Shit.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 08/22/2020 at 00:12 • Filed to: None

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Fortunately for Mrs and me , where we live, the Air Quality Index is merely Unhealthy . Down closer to Santa Cruz, 50 or 60 miles south from where I live, AQI is off the chart at 600, pushing 700. There are something like 500 fires right now in California because of the lightning storm last weekend, and nobody left to fight them. Down Boulder Creek, and Scotts Valley, where the AQI is 700, the residents are on their own. It’s really, really bad.

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phenotyp > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:17

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Yeah, shit’s on fire. 

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:18

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Yikes - that’s bad.  Stay safe, and I hope that all of our California Oppos are doing the same--

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:19

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2020 keeps on keepin’ on.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:21

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Yipes!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 08/22/2020 at 00:21

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What a decade this year has been. So far.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:23

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Don’t be so dramatic. This is only the 2176th day of 2020, and the 8 6587657654th day of the current presidential regime.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 08/22/2020 at 00:23

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I emailed you today.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail 08/22/2020 at 00:24

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I’m surprised President Trump hasn’t tweeted his pleasure at seeing California burn.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 08/22/2020 at 00:25

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Thanks. Messy times. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:26

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Our air quality shifts with the wind, sometimes it’s like putting your head over a campfire and sometimes totally fine. 

Gerry197 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:26

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I drove all over San Diego and Los Angeles just recently, didn’t see a single fire.

Most of these fires seems to be in low populated zones, not like the crazy property damage of over a decade ago.

Hopefully it stays that way. 

wafflesnfalafel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:27

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the upside is that we all already have masks!

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:29

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Give it time.  Maybe he’ll link it to antifa or some kind of D hoax.

The Snowman > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:30

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Well if California raked the forest floor like Finland this wouldn't be an issue.

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:35

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He’s back on you guys not raking enough:

“I see again the forest fires are starting,” he said at a rally in swing-state Pennsylvania . “They’re starting again in California. I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”

“Maybe we’re just going to have to make them pay for it because they don’t listen to us,” he added. 

CompactLuxuryFan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:36

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Haven’t opened my windows even a sliver since like Tuesday and air filter on 24/7. SF has had about 3 hours of not smelling like a bonfire. Can’t even imagine down by Santa Cruz.

I’m really sad I never did any hiking in Bi g Basin. Now it’s all gone. 

Nick Has an Exocet > Gerry197 08/22/2020 at 00:38

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The CA fires are centered around Norcal right now. Norcal got significantly less rain this winter and then got a series of lightning storms last weekend that started 300+ fires.

Fire outlook for Socal is better - not great - but better.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:40

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I just responded. Seeing this post reminded me that I saw a notification that you had emailed me.

jminer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 00:43

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Stay safe!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jminer 08/22/2020 at 00:57

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Thanks. At least the heat wave has passed.

SmugAardvark > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 01:15

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It’s been hovering between 175-200 here all day, and it’s hitting nearly 250 a little up I-80. But yeah, Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley, that’s rough news. Looks like it’s tearing right through Redwoods SP.

I’ve got family near the base of Mt. Diablo. They’ve got a go-bag ready and waiting, hoping the fire doesn’t climb around the mountain and go down the west slope . Prevailing winds should prevent that, but it’s 2020, so who knows what calamity the world has in store next. With it’s huge prominence against its surroundings , I imagine seeing Diablo go up would be a terrifying sight.

SmugAardvark > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 01:20

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And this shot of Lake Berryessa is heart-breaking. I’ve done a lot of hiking around this area over the years.

SirDrivesAlot (now with hybrid powerrrr) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 01:24

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We were at 162 earlier today (Martinez). Now it is "only" 129 -still "unhealthy".  Not going to get much better for awhile....

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > The Snowman 08/22/2020 at 02:11

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > SmugAardvark 08/22/2020 at 02:14

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I drove up there with Nick Has an Exocet and IM, I’m pretty sure that’s the one where we got out and took the dogs down the shore. Hard to imagine that. 

SmugAardvark > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 08/22/2020 at 02:18

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Agreed. Even in this time of year, where everything is somewhat yellow and brown from the overall dryness, it’s still a gorgeous area to drive, hike, and spend time around.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 03:24

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It's bringing back some very fresh memories...

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > facw 08/22/2020 at 04:12

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 04:14

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stay safe out there mate

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 08/22/2020 at 11:08

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Our Dear Leader is making fun of us at his campaign rallies. Nasty man, he.

This is a major deal. The fires all out in Australia? News stories made it sound like the entire continent was ablaze. California is beginning to look that way.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/22/2020 at 19:28

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Fires are out but the cleanup and recovery will take a while. It's looking like a La Nina year for the first time since 2010/11 so things may be a little damp from here on in...