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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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Jane W. 5 years ago
I live in the Bay Area. This was two days ago and was totally bizarre. No daylight until noon, and then red-orange. There are no fires nearby, just Mother Nature blowing the smoke around. We'll all be glad when this is over, but the silver lining is that it has kept the temperatures down.
Cheryl Fontaine 5 years ago
In PA now, but lived on the west coast my entire life, over 60 years... there has never been anything like this! Praying for you all, people, animals, homes, all life. Be safe!
Suzanne Clark 5 years ago
Or, as one of Louise Penny's characters says: I'm fine = F***ked up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Egotistical.
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Mel Schmidt 5 years ago
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 5 years ago
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.
XianJaguar 5 years ago
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.
Load More Replies... Bob Peterson 5 years ago
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?
Bob Peterson 5 years ago
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. .
Jason Harmon 5 years ago
Haven't California policies exasperated the problem? Vote out those politicians.
Lyone Fein 5 years ago
The fires were started by a human pyrotechnic device. Climate change had nothing to do with it.
Paige Garberding 5 years ago
It's heartbreaking to know that so much pristine beauty, flora and fawna, is being destroyed.
Osprey 5 years ago
Climate change is not the culprit, bad forestry practices is the cause. Clear underbrush. Use all the tree huggers as labor.
GFSTaylor 5 years ago
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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Oregon wildfires making it look straight apocalyptic
A Random Panda 5 years ago
Sounds like the book that comes after "Under the Blood Red Sun."
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Caroleann Mc Callion 5 years ago
That looks like it's been adapted from a story by Stephen King.
Friedlander Rosenzweig 5 years ago
People keep asking me me “when we’re you getting out of Chicago- it’s so dangerous?” That’s a subjective question and after living in Santa Monica/the Valley/Chatsworth in ‘93/‘94 and sampling the effects of wildfires, mudslides, Santa Ana Winds, smog and my fave- earthquakes, I tell them 🎼“it’s my kind of town, Chicago is.”🎼
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.
Catherine Todd 5 years ago (edited)
Exactly! Laundry Sauce: people ARE talking about the wildfires, but The tRUMP has set our world on fire and every day we are in his Path of Destruction. God save us all. Hope you manage to get out allright. Hugs
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Kristin Ingersoll 5 years ago
Ummm. Everyone is talking about these wildfires. Its horrifying! But we are all talking about it. We are allowed to be concerned about more than one issue at a time.
Scott Brynildsen 5 years ago
Um, we are. My friends in Europe and Australia ask me almost daily if I'm safe and okay. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT, you're probably not paying attention.
Catherine Todd 5 years ago
Scott Brynildsen, I don't think your comment "you're probably not paying attention" is very helpful since this person is probably LIVING THROUGH IT. What kind of hard-hearted, judgmental person are you to post such a mean and thoughtless statement? Delete or edit your comment now and YOU "pay attention" to the words that fall from YOUR mouth!
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Sandra Gamache 5 years ago
We are talking about these fires in Canada!! Feeling so helpless. Stay safe.
AflyingSquirrel 5 years ago
I wish those things would stop, there's corona, australian fires, oregon and california fires, and a ton of other tragic stuff.
Angela Allen Simms 5 years ago
the country has a fake 45 who has rolled back or decimated all of the environmental protections because it fill his ego and pockets!! And those who are complicit are enabling the death of a country and planet for the sake of making more money than they will ever need...but it's ok for the people to die and lose their jobs and education and well you know the rest if you're paying any attention at all. I hope you don't choke on those lies you sold your sole (spelling correct) for...the devil (I don't believe in) returned to sender, fake 45.
Lilith Hollis 5 years ago
People are talking about these wildfires from Glasgow Scotland stay safe x
Kathi Schwartz 5 years ago
People are talking. It takes up a greater part of the news. PS, my sister lives in Silverton.
Linda Robinett 5 years ago
My newspaper is covering the Oregon fires well but then again, I live in Northern California
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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.
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
Please evacuate and have your baby someplace safe—-where skies are blue and the air is clean, and not red and full of smoke and ash. Please!
Todd Hollfelder 5 years ago
Yeesh! Mask to shield from viruses. Pregnant. Dirty air. Soot and ash in your lungs. Social tension. Why?
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semelina pitrone 5 years ago
#TheEarthIsFuckedUpButYesSaveTheEarthAnyways!!!!!
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KT 5 years ago
Good grief, most fires have been started by stupid people doing stupid sh*t. Take the dumb asses in Cali who started a horrendous fire with their stupid gender party smoke machine
AflyingSquirrel 5 years ago (edited)
??? I don't see how those (gender and fire) are related why they do that???
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Heather Hayllar 5 years ago
We are dreading the fire season starting here in Australia this coming summer! Hasn't the world had enough? Climate Change is REAL people
Sharon Miller 5 years ago
No, these fires are the result of poor environmental practices: not allowing the cutting of dead or sick trees, not clearing up the scrub brush on the forest floors, etc. And then of course there are the people who purposely or accidently start fires. Very stupid.
Amanda Schaffer 5 years ago
@postbordem yes. Selective thinning a logging term, it removes underbrush and trees, allowing others to grow. Our forests are dense, and without logging, yes. Clearcuts too. We have no break in the fires, it’s thousands of acres up in smoke. They referenced the thinning and logging after AU burned. This had long been established on the west coast until the political elite decided otherwise.
qwerty 5 years ago
See, what you call "selective forest thinning" is a natural process. As far as natural history goes, there are small wildfires which clear the dangerous underbrush. It also clears dried, dead trees. When humans "selectively thin" forests, they cut down strong, healthy trees that animals use for shelter and breeding. These fires are caused by climate change.
Load More Replies... Amanda Schaffer 5 years ago
Hi. Oregonian here. These are set fires, the arson is confirmed on at least a dozen. Check out the satellite image.. the spread and size? this is ALL due to our over reaching government not allowing us to maintain, log, and thin our forests.
Katy McMouse 5 years ago
Completely agree. "Wild" infers a natural environmental progression, such as necessary fires that promote new growth, whereas there is nothing natural about this.
izraul hidashi 5 years ago
Yes...climate fires. So many places on Earth are hotter than west coast, and they're all on fire. : /
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
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
That's Mo's restaurant. My sister in law lives within walking distance. (She's fine).
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Linda Robinett 5 years ago
Yep, all the lights that turn on at night were still on in Sonoma County
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
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
Awww. I would love to see it. Unfortunately I m stuck in time unable to move
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Judy Gram 5 years ago
The daughter and grandson of the man who started the Enchanted Forest both perished in the fires. The grandson’s mother is in critical condition in a burn unit.
Fieke Engelen 5 years ago
My condolences, a very sad time for you. Please, be well
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Colleen Garland 5 years ago
I know that place. My daughter in law took a picture of Sherwood that was beautiful but sad.
Irish Rose 5 years ago
So sad. I know family of poor Wyatt and this broke me. I can't imagine the loss they feel..
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Brittania Kelli 5 years ago
My parents live in the harbour there. The air is so bad they have to stay pretty much all the time in the upper bedroom that has an air conditioner with a good filter. This is the town that Lincoln City got evacuated to.
gracefullikeagazelle 5 years ago
For a split second I thought those were people taking shelter...
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elfin 5 years ago
Perhaps it's the earth that isn't too fond of us these days, given all the destruction we've caused.
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Paige Garberding 5 years ago
Mother Nature hates us all for the death and destruction we've inflicted on Her out of greed and our callous disregard for all of the life She supports. We volunteered for this.
Heather Hayllar 5 years ago
2020 seems to be a Year of nightmares, horror and hate for the whole world
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Laura Lampert 5 years ago
Trees need to burn from time to time. Not allowing them to burn increases the amount of fuel, so that when it finally happens, it's horrendous and impossible to control.
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GSMountainWolf 4 years ago
Ooohhh…..I will pray for you…that is a bad fire destroying beautiful land
Two Silly Pups 5 years ago
and to think that the fires in California are caused by one idiot with fireworks..😭😭😭 my heart is broken, the humans don't deserve this beautiful planet..
Ellen Daniels 5 years ago
How about instead of prayers (or in addition to, if you really believe that prayer leads to intercession...) send MONETARY support for fighting the fires... And/or find out how you can assist the families of firefighters out there.
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Lilith Hollis 5 years ago
OMG I am sending love and light to you all I hope you and all the residents are safe x
Paige Garberding 5 years ago
I hope you and your loved ones got out safely. The Force be with you.
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Janet Bird 5 years ago
Why are we trying to get to another planet? We'd only trash that one too.
Melissa Powell 5 years ago
I lived in California for many years, fires every summer and fall. Not like this, not ever like this.
TheHolyFatherOfToast 5 years ago
Mars is looking PRETTY good right now compared to Earth. At least there, we don't have to worry about politicians. At least I hope so
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Steve 5 years ago
Having lived through it, going to have to disagree with you there.
Load More Replies... Heather Hayllar 5 years ago
We are all thinking of you and hoping this ends for you soon. Sadly yours will end and our fire season begins. Climate change is definitely not helping. When are the worlds politicians going to actually do the right things TOGETHER?
Vicki Perizzolo 5 years ago
we know - believe me - the entire western part of the US Is on fire...stay safe!
Melissa Powell 5 years ago
No, CA knows that. Washington too. Climate change will F**k us all.
Ellen Daniels 5 years ago
"We heard?" Sounds highly unlikely, and...pardon the pun....inflamatory.
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Todd Hollfelder 5 years ago
Oddly complimentary! When it's all over I'd put an orange film over the windows.
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Melissa Hammond 5 years ago
That blood red sky is frightening, but weirdly beautiful. Imagine what the ancients would've thought.
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qwerty 5 years ago
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.
Noel Bovae 5 years ago
My daughter and i saw the most beautiful sunset the other day. It was orange & red with smoke? stripes running through it. Kills my heart all the death & destruction these fires are causing, but my gd does it make the sun; moon & sky gorgeous, sometimes.
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GSMountainWolf 4 years ago
The moon looks like this here in Idaho too, sometimes. Stay safe, Oregon. I’m sorry about all of this
Capelli rosa e patate 5 years ago
Damn, now you have to worry about those darn bokoblins as well 😖
Vicki Perizzolo 5 years ago
our sun dawned bright red a couple of days ago down here in So Cal..horrific
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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.
elfin 5 years ago
This could clear pretty quickly if the winds kick up, but that makes the fires worse. We need rain.
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Virginia Stackhouse 5 years ago
I think the end may be coming :/ I'm not prepared Acts 2:19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; Scary to think about
Hafsa Fathima 5 years ago
It is already clearing up around Portland... Thank you God and firefighters and rain... Sweet,sweet light drizzle rain.
Irish Rose 5 years ago
My uncle is house sitting so no one will loot the place he's staying at! Tragity can bring it the worst!!
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Irish Rose 5 years ago
My husband n daughter work in Albany at Clayton. They have to work in this!!
Nothanks L. Walk 5 years ago
Ugh I will be so happy to never see grammar that attrocious again after that continent burns down.
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Sarah 901 5 years ago
And it’s literally snowing in Colorado while there are wildfires I’m like what- idk what the point in this was but PPL CLIMATE CHANGE IS REALLLL
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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
Melissa Powell 5 years ago
Santa Anas, help nothing. Won't clean the air, will spread the fires. OMG!!!
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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
Loraine D.G. MacGinness 5 years ago
Absolutely awful both for you and the firemen ! Hoping it will be under control soon x
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elfin 5 years ago
It is entirely possibly that 2021 will be worse for wildfires and other climate catastrophes. It's not as though we're fixing the climate change problem.
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William Secoske 5 years ago
Human race: Nooooo! you can't do any super disasters 2020: haha yellowstone go boom.
Jacqueline James Scotia Mottern 5 years ago
LA loves you San Fran, please stay safe and stay inside.
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Oregon fires have moved so much ash into Northern California that the sky is almost red
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Vicki Perizzolo 5 years ago
Climate change has been real since WWII -- that's when the turning point began
Fernleaf6505 5 years ago (edited)
waking up and finding that you're on an entirely different planet is definitely terrifying
qwerty 5 years ago
How many times will I have to explain this?!?! CUTTING DOWN TREES DOES NOT HELP. STOP SAYING IT DOES.
Load More Replies... qwerty 5 years ago
Obviously a hundred wildfires are no biggie. Why should we be panicking? It's just our homes and the states we love. On top of a pandemic. Stop acting like it's not a big deal, because it is, and it was preventable.
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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.
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.
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