Pacific North West - Excessive heat warning issued

[Hay Dude]

No rain for 6 weeks and highs in the upper 90s for the next 5 days.

Whine, complain.
It’s not like the worlds going to end in 9&1/4 years.
You oughta try looking at the bright side of life once in a while

 

[oosik]

He's not complaining - just stating facts. I see they predict that most all the USA will be experiencing the PNW wildfire smoke - this coming week.

Its a warm, smoke free evening here.

 

[Hay Dude]

He's not complaining - just stating facts. I see they predict that most all the USA will be experiencing the PNW wildfire smoke - this coming week.

Its a warm, smoke free evening here.

There’s also positive, optimistic “facts”.
There’s still life, liberty, nature, beauty abound everywhere in this country.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Whine, complain.
It’s not like the worlds going to end in 9&1/4 years.
You oughta try looking at the bright side of life once in a while

On the bright side, there was a wildfire 4 miles north of me, with an 18 mph north wind. Thanks to my socialist society, the local forest protection agency called in ground crews and helicopter strikes, and stopped it at 20 acres. Only two homes, four vehicles, and numerous outbuildings destroyed. One 13 year old kid in jail for starting the fire. He's lucky. We don't like arsonists. Light a fire and we light you up.

 

[ponytug]

On the bright side, there was a wildfire 4 miles north of me, with an 18 mph north wind. Thanks to my socialist society, the local forest protection agency called in ground crews and helicopter strikes, and stopped it at 20 acres. Only two homes, four vehicles, and numerous outbuildings destroyed. One 13 year old kid in jail for starting the fire. He's lucky. We don't like arsonists. Light a fire and we light you up.

I am glad that it worked out as well as it did.

Stopping the fire at 20 acres in an 18mph wind is a real accomplishment. Getting the arsonist jailed is a huge win. Over the last twenty odd years, we have had to deal with a number of serial arsonists, all of them with multi-year histories of arson. As an example, we lost our feed dealer to, IIRC, a forty three year old guy who was on parole (for arson) who was living with his mom, and snuck out one night to set a series of fires along a rail line, including the warehouse door for the feed dealer. Readily admitted to having the urge and going off to set the fires, and then watching them.

I think it is an open question about whether serial arsonists can be rehabilitated. I do think that the data suggests the justice system isn't very good at identifying those safe to be released back into the community.

I used to live near a bar, the proverbial local watering hole for all the locals in a tight knit community. The following story was in circulation on the QT; one evening the bar bouncers had trouble with a patron acting up, and tossed him out. He was said to have came back later that night and was said to have burned the bar down. He apparently left the area for a few years, turned up again for a few days, and then disappeared never to be seen again. The local whisper was that he was relocated a few miles west, off the coast a bit to keep him out of the neighborhood, in cement boots. I will say it was the sort of can do community that took care of itself, so it always struck me as believable. Certainly made for a good story. While I lived there, the replacement bar never seemed to have much of an issue with drunks...

Out of control fire is a devastating force. Having lived through wildfire, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and a "1,000+ year" flood, I would take all of them over wildfire, every time. Hmmm. Of course, I now live in a wildfire zone with earthquakes, so perhaps I am not that rational...

All the best,

Peter

 

[Hay Dude]

On the bright side, there was a wildfire 4 miles north of me, with an 18 mph north wind. Thanks to my socialist society, the local forest protection agency called in ground crews and helicopter strikes, and stopped it at 20 acres. Only two homes, four vehicles, and numerous outbuildings destroyed. One 13 year old kid in jail for starting the fire. He's lucky. We don't like arsonists. Light a fire and we light you up.

Maybe you’d be less prone to negativity about so many issues if you found a new place to habitat?
One with less fire?

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Maybe you’d be less prone to negativity about so many issues if you found a new place to habitat?
One with less fire?

My wife and I were just discussing that this morning over coffee. With our assets, and at our ages, it's tough to just pick up and move. We always thought we would be dead before global warming made such a huge difference. However, if you know of a place that is the best of all possible worlds, let me know.

 

[Hay Dude]

My wife and I were just discussing that this morning over coffee. With our assets, and at our ages, it's tough to just pick up and move. We always thought we would be dead before global warming made such a huge difference. However, if you know of a place that is the best of all possible worlds, let me know.

For what information I have gathered about you thusfar,
I think you’d be real happy in Lancaster County, PA.
Nice, stable weather.
No wildfires, droughts, mudslides, large tornados/hurricanes/water spouts
4 distinct seasons
Affordable real estate
No gun ownership issues
Stable electrical grid
Lots of clean, fresh air
Great local food
No crime
Reasonably low taxes
Large city nearby, but far enough from crime from it
Beaches 1.5 hours away
Mountains, skiing, white water rafting 1 hour away

 

[Hay Dude]

I am glad that it worked out as well as it did.

Stopping the fire at 20 acres in an 18mph wind is a real accomplishment. Getting the arsonist jailed is a huge win. Over the last twenty odd years, we have had to deal with a number of serial arsonists, all of them with multi-year histories of arson. As an example, we lost our feed dealer to, IIRC, a forty three year old guy who was on parole (for arson) who was living with his mom, and snuck out one night to set a series of fires along a rail line, including the warehouse door for the feed dealer. Readily admitted to having the urge and going off to set the fires, and then watching them.

I think it is an open question about whether serial arsonists can be rehabilitated. I do think that the data suggests the justice system isn't very good at identifying those safe to be released back into the community.

I used to live near a bar, the proverbial local watering hole for all the locals in a tight knit community. The following story was in circulation on the QT; one evening the bar bouncers had trouble with a patron acting up, and tossed him out. He was said to have came back later that night and was said to have burned the bar down. He apparently left the area for a few years, turned up again for a few days, and then disappeared never to be seen again. The local whisper was that he was relocated a few miles west, off the coast a bit to keep him out of the neighborhood, in cement boots. I will say it was the sort of can do community that took care of itself, so it always struck me as believable. Certainly made for a good story. While I lived there, the replacement bar never seemed to have much of an issue with drunks...

Out of control fire is a devastating force. Having lived through wildfire, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and a "1,000+ year" flood, I would take all of them over wildfire, every time. Hmmm. Of course, I now live in a wildfire zone with earthquakes, so perhaps I am not that rational...

All the best,

Peter

All the best,

Peter

Curious…how many forest fires would you guess are set by arsonists?

 

[Larry Caldwell]

For what information I have gathered about you thusfar,
I think you’d be real happy in Lancaster County, PA.
Nice, stable weather.
No wildfires, droughts, mudslides, large tornados/hurricanes/water spouts
4 distinct seasons
Affordable real estate
No gun ownership issues
Stable electrical grid
Lots of clean, fresh air
Great local food
No crime
Reasonably low taxes
Large city nearby, but far enough from crime from it
Beaches 1.5 hours away
Mountains, skiing, white water rafting 1 hour away

Interesting. That's where my first North American ancestor settled in 1746 - Samual Caldwell. Most of his grandkids relocated to Clearfield County, where my grandfather was born I still have distant cousins there, maybe in Lancaster County too. That's Amish country now, isn't it?