We has a lot of thunder and lightning to the east of Seattle yesterday morning that sparked up some fires. Not surprising considering how dry it's been. Smoke-free for now..
They are throwing lot's of money at the problem in CA. My friend lives up by Placerville in the foothills. She is a grant writer by trade and she has gotten millions for her fire district and has made herself very popular with her MAGA neighbors. They have completely masticated the undergrowth all around her property and they are in the process of putting all the power lines underground. Then there was another huge round of grants that just closed last week for applying. Hopefully it can help.
They're gradually replacing wood powerline poles with metal where I live. We're a small community, and I don't see them ever going underground, but in the spring the sky fills with drones, followed by contract tree workers clearing out branches that are close to the lines.
Stunning that we didn't have more fires start in my area from that round of lightning. So far, nothing has "lit up" in timber, thankfully. But it's just the start of fire season...
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on Friday, July 17, 2026 – 12:34 pm
We has a lot of thunder and
We has a lot of thunder and lightning to the east of Seattle yesterday morning that sparked up some fires. Not surprising considering how dry it's been. Smoke-free for now..
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on Friday, July 17, 2026 – 12:35 pm
> Almost nothing in CA
> Almost nothing in CA
I'm of a mind that we shouldn't speak of these things. The F-word means something different here.
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on Friday, July 17, 2026 – 01:04 pm
They are throwing lot's of
They are throwing lot's of money at the problem in CA. My friend lives up by Placerville in the foothills. She is a grant writer by trade and she has gotten millions for her fire district and has made herself very popular with her MAGA neighbors. They have completely masticated the undergrowth all around her property and they are in the process of putting all the power lines underground. Then there was another huge round of grants that just closed last week for applying. Hopefully it can help.
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on Friday, July 17, 2026 – 02:39 pm
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9-2m07d2Neo&ra=m
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on Friday, July 17, 2026 – 03:53 pm
There was a 5 acre fire just
There was a 5 acre fire just on the other side of the volcano yesterday. They jumped on it and got it handled, but yeah, tis the season.
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on Friday, July 17, 2026 – 03:59 pm
They're gradually replacing
They're gradually replacing wood powerline poles with metal where I live. We're a small community, and I don't see them ever going underground, but in the spring the sky fills with drones, followed by contract tree workers clearing out branches that are close to the lines.
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on Saturday, July 18, 2026 – 03:28 am
If the thunder don't get you
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will!
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on Saturday, July 18, 2026 – 01:41 pm
wow ^^^. cool map
wow ^^^. cool map
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on Saturday, July 18, 2026 – 02:09 pm
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Stunning that we didn't have more fires start in my area from that round of lightning. So far, nothing has "lit up" in timber, thankfully. But it's just the start of fire season...