Terrifying images show fiery column looming over Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe

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Katie Dowd Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 6:08 p.m.



Wildfire cameras captured terrifying images Monday afternoon of the massive column of smoke and flames rising up from the Caldor Fire burning near Lake Tahoe.

The wildfire camera positioned on Leek Spring Hill, about 40 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, showed the blaze looking more like an erupting volcano than the type of wildfires that Californians are sadly accustomed to.

"Radar shows the smoke plume at about 20,000 feet," said Cory Mueller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Sacramento office. "For a fire, that’s pretty good."

"It's very scary," said Neil Lareau, a professor of atmospheric sciences in the department of physics at the University of Nevada at Reno who studies wildfire-generated weather. "We have the worst mix of things you could put together for fires, which is a combination of dry vegetation, strong, shifting winds and an atmosphere conducive to these deep smoke plumes."......................

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I was hiking around Lake emerald and Tahoe area about 5 years ago. So magnificent--and peaceful.
This is beyond terrifying to see.




-Updates: Get info on the Caldor Fire from the El Dorado National Forest.
-Information line: [phone]
-Maps: Find from the U.S. Forest Service.


“Terrifying images show fiery column looming over Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe” Oh, hell…

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Guy Tucker photographed the Caldor Fire 3 miles due west from Fair Play, Calif., late Monday night on Aug. 16, 2021.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. friend of mine blames this on poor to no management . hem

2 dry years of drought and trees infested with bark beetles and weekened from other drought . its a tinder box. eep.

[Mr.Bill]

2. Tell your friend that most of the forest

in California is owned by the Federal Government. Why did Trump let their forests get in this condition?

[Grokenstein]

5. After all, he had the answer the whole time!

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/08/20/trump-blames-california-for-wildfires-tells-state-you-gotta-clean-your-floors-1311059

A monstrously stupid bastard and a monstrously stupid administration.

[multigraincracker]

8. It was poor or no management

of carbon in the atmosphere.

[hatrack]

9. Precisely this

Nice planet we had there. Shame we let something bad happen to it.

[burrowowl]

3. Scary images!

[riversedge]

4. Traffic nightmare unfolds as Caldor Fire near Tahoe triggers more evacuations

California Wildfires
Traffic nightmare unfolds as Caldor Fire near Tahoe triggers more evacuations


https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/Wildfire-near-Lake-Tahoe-triggers-more-evacuations-16392127.php
Photo of Amy Graff
Amy Graff
, SFGATE
Aug. 17, 2021
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 7:49 p.m.




UPDATE Aug. 17, 7:46 p.m. More mandatory evacuations have been ordered Tuesday evening for the following areas:....................................

[calimary]

6. Eerie, that last one. I see a face in there.

Looks like a guy with glasses and a right-side part in his hair. Roy Orbison ones to mind.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. This is horrific. My friend is in Tahoe.

[riversedge]

10. WHOW--this fire is HUGE........Taken from Hwy 395 and Painters Lane. Several homes being lost.

Animals gone also unless outran it.

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[riversedge]

11. 7h Driving conditions on Mormon emigrant trail at the #caldorfire 6 or so miles east of Jenkinson l

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[riversedge]

12. The pyrocumulonimbus clouds being produced by the #DixieFire are producing frequent lightning, inclu

Nature is beautiful --

I know it is dangerous but have to say, this pic is really spectacular.



The pyrocumulonimbus clouds being produced by the #DixieFire are producing frequent lightning, including several cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in the last 20 minutes, which could potentially spark new fires. #CAwx #CAfire

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[riversedge]

13. @NWSSacramento · 1h Satellite Here is the latest satellite data showing the growth of the #DixieFire

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Satellite Here is the latest satellite data showing the growth of the #DixieFire, #McFarlandFire, and the #CaldorFire from this morning's #MODIS pass over #NorCal. With critical fire weather in the forecast, please continue to practice fire weather safety. #CAwx #CAfire

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[riversedge]

14. Updated version of the Red Flag Warning graphic. Red Flag Warning is in effect through 8pm Wednesday

Warning sign Updated version of the Red Flag Warning graphic. Red Flag Warning is in effect through 8pm Wednesday due to gusty winds & extremely dry conditions.

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[Mr.Bill]

15. In California this is known as

Summer.

[pfitz59]

16. I grew up in Placerville and Weaverville

Both being threatened by fire. The trillion$ spent on Afghanistan and the shit-gibbon's wall could have been spent on fuels reduction (AKA "raking the forest" ) Politicians are too busy pissing on each other to care.