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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:30:11 JST AI6YR Ben

   • Douglas

   #EatonFire the first night (via Maxar) h/t @douglasvb

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:30:08 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     • Michael Busch

     @michael_w_busch @douglasvb @ai6yr There have been many fires in the San Gabriel mountains, but this one started at the base of the mountains and moved rapidly into Altadena populated areas. The previous fires were almost entirely in the mountains. The Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa was driven by winds into populated areas.

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     Douglas (douglasvb@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:30:10 JST Douglas

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     @ai6yr my friends who somehow got lucky and didn't have their house burn in Altadena said about 75% of the town is gone. I can't think of another fire in the last 40 years in this country burning into a major metro area and basically wiping a city of 40+k people off the map.

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     Michael Busch (michael_w_busch@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:30:10 JST Michael Busch

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     @douglasvb @ai6yr

     I remember the Tubbs Fire burning through Santa Rosa; the Camp Fire burning into Chico; and far too many smaller fires in the San Gabes.

     There are so many such disasters happening that I had to think through the list...

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:59:27 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     • Malachi17

     @malachi17RV @michael_w_busch @douglasvb @ai6yr I have not seen any information on the ignition cause of the fire. The Camp Fire some years ago was indirectly caused by wind shaking very old power lines and causing them to break and ignite the fire. PG&E was found liable for poor maintenance as the power line was something like 80 years old with no updates.

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     Malachi17 (malachi17rv@mastodon.enitin.xyz)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:59:29 JST Malachi17

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     • Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD
     • Douglas
     • Michael Busch

     @EricFielding @michael_w_busch @douglasvb @ai6yr Winds don't usually start fires.What started the fire at the base of the mountain?