Talk:Carr Fire
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Shasta Lake City Evacuation
editCurrently, the City of Shasta Lake is not under an evacuation despite Cal Fire reporting that it is. The misinformation is reported on the Shasta Lake Official Website Subterranean (talk) 19:59, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Impact on Railroad Operations
editOn July 27 Union Pacific reported that it had voluntarily shut down its main line (ex-Southern Pacific Valley Line) in the area at the request of Cal Fire. [1] Also, Amtrak reported that the Coast Starlight was being "disrupted" between Klamath Falls and Sacramento, with no alternate service available at this time. [2] 2601:645:4301:5360:888B:E7D4:BB60:529D (talk) 07:16, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
Name
editWhy is it called the Carr Fire? Mwanner | Talk 00:07, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Not sure, but usually fires are named after the place they started burning. It would be good for the article to include this, though. Alex of Canada (talk) 01:28, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- When I first heard of the fire just now on the radio, I naturally heard it as "car fire". When, after scrolling down past a number of "Car fire..." articles, I found this article with the "Carr" spelling, my confusion cleared up...until I saw that it is thought to have been started by a "mechanical vehicle malfunction", and I was re-confused. I wonder whether emergency personnel referred to it at first as a "car fire", which quickly got misunderstood as it "exploded" in size. --Thnidu (talk) 16:21, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- See Events section. There is a description "at the intersection of Highway 299 and Carr Powerhouse Road".―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 20:52, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks, I missed that! Mwanner | Talk 01:23, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
- Just for future reference, on mapping services Carr Powerhouse Road appears as South Shore Drive. There is a carved and brightly painted wooden sign at this intersection that says "Carr Powerhouse". You can see this sign in Google Street View and in Bing Streetside. There does not appear to be any official sign to tell people that the road's name is S. Shore Dr., so people assume that the road is called Carr Powerhouse Road. Abductive (reasoning) 01:36, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- In addition to the wooden sign, there is a an official? road sign in both directions too[3],[4].―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 02:13, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- Somebody needs to tell Google they're wrong. Shasta County GIS has it as Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse Rd. Abductive (reasoning) 06:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- In addition to the wooden sign, there is a an official? road sign in both directions too[3],[4].―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 02:13, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- Just for future reference, on mapping services Carr Powerhouse Road appears as South Shore Drive. There is a carved and brightly painted wooden sign at this intersection that says "Carr Powerhouse". You can see this sign in Google Street View and in Bing Streetside. There does not appear to be any official sign to tell people that the road's name is S. Shore Dr., so people assume that the road is called Carr Powerhouse Road. Abductive (reasoning) 01:36, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks, I missed that! Mwanner | Talk 01:23, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
- See Events section. There is a description "at the intersection of Highway 299 and Carr Powerhouse Road".―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 20:52, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- When I first heard of the fire just now on the radio, I naturally heard it as "car fire". When, after scrolling down past a number of "Car fire..." articles, I found this article with the "Carr" spelling, my confusion cleared up...until I saw that it is thought to have been started by a "mechanical vehicle malfunction", and I was re-confused. I wonder whether emergency personnel referred to it at first as a "car fire", which quickly got misunderstood as it "exploded" in size. --Thnidu (talk) 16:21, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
I'm glad I browsed through the talk page before asking my question! I was attempting to locate the intersection of Carr Powerhouse Rd and CA-299 and I couldn't find it. I can alert Google to the error. But I feel weird about doing so, as I've never even been to Redding. I'm just a weirdo who likes to look at burn scars on Google Maps 😆 Caitlin.swartz (talk) 11:42, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Ps. Any user can alert Google to errors in maps...if a local would prefer to do so. Caitlin.swartz (talk) 11:43, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
percent?
editThe key at the top of the chart reads
- Gray: contained; Red: active; %: percent contained;
There are no percentages in the chart, just a lone "%" sign in the (all-red) bar of the first row.
Thnidu (talk) 16:10, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Pinging User:Phoenix7777 :) Missvain (talk) 16:27, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- I don't understand what you pointed out. There are % numbers in the all row. (0%, 24%, 10%, 6%,...)―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 20:54, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Pinging User:Phoenix7777 :) Missvain (talk) 16:27, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
Why locked?
editJust curious. Was going to make a few edits but see that it's been semi-protected, though there's no deets on the talk page. 60.248.185.19 (talk) 08:39, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
- Have a look in the page history, there was some persistent vandalism over the last day or so. Feel free to propose a change here and I or someone else will make sure it gets added to the page. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 14:07, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks.
- Section heading "Air quality and meteorological" needs to be changed. Maybe just "Air quality"?
- In the first sentence, maybe "in California, United States" can be changed to "in the US state of California."
- forty-nine percent > 49 percent
- five to seventeen percent > 5 to 17 percent
- Wikilink first instance of "National Guard."
- 60.248.185.19 (talk) 03:36, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks.
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Pyrotornado
editAccording to recent developments, including the 2020 tornado from the Loyalton Fire, the National Weather Service had determined under these conditions it is an actual tornado and not just a fire whirl. I understand that this is new information so I didn't want to make major changes to the article without discussion. However, as reference material, kindly refer to Draft:Pyrotornado. Kind regards. 2605:6000:151C:1DA8:18AC:4B04:6136:420B (talk) 04:21, 20 September 2020 (UTC)