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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 17, 2018 18:15:10 GMT
I suggest everyone clicks on the picture. I did it to look for the today picture, because I was not seeing a second picture. BUT guess what, it is below the first picture and you can barely see images on the second picture!!
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Post by mikklynn on Nov 17, 2018 18:15:33 GMT
Oh my gosh. I didn't even realize there was a 2nd photo until I clicked it to enlarge.
My heart just breaks for everyone affected by the fires.
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Post by SweetieBugs on Nov 17, 2018 18:19:42 GMT
Yes, I thought the 2nd photo was the water for the 1st photo!! Incredible.
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Post by gillyp on Nov 17, 2018 18:22:59 GMT
That’s shocking. I’m so very sorry for everyone affected by these fires.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 18:34:44 GMT
I am so sorry for our CA peas. I don't know what we can do, but we must spend tax money to do it. This is unacceptable as a "new normal".
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Post by just PEAchy on Nov 17, 2018 18:37:02 GMT
Like everyone else has said, I thought it was 1 picture. This is just so sad & devastating  |
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Post by AngieJoy on Nov 17, 2018 19:27:34 GMT
Oh my god....I didn’t realize there were two photos there!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Nov 17, 2018 19:31:41 GMT
Edited the title to click on the picture.
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Post by bc2ca on Nov 17, 2018 19:32:31 GMT
That's a horrific visual. San Francisco is 165 miles (265 km) SW of Paradise CA. I can't imagine how bad it is in your area, cadoodlebug . |
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Post by trollie on Nov 17, 2018 19:47:21 GMT
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Post by moodyblue on Nov 17, 2018 19:48:57 GMT
Powerful
And sad
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Post by flanz on Nov 17, 2018 19:56:22 GMT
cadoodlebug - can you leave??? I hope so! Time to visit far off relatives with clean air? Our dd and her fiance are in Berkeley with horrible air... we were supposed to go there for Thanksgiving but I can't..I'm reacting to our "moderate" air quality index of 56. (lungs are my Achilles heel.) Trying to get them to come down here....
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Nov 17, 2018 19:56:42 GMT
Oh my gosh. I didn't even realize there was a 2nd photo until I clicked it to enlarge. My heart just breaks for everyone affected by the fires. Same here. |
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Post by ntsf on Nov 17, 2018 20:00:46 GMT
that photo is off the acatraz website. yesterday, on the scale.. it was 271.. on scale of 1-500.. you couldn't see anything. slightly better today.. only 200.. I have been coughing, all the kids are out of school, almost all events are cancelled.. streets are emptier.. it is horrible. the smoke is pushed by an east wind.. and it settles sinking over the bay.. as there is a west wind preventing the smoke from escaping the bay.. so more and more smoke stacks up and the air gets worse during the day.
rains will come tues/wed... but in the meantime, everyone is home. it is far worse up in chico. sacramento and areas nearer to the fire.
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Post by valincal on Nov 17, 2018 20:03:58 GMT
I just watched drone footage of the damage...so devastating and still so many people unaccounted for. It’s absolutely heartbreaking. 😢
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Post by cadoodlebug on Nov 17, 2018 20:06:02 GMT
That's a horrific visual. San Francisco is 165 miles (265 km) SW of Paradise CA. I can't imagine how bad it is in your area, cadoodlebug . Actually today our AQI is only 81 so we are thankful for that. It had been in the 200's earlier in the week. |
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Post by gar on Nov 17, 2018 20:52:58 GMT
😲
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Post by Nanner on Nov 17, 2018 20:53:45 GMT
That's awful! I also thought it was only one picture until I read further.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 21:35:48 GMT
Yesterday I went from my place in Sonoma Country to Napa and by the time I got back home my eyes were burning. And we aren’t as bad as San Francisco.
And if we believe the weatherperson we are stuck with this until Wednesday.
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Post by ntsf on Nov 17, 2018 21:49:38 GMT
good news!!! standing at my house, it is still smokey.. but I can see further than yesterday.. and there is a slight cold wind from the WEST !!!!! so maybe some movement of the smoke out of here
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Post by georgiapea on Nov 17, 2018 22:03:59 GMT
I too thought photo 2 was the water. SF is my home town. 59 Robblee Ave. It's so sad and shocking to see what has happened to Calif
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Post by scrapmaven on Nov 17, 2018 22:21:20 GMT
It's just terrible. Mother nature is there to remind us how small we really are in this universe.
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Post by CarolinaGirl71 on Nov 17, 2018 22:59:56 GMT
Wow!  |
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Post by auntkelly on Nov 17, 2018 23:49:36 GMT
A picture is worth a thousand words. That second picture is unbelievable.
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Post by beachhappy22 on Nov 18, 2018 0:24:42 GMT
Wow! So hard to imagine!
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Post by baslp on Nov 18, 2018 0:31:45 GMT
Wow— thanks for posting. I second what auntkelly said.
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Post by finaledition on Nov 18, 2018 0:38:42 GMT
 Here’s another image that compares the air quality. A friend came out to attend a funeral and came with a mask prepared for the air. She said she was surprised it wasn’t a deep woodsy scent that you’d expect from a forest fire, but it’s gritty and acrid. It was interesting because she was much more aware of each each time she went outside than the rest of it. Not to say we don’t notice it, but it’s permeating our homes and there is a certain amount that isn’t quite as strong. |
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Post by peasquared on Nov 18, 2018 0:59:24 GMT
So horribly sad! Long after California has re-built, I'm afraid people will still be affected by all this smoke they are inhaling. My heart goes out to everyone in the state.  |
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Post by chaosisapony on Nov 18, 2018 1:17:02 GMT
Here’s another image that compares the air quality. A friend came out to attend a funeral and came with a mask prepared for the air. She said she was surprised it wasn’t a deep woodsy scent that you’d expect from a forest fire, but it’s gritty and acrid. It was interesting because she was much more aware of each each time she went outside than the rest of it. Not to say we don’t notice it, but it’s permeating our homes and there is a certain amount that isn’t quite as strong. That is interesting. I really don't notice a scent at all which has been odd since I'm only about 45 minutes away from the fire. There's thick smoke everywhere but no smell to me. It does, however, make me feel like crap. Headaches are frequent, lethargy, lack of appetite, a tight feeling in the chest. I can't wait for it to go away! |
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Post by kristi on Nov 18, 2018 1:54:47 GMT
They finally closed the schools here on Friday. The mornings are ok but the afternoons/ evenings are bad. I was in Sacramento today and can’t believe how much smoke there was.
I don’t smell smoke either - just see it.
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