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The West Coast of the US is in dire straits. Fires are ravaging California, Oregon, and Washington, destroying everything in their path.

The views there look straight-up Apocalyptic because of the red, orange, and brown sky. Meanwhile, people are saying that the Bay Area in California looks like Mars. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think the photos were something right out of a horror or a sci-fi movie. Unfortunately, it’s reality and 2020 still isn’t pulling any punches.

Jessica Gardetto from the US Bureau of Land Management told Bored Panda that evacuation orders are no joke and that civilians should evacuate when told to do so. "Evacuations are serious and are done for the safety of the public and emergency responders." Read on more the rest of our interview with Gardetto about what the public can do to help.

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Mel Schmidt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He is more than a politician, he really cares about the American people. He was a good President and a good friend to everyone. I do miss him!

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Amanda Schaffer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. They are examples of over reaching politicians who think they know how to manage our forests better- and arsonists. Our forests were managed for decades, and then? The environmentalists stopped giving the locals and loggers a seat at the table. Now, we watch our resources, and homes burn.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS. The problem is that environmentalists insisted that no one cut down the dead growth in the forest, among other things. This has nothing to do with "climate change" and everything to do with "save the earth" groups who do not understand how to correctly manage the forest. Well, this is how Mother Nature manages the forests....by burning all the old growth so that life can begin anew.

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Bob Peterson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey buddy, you're all wrong. The problem is forestry and management. It's not shutting off the power for the rich and famous who want electricity in their mountain villas when it's hot outside. It's the result of letting the suburbs march into the woods and next to the wilderness. It's the result of ending controlled burns to get rid of the tinder that is now setting the big wood one fire because the rich and famous don't like the smoke. Climate change - sure, that's an easy one to blame but how about just for one time looking at the source of the problem rather than pasting as pre-printed comment on it?

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Bob Peterson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Addendum: If you really want to know why the fires are so bad, listen to a forester instead of a politician. And be sure to thank all the politicians going way, way back who collectively got us to this point. Had they listened to the foresters we'd still have fires but not like the current hell the politicians have created. .

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Jason Harmon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haven't California policies exasperated the problem? Vote out those politicians.

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Lyone Fein
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fires were started by a human pyrotechnic device. Climate change had nothing to do with it.

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Dan H
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The most recent fire in Oregon was set up at a gender reveal party by a bunch of idiots using pyrotechnics. That's already been documented.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Climate change is not the culprit, bad forestry practices is the cause. Clear underbrush. Use all the tree huggers as labor.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh ? Have you been listening to Trump delcaring they should have swept like the leaves, like in Finland ? Did you see the responses from Fins laughing till they cried at Trump's stupidity ?

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Michelle Thornton
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let’s not bring politics into this situation! For christ sake....not everything is political! 🤬

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qwerty
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Republicans reject the idea of climate change, which causes this destruction. Democrats are trying their hardest to reverse it. How can I be any clearer?

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Micah Pettit
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except that a lot of these fires are intentional arson. Soooo....

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that is infuriating, who would burn tons of forests and spread smoke everywhere across the West Coast?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The former president writes and gives us sensible, sane response. Not an inane, insensible word from the soon to be ex-president.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sensible with no action from the former president. Just empty words. Trump will be the ex-president in 2024!

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KT
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No one really cares enough to do much because people are god damn lazy

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moboy m
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Climate change plus more is your degenerate lifestyle.

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Hafsa Fathima
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in the west coast. For about half a week I would wake up to a yellow sky.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, these are wild fires just like every year but this year Oregon has not so peaceful protestors who I hear are also arsonists.

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Sarah 901
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want him back as president I miss not being ina global pandemic

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Joe
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's only a pandemic because several select democrats say it is. Even the CDC announced that not even 10% of the "deaths from Covid" are actually deaths from Covid.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These fires were started by bad people who don’t care about America or the families who live there. This is not about climate change. Wake up America.

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qwerty
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Climate change affects the whole world. It's real, and it's people like you that are letting it progress. There is no evidence it's arson. Stop your fake lying and rumors.

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Who would we vote for? The Democrats don't prioritize climate change, and many Republicans are now denying it (though that may be waning again).

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I absolutely adore this man!! But this is f****n b******t! He was president for 8 years!!! You could have done more!!!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

8 years , a few wars and sweet talking later, didn't much for the African Americans, he money crawls with the Clintons and consorts. Impressive.......

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Fauxbama, the Manchurian President!! IDIOT MUSLIM!!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh for f**k's sake. A) Obama is not a Muslim, no matter how often Trump tells you he is. B) The majority of Muslims are peaceful, industrious people, just like the majority of Crhistians, Hindus, Jews, Sikhs etc.

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Yeah complete nonsense next he will claim he invented the internet

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

? Climate change = wildfires. Biden = taking some kinda action against the things that cause climate change. How is it nonsense?

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Oregon wildfires making it look straight apocalyptic

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Gardetto from the Bureau of Land Management said wildfires caused by humans comprise around 87 percent of all wildfires throughout the US. "If the public can prevent new wildfire ignitions, it will really help firefighters and emergency responders. Also, if people live in fire-prone, Wildland Urban Interface areas, where wildfire could threaten their homes, they should make their homes resistant to wildfire. This will greatly improve the odds that homes can survive a wildfire and, in some cases, will give emergency responders a chance at saving more homes."

Bored Panda wanted to find out how the intensity of the fires in California, Oregon, and Washington compared to this time last year. According to Gardetto, 2019 was a quiet fire year when compared to both 2020 and 2018. "This is due to the fact that last year, weather conditions supported less wildfire ignitions and less fire growth, whereas this year, drought, hot and dry weather, winds and lighting are creating new wildfires and exacerbating current incidents."

She added: "Reducing human-caused wildfires is the absolute best thing the public can do right now! Visit www.nifc.gov to learn more about how you can avoid causing a wildfire."

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Simply put - because our whole country is figuratively on fire. Unfortunately, you poor people are just another casualty on a very long list of casualties.

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California skies. A month until my due date and my world is red

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In one month, skies will be blue, again, for you (even if it's only in your mind). Congrats and best of luck.

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According to CNN meteorologist Judson Jones, the reason why the West Coast looks Apocalyptic is because of all the smoke and ash which “are acting like nature’s version of an Instagram filter.”

Jones said, “The particles in the air are refracting sunlight similar to the way small air particles do when the sun sets or rises." What this means is simple: the particles in the air scatter blue and green wavelengths (which are shorter), meaning we can only see red and yellow wavelengths (which are longer and pass through the particles).

The hot, dry weather, and strong winds are turning the West Coast into a tinderbox. Lightning strikes have also added to the overall problems in the area. As have accidents. One such case has been on many a person's lips recently.

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Tried going to visit my boyfriend on my day off, had to turn around because the fires apparently opened a portal to hell

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9 AM at the Oregon Coast due to wildfires 100s of miles away

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The El Dorado Fire in California’s San Bernardino County that was sparked by a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party had grown to 10,574 acres and counting. It was 16% contained on Tuesday, September 8, according to CNN.

The BBC reports that over 2 million acres of land have burned in California. During this time last year, ‘only’ 118k acres were destroyed by fires. The Telegraph puts the current amount of land torched by the fires in California right now at 2.5 million acres.

Meanwhile, Oregon Governor Kate Brown says that hundreds of homes in the state have been obliterated by the wildfires. “This could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our state's history," she warned, adding that the winds are fuelling the fires and pushing them toward towns and cities. Mass evacuations are underway.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That Witch head gave me nightmares for YEARS!! For those of you that aren't from Oregon or haven't been to the enchanted forest, the witch head is a little walkthrough thingy and there's creepy witch animatronics that talk and make potions. Idk if that's accurate because I haven't been there in years but it's a memory that has been burned into my brain forever

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in northern California. I always bring my pets in before dark. The other day I did it at about 3:00 PM because it was getting really dark.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Over here in SoCal, the moon is looking like this every night. From just a view fires in SanFran. I hope that they are safe, and that their homes are safe as well.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Singapore, he have haze sometimes, but not as serious as this. The haze clears after a few weeks, but this will definitely take months, if not years.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband n daughter work in Albany at Clayton. They have to work in this!!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please stay safe... and don’t go outside unless it’s ABSOLUTELY nessesary

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Oregon Cascades today. Orange smoke, 70 mile and hour winds, debris and branches all over the road. Keep the fire fighters in your thoughts

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8 am and surrounded by 4 fires in the area. 2020 is holding nothing back

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well it could be worse. We could be in a zombie apocalypse. Here to hopin huh

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Human race: Nooooo! you can't do any super disasters 2020: haha yellowstone go boom.

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Oregon fires have moved so much ash into Northern California that the sky is almost red

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