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posted by martyb on Sunday August 05 2018, @07:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the definitely-does-NOT-look-like-Kansas-any-more dept.

KTLA-TV reports:

As authorities sifted the rubble from the fire that burned more than 1,000 residences in Shasta County, they were startled by what they encountered. A soaring transmission tower was tipped over. Tiles were torn off the roofs of homes. Massive trees were uprooted.

Vehicles were moved. In one spot, a fence post was bent around a tree, with the bark on one side sheared off.

[...] This was not typical wildfire damage. Rather, it was strong evidence of a giant, powerful spinning vortex that accompanied the Carr fire on July 26. The tornado-like condition, lasting an hour and a half and fueled by extreme heat and intensely dry brush as California heats up to record levels, was captured in dramatic videos that have come to symbolize the destructive power of what is now California's sixth-most destructive fire.

Wikipedia has an article on fire whirls.


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @10:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @10:13PM (#717640)

    these transexuals, transvestites, transgenders, etc. who populate California

    Come on, now. We've all seen the movie. They're from Transylvania.

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