ar Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2016
    Messages:
    159
    Likes Received:
    151
    OMG! The looks of it got me worried so much. I know its kinda far from the place of some dear relatives back there in CA, but I still better check again with them. Thanks Frank. I have no idea this was so enormous. I just heard about it from the news and thought it was just some easily gone occasional forest fire.
     
    #7
  8. K E Gordon

    K E Gordon Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2016
    Messages:
    1,440
    Likes Received:
    1,390
    Wow, that is awful. I know some people who chat online on a different site who were talking about those fires yesterday. It seems to be quite the event. I hope they can be controlled quickly, but massive wildfires are something that California deals with every year it seems. It just seems to come with the territory.
     
    #8
    Amie Ar likes this.
  9. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619


    @Babs Hunt I believe there are homes scattered over the area burning. Frank
     
    #9
  10. Texas Beth

    Texas Beth Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 28, 2016
    Messages:
    568
    Likes Received:
    499
    Yes, that is a horrible fire. I feel for the people who have lost everything and have to start over. All of their pictures and sentimental items are gone.
     
    #10
  11. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    55,669
    Likes Received:
    23,296
    It's horrible but it's also incredibly beautiful.
     
    #11

Share This Page