A Drive Through The Valley Fire in California - Friggin CRAZY

Can somebody please embed the video.

This fire is about 2.5 hours NW from where I live but there's other fires closer and the smoke has made its way out here too. Sky's dark,...looks really weird.

Shit fire, that's ugly.

Not the safest thing I have seen someone do.

I think this should work.

a GLP'er with video! 5 stars.

looks bad for that area.. I know that area. my family used to vacation up in that area as a kid.

looks bleak for that area unfortunately.

Remember that part in the movie the knowing?
Where the aliens tall blondes show the kid the future through a circle bedroom window?
And everything is on fire?

DAMN OP!!
Do you have a death wish?
Great video!

I can't imagine being in that situation. Perhaps a silver lining could be job creation from all the new construction that will need to take place. Really is the craps though....and school recently started.

Oh, that's not me. When I was a kid my Dad drove his motorcycle with me on the back, down a country road that had fires blazing on both sides,...scared the hell out of me and burned my back pretty good.

My Dad was sort of wild (dumb) when he was younger.

WoW! That made my sphincter draw up!

not a place you want to be with 15/20 gal of gas.

Midway watching the vid, seeing the bright orange sky ahead, makes you think that road is going to dead end into a huge burning mass.

A few years back, I had a dream I was heading back home from Marysville and saw my hills on fire, like a long orange line of fire working its way through and heading in direction of Marysville.

This morning, we woke up and the smoke had dropped very thick and smelled strong. I got nauseated while coming back inside from feeding and securing my hens. I started to worry, thinking some fire in my area may have started and the smoke was made thick. But, checked the fire sites and none at the time. Our hearts go out to those poor people losing their homes and animals. Sure, folks say stuff can be replaced, but still, there are things no insurance company can replace such as family heirlooms, photos, etc. that you have kept safe otherwise for so many years.

I bet that was terrifying for that guy driving out of there. Just cannot imagine the fear.

Points here if you're curious as to what I read from this situation, as someone who has pretty good wildland experience fighting fires here in CA.

Thread: Valley Fire (CA) Unchecked, Now Burns 70,000 ACRES - State Of Emergency - 30% Contained - 9,000 structures threatened - 585 Homes Known Destroyed

Unless you're some piece of shit niqqer planning to burn our White woods.

You sick fuck.

Instead of stopping the burn why don't they help it? Like napalm the already burning areas so the fire will just die then they can clear the sides of the road.

I'm not sure what the deal is, if he's in an emergency vehicle or a civilian trying to get out. I saved all our pictures and important docs electronically and have them on a HDD at a bank. But jewelry and other sentimental items would be gone for sure. Gosh,...to have to start from scratch....I can't fathom. Hopefully most had some kind of insurance.

Oh! Ok......haha!

Something came to mind just now. Does it seem "they" are trying to get us folks out of this hills by forcing us via fires? I am thinking so. There is so much to seriously distract folks...fires, refugees, weird laws passed, illegal immigrants, etc. There must be still something even worse around the corner they are trying to draw our attention away from.

you wont be stoping for a piss at that place!

I don't understand why Governor Moonbeam doesn't just make wild fires illegal? That would stop the fires. What is he thinking?

Um... NO?

We have a serious issue here in CA....

Drought is worst in years, Southeast of Fresno wells are BONE DRY.

No water to fight fire, bodies of water air units used to count on for fill up points are dry, as well as ground units who use drafting systems to set up water tanks if you will.... There is no water to fight these fires.

We knew from the start of this year it was going to be a bad deal for fires. We knew that it was not going to be pleasant. This is no conspiracy. The weather patterns of the last few years are, this, no.

We have just a few of the tanker planes you see on TV dropping retardant.... So even though retardant is available, or more so than water is now, we don't have the units. Distraction? Hundreds and thousands are evacuated, from two fires now. Look at some pictures of the homes destroyed already in the last 48 hours this fire has been breathing, you tell me that's a distraction.

I pray they are letting people bring their pets to evacuation centers and not telling them to leave them behind like they did in the Katrina evacuation.

It tends to go like this: You have 10 minutes to get as much as you can, then we're gone. There is usually a timeframe given, and sometimes it can be as little as 5 minutes. This is not city life up there, many have land and horses and livestock. They allow them time, and it is up to their efficiency what they bring. Most have time to hook up their trailers and get their horses out, and their pets yes. If I can find it I will post up the show of El Dorado County Cops they did a show during the fires of last year - where the cops are assisting in the evacuations and it shows exactly this. Sheriffs even assisting families hooking up their haulers/trailers. Getting the horses in the trailers.

i drove through the gorman firea couple years ago on my motorcycle (not on purpose, i was caught in it). still have the scorch marks on the back of my leather. i won't let my husband get me a new coat.1) it looks really good on me and 2) it's a good reminder to check the weather before i take my girlie ass over the grapevine on a 250. lol

that fire is choking us all out. California is burning

Yup, where are you at? How's the smoke? It's all bad, even here around Sac.

Thank you!
You stay safe!

This is some great footage, but thinking about all of the people, pets, wildlife, etc that have to deal with this nightmare makes me feel sick to my stomach.