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California flooding and evacs
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Far as I know yeah we're good. I've been home since the 23rd though and haven't even driven by my shop since then. I would hope one of my employees would call if we were underwater....
WLDWUN
in the woods
this is Cosumnes River at Capps Crossing on North South Road it is in the burn scar
water is black/brown
(Bridge burned in the fire)
we got 12.5 inches of rain in the last 4 days.
a lot, but not near what fell in the 96/97 storm.
for that one we got 84 inches of snow up high right after Christmas, then the following week there were 11 days of rain that dumped water,
snow level was about 10k for that and had places with over 20" rainfall
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WLDWUN
in the woods
and Camp Creek on Bonetti.
North South has a small slide blocking it now
North South has a small slide blocking it now
WLDWUN
in the woods
steel deck bridge on 9N30 just up from Capps Crossing
MERCED, Calif. (FOX26) —
A portion of Highway 59 in Merced is currently closed due to flooding.
The closure is on Highway 59, between Reilly Road and Sandy Mush Road.
CHP Merced says they estimate the closure to last four to five days and advise drivers to use alternate routes.
A portion of Highway 59 in Merced is currently closed due to flooding.
The closure is on Highway 59, between Reilly Road and Sandy Mush Road.
CHP Merced says they estimate the closure to last four to five days and advise drivers to use alternate routes.
ConwayMuddy
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Out of curiosity, is anyone replanting, or will it be after they log the area? I know S.P.I. will cut beatle kill, is there anything that can be done with burnt trees?
300sniper
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Think it was just two or three years ago that I drove by there and a whiskey tango trailer park was under water.MERCED, Calif. (FOX26) —
A portion of Highway 59 in Merced is currently closed due to flooding.
The closure is on Highway 59, between Reilly Road and Sandy Mush Road.
CHP Merced says they estimate the closure to last four to five days and advise drivers to use alternate routes.
That creek floods whenever there is a "heavy rain".
WLDWUN
in the woods
very little replanting being done at this time.
SPI has been cutting everything on their land since the smoke settled.
there is to much wood for the mills to handle
Forest Service has cut and deked the logs
now they just sit there
IH-SSII
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You can make lumber out of the fire killed standing dead... before it rots and the bark beetle moves in. Hence the valid reason to clear cut.
"Bark beetles may attack and kill trees that were injured by fire but might have otherwise survived. These trees may then serve as a source of beetles and attractive semiochemicals (e.g., host volatiles and aggregation pheromones produced by many bark beetle species during host colonization) that attract other beetles into the vicinity, resulting in additional levels of tree mortality."
Bark Beetle Responses to Stand Structure and Prescribed Fire at Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest, California, USA: 5-Year Data - Fire Ecology
Highly effective fire suppression and selective harvesting of large-diameter, fire-tolerant tree species, such as ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa C. Lawson) and Jeffrey pine (P. jeffreyi Balf.), have resulted in substantial changes to the structure and composition of interior ponderosa pine...
fireecology.springeropen.com
The blue in wood that you see is rot. That's why Nature Nazis will file a Environmental Impact study suit to be done, that way the timber will rot and become worthless by the time the suit and study is wrapped up.. Nature Nazis are NOT the friend of the forest!
That is also how to put sawmills out of business as it did to us in the Bitterroot Valley. Suits happened to us in Montana a lot.
Clb
another toyota from P.R.K
12 nov. 22 looking the same way...
steel deck bridge on 9N30 just up from Capps Crossing
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Pretty sure that’s the one in placerville. I drove by yesterday and this one had floated down the newly formed river.
Plumbing place next door had floating septic tanks
ConwayMuddy
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I'm going to guess reopening mills, expanding, or even building new ones, to use the timber before it rots, is probably next to impossible because of environmental regs.You can make lumber out of the fire killed standing dead... before it rots and the bark beetle moves in. Hence the valid reason to clear cut.
"Bark beetles may attack and kill trees that were injured by fire but might have otherwise survived. These trees may then serve as a source of beetles and attractive semiochemicals (e.g., host volatiles and aggregation pheromones produced by many bark beetle species during host colonization) that attract other beetles into the vicinity, resulting in additional levels of tree mortality."
Bark Beetle Responses to Stand Structure and Prescribed Fire at Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest, California, USA: 5-Year Data - Fire Ecology
Highly effective fire suppression and selective harvesting of large-diameter, fire-tolerant tree species, such as ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa C. Lawson) and Jeffrey pine (P. jeffreyi Balf.), have resulted in substantial changes to the structure and composition of interior ponderosa pine...
The blue in wood that you see is rot. That's why Nature Nazis will file a Environmental Impact study suit to be done, that way the timber will rot and become worthless by the time the suit and study is wrapped up.. Nature Nazis are NOT the friend of the forest!
That is also how to put sawmills out of business as it did to us in the Bitterroot Valley. Suits happened to us in Montana a lot.
MigGunslinger
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Well the county showed up about 10:30 am yesterday with a crew of 3 and a bad ass wood chipper. Took them a bit over an hour to clear the street. Unfortunately they wanted no part of cutting the tree off of the car. Really nice crew, I gathered that they were pulling people from all other departments, one guy worked asphalt, the other did office stuff but they came out for some sweet, sweet, OT.
This is how they left it:
Got some family and friends over this AM before the rain starts up again and we whittled away at the trunk to lighten it up and then lifted it with a floor jack to take the weight off of the car. Freed the car and found the owner, he drove that pile out of there which was best case scenario. Fucking thing had used needles in the back
Probably going to hire someone to deal with the rest of the tree but it is secure and the car is gone so I'm happy.
Anybody know if that trunk has any value to the guys who do big furniture slabs? not sure if it's the right type of wood.
I know this thread is about flooding etc. and not my tree drama but a lot of people seemed interested so I thought I'd give an update.
This is how they left it:
Got some family and friends over this AM before the rain starts up again and we whittled away at the trunk to lighten it up and then lifted it with a floor jack to take the weight off of the car. Freed the car and found the owner, he drove that pile out of there which was best case scenario. Fucking thing had used needles in the back
Probably going to hire someone to deal with the rest of the tree but it is secure and the car is gone so I'm happy.
Anybody know if that trunk has any value to the guys who do big furniture slabs? not sure if it's the right type of wood.
I know this thread is about flooding etc. and not my tree drama but a lot of people seemed interested so I thought I'd give an update.
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Hooligan
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Ad on CL for free firewood, or see if these guys want it: npcfirewood.com - Home
MigGunslinger
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Done already, "Free" signs on it too.
There is that wood slab place off of El Camino, Might call them tomorrow and see if they are interested in the trunk.
300sniper
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There were a bunch of trees down in the road in Downtown Sac still today.
Kind of funny, up here, locals will clear a tree in the road as soon as it falls. In town, the road just stays blocked until a government official moves it.
Kind of funny, up here, locals will clear a tree in the road as soon as it falls. In town, the road just stays blocked until a government official moves it.
YotaAtieToo
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MERCED, Calif. (FOX26) —
A portion of Highway 59 in Merced is currently closed due to flooding.
The closure is on Highway 59, between Reilly Road and Sandy Mush Road.
CHP Merced says they estimate the closure to last four to five days and advise drivers to use alternate routes.
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Thats a clear road in the winter between willows and chico.
Hope everyone is doing OK. I can't imagine what some have felt nearly missing a wild fire only to be flooded weeks later.
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The flooding in Wilton is bad, but severely exaggerated by the news. A very small amount of homes out here are damaged. It’s more of a severe inconvenience for many.
I spent New Year’s Eve night, rescuing a buddy that attempted to cross water that was 4’ deep.
I got within 150' in the jeep and it was almost 3’ deep.
Attempted to walk my winch cable and strap to the truck and realized i was gonna die, so called fire department. They arrive, i tell them it's too dangerous to extract them and we need to attach my winch and ill pull the truck out. They tell me to get outta the way because this is what they do.
They immediately realized I was correct, asked for me to drive out as far as possible and they’ll hook up the winch. All went smooth. Buddy and his family made it home safe that night.
The freeway was then shutdown due to flooding and everyone was trying to go around it through galt/Wilton. This was severely dangerous because there was 3’ of flooding on every road. Some road had 6’-8’ in places.
I attempted to stop countless cars, trucks and semis to no avail. They would literally drive one after another into the water after each prior failed. There was no controlling the train of ignorance and I knew I was gonna watch someone die, or get myself killed trying to help, so I went home at midnight to my family.
I spent New Year’s Eve night, rescuing a buddy that attempted to cross water that was 4’ deep.
I got within 150' in the jeep and it was almost 3’ deep.
Attempted to walk my winch cable and strap to the truck and realized i was gonna die, so called fire department. They arrive, i tell them it's too dangerous to extract them and we need to attach my winch and ill pull the truck out. They tell me to get outta the way because this is what they do.
They immediately realized I was correct, asked for me to drive out as far as possible and they’ll hook up the winch. All went smooth. Buddy and his family made it home safe that night.
The freeway was then shutdown due to flooding and everyone was trying to go around it through galt/Wilton. This was severely dangerous because there was 3’ of flooding on every road. Some road had 6’-8’ in places.
I attempted to stop countless cars, trucks and semis to no avail. They would literally drive one after another into the water after each prior failed. There was no controlling the train of ignorance and I knew I was gonna watch someone die, or get myself killed trying to help, so I went home at midnight to my family.
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This all happened after I told them to stop. That’s an in & out semi, f350 4x4, crew cab f150, there another f150 behind the semi and a Toyota Corolla.
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This is me trying to reach my buddy and his family.
Jk with 5.5” lift and 40”s. Waters at my floor. Those are his headlights.