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Published: 2014-07-28 23:43:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 678; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 11
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There is a wild fire burning near my home (it is now about 65% contained and evacuations are being lifted so things are getting better) this was the first night when the fire was about five miles from me...the orange is the fire reflecting back on the smoke, not flames themselves...Β smoke from my driveway on the 2nd day...
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Don't want to jinx things but it seems that there are fewer fires being reported in the last few weeks 
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WOW.. sad to say something so intense and dangerous can so so beautiful.
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Indeed, a gorgeous photo. Β Am relieved that it is 65% contained.Β
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up to 80% was the report at noon
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Thank you!!Β 80% contained as of today - and many of the evacuated have been allowed to return...
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You're welcome, glad to hear it
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Gorgeous photo, wonderful capture my friend! Sad about the reason for the shot!
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Thank you - yeah, one of the things I hate about CA summers 
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I have been in the same situation here in Southern California several times! I am sorry to hear about the lost homes, that is very sad news!
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Having lived all my life here in CA (south and north) I have to say categorically: I do not like the smell of smoke. Not even when I know it is a campfire in the dead of winter.Β Β Here in the North people burn their leaves and downed branches in the fall - and it drives me crazy!!Β The rancher below us, our first year here, started several burn piles on their property (down hill from us) and then...just left!!!!!!! 
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You have to wonder if some people have any common sense at all!
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nope. they do not.
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wonderful capture 
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I agree... definitely one of the drawbacks and downsides to living in the rural areas....
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Excellent shot. Did you happen to catch any of this month's meteor shower?
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We did!Β Totally by accident 
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man..scary stuff.. but a pretty picture!
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it always is scary... this time lucky for us, not so lucky for those in the way...
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for sure.. so many fires out your way
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and this is why this will probably be the last summer my daughter lives in California... 
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Oh good.. there they get tornadoes AND hurricanes lol..
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I KNOW!!!Β But she's got friends near Raleigh and away from the coast the hurricanes don't matter much - haven't Β heard about tornadoes there...east of the Appalachians
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Oh they get them sometimes... Ice storms in the higher up areas too.. but i guess it beats gettin burned out!
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It's the worrying every single summer/fall that has her "done"...and we live out in the country so it only intensifies the worry...
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Yea I know... I always worry about hurricanes here ( I was an insurance agent after all).. lol
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LOL!Β Home owners insurance is a challenge out here - no fire hydrants...
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I know.. one of the last accounts I worked on was for a big home up by lake tahoe area
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The year we moved up here 2008 (had been with AllState since 1985) we got told that due to all the fires the previous year AllState was not issuing new policies in CA
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YeaΒ they used to solve a lot of problems for me too for AARP members.. The one I was working on was in a high fire area..and though they had done a lot to be proactive..it was a couple million dollar home..and even LLoyd's of London had issues with quoting..though they finally did.. for a small fortune..
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The price for living in the trees.......
There was a drone video showing this last fire and it was very, very clear that people need to keep defensible space around their homes.Β In the more open areas, like where I am, even on the hills - if the oak tree branches are up, the burning grasses just chew through the field but don't give the conflagration of a pine forest like at Tahoe...
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yea.. that drone shot was cool but I understand they had to suspend firefighting planes when they saw it as they were afraid of collision... people can be dumb
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yep yep yep!Β didn't know his stupidity had gone national LOLΒ One of the planes had to go back after a bird strike too!Β no damage to the engine - guess it hit nose on...
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Yea.. those drones are becoming a real hazard.. they come with no training..any idiot with the money can get one
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Plus.. maybe you go camping.. and you're using the "natural bathroom" ..and some idiot gets you from one and puts it on youtube! hehehehe
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My daughter and I were out on the deck watching the progress of the smoke - making sure it didn't swing back our direction 
The county next to us was having their local County Fair (about 10 miles away as the crow flies) and we could see the fair's search lights upΒ in the sky - that's what gave the lighter blue cast in the lower right corner...we had NO IDEA we could see them!
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