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People Are Sharing Pics From The Hell On Earth That Is Happening In The West Coast Right Now (40 Pics)
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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Oregon wildfires making it look straight apocalyptic
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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Katy McMouse 5 years ago
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
Katy McMouse 5 years ago
In one month, skies will be blue, again, for you (even if it's only in your mind). Congrats and best of luck.
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
BananaGirl 5 years ago
Looks like a horror movies, I also feel bad for having absolutely no idea that this was going on. Fingers crossed it won't be as bad as Australia
Nick Buller 5 years ago
Living easy, living free Season ticket on a one-way ride Asking nothing, leave me be Taking everything in my stride Don't need reason, don't need rhyme Ain't nothing I would rather do Going down, party time My friends are gonna be there too, yeah I'm on the highway to hell On the highway to hell Highway to hell I'm on the highway to hell No stop signs, speed limit Nobody's gonna slow me down Like a wheel, gonna spin it Nobody's gonna mess me around Hey Satan, payin' my dues Playing in a rocking band Hey mama, look at me I'm on my way to the promised land, woo I'm on the highway to hell Highway to hell I'm on the highway to hell Highway to hell Don't stop me, eh, eh, ooh I'm on the highway to hell On the highway to hell I'm on the highway to hell On the highway to Yeah (highway to hell) I'm on the highway to hell (highway to hell) Highway to hell (highway to hell) Highway to hell (highway to hell) And I'm going down All the way Whoa I'm on the highway to hell
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9 AM at the Oregon Coast due to wildfires 100s of miles away
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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PjandBolt 5 years ago
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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Fernleaf6505 5 years ago
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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Irish Rose 5 years ago
My husband n daughter work in Albany at Clayton. They have to work in this!!
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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
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
Well it could be worse. We could be in a zombie apocalypse. Here to hopin huh
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William Secoske 5 years ago
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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Noel Bovae 5 years ago
This must bring back some awful memories for everyone in & around Paradise. 😩
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Seedy Vine 5 years ago (edited)
I can't believe that a planet full of eight billion human beings can STILL not figure out how to find and put out fires as they start! Our priorities are fully out of whack with our wish to survive.
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Zoe's Mom 5 years ago
I live in the SF East Bay and these pictures really don't do what happened on the 9th justice. It was creepy scary.
postboredom 5 years ago
These are scary, I hope all of the people living there are okay after this tragedy.
Zoe's Mom 5 years ago
THANK YOU! We feel for you as well with the fires you had to fight. Take care my down under friends.
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Donna Leske 5 years ago
Washington state, zip 98520 3 miles from the Pacific ocean at 8 am on 9/10/20. The sun! It was even more RED than my cheap camera could show, skies are light gray, the smoky odor has drifted away though. DSCN0002-5...360b56.jpg 
Kelly Kono 5 years ago
I would like to think people in the future will look back on these pictures and say, "How could they not realize this was a problem?" but maybe I'm being overly optimistic about the future? :(
Mikal Du Preez 5 years ago
What if 2020 really is the end of the world? Like OK humanity, one of these shitstorms surely must kill you.
The Schuyler Sisters 5 years ago
I live in SoCal. Our sky is improving, but still slightly yellow. My city is lucky enough to have not gotten these terrible orange skies. Stay Safe, Stay Home, and Prayers from a middle schooler in SoCal.
Julie Hanford 5 years ago
This has me in tears. I wish I could help, but I can't, so prayers from Houston, Texas😥
Blue of the yams (They/He) 5 years ago
This is my home. I'm very lucky that our house is safe, but many of my friends, teachers, and classmates have lost their houses.
True Blue 5 years ago
It will be ok we would love to send firefighters to help but Covid so just hang in there. From another Aussie
Yettichild 5 years ago
My sister lives in Oregon and she told me a couple hours ago that people only 5 miles away were being evacuated. I told her she and her family are always welcome at my house in Washington. Of course, there are fires here too, but they are about an hour driving time away.
PjandBolt 5 years ago
Hey, Oregonian here. I live a few miles away from the fires and yes the red was intense and insane, but it's at least better outside. It's more of a yellowish tint and the smoke smell has gone down a lot. I don't know about other people who live closer to the fires, but for me and my area it was red for just about 2 days. Just pray for our rain to come back!
Animal lover❤ 5 years ago
Dang, I thought things were bad here in Colorado. Geez, we're all dead.
E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
In terms of duration it was worse in Colorado. We had been living in smoke for weeks.
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CodingGirl04 5 years ago
It was super red/orange just yesterday, it looked like it was 4 in the morning until about 11 am
izraul hidashi 5 years ago
First millions of homes are illegally foreclosed upon by criminal banks through mass fraud. Those crimes made millions of Americans homeless. Then the Covid forced millions more into default. Then hundreds of fires happen at the same time when it's not even that hot, making more homeless. If I didn't know better I'd say it looks pretty suspicious.
shado 5 years ago
god is a ten year old with an ant farm ... good luck preying to that
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lith 5 years ago
im grateful to not be in an evacuation zone (yet? 💦) but our air quality rating has been over 500 this weekend, my only exposure to the outside air has been when i open & close the door to let the dog out and just thAT throws me into a massive coughing fit, i cant imagine being closer to the fires or how people are still working outside or senior and people with compromised immune systems, or all the animals being exposed and/or left its all so concerning. it looked like an orange tinted silent hill outside and a little yellow ice cream truck drove our road, talk about surreal and eerie as hell. i hope everyone stays safe :+(
Draga Millani 5 years ago
I've been thinking about all of the forest animals, especially birds, too
Regina Phalange 5 years ago
i live in ca, frigging insane 2 or 3 days ago 10am looked like 10PM
Christina Mo 5 years ago
I used to live in San Francisco and it’s so heartbreaking to see this happening. I’m worried for the future.
Micah Pettit 5 years ago
View from my driveway here in Grants Pass, Oregon. You can see the sun... sort of... it's that teeeeny tiny little dot above my neighbor's tree. IMG_202009...be714a.jpg 
Todd Hollfelder 5 years ago
This reminds me very much of the Oakland/Berkeley Hills fires in the early 90s. I knew something was up when the light peeking around the closed curtains was orange. Don't forget to protect your lungs from permanent damage.
GirlandProudofit 5 years ago (edited)
Well that's better than the choking smoke I'm experiencing right now -A portlander
Lisa Pockat Bork 5 years ago
Sending prayers for everyone involved. Can't imagine how scary it must be.
Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
Stepping outside yesterday was dark and weird and orange and bizarre. Never experienced anything like it. I thought it was cool as hell, and took lots of photos. Today is bright yellow.
Nothanks L. Walk 5 years ago
Weeeeell we did warn them. Decades and decades ago. But noooooo, they had to know better. Let's set up a UN commission to return this land to the indian tribes that once lived in harmony with it. I mean once the muricans have all burned, of course. Just clearing them out would be barbaric. Muricanic, in fact.
AflyingSquirrel 5 years ago
Weeeeell, if the "muricans" all died, you will be at war with the entire earth and me because a lot of americans are immigrants who have a green card, and although I am not American, my friends are. what you are describing (burning entire nation of people) is genocide.
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qwerty 5 years ago
I have to keep saying this, don't I? IT'S NOT ARSON. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER. IT'S F*UCKING CLIMATE CHANGE (excuse my language).
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Zoe's Mom 5 years ago
I live in the SF East Bay and these pictures really don't do what happened on the 9th justice. It was creepy scary.
postboredom 5 years ago
These are scary, I hope all of the people living there are okay after this tragedy.
Zoe's Mom 5 years ago
THANK YOU! We feel for you as well with the fires you had to fight. Take care my down under friends.
Load More Replies... Donna Leske 5 years ago
Washington state, zip 98520 3 miles from the Pacific ocean at 8 am on 9/10/20. The sun! It was even more RED than my cheap camera could show, skies are light gray, the smoky odor has drifted away though. DSCN0002-5...360b56.jpg
Kelly Kono 5 years ago
I would like to think people in the future will look back on these pictures and say, "How could they not realize this was a problem?" but maybe I'm being overly optimistic about the future? :(
Mikal Du Preez 5 years ago
What if 2020 really is the end of the world? Like OK humanity, one of these shitstorms surely must kill you.
The Schuyler Sisters 5 years ago
I live in SoCal. Our sky is improving, but still slightly yellow. My city is lucky enough to have not gotten these terrible orange skies. Stay Safe, Stay Home, and Prayers from a middle schooler in SoCal.
Julie Hanford 5 years ago
This has me in tears. I wish I could help, but I can't, so prayers from Houston, Texas😥
Blue of the yams (They/He) 5 years ago
This is my home. I'm very lucky that our house is safe, but many of my friends, teachers, and classmates have lost their houses.
True Blue 5 years ago
It will be ok we would love to send firefighters to help but Covid so just hang in there. From another Aussie
Yettichild 5 years ago
My sister lives in Oregon and she told me a couple hours ago that people only 5 miles away were being evacuated. I told her she and her family are always welcome at my house in Washington. Of course, there are fires here too, but they are about an hour driving time away.
PjandBolt 5 years ago
Hey, Oregonian here. I live a few miles away from the fires and yes the red was intense and insane, but it's at least better outside. It's more of a yellowish tint and the smoke smell has gone down a lot. I don't know about other people who live closer to the fires, but for me and my area it was red for just about 2 days. Just pray for our rain to come back!
Animal lover❤ 5 years ago
Dang, I thought things were bad here in Colorado. Geez, we're all dead.
E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
In terms of duration it was worse in Colorado. We had been living in smoke for weeks.
Load More Replies... CodingGirl04 5 years ago
It was super red/orange just yesterday, it looked like it was 4 in the morning until about 11 am
izraul hidashi 5 years ago
First millions of homes are illegally foreclosed upon by criminal banks through mass fraud. Those crimes made millions of Americans homeless. Then the Covid forced millions more into default. Then hundreds of fires happen at the same time when it's not even that hot, making more homeless. If I didn't know better I'd say it looks pretty suspicious.
shado 5 years ago
god is a ten year old with an ant farm ... good luck preying to that
Load More Replies... lith 5 years ago
im grateful to not be in an evacuation zone (yet? 💦) but our air quality rating has been over 500 this weekend, my only exposure to the outside air has been when i open & close the door to let the dog out and just thAT throws me into a massive coughing fit, i cant imagine being closer to the fires or how people are still working outside or senior and people with compromised immune systems, or all the animals being exposed and/or left its all so concerning. it looked like an orange tinted silent hill outside and a little yellow ice cream truck drove our road, talk about surreal and eerie as hell. i hope everyone stays safe :+(
Draga Millani 5 years ago
I've been thinking about all of the forest animals, especially birds, too
Regina Phalange 5 years ago
i live in ca, frigging insane 2 or 3 days ago 10am looked like 10PM
Christina Mo 5 years ago
I used to live in San Francisco and it’s so heartbreaking to see this happening. I’m worried for the future.
Micah Pettit 5 years ago
View from my driveway here in Grants Pass, Oregon. You can see the sun... sort of... it's that teeeeny tiny little dot above my neighbor's tree. IMG_202009...be714a.jpg
Todd Hollfelder 5 years ago
This reminds me very much of the Oakland/Berkeley Hills fires in the early 90s. I knew something was up when the light peeking around the closed curtains was orange. Don't forget to protect your lungs from permanent damage.
GirlandProudofit 5 years ago (edited)
Well that's better than the choking smoke I'm experiencing right now -A portlander
Lisa Pockat Bork 5 years ago
Sending prayers for everyone involved. Can't imagine how scary it must be.
Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
Stepping outside yesterday was dark and weird and orange and bizarre. Never experienced anything like it. I thought it was cool as hell, and took lots of photos. Today is bright yellow.
Nothanks L. Walk 5 years ago
Weeeeell we did warn them. Decades and decades ago. But noooooo, they had to know better. Let's set up a UN commission to return this land to the indian tribes that once lived in harmony with it. I mean once the muricans have all burned, of course. Just clearing them out would be barbaric. Muricanic, in fact.
AflyingSquirrel 5 years ago
Weeeeell, if the "muricans" all died, you will be at war with the entire earth and me because a lot of americans are immigrants who have a green card, and although I am not American, my friends are. what you are describing (burning entire nation of people) is genocide.
Load More Replies... qwerty 5 years ago
I have to keep saying this, don't I? IT'S NOT ARSON. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER. IT'S F*UCKING CLIMATE CHANGE (excuse my language).
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