DISASTER Burning down the house -- fires around the world today ~

[ainitfunny]

What horrible accidents.

I seriously doubt these are "accidents."

 

[psychgirl]

Our friend Helen warned about wild fires a very long time ago.
She posted over and over to have “fire mitigation” established at our homes.

She’s now aware of this thread started on the Main. The following paragraphs is what she said to do; I’ll put her exact words in quotations:






“Then post it to Miss Kitty's thread, that I pushed fire mitigation a long time. Tell them good information is on forestry websites.

Tell them that burying preps in the ground will work. Even a few inches of dirt will help. Mineral wool insulation batts can withstand up to 2,000 degrees F. Put batts on top of the stuff in the hole. If they can't dig a deep hole, dig a wider hole.

Absolutely strip the ground of all combustibles as far from the prep stash as possible.

Basements are not good because the house will burn and fall in.
Just cut and paste that whole text”


So, there ya go.


****Edit to add ****further direct information plus some important links (links she feels are important:

“I can't really help them, this is a war. They may not be able to find their prep stash after the landscape changes”
“Authorities won't let them in, etc

They need to understand they will lose everything they don't take with them. If it's co.ing, go. It's a war.

They need to wrap their minds around the concept of running for their lives. Preps won't stand against fire
They can't hide underground. Fire sucks the oxygen out.
They need to imagine right now what they will do. The ones who live with it understand”



A link to preparing for wildfires; I’m on my phone so cannot post the entire article. I’m sorry

Defensible Space - Ready for Wildfire

Learn how to create Defensible Space, a buffer between your home and vegetation, can improve your home’s chance of surviving a wildfire.

www.readyforwildfire.org

 

[psychgirl]

Further, added from Helen:


“Ken Decker said a fixed defense is not feasible. I miss him.

He said a fixed defense - a prep stash, bunker, whatever - if you have to stay on top of it to survive, you will lose.

Yes, go ahead. Only the oldest old timers will remember.
Post both, so the younger ones will know what he said”



***Edited to add: I am not aware of who Ken Decker was so I asked her. She said many of you will remember him***

 

[wobble]

You will own nothing....

Shut up and eat eat ze bugz

 

[mzkitty]

 

[Safetydude]

I'm in North ID, Friday night and Sat had our fire department running. Had one fire, that if 3 other FD's hadn't responded could have turned into another Oregon Road (WA side) fire. I drove 140+ miles responding to "incidents" this weekend since Fri night. Smoke was unreal on Fri evening, like others commented, you couldn't see far enough to spot a new fire as visibility at times was 1/4 mi or less. I told my responding crews to look for a vertical column otherwise it's smoke blowing in from the WA fires. Had ash falling on my car Fri night and Sat from WA fires. My 500 lumen LED flashlight shining into the night skies looked like snow flurries! Rain hopefully will be here this afternoon and tomorrow, which will help slow the fires down. We are in a moderate drought and NWS is forecasting a moderate to major El Nino, which means a warmer and dryer than normal winter so next year could be a real kicker.

 

[Babs]

I'm in North ID, Friday night and Sat had our fire department running. Had one fire, that if 3 other FD's hadn't responded could have turned into another Oregon Road (WA side) fire. I drove 140+ miles responding to "incidents" this weekend since Fri night. Smoke was unreal on Fri evening, like others commented, you couldn't see far enough to spot a new fire as visibility at times was 1/4 mi or less. I told my responding crews to look for a vertical column otherwise it's smoke blowing in from the WA fires. Had ash falling on my car Fri night and Sat from WA fires. My 500 lumen LED flashlight shining into the night skies looked like snow flurries! Rain hopefully will be here this afternoon and tomorrow, which will help slow the fires down. We are in a moderate drought and NWS is forecasting a moderate to major El Nino, which means a warmer and dryer than normal winter so next year could be a real kicker.

Thank you for your tireless work! It is so dry here and the winds have been horrible. I fully expected a couple of these fires to explode, and the fact that you guys were able to knock them back so quickly, is simply miraculous! You guys are amazing!! Praying for all of you firefighters! You are literally fighting wars for us!

 

[Safetydude]

Thank you for your tireless work! It is so dry here and the winds have been horrible. I fully expected a couple of these fires to explode, and the fact that you guys were able to knock them back so quickly, is simply miraculous! You guys are amazing!! Praying for all of you firefighters! You are literally fighting wars for us!

Most welcome...an honor to serve and give back to my communities.

 

[StarryEyedLad]

Morpheus MAGA @MorpheusMAGA
2d
‘Wildfires’ in the Northwest Territories are burning down mostly Indigenous communities.
Highways closing, melting cars, communications lines down... sounds familiar?
Runtime: 1:57

Morpheus MAGA on Gab: ' ‘Wildfires’ in the Northwest Territories are b…'

Morpheus MAGA on Gab: ' ‘Wildfires’ in the Northwest Territories are burning down mostly Indigenous communities. Highways closing, melting cars, communication lines down… sounds familiar?'

gab.com

==============================

Video is Native American lady describing what is happening in the Northwest Territories in Canada. Its capital, Yellowknife, approximately 20,000 people, is being threatened by the fires. Widespread fires all over Canada and the US not making the news.

 

[Safetydude]

Good Resource for current Fire info is an app called WatchDuty relies on actual incident info with some boots on the ground info, a good adjunct for national wildfire info found here: httZZ://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ (replace ZZ with ps) . I also have a scanner and my BTECH UV-82C tuned to all the area VHF fire frequencies you can get most of those from httZZ://www.radioreference.com/

Be safe for all you out close to the forests and watch and report any unusual activities and/or vehicles. Man has caused most of the Eastern WA and ID Panhandle fires.