Tis the season for -- FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
July 10, 2018 9:50pm CST
Hot and dry summers around here means a high risk for fires. In fact, you can almost guarantee that some place in California is on fire at some point during the season.
There were TWO big grass fires in the area today, and one of them just down the road from me. The above picture was taken at the light rail station nearest to my house. You can see where the hill is blackened and burnt. Only 100 acres have burned and the fire is mostly contained, but it's still pretty scary to have that happening so close by.
The other fire, only 20 minutes away from us, burned 3 outbuildings (which is apparently another name for large barns) and killed 4 horses. 
Photo credit goes to Jeff Vanerwegen on Twitter.
Photo credit goes to Jeff Vanerwegen on Twitter.12 people like this
14 responses
I hope you will get some rain soon. Take care and stay safe.@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
11 Jul 18
No rain for us until at least November.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
11 Jul 18
I remember hearing about the ones in CA on the news all the time when I lived in Portland.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
11 Jul 18
This is the one that's 20 minutes away.
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@RasmaSandra (97990)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Jul 18
Not good at all. Many blessings and prayer to you and all around. Stay safe. Hope it stays controlled.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jul 18
@spiderdust There are no fires at the moment that I know of.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
12 Jul 18
It really is. Anything on fire down on your end?
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
11 Jul 18
Oh dear that is bad.
Hope the fires do not break out soon
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
Be safe my friend. Hopefully, rain will comfort your place soon.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
11 Jul 18
We only get rain during the winter months, so the soonest we'll have any might be November.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
11 Jul 18
@simplfred Maybe, maybe not. Climate change and drought has made a big difference here.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
@spiderdust Oh I see, I think our climate here in the Philippines is better.
@FourWalls (86654)
• United States
11 Jul 18
It's sad to see these. Honestly, don't people pay any attention to the fire bans? So few of those are started by "natural causes" (e.g., lightning strikes).
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
12 Jul 18
There was a fire here a few years back caused by a pigeon making a circuit on some wires.
Investigators said a four-alarm brush fire in San Jose, Calif., may have been caused by a pigeon perched on a high-voltage power line.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 Jul 18
I really hate that you all get fires out there, we has one bad year of fires, its so scary.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
14 Jul 18
Sadly, it's something we've come to expect from summer here in general. Everything is so dry.
@NJChicaa (127128)
• United States
11 Jul 18
People always laugh at me for living in New Jersey which is mocked as "the armpit of America" due to an area which has stinky oil refineries. It also has gorgeous beaches, mountains, and farmland. The state nickname, believe it nor not, is "The Garden State".
Anyway, I like living here because we aren't really at risk for any "extreme" weather except hurricanes. . . and the chance of a direct hit here is very very slim. We had one almost 6 years ago (Hurricane Sandy which demolished the area) but that was a very very strange set of circumstances. Usually, for a hurricane to hit NJ, it would have to hit one of the Carolinas first, bounce off of it, and then be spun back towards land into our state. Very rare.
I would never want to live in a state where earthquakes, fires, or tornadoes are common. You can't prepare for them. They happen suddenly. Hurricanes and nor'easters. . . you have days to get ready for them.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
11 Jul 18
Oh my goodness. We get a lot of fires here as well and it is always so scary. I do'nt live anywhere near those places, but after the Yarnell Hill fire, I always just feel so awful when I hear about fires in other places.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
12 Jul 18
Is that the fire where several firefighters were killed and they recently made a movie about it?
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
11 Jul 18
@spiderdust
We are also experiencing fires here in Israel not of our doing. They are kites that they set on fire from Gaza and through at our People that live in the South by their border.
