• @noride@lemm.ee
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    492 months ago

    A gif that perfectly represents what it’s like in America these days.

  • Rentlar
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    222 months ago

    Holy shit, I mean I’d already known palm trees are like candles but they are like firefrackers in harsh wind!

    • setVeryLoud(true);OP
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      2 months ago

      There’s audio, this is real-time.

      You can also see the vehicles in the background.

      • Deacon
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        42 months ago

        Yes I know, this is just the sound my brain makes when it is pleading with my senses to tell me I’m not seeing what I’m seeing.

    • @ylph@lemmy.world
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      82 months ago

      It can be, but I don’t think it’s the case here - we have Santa Anas with sustained 40mph winds and 100mph gusts in some areas, and that is without any fire. The wind is also caused by the air moving in from the inland deserts that is very dry (often <5% humidity) and hot as well due to compression heating.

      There are reports that the Palisades Fire grew from 10 acres when it began to 200 acres in just 12 minutes, due to conditions like this.

      • acargitz
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        22 months ago

        That’s between 8 and 10 on the Beaufort scale, holy mother of holy mothers!

    • @ylph@lemmy.world
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      42 months ago

      This is not actually a firestorm - the wind is external to the fire, it’s Santa Ana winds - hot dry desert air blowing in at high speed, any fire that starts in these conditions gets driven by these winds and spreads incredibly fast and is very hard to control.

      • @Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
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        12 months ago

        Ah ok thanks for the correction. I was reading up about firestorms from Allied bombing raids beforehand and assumed that’s what it was.

  • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    32 months ago

    God is teaching us that people with fake tits and rich assholes will rebuild next week after this is all over. See? Poor people, you need to learn from the example! Just get money from your dad’s account and buy a new house in LA Jolla!

    • nospoon
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      52 months ago

      Yes and no. Southern California has this thing called “Santa Ana Winds” that happen because there’s mountains close to the ocean… but this is like the climate change version of that.