IS PARADISE BURNING ?

WHILE THE BEST LITTLE CLIMATE BLOG IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO SPORT THIS MOTTO:

The Maxim of our resolve

“Walk toward the fire. Don’t worry about what they call you.”  --   Andrew Breitbart
THE FIRE SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN TO RUNNING AFTER IT:

Nov 8th, 2018 #CampFire – captured by LANDSAT satellite at peak rageAnthony Watts / 1 day ago 

This image captured at 10:45AM yesterday, by the Landsat8 satellite shows the town of Paradise, CA fully engulfed in the fire.96 thoughts on “Nov 8th, 2018 #CampFire – captured by LANDSAT satellite at peak rage”...  COMMENTS

GeologyJim    November 9, 2018 at 8:13 am

1. Anthony, we all hope your residence is not in the path of this beast.

   Stay safe, and best wishes to you, Benji, and all

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   • CRS, DrPH

      

     November 9, 2018 at 11:00 am

     Sorry, Anthony, you are about to learn that climate change is, in fact, a reality. I hope you and your family are safe. Best, former skeptic Charles the DrPH

     [First, how rude. I’m in the middle of this, and have 3 of my five employees losing their homes, friends that have lost their homes, and more, and you want to lecture me. Second locally, high winds, locally low humidity, and sparks from the preliminary suggested cause of “line slap” HAVE NOT ONE DAMN THING TO DO WITH CLIMATE. 

     
     

     Third, let me say, you can go straight to digital hell, I don’t have to put up with this crap from you. You’re as bad as Eric Holthaus, seeing climate under every rock and behind every tree. -Anthony]...

     
     

     IN 2012 WATTS DISMISSED CLIMATE SCIENTISTS  AS PROPHETS OF DOOM FOR WARNING OF FUTURE WILDFIRES:

     
     

     
     

     Projecting doom from our current 
     wildfire year using climate models

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     Anthony Watts   WUWT   December 5, 2012

     
     

     From the AGU fall meeting in SFO. Personally, I think wildfire risk (especially in the USA) would be better predicted by observing ocean patterns (ENSO, PDO, AMO etc.) than trying to apply climate models. Further, it seems they are weighting 2012 as being too significant in the scheme of things.  Also, I had to laugh at this statement:

     In contrast with wildfires, agricultural and prescribed fires are less affected by climate, especially drought, during the fire season.

     Gosh, “less affected” how about “not at all”? ...

     – Anthony

     
     

     
     

     
     

     
     
     

     MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE REALITY BASED MEDIA:

     
     As 'Camp Fire' Burns in Paradise, Cal. Thousands Flee

     By Kirk Johnson and Matt Stevens    THE NEW YORK TIMES  Nov. 8, 2018
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     • A fast-moving fire exploded in Northern California on Thursday, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes, damaging hundreds of structures and injuring firefighters and civilians as the blaze tore through more than 20,000 acres and barreled toward Chico, Calif., about 100 miles north of Sacramento...

     The blaze near Chico, named the Camp Fire, burned through Paradise, a town of about 26,000, where a hospital was evacuated and traffic gridlock forced some people to flee vehicles on foot, according to a report on Wildfire Today, a website that covers fire news across the country.
     

     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     LATEST: Camp Fire: 70,000 Acres Burned, New Evacuations In Butte County

      By Thursday evening, the fire had burned 20,000 acres and was 0 percent contained... roughly 15,000 structures remained threatened. 

     Authorities issued evacuation orders for Paradise, Magalia, Concow, Butte Creek Canyon and Butte Valley. Cal Fire Deputy Chief Scott McClean said ..."It's gone,"... referring to Paradise..." This is as horrific as it can be."...
     
     

     Cleo Reed, who lives in Paradise, knew it was time to leave when the authorities knocked on her door and it was so black she couldn't see outside. "It looks like Armageddon, and I'm in Chico now,"