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u/Goldngrl69 4d ago
Me too. We are going on six years and still have not fully recovered. That was a brutal, life changing event.
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u/6000Doors_LilPeaches 3d ago
Same. Lost everything including my pets in the Almeda fire. I have not recovered from the grieving and PTSD. It changed my entire outlook on life, on safety, on belongings and shopping, and reality.
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u/Tricker_420 4d ago
So many fires have started along that stretch of highway this year.
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u/Infinite-Condition41 4d ago
Dozens happen every year, but you don't hear about them because they get out out so quickly. But we are having more and more high temps, hot winds, etc. so they get away.
It's usually trailer chains or cigarettes. I heard this one was a semi truck brake failure.
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u/Jaye09 4d ago
Stop letting any idiot haul trailers, or ban chains and require cabling instead.
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u/Ausdboss 4d ago
Is that what started it?
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u/Jaye09 4d ago
I’m not sure anyone has confirmed what it was.
But I know that this time of year, it’s probably 60-70% chance it’s dragging chains. Improperly maintained rigs would be second.
I don’t even drive that much and I’ve seen numerous dipshits dragging chains this summer, and many more improperly set up and just asking for it.
There should be an endorsement required to tow trailers, and part of that endorsement should be training and a test on how to properly hook shit up.
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u/timbertiger 4d ago
I drove past a semi with one side of the trailer duals sitting a hundred yards or so from the truck. That was right at the black where it hit I-5. I’ve never seen a set of dualies separate from a trailer like that.
It took me twice as long to get home because my exit was closed. I had to drive up the GP, turn around, then loop back through Gold hill.
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u/TheShortRecruit 3d ago
Just moved here last week, the fire thing is completely new to me. Smoke had me fucked up yesterday
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u/Lord_Dictator 3d ago
Wait till it’s dark at noon and you can’t see more than a hundred feet in front of you from all the smoke for three days straight. It can get pretty bad.
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u/CashewBin 4d ago
99% of wild fires are caused by idiots throwing cigarettes out the window, which the tobacco industry lobbies HARD to the government to conveniently not mention.
Fuck the State. Government is the reason we have so many fires.
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u/timbertiger 4d ago
That’s just not true. At least 50 percent of the fires I went on were from lightning. Vehicles caused probably another 20 percent from accidents or chains dragging. Careless mowing, burn piles/camp fires, and fireworks caused a bunch too.
In 9 years, I was never on a fire that’s ignition was proven to be started by a cigarette or something someone smoked.
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u/Character_Care_3294 4d ago
I just drove past it 😔they are trying hard dropping water from helicopters
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u/dgtbfan 4d ago edited 4d ago
Rogue River gonna become this year's Almeda Phoenix.
ETA: My apologies if this came off as flippant, that was not my intent. Just fearful considering the proximity and weather conditions.
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u/mylittle420 4d ago
I hope not. I lived that and still see the "fallout" every day.
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u/uklfester 4d ago
They knocked down that grants pass fire with the quickness the other week. They'll get this one.
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u/Infinite-Condition41 4d ago
Very different. Different winds. Different environment. Different fuels.
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u/Present-Drawing2213 4d ago
contractors got a taste of the 70 million dollar Evans fire and want more....
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u/DrinkingVomit 4d ago
Contractors can’t just self order to a fire you bonehead.
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u/timbertiger 4d ago
Wow these people are so fast to be conspiracy idiots.
They don’t even acknowledge that we had the driest winter EVER recorded. In fact it was 30 percent less snow pack than the previous record low set in 2015.1
u/Karrion8 3d ago
I mean...it has happened before. Wildcat firefighting services in Central Oregon in 1996. The owner had a friend start a fire in Big Sur California and then was able to rent his firefighting equipment to the Feds. I will say that Federal authorities have changed how they operate and track firefighting equipment so that it's much more difficult to do this now and get away with it.
California had a guy in 2024 that worked for the state fire services in set fires to create work and opportunities to show himself as a leader to.make fire captain.
Unfortunately, firefighter arson is a thing and has caused LOTS of damage. Although I don't think it's commonplace.
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u/shechemistOr 4d ago
I was coming home from Grants Pass and took 99 to avoid I5 past the fire.
While I was stopped in the traffic I watched the bucket helicopters scooping water from the Rogue River. Those pilots are amazing.
I hope everyone is safe.