[JohnM]

Any outdoors farmers from California on the forum? … just wondering, how many fine outdoor cannabis crops have the wildfires destroyed in California over the last 6 months?

[Ringodoggie]

I am also curious about this. And, if anyone lost their home or property.

The news here makes it sound like the entire state burned to the ground. But in Houston this year, when the hurricane came though, the news made it look like the whole state was flooded and devastated but my friends that lived there said the news kept showing the same few flooded streets over and over. My buddy in North Houston said they had some rain and strong wind. Nothing he hadn't seen in Ohio all his life. The news has to make it all look like death and destruction to get ratings.

So, how bad was it, really. From the horse's mouth. I hope not as bad as they want us to think.

[JohnM]

There is far more intentional "fake news" these days than accurate truthful news, you can bet on that. Visit the Clinton News Network or CNN for all the "fake news" you can stand.

[troutman]

What's Clinton or Fake News have to do with wildfires?

[St. Phatty]

The Napa Sonoma fires wiped out a fair number of Cannabis farms.

The Ventura Santa Barbara fires, threatened Oprah's home in Montecito & is currently at 280,000+ acres.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/vi...0&output=embed

[MJPassion]

These freaky fires aren’t natural!

Y’all stay safe!

[Ringodoggie]

Originally Posted by St. Phatty

The Napa Sonoma fires wiped out a fair number of Cannabis farms.

The Ventura Santa Barbara fires, threatened Oprah's home in Montecito & is currently at 280,000+ acres.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/vi...0&output=embed

It looks like all the fires are South, closer to Santa Barabara and South. I thought the fertile area of Cali was way further North.

280,000 acres is still only 0.2% of the total land area in Cali. Not that it isn't a lot of land and trees but, like I said, in Ohio they are making us think the state of Cali is uninhabitable from fire.

[JohnM]

Originally Posted by St. Phatty

The Napa Sonoma fires wiped out a fair number of Cannabis farms.

The Ventura Santa Barbara fires, threatened Oprah's home in Montecito & is currently at 280,000+ acres.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/vi...0&output=embed

Thanks... large scale wildfire, earthquake and hurricane damage is a horror every it happens.

[russjcan]

Originally Posted by JohnM

There is far more intentional "fake news" these days than accurate truthful news, you can bet on that. Visit the Clinton News Network or CNN for all the "fake news" you can stand.

What kind of weed are you smoking?

[MedResearcher]

The emerald triangle has fire season, every year. Every year the forest is on fire, if its not, someone will light a fire.

Sounds strange. Sadly it is the truth. There is a giant economy based on fighting forest fires, and harvesting the timber after the fire. Corporate greed of big money, all the way down to locals just wanting work. Its a giant machine.

The current fires in So Cal lately, are a big deal because they are ripping through rich areas that don't typically burn out of control. As well its the middle of the winter, not a typical fire season.

If I don't inhale forest fire smoke for more than thirty days in a year, I consider it a good fire year. We have had bulldozer lines cut directly around our garden by the USFS and Calfire.

Gardens do burn though. Think a well known breeder or two from Mendo this last year, lost crops to fire. Have a friend who is a wild land fire fighter, he told me he has had families ask them to save the crop before the house (which they aren't allowed to do).

Few years back was a bad year, lightning strike fires. Trinity Pines, which is densely populated with canna gardens was evacuated. A large Hmong community refused to leave. They built fire line with shovels and even their bare hands. Saved their own gardens, then proceeded to help save the neighbors. Most of the Pines was saved, the USFS/CalFire was going to let it burn.

Overall the fires do get some gardens. Not enough to even dent overall production though. There are gardens everywhere, all over California. Every year new gardens go up. You do see some empty ones now, that have been shut down. For every shut down garden I would guess there are 10 new ones. Its like whack a mole. Also its a giant economy as well. The politicians may talk like they want to shut it down, but none of them dare. Way to many jobs, to much money. If the black market was shut down in Cali it would probably cause a pretty huge recession.

Mr^^