Posted on 09/12/2015 7:53:30 PM PDT by rey
Trees so big you can drive through them.
What a disaster.
Some of the most beautiful country in world is burning to the ground.
SBCUSD OES
@SBCUSD_EOC 2m2 minutes ago
@JerryBrownGov declares State Of Emergency for #ValleyFire in #LakeCounty
And headed to Calaveras Big Trees National Park.
3,000 year old Sequoias.
I wish it would rain.
Wow. Thanks for posting this! A man of courage and action, what a wonderful neighbor.
Scary stuff ... hearing unconfirmed reports of shifting winds.
https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/middletown?src=hash
Hard to post pics- am on phone, but at this Twitter feed there’s a photo down just a little ways showing an other-worldly cloud of smoke coming towards Middletown.
UPDATED:
Lake County OES
@LAKECOUNTYOES 5m5 minutes ago
#ValleyFire Mandatory Evacuations now in effect for Clearlake Riviera and Riviera West. http://bit.ly/1FFy5In
Check out the Periscope feed from earlier this morning.
Homes shouldering after last night’s #ValleyFire inferno.
Gadi Schwartz
Middletown, California, United States
Gadi Schwartz
@GadiNBCLA 2m2 minutes ago
LIVE on #Periscope: South down hwy 29 toward Middletown from HiddenValley lake #ValleyFire
That’s the one. Amazing photo.
Gadi Schwartz @GadiNBCLA 51s51 seconds ago Along Main Street in #MiddleTown #ValleyFire 9:47 AM - 13 Sep 2015 · Details
Whoa...
Shocking to us to see- imagine if we lived there. God help them.
Just read this one is 0%contained. I think the other one is 20%.
“Some of the most beautiful country in world is burning to the ground.”
Some believe the fires are part of the natural order, to restart the ecosystem.
From what I have read, most animal species flee the area and survive. And at the burned sites, regrowth of various plant species begins within days.
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