Please send them a heartfelt Thank You for all they are doing.🙏 I will be praying for their safety from here in Colorado. Wild land firefighters are some of the bravest, strongest and hardest working people I know. Bless them for all they do.❤
I was born in California in 1954, grew up there, lived there until I was 45. If you were to ask me my nationality, I would say Californian. These huge wildfires leave me sick at heart. I grieve.
@zeitgeist5134 I grew up in San Diego. Alpine was the "great northwest," ya know, lol? Know those areas of bedroom communities that are often at risk of huge fires. Those areas weren't ever meant to have huge communities without huge firebreaks or other modern infrastructure. PG&E done CA when it went public and for profit like every other human need. None should be for profit. Housing, water, electricity, etc.
Or in the absence thereof, any masks you might have left over from the pandemic are better than nothing. If used as a mask, damp cloth drastically reduces smoke
Excellent suggestion for anyone around wildfire smoke. Summer of 2020, our AQI was in the 390’s, as in hazardous to go outside for everyone. The N95’s that cup your face are the best at keeping the smoke out of your respiratory system. The Census just issued us cloth masks that didn’t cut it. So, there were a number of days I didn’t work because of the health hazard.
As somebody who lives in a bushfire-prone country...I take a VERY dim view of arsonists. 😡 Black Saturday 2009. 173 people died from fires, some of which were deliberately lit on one of the hottest days we had Down Under in many years.
From Aus as a CFA fire fighter i fought that fire went through a burn over luckily we sheltered next to truck as we were in a small unit i had to have help after , never thought i would get on truck again but i did ,now retired from fire fighting 78 now was a terrible day i saw many homes burnt and i cried a lot
The footage from that fire was nightmarish . I hadn’t known there was arson involved. I grew up in a fire prone area & have a great deal of gratitude for wildfire firefighters, anywhere in the world. Y’all are the best!
@@SoundHoleAmplifier Cheers mate. My mate Garry and his colleagues died at Linton in 1998. I'd like to think that the changes that were brought about afterwards helped others from then on.
@@bunyipdragon9499 I was almost 19 back in '83 and we in Geelong had a lot of the smoke from the Otways choking the place. A week after the enormous dust storm that rolled through the place.
User, stay on your Soviet social media site. California is huge. Over half of the forests are federal, and most of these have been logged a few times. The rest is private, with generally livery low value timber. Oak woodland, for example. The forests are burning because, thanks to our burning of fossil fuels, conditions are now too hot and dry for our forests.
Failing Cal-Lib-Fornia should have listened to me and raked their leaves! Sad! Now many say the holywoods are burning...who knows, just look at the destruction. Elect me and you'll never have another fire again, believe me!
I live in the Sierra foothills of El Dorado County and have two large animals. I keep the truck hooked to the horse trailer facing out. My family's cattle ranch is in Butte County and so far they are safe.
Jasper National Park in Canada. One of our most iconic parks had a huge wildfire rip through closing the park and destroying 50% off all buildings I was raised going there every year and all my memories of there are close to my heart. It burning has broken my heart
Beau, we're south of the fire & our rodeo & fairgrounds are being used for livestock evacuations. Pens & corrals are headed to the next county. Generosity is flowing like it had been held back by a dam.❤
That’s awesome! This flared up so quickly that I hope everyone was able to get their animals out. It sounded like many just had time to grab keys, maybe documents or a go/bag. I have friends that may be up there or down at the Borel fire helping. May everyone be safe through this disaster from residents to firefighters and other workers.
Arson. Stupid, stupid man pushed a burning car down a ravine. He has been charged with felony arson with special circumstances. The King fire (2014, burned 97,700 acres) near me, was started by a guy who got mad because a Sheriff told him to put out a bbq and instead he he kicked the lit bbq down the hill. Note: If any one dies because of this fire, the Butte County guy will be charged with murder.
Indigenous people, my tribe, have been prevented from using fire as a land management tool. This is simply the result of complete fire suppression policies playing out. This will continue. Either fire is used responsible to manage the land, or large fires will come from accumulated duff and rotting trees. This is also due to capitalism informing management, as in thousands of trees per acre; not for forest health but for money maximization. It is sad that citizens in my ancestral territory will suffer due to these choices.
My brother is working with a few groups learning about prescribed burns and wildfire mitigation. He's been active in the community and with policy makers to promote the idea of "good fire" as a way to prevent wildfires. If you're in California, your paths may have crossed. Or they will in the future.
Wildfires have been happening since the earth began. I’m on board with cutting down carbon emissions but like everything on the left you take it to extremes
Part of the problem is lack of controlled burning and/or using goats. Either will help keep underbrush down, and mean that fires don't spiral out of control.
I probably won't need the info this time around, but I'll say "Thanks, Beau," for anyone who does and should be focusing on the information instead of typing comments.
I have family in Chico and had friends in Paradise CA. If the pyromaniac who started this is proven guilty, he should be imprisoned for the rest of his miserable life. Yes, a hot take made in RAGE, but there you have it.
Justifiable rage, IMHO. People (residents and emergency workers) are killed or injured or put in extreme danger, homes and businesses destroyed, wildlife destroyed, habitat destroyed, smoke degrades air quality miles from the actual fire, so many years of a scarred landscape and decades to come back fully. How can one calculate all the harm? Penalties must be harsh.
He will be. It'll be his "3rd strike" and in California, that means you're out. His first 2 strikes were "lewd and lavicious behavior with a child under 14 years of age" and "robbery with great bodily harm." He needs to be kept away from society from here on out.
This guy wasn’t a pyro, but a guy who’d already committed felonies including sex crimes and violent robbery. He acted out in the situation and IMO is a dangerous person. It’s good they have witnesses because this guy needs to be locked up.
I live in an area that is unfortunately repeatedly impacted by fires. Tips I tell new neighbours to my area. Make a checklist and put it up somewhere which includes pets, papers, other things. Out the door stuff that people don’t think about. 1) take pictures of your entire house contents, draws, closets, everything. It shows proof of possessions to insurance companies. 2) empty your fridge and freezer into a big black garbage bag. Drop it off at a food bank or even in a big garbage bin outside the area. Power will be off after 4 days your fridge and freezers are write offs even if your home is not impacted by fire. It’s an extra step but so worth it. 3) best one, grab your laundry hamper and throw any extra clothes in there but those dirty clothes are your favourite clothes to wear. You can clean them anywhere once you’re out of your home. Bonus, figure out anything super duper sentimental that you wouldn’t want to lose and put it on the check list. The sentimental list isn’t as big as you would think when the fire reality sets in. Other than wrangling a cat, I can be out and on the road in under 30mins.
@@marthahansen6123 The phrase used is, "Risk a lot to save a lot. Rick little to save little and risk nothing to save nothing." On the furniture you're both reducing property damage and reducing potential fuel for the fire. If time permits they throw plastic sheeting over it to add a little extra layer of protection.
The fire was started by some guy who pushed a burning car down into a gully. There are witnesses who saw him and he has been arrested. I think they should put him in to fight the fire.
I listened to the DA and it is beginning to sound like negligence and gross stupidity rather than malice. I'm not sure the 111 homeowners care about motive that much right now. They are charging him as intentional, however.
Starting a fire like that on purpose is mind boggling. It's hard to imagine being that evil. If you're out there in the way of the fire please get out. We need you alive. And voting blue. Please.
We're in the path of the Borel fire right now, ready to go if the evacuation order is given. We have plans and everything ready to go due in large part to your videos on the subject last year. Thanks for putting those out for us in California!
If u have masks bring them. If u can smell smoke it’s getting in your lungs. Also goggles for ash in eyes. Water. Also text works better than calls. Cause if the service is overwhelmed they will still get thru as it frees up. You don’t have to wait for mandatory evacuation. If you have funds make reservations at a hotel for a few days. Go now.
I'm just south of Oroville, south of Yuba, have lived in Chico, and have brought my children to the swimming hole the guy pushed the burning van into -- Alligator Hole. We drove by the fire on our way up to camp in Lassen, and it was something to behold. Needless to say, we couldn't camp, because the smoke was so bad, and a day later the park closed.
Smokey the Bear is why we have the problems we now have. Absolute bans on burning means decades of fuel collection, rather than a few years worth, and fires too hot for trees to survive.
@@davidavard8461 nice try. All the conceivable “fuel collection” by all the campers in the world would not alter the observed outcome. Additionally, the Smokey forest fire prevention campaigns do not equate with absolute bans on fire. You’re just pulling stuff out of your backside.
We knew this one was coming, yes it was started at a particularly bad moment, but something like this was approaching inevitable. Most of that wilderness has not burned in decades, because we have not let it, and that makes everything worse when it does catch. Regular controlled burns, preferably with indigenous oversight, will be essential going forward.
@@davidavard8461 the Smokey Bear campaign was begun to teach people not to be stupid about doing things that could start fires - that's why he said "Only you can prevent forest fires."
Hello iQ! Today I question Beau’s statement to turn your sprinklers off, as I just watched a house that was a spot of green on a black landscape because they left their sprinklers on. 😊
@Erin-Thor Hi Erin, yes I saw that too. I mean it's been awhile since I saw it, but I do remember! Maybe they were still green because they left no water for anyone else?😆😅🤣😂 or not.
Thank you, Beau. I just checked the map and saw how close this fire is to Yuba City and Grass Valley to the south. I know those parts of Northern California well. Praying for the people who live there... that the fire does not move south.
So heartbreaking. My Mom lived in Magalia. Just above Paradise. Her whole neighborhood burned along with many others. Those people have been through so much. My heart aches for them. It was so beautiful before the fires. I haven't been back since it burned.I don't think my heart could take it.😢
Good advice, very thoughtful & timely. I guess helping with the recovery from disasters has informed you very well. Most folks don't know all this info. And thanks !
You must be new here? *_This_*_ is a Beau _*_Thing:_*_ Rule .303 as Informing, reminding, hints, hacks, facts, news, updates on, not just _*_political_*_ disasters [including people & events], but also natural_ -- & unnatural -- _dissasters._ Succinctly (though a bit late for me being "brief"😉): _He is a PSA Guru._ If you weren't here then, his stuff thru covid starting & the lockdown helped a lot of people cope. And the political bent kinda developed from the more-&-more frequent incidents and severity of ... Well. _"bent politics."_
@nonnyena4267 I'm old. Here and otherwise. Just expressing appreciation for his info cause I have friends not too far away from the fire. Often we don't express gratitude even though Beau doesn't need our appreciation, he would do it anyway. But I wanted to say so.
Beau, I grew up in the Bay Area/ earthquake country. This is soooo helpful for folks. My dad was an Eagle Scout and he hammered preparedness into us. Not prepper level, but we had go bags and a few EQ kits. The sprinkler suggestion is invaluable.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all being affected by the threat of the fire. Most of all please evacuate when you're told. Don't wait. Have pet carriers and leashes ready to go also if you can. 💙💙👍💙💙
If you have multiple or large animals, don’t wait for the evacuation notifications to move them - especially in this heat. Move them now if you can. Same goes for the elderly and disabled. Just go.
My home is 7.5 miles north of the northern most containment area. About 1 hour ago the fire jumped that line and is being hit with air tankers, but it is nearing the end of the flight day for them with some helicopters still able to fly depending on visibility. The winds are from the south at 10mph. We have already been evacuated.
A lot of this area is unincorporated and have private wells. In this case leaving sprinklers on and soaking the surrounding area can save your house. Individual rural homes often don’t have a hydrant to hook up to so firefighters have to bring water tenders or drop anyway.
Where l live,l was evacuated for the Thompson fire 2 weeks before Park fire and there is already ptsd from Camp fire ,seeing a lot of community support and resilience
I grew up in the Santa Monica Mountains. Back then, we'd get a big fire about every 8-10 years. Always had a "bug out bag". Always had baskets and lists on every floor (in case there was time to grab other stuff). Important papers lived in the trunk of the car during fire season. It's permanently wired into my brain. 40 years later the smell of smoke still starts the checklist going.
I lost my home, contents, pets…in 2012, the Ash Creek fire exploded in Rosebud and Powder River counties, leaving a moonscape of 249,562 acres - making it the largest fire of the year. I was told the contents of my house were spontaneously combusting before the flames reached the walls. As I fled in my car, I felt the heat from the wall of fire hundreds of yards away. You cannot imagine it until you’ve seen and felt it closeup…and yes, it creates its own weather and vortex.
Very specific tip! If you have a pool, leave it uncovered! It can be used as emergency water collection from helicopters as well as emergency cooling for firefighters in a flash point of fire. The melting plastic won't do you any good regardless.
Got lots of family down there in those fires. Lots of updates from them. Very scary please pray. Not the only large fire down there. The boreal fire is burning in the desert and they just had a 5.1 earthquake there. Welcome to California.
Huge fires were not even close to this common or easily spread here in the 70's. Edit: to be clear, I didn't mean to downplay the fear. I apologize if it came off that way. Hope you and everyone are doing well as can be!🥰😊
I recommend checking out The Lookout. Zeke is a geographer by trade, and his company has worked with Cal Fire as map makers for something like 20+ years. Knows the terrain and fuels, knows fire behavior and history, knows the fighting techniques and tools available. Does a great job of explaining what is possible and what isn't. Advocate for prescribed burning. Somehow found him during the Dixie fire and even though I live nowhere near California I've stayed subscribed. It's a level-headed voice in a sea of sensationalism.
I live 25 miles from this current fire. The fire before this one (Thompson Fire) was closer. It came within an hour of our home. I've had nightmares that we actually lost everything. I am heartbroken for our communities and our forest lands 😢
The Park Fire started about 100 miles north of me, near Chico, CA. It's a prime example of the fire risks of the foothills of the Sierras. Lots of canyons and difficult terrain to fight in. That area has a lot of remote homes that are next to impossible to save in such a fast and big fire unless the owners have cleared a huge amount around their home and can stop the embers from landing on roofs. If the winds blow it east, it will head up nto the mountains where other recent fires have cleared the fuel load and may stop.
Howdy Tom and Numb! Just as Beau was saying turn your sprinklers off, the news showed the one house that had been saved because they left their sprinklers on. 😂
Two other things to keep in mind: 1) when you get the notice that you need to be ready to evacuate, that is the time to leave. If you wait until you’re told to go you’re going to end up going nowhere really fast (your entire area is going to be evacuating at the same time). 2) if you get a mandatory evacuation order, call your insurance company. Your homeowners/renters insurance has a built in limit to pay for reasonable hotel and food accommodations in scenarios like this, and putting them on notice that you may have a fire-related claim will make processing that claim (if it comes to that) a bit smoother since, if they are following industry best practice, they should allocate a standby amount for a short period of time to see if you have a loss. Depending on your carrier they may pay up front for a couple of days for your hotel stay/alternate lodging, or it may be reimbursement payments, but either way make sure you keep your receipts and take pictures of them and save them to a cloud storage or other online source so you always have them just in case.
Excellent advice, Beau! Much appreciated. My place is under evacuation orders for the Borel Fire, which has burned neatly 60,000 acres south of Lake Isabella, in eastern Kern County, California. Like most of my neighbors, I chose to shelter in place. It was touch and go at times, but the fire has moved on at last. I cannot begin to express the depth of gratitude I have for the brave souls who put their lives on the line to battle these infernos!
This monster lit off practically in my front yard. I am secure enough now, but I had a clear view of the fire front moving down the hills to within a couple miles of my front door. My friends in forest management say they have been waiting for this one to hit. Most of the fire is in wilderness that we have not allowed to burn for decades, and that makes something like this both inevitable and far, far worse. Best practice continues to evolve, but any management suggestions that don’t involve regular controlled burn, preferably with Native American oversight, can no longer be taken seriously.
Two of my nephews are firefighters battling the Park Fire. Please send them and all of the firefighters some good vibes. Thank you ♡
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Get it boys! You fight the good fight!
Please send them a heartfelt Thank You for all they are doing.🙏 I will be praying for their safety from here in Colorado. Wild land firefighters are some of the bravest, strongest and hardest working people I know. Bless them for all they do.❤
I’m focusing every kind of the best energy in their direction. 💓❤️🔥💓
Blessing them, all First Responders, ALL in the Path of danger, Blessings of Protection for them all🕊🤲🏼
I was born in California in 1954, grew up there, lived there until I was 45. If you were to ask me my nationality, I would say Californian. These huge wildfires leave me sick at heart. I grieve.
We persevere.
Me too, Zeitgeist, though I consider myself a citizen of the Western US.
Hi friend. I also grew up in California. Born in 1964. It really gets me in my gut, as well ❤
Born raise and lived here in California my whole life.
I definitely agree with nationality being Californian.
@zeitgeist5134 I grew up in San Diego. Alpine was the "great northwest," ya know, lol? Know those areas of bedroom communities that are often at risk of huge fires. Those areas weren't ever meant to have huge communities without huge firebreaks or other modern infrastructure. PG&E done CA when it went public and for profit like every other human need. None should be for profit. Housing, water, electricity, etc.
If you have N95 masks, be sure to pack them. You will need them for the smoke.
Or in the absence thereof, any masks you might have left over from the pandemic are better than nothing. If used as a mask, damp cloth drastically reduces smoke
Painter respirator better.
Goggles too if you have them re flying ash.
Since the Camp Fire in 2018, I carry N95s in my vehicle, my travel trailer, and of course my home. I also have one in my purse.
Excellent suggestion for anyone around wildfire smoke. Summer of 2020, our AQI was in the 390’s, as in hazardous to go outside for everyone.
The N95’s that cup your face are the best at keeping the smoke out of your respiratory system. The Census just issued us cloth masks that didn’t cut it. So, there were a number of days I didn’t work because of the health hazard.
As somebody who lives in a bushfire-prone country...I take a VERY dim view of arsonists.
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Black Saturday 2009. 173 people died from fires, some of which were deliberately lit on one of the hottest days we had Down Under in many years.
From Aus as a CFA fire fighter i fought that fire went through a burn over luckily we sheltered next to truck as we were in a small unit i had to have help after , never thought i would get on truck again but i did ,now retired from fire fighting 78 now was a terrible day i saw many homes burnt and i cried a lot
The footage from that fire was nightmarish . I hadn’t known there was arson involved. I grew up in a fire prone area & have a great deal of gratitude for wildfire firefighters, anywhere in the world. Y’all are the best!
@@SoundHoleAmplifier Cheers mate.
My mate Garry and his colleagues died at Linton in 1998. I'd like to think that the changes that were brought about afterwards helped others from then on.
I'm old enough to remember Ash Wednesday which was horrendous but Black Saturday took the biscuit 😢
@@bunyipdragon9499 I was almost 19 back in '83 and we in Geelong had a lot of the smoke from the Otways choking the place. A week after the enormous dust storm that rolled through the place.
A man lit a car on fire and rolled it down an embankment! I hope, if he is convicted , that he gets life in prison without parole.
In beloved Bidwell Park at that, right at the time year we enjoy the swimming holes most. We are damn lucky that no one in the park hurt.
Cue the Mango Mussolini telling us we should have raked the forest better in 5, 4, 3 . . .
Cue the left wing loons pretending wild fires didn’t happen since the beginning of the earth 5, 4, 3….
thank you, user-km3pk1pu7h, for your input. 🙄
User, stay on your Soviet social media site.
California is huge. Over half of the forests are federal, and most of these have been logged a few times. The rest is private, with generally livery low value timber. Oak woodland, for example. The forests are burning because, thanks to our burning of fossil fuels, conditions are now too hot and dry for our forests.
Failing Cal-Lib-Fornia should have listened to me and raked their leaves! Sad! Now many say the holywoods are burning...who knows, just look at the destruction. Elect me and you'll never have another fire again, believe me!
Nah, they just say that California deserves it.
To those affected right now please stay safe and listen to instructions. Material things can be replaced. You and your loved ones cannot.
I live in the Sierra foothills of El Dorado County and have two large animals. I keep the truck hooked to the horse trailer facing out. My family's cattle ranch is in Butte County and so far they are safe.
Good evening Nic! Everything ok where you are?
Imagine being such a beta that you have to inject your politics into everything. Looking at you Spin.
Jasper National Park in Canada. One of our most iconic parks had a huge wildfire rip through closing the park and destroying 50% off all buildings
I was raised going there every year and all my memories of there are close to my heart.
It burning has broken my heart
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And our government has cut funds for years for forest fires. They got rid of our water bombers.
I’m so sorry!! I heard that one was very scary as well with only one road left open to escape on. 🙏🙏🙏
I saw pictures of the town of Jasper. My heart goes out to all effected
I'm so sorry! I remember how beautiful it was from a long ago camping trip, and I wish you all the best.🙏
Beau, we're south of the fire & our rodeo & fairgrounds are being used for livestock evacuations. Pens & corrals are headed to the next county. Generosity is flowing like it had been held back by a dam.❤
I love hearing how Californians take care of each other in a crises.
That’s awesome! This flared up so quickly that I hope everyone was able to get their animals out. It sounded like many just had time to grab keys, maybe documents or a go/bag.
I have friends that may be up there or down at the Borel fire helping.
May everyone be safe through this disaster from residents to firefighters and other workers.
thank you thank you thank you!
As a Californian, I really appreciate this. Thank you.
Do we know who allegedly lit the fire?
Edit, yes. He is accused of pushing a burning car into a gully. Arraignment Monday.
Excellent news
He has 2 strikes already. He will get life.
Among people I know, we wonder, what was he trying to hide in the burning car. And how dumb is he to have done so in view of so many people.
There were witnesses that identified the suspect.
@@Swalakamala shut up
Arson. Stupid, stupid man pushed a burning car down a ravine. He has been charged with felony arson with special circumstances. The King fire (2014, burned 97,700 acres) near me, was started by a guy who got mad because a Sheriff told him to put out a bbq and instead he he kicked the lit bbq down the hill. Note: If any one dies because of this fire, the Butte County guy will be charged with murder.
As he should.
Indigenous people, my tribe, have been prevented from using fire as a land management tool. This is simply the result of complete fire suppression policies playing out. This will continue. Either fire is used responsible to manage the land, or large fires will come from accumulated duff and rotting trees. This is also due to capitalism informing management, as in thousands of trees per acre; not for forest health but for money maximization. It is sad that citizens in my ancestral territory will suffer due to these choices.
indigenous solutions work. listen to the people.
Very sad!
That is heartbreaking as responsible management could make a big difference
There were massive fires in California before the Spanish came here. There weren't enough people to "manage" the forests.
My brother is working with a few groups learning about prescribed burns and wildfire mitigation. He's been active in the community and with policy makers to promote the idea of "good fire" as a way to prevent wildfires. If you're in California, your paths may have crossed. Or they will in the future.
Hello, it's cool here in NorCal, finally. Appreciate Beau covering the Park Fire... Not close to me, blessed be. Be safe all, be ready, be well.
Prayers for safety for everyone.
Sierra foothills here. This morning dew on the deck a good sign.
Air is clean, safe and clear here in San Francisco.
Have smelled smoke a few times live south of Sacramento everybody be safe
It’s getting cooler hope it will help the firefighters they need it
I advocate & support resistance to climate change to prevent/control wildfires in California 💙
Wildfires have been happening since the earth began. I’m on board with cutting down carbon emissions but like everything on the left you take it to extremes
Part of the problem is lack of controlled burning and/or using goats. Either will help keep underbrush down, and mean that fires don't spiral out of control.
Anyone who doesn't is a fool Donald. You're no fool!
This was started by a human and accelerate by climate change 😢
@@donaldmrambojr5695 Not just in California please, it's a problem everywhere not soaking wet already & often!! 😧
Thank you Beau for bringing attention to this. Im down near Sacramento. Its bad.
So sorry from SoCal. We are experiencing sporadic fires but nothing like you . Take care.
Take care! Be safe!
Please take care. We are sending positive thoughts to all those affected.
You're a good man, Beau, for putting these kinds of messages out, among many other things. You have my respect and gratitude.
I probably won't need the info this time around, but I'll say "Thanks, Beau," for anyone who does and should be focusing on the information instead of typing comments.
I have family in Chico and had friends in Paradise CA. If the pyromaniac who started this is proven guilty, he should be imprisoned for the rest of his miserable life.
Yes, a hot take made in RAGE, but there you have it.
Justifiable rage, IMHO. People (residents and emergency workers) are killed or injured or put in extreme danger, homes and businesses destroyed, wildlife destroyed, habitat destroyed, smoke degrades air quality miles from the actual fire, so many years of a scarred landscape and decades to come back fully. How can one calculate all the harm? Penalties must be harsh.
He will be. It'll be his "3rd strike" and in California, that means you're out. His first 2 strikes were "lewd and lavicious behavior with a child under 14 years of age" and "robbery with great bodily harm." He needs to be kept away from society from here on out.
This guy wasn’t a pyro, but a guy who’d already committed felonies including sex crimes and violent robbery. He acted out in the situation and IMO is a dangerous person. It’s good they have witnesses because this guy needs to be locked up.
Keeping everyone involved in my prayers.
The very best gift you could ever give! 🙏🙏🙏
I live in an area that is unfortunately repeatedly impacted by fires. Tips I tell new neighbours to my area. Make a checklist and put it up somewhere which includes pets, papers, other things.
Out the door stuff that people don’t think about. 1) take pictures of your entire house contents, draws, closets, everything. It shows proof of possessions to insurance companies. 2) empty your fridge and freezer into a big black garbage bag. Drop it off at a food bank or even in a big garbage bin outside the area. Power will be off after 4 days your fridge and freezers are write offs even if your home is not impacted by fire. It’s an extra step but so worth it. 3) best one, grab your laundry hamper and throw any extra clothes in there but those dirty clothes are your favourite clothes to wear. You can clean them anywhere once you’re out of your home.
Bonus, figure out anything super duper sentimental that you wouldn’t want to lose and put it on the check list. The sentimental list isn’t as big as you would think when the fire reality sets in. Other than wrangling a cat, I can be out and on the road in under 30mins.
Yes, moving furniture and things from the walls is a property preservation method that firefighters themselves use.
I never knew that!
@@marthahansen6123 The phrase used is, "Risk a lot to save a lot. Rick little to save little and risk nothing to save nothing."
On the furniture you're both reducing property damage and reducing potential fuel for the fire. If time permits they throw plastic sheeting over it to add a little extra layer of protection.
The fire was started by some guy who pushed a burning car down into a gully. There are witnesses who saw him and he has been arrested. I think they should put him in to fight the fire.
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I listened to the DA and it is beginning to sound like negligence and gross stupidity rather than malice. I'm not sure the 111 homeowners care about motive that much right now. They are charging him as intentional, however.
That would put him in danger. That means other resources would have to be spent to rescue him.
This seems spiteful.
It is cheaper to be a good person.
I like your idea for punishment but believe the words, "to fight" should be removed.
@@jamesonrosen1773 Rescue?
Starting a fire like that on purpose is mind boggling. It's hard to imagine being that evil.
If you're out there in the way of the fire please get out. We need you alive. And voting blue. Please.
It's hard to imagine one person being able to be responsible for it.
I heard someone pushed a burning car into a ravine.
@@2wheelsr2wheels39
A fuse 🎇 gets lit by one person.
Not to sound clichè or flippant. But , some people literally just wanna watch the world burn
@comfortablynumb9342 Yeah I guess. Having nothing better to do than that is mind boggling.
Beau, thank you for your advice ,to all the people affected......good luck !
We're in the path of the Borel fire right now, ready to go if the evacuation order is given. We have plans and everything ready to go due in large part to your videos on the subject last year. Thanks for putting those out for us in California!
Be safe.
@@shawnr771 thank you! We're trying to be!
@@jacobalder7093 please check on your neighbors.
Make sure everyone has a ride.
If u have masks bring them. If u can smell smoke it’s getting in your lungs. Also goggles for ash in eyes. Water. Also text works better than calls. Cause if the service is overwhelmed they will still get thru as it frees up. You don’t have to wait for mandatory evacuation. If you have funds make reservations at a hotel for a few days. Go now.
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Thank you Team Beau for this information. Take care Californians.
I have family in Oroville. My Brother in law used to live in Chico. Keeping in touch. This is always a scary time of the year!
I heard the fire has turned & is heading away from Chico now.
I'm just south of Oroville, south of Yuba, have lived in Chico, and have brought my children to the swimming hole the guy pushed the burning van into -- Alligator Hole. We drove by the fire on our way up to camp in Lassen, and it was something to behold. Needless to say, we couldn't camp, because the smoke was so bad, and a day later the park closed.
There was another big fire Oroville just a few weeks ago.
@@22lostserviceThompson fire?
@@peggysmyth6110 yes it wasn't as big by a long shot but it was so close to Oroville. Had a lot of my friends scared.
Thank your for helping us get this information out to everyone. We evacuated 3 years ago with Dixie and now are expecting Dixie to protect us.
My hats off to you Mr. Beau for being on top of these videos when events like this happen. You do a great service sir!!!
California wildfires are nothing to take lightly. Been there, done that, I was raised in California, and it can be scary as hell‼️
Good evening Erin-Thor!
You are awesome to share this info with others! Thank you for everything you do!
Have a plan for your animals. Thank you Beau!
Smokey the Bear says, “Jesus! Can’t I count on you people?”
Lol!
Fun fact: my grandfather and father were both in a Smokey the Bear PSA commercial with Rod Serling 😁
Smokey the Bear is why we have the problems we now have. Absolute bans on burning means decades of fuel collection, rather than a few years worth, and fires too hot for trees to survive.
@@davidavard8461 nice try. All the conceivable “fuel collection” by all the campers in the world would not alter the observed outcome. Additionally, the Smokey forest fire prevention campaigns do not equate with absolute bans on fire. You’re just pulling stuff out of your backside.
We knew this one was coming, yes it was started at a particularly bad moment, but something like this was approaching inevitable. Most of that wilderness has not burned in decades, because we have not let it, and that makes everything worse when it does catch. Regular controlled burns, preferably with indigenous oversight, will be essential going forward.
@@davidavard8461 the Smokey Bear campaign was begun to teach people not to be stupid about doing things that could start fires - that's why he said "Only you can prevent forest fires."
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Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
Hello iQ! Today I question Beau’s statement to turn your sprinklers off, as I just watched a house that was a spot of green on a black landscape because they left their sprinklers on. 😊
@Erin-Thor Hi Erin, yes I saw that too. I mean it's been awhile since I saw it, but I do remember!
Maybe they were still green because they left no water for anyone else?😆😅🤣😂 or not.
Good evening i!
@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Good evening Victoria 👋
Good evening.
Hey Beau and internet folks.
Hi Mark!
Howdy Mark.
We also keep outside state phone contacts for earthquakes and wind events [PNW], because you can often call long distance, but not local.
So it is affecting the weather... That's heavy.
It’s actually made it cooler which is helping the firefighters as well. We were almost at 100 degrees a week ago. Yesterday the high was 69!😅
It has definitely cooled down here in Las Vegas, NV, from the smoke 😷
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They’ve had fire tornadoes very scary
I hope everybody stays safe out there.
Take care and stay safe everyone.
Thank you, Beau. I just checked the map and saw how close this fire is to Yuba City and Grass Valley to the south. I know those parts of Northern California well. Praying for the people who live there... that the fire does not move south.
Thank you Beau! Deeper perspective as always.
So heartbreaking. My Mom lived in Magalia. Just above Paradise. Her whole neighborhood burned along with many others. Those people have been through so much. My heart aches for them. It was so beautiful before the fires. I haven't been back since it burned.I don't think my heart could take it.😢
Beau doing what Beau does better than anyone.
Repect.
Take care out there everyone.
Comnent for the algorithms' reach
Excellent point about having at least two routes for evacuation - and thank you for sharing all the information for possible evacuees.
Good advice, very thoughtful & timely. I guess helping with the recovery from disasters has informed you very well. Most folks don't know all this info.
And thanks !
Beau knows a lot. That's why we listen.
Hi Tom!
You must be new here?
*_This_*_ is a Beau _*_Thing:_*_ Rule .303 as Informing, reminding, hints, hacks, facts, news, updates on, not just _*_political_*_ disasters [including people & events], but also natural_ -- & unnatural -- _dissasters._
Succinctly (though a bit late for me being "brief"😉): _He is a PSA Guru._
If you weren't here then, his stuff thru covid starting & the lockdown helped a lot of people cope.
And the political bent kinda developed from the more-&-more frequent incidents and severity of ... Well. _"bent politics."_
Howdy Tom.
@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975Howdy Victoria.
@nonnyena4267 I'm old. Here and otherwise. Just expressing appreciation for his info cause I have friends not too far away from the fire.
Often we don't express gratitude even though Beau doesn't need our appreciation, he would do it anyway. But I wanted to say so.
Good evening, Beau, and all of Beau's peeps.
Beau's Peeps. Like it
Beau, I grew up in the Bay Area/ earthquake country. This is soooo helpful for folks. My dad was an Eagle Scout and he hammered preparedness into us. Not prepper level, but we had go bags and a few EQ kits. The sprinkler suggestion is invaluable.
Howdy folks! I hope everyone is having a great day! 👋 ✌️
Something to note is that most of the largest fires in Californian history have happened within the last decade.
Thank you, Beau. As a native Californian I appreciate your concern and advice.
Praying for my colleagues serving in the medical care community.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all being affected by the threat of the fire.
Most of all please evacuate when you're told. Don't wait. Have pet carriers and leashes ready to go also if you can.
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If you have multiple or large animals, don’t wait for the evacuation notifications to move them - especially in this heat. Move them now if you can. Same goes for the elderly and disabled. Just go.
Watching this just as a fast-spreading fire hits near Loveland/Ft Collins CO-thanks for this great advice!
My home is 7.5 miles north of the northern most containment area. About 1 hour ago the fire jumped that line and is being hit with air tankers, but it is nearing the end of the flight day for them with some helicopters still able to fly depending on visibility. The winds are from the south at 10mph. We have already been evacuated.
My thoughts are with you. We live near Boulder Creek. It was awful there 4 years ago.
Such a terrifying and helpless feeling!! Good luck! Be safe!
I pray you have a home to come back to. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I hope you will be safe and will have a home to go back to when the fire is extinguished. Best of luck to everyone affected. ❤
A lot of this area is unincorporated and have private wells. In this case leaving sprinklers on and soaking the surrounding area can save your house. Individual rural homes often don’t have a hydrant to hook up to so firefighters have to bring water tenders or drop anyway.
Also make sure you have your meds prepared, as a diabetic I pack all my stuff in a bag ready to grab and go, on the rare occasion I'm in a fire area
Thank you Beau this is excellent information..
Where l live,l was evacuated for the Thompson fire 2 weeks before Park fire and there is already ptsd from Camp fire ,seeing a lot of community support and resilience
Hi Neighbor!
I grew up in the Santa Monica Mountains. Back then, we'd get a big fire about every 8-10 years. Always had a "bug out bag". Always had baskets and lists on every floor (in case there was time to grab other stuff). Important papers lived in the trunk of the car during fire season. It's permanently wired into my brain. 40 years later the smell of smoke still starts the checklist going.
Please forgive my snarkiness. But those darn space lazers.
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That darn Empty-6B-G .
Thanks for posting this Beau, you're the best!
Thank you for this information. You are s star.
Thank you, Beau.
Good evening all
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Good evening Becky. I hope it's good for you!
Thanks Beau, appreciate the new best practices advice.
Sago Beau thanks again.
Missing you, Beau. You have been a valuable and trusted resource. Peace and every good.
I lost my home, contents, pets…in 2012, the Ash Creek fire exploded in Rosebud and Powder River counties, leaving a moonscape of 249,562 acres - making it the largest fire of the year. I was told the contents of my house were spontaneously combusting before the flames reached the walls. As I fled in my car, I felt the heat from the wall of fire hundreds of yards away. You cannot imagine it until you’ve seen and felt it closeup…and yes, it creates its own weather and vortex.
Most sorry for the loss of your pets It's got to be the most painful of all your losses that day. I temember that fire. ((((HUGS))))
Very specific tip! If you have a pool, leave it uncovered! It can be used as emergency water collection from helicopters as well as emergency cooling for firefighters in a flash point of fire. The melting plastic won't do you any good regardless.
Thanks for the tip.
Got lots of family down there in those fires. Lots of updates from them.
Very scary please pray.
Not the only large fire down there. The boreal fire is burning in the desert and they just had a 5.1 earthquake there. Welcome to California.
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Stay safe, everyone in this awful situation. I’m so sorry that it’s happening. My thoughts are with you.
Thank you for the commentary.
Whenever it is wherever you are, I hope it's a good time for you!
Thank you Beau, from all of us in California ❤
They had an earthquake, too. I dread fire season every year. I grew up there in the 70s .Evaced when I was 13. It was awful. 👍🏼🌊💙💙💙🌊🥰✌🏽
Huge fires were not even close to this common or easily spread here in the 70's.
Edit: to be clear, I didn't mean to downplay the fear. I apologize if it came off that way.
Hope you and everyone are doing well as can be!🥰😊
There was a 4.9 earthquake at 1pm in Barstow today. Felt it here in L.A.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 It was called the Crest fire. I think in 72,73? But, yeah, mostly scarey and sad. 🥰✌🏽
I recommend checking out The Lookout. Zeke is a geographer by trade, and his company has worked with Cal Fire as map makers for something like 20+ years. Knows the terrain and fuels, knows fire behavior and history, knows the fighting techniques and tools available. Does a great job of explaining what is possible and what isn't. Advocate for prescribed burning. Somehow found him during the Dixie fire and even though I live nowhere near California I've stayed subscribed. It's a level-headed voice in a sea of sensationalism.
Thanks for the update
Really feel for those people/ animals in harms way. Also these massive fires have to effecting global warming.
You are the best
Condolences cali, good luck out there!
What a tragedy. And to think that there are politicians who don't believe in climate change.
I live 25 miles from this current fire. The fire before this one (Thompson Fire) was closer. It came within an hour of our home. I've had nightmares that we actually lost everything. I am heartbroken for our communities and our forest lands 😢
Less than an hour ago as of this video's publication someone was charged with felony arson for allegedly starting this fire.
This is positive engagement
Thank you, Beau. We appreciate your news.
The Park Fire started about 100 miles north of me, near Chico, CA. It's a prime example of the fire risks of the foothills of the Sierras. Lots of canyons and difficult terrain to fight in. That area has a lot of remote homes that are next to impossible to save in such a fast and big fire unless the owners have cleared a huge amount around their home and can stop the embers from landing on roofs. If the winds blow it east, it will head up nto the mountains where other recent fires have cleared the fuel load and may stop.
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Howdy 🤠 thar sweet Tom! I've not posted much lately, so extra good to see you here!! And hello comfy!!! Happy you're here too!! 🫂🥰🫂
Howdy Tom and Numb! Just as Beau was saying turn your sprinklers off, the news showed the one house that had been saved because they left their sprinklers on. 😂
@@comfortablynumb9342High my friend 👋😎 !
Ugh I hate when to commercial comes as I hit send... Erasure guaranteed... Hi Tom!!!!! Hi Comfy numb!!! Love 💗 & hugs 🫂 to my beau men!💪
Two other things to keep in mind:
1) when you get the notice that you need to be ready to evacuate, that is the time to leave. If you wait until you’re told to go you’re going to end up going nowhere really fast (your entire area is going to be evacuating at the same time).
2) if you get a mandatory evacuation order, call your insurance company. Your homeowners/renters insurance has a built in limit to pay for reasonable hotel and food accommodations in scenarios like this, and putting them on notice that you may have a fire-related claim will make processing that claim (if it comes to that) a bit smoother since, if they are following industry best practice, they should allocate a standby amount for a short period of time to see if you have a loss.
Depending on your carrier they may pay up front for a couple of days for your hotel stay/alternate lodging, or it may be reimbursement payments, but either way make sure you keep your receipts and take pictures of them and save them to a cloud storage or other online source so you always have them just in case.
Thank you for the update on the fire next time
Thanks for thinking of the fire victims!! These are always so devastating here in Northern CA
Thank you Beau.
I'm in Nevada, and I can't even see the local mountains because the smoke is so thick.
That is terrible.
2 of the links are broken. Thank you for going over this.
It’s bad enough if Mother Nature causes these fires but when someone intentionally starts one it’s a terrible criminal act!!!!
Excellent advice, Beau! Much appreciated. My place is under evacuation orders for the Borel Fire, which has burned neatly 60,000 acres south of Lake Isabella, in eastern Kern County, California. Like most of my neighbors, I chose to shelter in place. It was touch and go at times, but the fire has moved on at last. I cannot begin to express the depth of gratitude I have for the brave souls who put their lives on the line to battle these infernos!
This monster lit off practically in my front yard. I am secure enough now, but I had a clear view of the fire front moving down the hills to within a couple miles of my front door. My friends in forest management say they have been waiting for this one to hit. Most of the fire is in wilderness that we have not allowed to burn for decades, and that makes something like this both inevitable and far, far worse. Best practice continues to evolve, but any management suggestions that don’t involve regular controlled burn, preferably with Native American oversight, can no longer be taken seriously.