#pawnee fire

Hello, a post again that isn’t salty. This is a post to links on how to help the victims of the Californian wildfires going on right now and possibly in the future. We have Fire Seasons that range usually from July to December. In the past 3 years or so, we have had devastating fires that have rampaged through cities and destroyed so many homes, and right now it’s happening again in Redding and possibly Pawnee. Please consider donating! If you are localized, please look into how you can donate more than just money but supplies as well. Or if you are generous enough, please try to help temporary house evacuees, especially those who have possibly lost their house. From past experience from the Tubbs and Atlas fire, Hotels will try to gut prices by making rooms priced high.

https://www.ncoinc.org/2017-fires/ - This is to help out with the Pawnee Fire

https://deloro.salvationarmy.org/del_oro/northern-california-wildfires - Link to the Salvation Army for any of the Californian Wildfires

https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation - Link to the Red Cross that helps victims of any of the wildfires

http://www.cafoodbanks.org/find-food-bank - For the official Californian Food Bank

https://www.norcalunitedway.org/CARRfire - This is to help out with the Carr Fire in Redding

http://www.shastarcf.org/funds/cdrf - This is to help out with the fires west of Redding

https://www.gofundme.com/cause/carr-fire - GoFundMe for the Carr Fire in Redding

https://www.gofundme.com/tcb-2018-carr-fire-fund/donate - A second GoFundMe for the Carr Fire in Redding

The western wildfire season has started already. Some large fires in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Oregon and Texas are largely contained, but new fires keep popping up, most recently in California. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there are now 51 active large fires in the US, consuming right now about 450,000 acres. To date this year, there have been about 28,000 wildfires, big and small, which have consumed about 2.2 million acres. Here’s the link to the National Interagency Fire Center page with these statistics, and more.

Most of these fires are located in the drought areas of the western US, primarily the southwest.

One of the bigger fires right now is the Pawnee Fire, in Lake County, California. About 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes. The fire has burned about 12,000 acres, and is 5% contained.

New Post has been published on https://is.gd/nTt0Zv

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif.  | Growing wildfires prompt evacuations in rural California

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. — Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of others Sunday as they raced across dry brush in rural Northern California.

The Pawnee Fire that broke out Saturday near the community of Clearlake Oaks has destroyed 12 buildings and threatened an additional 600 as it burned out of control across about 12 square miles (31 sq. kilometers). Authorities ordered people to evacuate all homes in the Spring Valley area, where about 3,000 people live.

“What we’re stressing is that people, when they get the evacuation order, they heed it immediately and get out and stay out until it is safe to return,” state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Battalion Chief Jonathan Cox said. “This is one of four large fires burning in Northern California. It’s a good reminder that fire season is upon us.”

Erratic wind and heat gripping a swath of California from San Jose to the Oregon border drove the flames, which were north of the wine country region where devastating wildfires killed 44 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses last October.

Farther north, a fire spanning about three-quarters of a mile in Tehama County destroyed “multiple residential and commercial buildings,” Cal Fire said. But firefighters appeared to be making good progress — the Stoll Fire was halfway contained and some evacuees were allowed to return home, authorities said.

A second fire in Tehama County consumed 5.5 square miles (14 square kilometers), but no buildings were reported burned. The so-called Lane Fire threatened 200 structures and some homes had been evacuated, Cox said. It was 10 percent contained.

A fire in neighboring Shasta County grew to 1.6 square miles (4.14 sq. kilometers) and was 20 percent contained. The so-called Creek Fire had damaged no structures but did prompt evacuations.

The cause of each blaze was under investigation Sunday. No one was reported hurt.

More than 230 firefighters using helicopters, bulldozers and other equipment were battling the Pawnee Fire in a rugged area that made it difficult to get equipment up close.

“It’s kind of the worst possible combination,” Cox said.

Matthew Henderson, who was in the area taking photographs, said he saw the fire jump a road at one point, briefly cutting off access to part of Spring Valley until firefighters pushed it back.

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By Associated Press