Vehicles loaded with bikes and camping gear and hauling boats were in gridlock traffic in the city of 22,000, stalled in hazy, brown air that smelled like a campfire. Police and other emergency vehicles whizzed by.
“There is fire activity happening in California that we have never seen before. The critical thing for the public to know is evacuate early,” said Chief Thom Porter, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. “For the rest of you in California: Every acre can and will burn someday in this state.”
More than 15,000 firefighters were battling dozens of California blazes, including crews from Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia, said Mark Ghilarducci, director of California’s Office of Emergency Services. About 250 active-duty soldiers were being trained in Washington state to help with the arduous work of clearing forest debris by hand.
She said she thought the Caldor Fire would stay farther away. Fires in the past did not spread so rapidly near the tourist city. Wallace said traffic was crawling Monday, but praised the evacuation as orderly because residents heeded officials’ orders. Authorities have also been more aggressive in recent years, issuing warnings and orders sooner so people have more time to flee.
Oh come on. Lake Tahoe now? No no no no.
Good luck and be careful not to get hurt or even killed in those wildfires and God bless all of you and thank you for your service.
Um, no. I never wanted to live in Lake Tahoe. But keep believing, girl.
? Caldor is still over 10 miles away.
More to come to the biggest terrorist country in the Universe
Global warming is right in front of our eyes and we are still being gaslighted by corporations and the media.
Where is weatherchannel and where is JimCantore ? This needs national coverage much like hurricane coverage...scary weather & climate event & isn’t anywhere near the coverage that a hurricane gets...why? Come on weather Channel make this a priority. Nation needs to see this.
It’s because most of the eastern slopes of the Sierras have no fire fuel
Global warming's climate catastrophe is now. Wildfires
These guys have got to be exhausted!