Woolsey Fire images......😥

[Heartstrings]

[bullwinkle428]

1. And this is the "smaller" one. God Almighty.

[irisblue]

2. The last one is going to be a Pulitizer contesrant

But those kids & horses

[Heartstrings]

8. Those are the ones that haunt me....

Lots of horse ranches in that area. So sad.....

[flibbitygiblets]

12. Me too. Heartbroken for my home state.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. The road through the burnt out valley.

So sad. The GOP loving that CA is aflame. Esp. the russian who stole the WH.

[BSdetect]

4. We are in about the tenth day of smoke here in NorCal - hundreds of miles fro the fires.

People down there must be feeling the effects of smoke pollution.

Some rain expected here next Tuesday.

There has been almost none for 8 months.

[MontanaMama]

5. Wild land firefighters are fucking heroes.

We treat them like the rock stars they are up here in Montana. Unlike the pResident.

[kacekwl]

6. I can see how fire is

associated with Hell now. How devastating . The last picture so fitting to the seemingly impossible work the firefighters and others are up against. Hero's one and all.

[Roland99]

7. Wow. Tragedy meets beauty

[hlthe2b]

9. When the 2012 High Park Fire blew up near Fort Collins, I felt confident that we could always

prevent spread to the nearby major urban/suburban areas. After the total destruction of the town of Paradise, CA, I no longer believe that.

It is no longer only the Mountain communities and isolated mountain homes at risk. Front range communities proximal to the foothills may increasingly be at risk in the future--particularly given the risk of brush fires from dry grassland on their Eastern borders pairing with out of control wildfires to the West. This past summer I watched as a brush fire started to take over I-25 lanes before being beaten back, while a stream of cars in heavy traffic were essentially sitting ducks . This was so frightening and has been repeated in spades in Southern California.

I can not sufficiently express my sorrow to those impacted in California, just as I have in past years in my own state. The magnitude is exponentially higher in CA, with the incredible fatalities and destruction of homes. Not to fail to mention the loss of wildlife and domestic pets, which may not be paramount to many, but hurts me to my core. I see those pictures and feel so damned helpless.

My hope is that we will help those who can least afford to survive this and recreate their lives, to somehow be made "whole" while learning the intense and imminent lessons of the consequences of climate change.

[Hela]

10. That last one...

That last image is so powerful, I almost hate to burst anyone's bubble. It's actually from a firefighter training exercise in 2013. Still a great photo, but not from Woolsey.

https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/1461445/

[angrychair]

24. I think that is true for a lot of these

Great pics but the source of some is questionable and if the photo has been altered or not seems likely on several. I do wildland firefighting as a basecamp manager and I’ve seen a lot of photos and rarely are they that dramatic.

[LakeArenal]

11. And Trump whines and threatens while life burns

[PaulX2]

13. Climate Change Is A Hoax Right?

Donald?

[GeorgeGist]

14. Awful, just awful.

[3Hotdogs]

15. Farm workers, with smoke in background.

[niyad]

16. did you know that the conspiracy nutbars are saying that NO vegetation is involved, only cars,

buildings, etc? Result of some sort of electronic weapons.

one wonders how these crazies manage to function. I am printing these off to show one of them.

[niyad]

17. and that fucking bastard, donald john trump, threatens to withhold federal funds for poor

management of forests.


there are words, most of which would net me a visit from the suits.

[lillypaddle]

18. So much destruction and loss this year

heartbreaking. When will we ever get a break?

[BadgerMom]

19. The plane flying over the road lined by a white fence

is the road behind my house, Kanan. A week ago I was in Santa Fe and my husband was asleep in our house in California. He had taken 2 Tylenol PM because of knee pain and didn’t hear his phone erupting when our neighborhood was placed under mandatory evacuation orders. Our daughter lives nearby, was also under evacuation orders and couldn’t reach him. Our grandsons were dispatched to wake up Papou. After he was awakened the night was sleepless there and in Santa Fe.

We’re lucky. Everyone is safe. Our friends and neighbors are safe. Pets are safe and, though landscaping burned in a few spots, my friends’ and family’s homes survived.

My husband flew to New Mexico last Friday. He returned Tuesday to help his office reopen. I haven’t seen the devastation yet but have been told by all that it’s a moonscape, this beautiful place.

My heart is broken for everyone who lost a loved one, human or animal, or a home.

California, I love you.

[Heartstrings]

23. No words....

Thankful you and yours are safe, BadgerMom....

[Glimmer of Hope]

20. So sad to see what has happened to one of the most beautiful places in California.

Our earth is crumbling.

[littlemissmartypants]

21. So much respect for the photographers

Willing to give a visible voice to the animals, human victims and heroes of this devastating and horrifying disaster.

[inwiththenew]

22. Humans impact on the environment on display

From climate change to building in areas with high risks of forest fires is a deadly combination. Vox had an article on this the today.

[link:https://www.vox.com/2018/8/7/17661096/california-wildfires-2018-camp-woolsey-climate-change|

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

29. When I lived in Boulder, CO nearly 30 years ago,

and was only there for 2 1/2 years, the biggest lesson I learned was that if you live in the mountains you can expect to be burned out at some point.

I also read several years ago that too many people in California were building in the mountains with zero understanding of the potential for fires, and almost no preparation for one. Sort of like the way people build at the ocean's edge, or next to a river and are completely astonished when a hurricane happens, or severe rains cause catastrophic flooding.

Simply put, there are too many people on this planet already, and we don't always make good choices about where to live.

[demigoddess]

30. maybe if we lived in tepees like the native Americans.

or in underground homes like they did on the prairies.

[PatSeg]

25. Wow

Unbelievable.

[cilla4progress]

26. I have horses, and have lost my home in a wildfire.

Eastern Washington. Was mandatory evacuated this summer - moved horses out for a month. Horses and approaching wildfire is a bad situation.

The stuff of my nightmares. Fortunately never lost a pet to fire.

A relative lost her home in Paradise. I was able to donate via FB last night.

No words.

[dem in texas]

27. Dear Lord, It Looks like my Idea of Hell

Thank you for posting the images, it really shows how terrible it is out there. One minute sound bites on TV don't really give you a feel for what these poor people are going through.

[AZ8theist]

28. for maybe the first time in my life...

I have nothing to say...no words....those pictures ....

[Solly Mack]

31. K&R