Historic wind event - Pacific Northwest Monday 9/7/2020 ends Wednesday 9/9/2020

[Maverick]

Starting tonight Monday 9/7/2020 ends Wednesday 9/9/2020. The historic Eastern winds event is bringing damaging winds with 80++mph gust, it's historic because an event happens so rarely. What makes this more problematic is due to us being under a red flag warning with humidity down to 10~15% In some areas they are talking of de-energizing the power lines to help prevent fires meaning the power will be shut down. The last time a wind storm hit of this magnitude was the The Columbus Day Storm of 10/12/1962 with wind gust of 170mph. In 1962 the winds had rain, 2020 event will have red flag, I would prefer rain mixed in this. the 80++mph is minimum based speed. I'm praying we ain't going to have the wind gust of 62

 

[jontte]

hope for the best,prep for the worst.

 

[Jayson]

We have a similar problem in Southern Kalifornia. High temperatures, low humidities and high winds. There is a wildfire to the south of us that is 1% contained.

 

[Maverick]

We have a similar problem in Southern Kalifornia. High temperatures, low humidities and high winds. There is a wildfire to the south of us that is 1% contained.

That's what worries me here.

 

[Mountain trapper]

The wind is starting to pick up pretty strong here. Right now its blowing out of the North. Temps are supposed to be below freezing by morning. There's a few clouds coming in too.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

That's what worries me here.

Is this for your area Mav?

 

[Maverick]

Is this for your area Mav?

It may be a problem between San Francisco to Seattle as also did in 1962, yes it is my area. Even if I don't get hit bad with the winds at my house, it will impact me if power goes down and/or a fire breaks out, not so much power, but I don't like running them (generators) during red flag warnings. On a side note, Portland better be careful, if those dumb asses shoot off fireworks in these winds, Portland is in for a rough ride but hey, not my problem

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

It may be a problem between San Francisco to Seattle as also did in 1962, yes it is my area. Even if I don't get hit bad with the winds at my house, it will impact me if power goes down and/or a fire breaks out, not so much power, but I don't like running them (generators) during red flag warnings. On a side note, Portland better be careful, if those dumb asses shoot off fireworks in these winds, Portland is in for a rough ride but hey, not my problem

Yeah, I wouldn’t shed a tear if those idiot marxists caught themselves on fire again Or Portland. They should have been stopped long ago. Stay safe.

 

[Maverick]

Will, that didn’t last long, I figured it would have been over the night but no, we just lost power *sigh

 

[Mountain trapper]

Will, that didn’t last long, I figured it would have been over the night but no, we just lost power *sigh

We're getting a lot of blowing dust right now. Just saw a helicopter fly over carrying a water bucket. Not a good sign.

 

[Jayson]

I just heard a news report that the El Dorado Fire just to the north of San Diego County was started by some knucklehead shooting off fireworks.

 

[DrHenley]

The El Dorado Fire was started at a "Gender Reveal Party."

That's a new one on me, I had to look that up. Being that it's in California, I though a "Gender Reveal Party" was where "gender fluid" people revealed their physical genders by showing each other their genitals. ROFL!

But it's just a baby shower where they announce the gender of the baby using a blue or pink smoke bomb, and it's the smoke bomb that started the fire. Might just be the most expensive "Gender Reveal Party" in history because they are liable for all the damages from the fire they started.

 

[Jayson]

Eyewitness News caught some exclusive video footage of the gender reveal party members starting the fire....

 

[Maverick]

We're getting a lot of blowing dust right now. Just saw a helicopter fly over carrying a water bucket. Not a good sign.

Your neck of the woods

 

[Maverick]

A friend in the Tri-city area (Eastern Washington) sent this picture (smoke from the fires)

 

[Mountain trapper]

The wife and I are sitting on top of a mountain right now watching the glow of a fire to the west of us. The wind is blowing hard and the temp dropped over 30 degs today.

 

[Maverick]

The smoke is really thick here now, it's like the wind is just blowing through the smoke without moving the smoke, it's surreal. We are getting high gust, about 55~60mph. The reality of it, it hasn't even begin yet.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

I pray you are all safe and your homes are ok. Will be watching for word from you Mav and Arctic.

 

[Maverick]

Smoke gone at 3:45am, East winds picked up. Grand kids radioed me past 11pm that the horses were getting restless, the smell of smoke was getting to them, anyway, getting to the stable last night was challenging, couldn't see the snow markers for the road due to the heavy smoke, i had to drive the quad looking straight down to the ground riding the edge. After walking the horses for a while they gone back into the stall, I put my cot and bedroll in front of the stall gate and slept their to reassure them.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Smoke gone at 3:45am, East winds picked up. Grand kids radioed me past 11pm that the horses were getting restless, the smell of smoke was getting to them, anyway, getting to the stable last night was challenging, couldn't see the snow markers for the road due to the heavy smoke, i had to drive the quad looking straight down to the ground riding the edge. After walking the horses for a while they gone back into the stall, I put my cot and bedroll in front of the stall gate and slept their to reassure them.

Quite a night for you Mav. Glad you let us know what’s happening!

 

[DrHenley]

If you have a P95 respirator I'd be wearing it as much as you can in that smoke, Mav.

 

[Helen Back]

Good job, Mav. We lost power around 1a and got it back around 4a. The yard is completely littered with branches. I am terrified about a couple of 150'ers that are too close to our house. They are dancing like those air people outside the mattress stores. PUD has outages all over, and Peetown is the same. Good luck, be safe. The smoke here is very thick.

 

[Maverick]

looks as if the winds are not as bad, there are some issues in low lands but nothing major, spotty power outages , I wouldn't call this historic on any level. I got a little cleanup but I can deal with that and get back in focus on the fires.

 

[Maverick]

Smoke is back, this time it looks hot

 

[Maverick]

Damn, it ain’t over yet

Sending the women and grand kids to the house in town, son n law taking the horses, mules and chickens to the house in town, brother n law taking the goats and sheep to his place. Me my son and when the son n law unloads he’s heading back up here bringing friends just in case a fire make it here. We just got another high wind alert, this will go on till 7pm, damn I didn’t need the winds.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Damn, it ain’t over yet

Sending the women and grand kids to the house in town, son n law taking the horses, mules and chickens to the house in town, brother n law taking the goats and sheep to his place. Me my son and when the son n law unloads he’s heading back up here bringing friends just in case a fire make it here. We just got another high wind alert, this will go on till 7pm, damn I didn’t need the winds.

Oh man Mav, that sounds truly awful!

 

[Mountain trapper]

We have a fire to the SW of us and one to the NW. The smoke cleared out over night but it's coming back now. A few trees and lots of branches went down from the wind but no big deal. We get higher winds in winter.
Supposed to be below freezing again tonight. No rain in sight. Last rain/snow was June 29th. It doesn't look like we'll get any rain in September either.

 

[Mountain trapper]

The fire south of us is over 12,000 acres now. Zero contained. Smoke is really bad now.
Some of the wife's family has been evacuated from a fire in Oregon.

 

[Dani]

Really hope all of our member stay safe during these fires! I think that would be one of the most stressful things to have to worry about since it can be so devastating and lets face it, one of the scariest on the what ifs .. . . Mav I am so glad that you were able to evacuate all the animals along with the majority of your family off the property, just in case. Mav and Arctic keep us informed as you can. You both are in thoughts and prayers.

 

[Maverick]

I think we are going to be ok, the fire is Northwest of me and a couple of small ones South of me moving West, still heavy smoke, no winds. It's been a long time since I slept on the track of the CAT, I think every bone I have hurts.

Wondering how Arctic is faring?