Napa Fires

[Frisk]

Some bad fires going on in California. News reports say 1500 structures lost.

[ferri]

That's the part of California I like too! :(

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 745406001/

[whitecandle]

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017 ... untry.html

[Drip_Torch]

Tsk, tsk, tsk... things appear to be going to hell in a handbasket around here, now that frisk isn't watching so closely.

The official link - http://www.castanet.net/news/World/2087 ... orch-homes

[ferri]

Santa Rosa Fire Damage: List of Destroyed Businesses & Buildings in Napa & Sonoma County


http://heavy.com/news/2017/10/santa-ros ... ve-photos/

[Drip_Torch]

Clearly, over a century of fire suppression operations, an unnatural fuel loading state developed, ripe and waiting to sustain a wildfire that simply couldn't be suppressed.

[ferri]

Here's the before picture of that neighborhood:

[ferri]

Bad-news weather forecast for Wine Country: High winds returning

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti ... o-14320920

[gman313]

Madrone Estate Winery / Valley of the moon (there is like 5-6 brands but it's one company) is owned by the Stewarts (same as Quails Gate). So far so good but some scary pics from their facebook page with the hill in the back burning away.