# The fires are getting a bit too close to home **URL:** \ **Category:** general\ **Created:** [September 13, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051 "2015-09-13T20:51:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/21 "2018-08-10T15:06:06Z")
This isn’t the same set of fires, but it’s still too close to home. [https://abc7news.com/mendocino-complex-fires-grow-to-over-300000-acres-collectively/3915196/](https://abc7news.com/mendocino-complex-fires-grow-to-over-300000-acres-collectively/3915196/) It’s enough to cause the air quality in my area to be pretty bad due to the smoke. Thank you to the Australia and New Zealand firefighters who have come to help us out! ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/22 "2018-08-10T15:31:23Z")
I would really like it if it was clear again, the smoke is screwing with my lungs. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/23 "2018-08-10T15:38:13Z")
Yeah. I’ve been staying inside for the last couple of days, and it’s wreaking havoc with my exercise (or lack thereof now). ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/24 "2018-08-10T15:40:04Z")
Yeah I have a bad habit of sleeping with my windows open and its just not good to wake up to a smog filled room. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/25 "2018-11-08T21:43:11Z")
We’re on fire again! The fire was 5000 acres a couple of hours ago and is now up to 17,000 acres. It is spreading south, which means my direction, but it is still 150 miles away. We’re expected to continue gusty, windy weather for the next 22 hours or so, with no rain in sight. [Butte County fire](https://krcrtv.com/news/butte-county/fire-spreading-in-butte-countys-feather-river-canyon) ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/26 "2018-11-08T22:51:36Z")
That explains the weather warning on PoGo ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/27 "2018-11-09T16:51:57Z")
[Air quality site for CA](https://www.purpleair.com/map#13.13/38.25987/-122.64367) ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/28 "2018-11-10T08:26:40Z")
All of the best! Hopefully the fires will be contained. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/29 "2018-11-10T22:21:27Z")
5% contained this morning. It’s a new record for most destructive fire. The third record breaker in two years. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/30 "2018-11-12T16:12:07Z")
But climate change isn’t real. /sarcasm It’s also a new record for the deadliest fire (in CA at least). 29 confirmed dead so far. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/31 "2018-11-13T15:44:26Z")
Ouch. Not nice. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/32 "2018-11-13T17:54:33Z")
Up to 42 dead, 228 missing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/33 "2018-11-13T18:31:46Z")
Holy shit. Its worse than i thought. Maybe i should pull my head out of the dirt. ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/34 "2018-11-14T04:05:19Z")
Yikes! That is bad. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/35 "2018-11-14T13:49:35Z")
Death count up to 48. 😢 Edit: It’s 35% contained now, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/36 "2018-11-14T15:01:51Z")
Im sure that count will climb as they start looking for missing people. ---
**Author:** ![MikeP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MikeP](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MikeP)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/37 "2018-11-14T18:47:47Z")
If only you had decent forest control it wouldn’t have happened. ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/38 "2018-11-14T18:50:47Z")
It wasnt a forest control problem, it was brush fire, that was started by PG&E. They also set the last huge brush fire in CA. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/39 "2018-11-14T18:51:41Z")
He’s just quoting our Toddler in Chief. PG&E tried to contact the owner of the property with the malfunctioning equipment, but they didn’t get a response in time. ---
**Author:** ![MikeP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MikeP](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MikeP)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051/40 "2018-11-14T18:52:45Z")
Yeah, you and I both know that. [Other people](https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/11/politics/california-wildfires-trump-tweets/index.html) do not. [Previous page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051.md?page=1) [Next page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/the-fires-are-getting-a-bit-too-close-to-home/1051.md?page=3)