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Sunday, October 15, 2017 5:39:09 AM
Death toll rises to 40 as firefighters continue to battle massive California wildfires
"Fast-moving wildfires devour buildings, spur evacuations in Northern California"
Firefighters monitor flames threatening the Oakmont community along Highway 12 in Santa Rosa.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Joseph Serna, Laura J. Nelson, Chris Megerian, Sonali Kohli
October 14, 2017
As the death toll rose to 40, firefighters struggled Saturday to get the upper hand against several massive wildfires that have ravaged Northern California for almost a week.
Strong winds kicked up overnight in the central Napa Valley region, causing some fires to spread and triggering evacuations in Sonoma and elsewhere, officials said.
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One of the wettest winters on record, followed by the hottest summer on record, has created possibly the worst potential for fire in Napa County that the state has seen, a Cal Fire spokesman said Saturday.
Experts use a scientific formula to determine the potential of a fire, called the energy release component, said Cal Fire spokesman Mike Smith. On Saturday, that potential was the worst “in recorded history,” Smith said.
Crews have not seen this amount of fuel this dry in the path of a fire in at least 26 years, he said
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-fires-20171014-story.html
There are many tragic worsts around these days.
"Fast-moving wildfires devour buildings, spur evacuations in Northern California"
Firefighters monitor flames threatening the Oakmont community along Highway 12 in Santa Rosa.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Joseph Serna, Laura J. Nelson, Chris Megerian, Sonali Kohli
October 14, 2017
As the death toll rose to 40, firefighters struggled Saturday to get the upper hand against several massive wildfires that have ravaged Northern California for almost a week.
Strong winds kicked up overnight in the central Napa Valley region, causing some fires to spread and triggering evacuations in Sonoma and elsewhere, officials said.
[...]
One of the wettest winters on record, followed by the hottest summer on record, has created possibly the worst potential for fire in Napa County that the state has seen, a Cal Fire spokesman said Saturday.
Experts use a scientific formula to determine the potential of a fire, called the energy release component, said Cal Fire spokesman Mike Smith. On Saturday, that potential was the worst “in recorded history,” Smith said.
Crews have not seen this amount of fuel this dry in the path of a fire in at least 26 years, he said
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-fires-20171014-story.html
There are many tragic worsts around these days.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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