On 12/11/2018 11:21, N_Cook wrote:
On 12/11/2018 10:37, Bernard Burton wrote:
California fires:
These images are from MetopA overpasses, 1) at 11/1725z and 2) 12/0445z

http://www.woksat.info/etcaak11/aak11-1725-a-usa-w.html

Visible image showing the collosal extent of the smoke plume over the
Pacific

http://www.woksat.info/etcaak12/aak12-0445-a-us-w.html

Ch3 IR image from 0445z. Fire source are red, indicated by white
pointers.


Is it really the worst ever wild fires in Cal in terms of deaths , over
all time? .
Including back when there was no car ownership to flee , or is it people
fleeing in cars and then getting trapped in them, that causes the high
death rate?

So some died in their own cars according to the news.
I wonder if the Anglo-rejigged PBS channel will reshow it,perhaps
updated, a USA doc i saw perhaps about 20 years ago.
Insurance companies demanded swimming pool per house for spraying water
on the house and then as a last resort for human survival.
The other stuff concerning fire-break generating / controlled burn
details I forget now.