Texas has been getting a lot of emigrants from California for yesrs. But now it seems they’re also bringing some of their fires with them to our Panhandle.
@phendrick At least most of the panhandle is just grassland, low scrub, or farm, all of which can still burn but with a lot less fuel to send crap downwind.
If East and Central Texas gets a two-month drought in July and August (it has happened before) we could see some unstoppable fires starting in early September due to the extra-luxuriant overgrowth that has happened in our prolonged wet winter and spring. But if the El Niño weather pattern sets in, we’ll stay wet through next year.
@Kyeh Thanks for asking. The closest one is about 20 miles away; far enough away to not be a danger but close enough to feel the effects in the air as if it was the 1970s and 1980s all over again.
@Kyeh nope - safely on the other coast in NY. We got yesterday what they so desperately need in CA - LOTS of rain. Thanks for asking, tho! Hope all in CA are safe.
@Kyeh@narfcake Yeah, I’ve lived in the beach cities of LA since the 1970s. The irony about it is that back then, at the beach, they had real smog days that hurt your lungs. Today there is no comparison. Even the bad old inlands of today are not as bad as what I was breathing in the 1970s.
@Kyeh@narfcake Nope. Nothing like the Alta-Dena/Palisades fires. THOSE were nightmares incarnate.
I think we have had cold weather leading into summer, so I think the “bad” summer in LA will be mild overall.
@Kyeh@narfcake I remember riding in a car while visiting the LA area as a child in the mid-60’s. It was summer, hot and humid. No A/C but if the window was rolled down, the thick smog burned my eyes and throat. So I suffered the heat. Nasty stuff.
@cfg83@Kyeh@narfcake Once I was in Riverside for a carillon conference. It rained briefly. I was shocked to see mountains in the morning (late 70’s I think).
@Kidsandliz@Kyeh@narfcake The best time to be in LA is the day after it rains. I would tell any tourist to go to the New Getty Museum, because there is a walkway that ends up pointing almost due South (see the “X” below). You get a gorgeous greater than 180 degrees view of LA that is clean-air spectacular.
Good. There are some of the smaller incidents in my County but nothing near me. And then I read about the chemical s*** and Garden Grove and I just want to weep. The crap we do
@Cerridwyn Yes, it’s so terrible. We got a week of cool rainy weather here so it’s better for now but the snowpack is about 20% (I think?) of what it should be so I’m worried for the summer.
@Cerridwyn@Kyeh
I can’t remember what the el niño impacts are, but hopefully they’ll be bringing rain to those areas that needed it and without flooding the areas that don’t.
@Cerridwyn Thankfully, it looks like the explosion threat is gone. They are saying the chemical is curing into a solid “paper weight” of plexiglass. If that happens, then I hope an artist carves it into something. Lemons to lemonade and such.
Out in the Midwest where there is water and no fire. But hope you all (and everyone else) stay safe.
IT FEELS like we are trying to burn the whole world down intentionally. Prediction: Something something “releases” the water/denies federal aid/disaster status cause blatant corruption.
God be with you during this devasting time. Peace be with you and keep you still !
Texas has been getting a lot of emigrants from California for yesrs. But now it seems they’re also bringing some of their fires with them to our Panhandle.
@phendrick At least most of the panhandle is just grassland, low scrub, or farm, all of which can still burn but with a lot less fuel to send crap downwind.
If East and Central Texas gets a two-month drought in July and August (it has happened before) we could see some unstoppable fires starting in early September due to the extra-luxuriant overgrowth that has happened in our prolonged wet winter and spring. But if the El Niño weather pattern sets in, we’ll stay wet through next year.
I’m horrified about this.
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@Cerridwyn How close are they to you? @narfcake, @lisaviolet how are you doing?
I can’t remember who else is in CA - @Ybmug, aren’t you there too?
@Kyeh Thanks for asking. The closest one is about 20 miles away; far enough away to not be a danger but close enough to feel the effects in the air as if it was the 1970s and 1980s all over again.
/image 1970s LA smog
/image 1980s LA smog
@narfcake
Glad you’re safe but ugh, that smoky air is so foul.
@Kyeh nope - safely on the other coast in NY. We got yesterday what they so desperately need in CA - LOTS of rain. Thanks for asking, tho! Hope all in CA are safe.
@Kyeh @narfcake Yeah, I’ve lived in the beach cities of LA since the 1970s. The irony about it is that back then, at the beach, they had real smog days that hurt your lungs. Today there is no comparison. Even the bad old inlands of today are not as bad as what I was breathing in the 1970s.
@ybmuG Oh, hah - the opposite side of the country! Please send that rain westward.
@narfcake Oh, that’s right, @cfg83 - you’re an LA resident. Is it smoky there, though?
@Kyeh @narfcake Nope. Nothing like the Alta-Dena/Palisades fires. THOSE were nightmares incarnate.
I think we have had cold weather leading into summer, so I think the “bad” summer in LA will be mild overall.
@cfg83 @narfcake I hope you’re right.
@Kyeh @narfcake I remember riding in a car while visiting the LA area as a child in the mid-60’s. It was summer, hot and humid. No A/C but if the window was rolled down, the thick smog burned my eyes and throat. So I suffered the heat. Nasty stuff.
@cfg83 @Kyeh @narfcake Once I was in Riverside for a carillon conference. It rained briefly. I was shocked to see mountains in the morning (late 70’s I think).
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @narfcake The best time to be in LA is the day after it rains. I would tell any tourist to go to the New Getty Museum, because there is a walkway that ends up pointing almost due South (see the “X” below). You get a gorgeous greater than 180 degrees view of LA that is clean-air spectacular.
@cfg83 @Kidsandliz @narfcake Nice! I’ve never been to LA, although we once drove past it going from San Diego to SF.
@cfg83 @Kidsandliz @Kyeh @narfcake those mountains are awesome to look at through an old school telephoto lens
I see them every day, unless I don’t go outside
PANS! GLANDS! CRAYONS! AWESOME!
We’re safe down here in our corner of the state. So far.
Thanks for asking.
@lisaviolet Glad to hear it!
Good. There are some of the smaller incidents in my County but nothing near me. And then I read about the chemical s*** and Garden Grove and I just want to weep. The crap we do
@Cerridwyn Yes, it’s so terrible. We got a week of cool rainy weather here so it’s better for now but the snowpack is about 20% (I think?) of what it should be so I’m worried for the summer.
@Cerridwyn @Kyeh
I can’t remember what the el niño impacts are, but hopefully they’ll be bringing rain to those areas that needed it and without flooding the areas that don’t.
@chienfou @Kyeh https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/19/climate/super-el-nino-impacts-history-climate
Just for you
@Cerridwyn Thankfully, it looks like the explosion threat is gone. They are saying the chemical is curing into a solid “paper weight” of plexiglass. If that happens, then I hope an artist carves it into something. Lemons to lemonade and such.
Out in the Midwest where there is water and no fire. But hope you all (and everyone else) stay safe.
IT FEELS like we are trying to burn the whole world down intentionally. Prediction: Something something “releases” the water/denies federal aid/disaster status cause blatant corruption.
I know that Calf is Hot Stuff
, not that type of Hot stuff. I just hope ALL the Calf, Mehizens are safe!