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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread -Adventures in Being Next to a 18544 Acre Fire, 5% Contain
« on: September 17, 2014, 08:54:54 am »
Yes.

18544 acres, meaning about 29 square miles. I am DEFINITELY seeing and smelling smoke.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread -Adventures in Being Next to a 12780 Acre Fire, 5% Contain
« on: September 17, 2014, 08:28:26 am »
Assume some progress.

Would "Mor was waiting just outside, and when Telcontar left, he nearly ran into everyone's favorite skeleton whose gender is HATRED?

If you guys need, I can roll checks to resolve this, but I'd rather y'all handle it.


It did NOT cross 50. They are holding the line!

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread -Adventures in Being Next to a 11570 Acre Fire, 5% Contain
« on: September 16, 2014, 09:14:17 pm »
The fire you are choking on is the Weed fire, I believe.

Which is also a horrible fire. Half the area has been evacuated and LOTS of buildings burned.

EDIT: FUCK IT JUMPED 50

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread -Adventures in Being Next to a 11570 Acre Fire, 5% Contain
« on: September 16, 2014, 08:45:49 pm »
We are up to about 20 square miles.

Despite the heroic effort of Mary from Oregon, the other pilots, and California fire crews from everywhere, it's spreading in every direction.

Still about twenty miles away, but with local winds headed West, fingers crossed.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread -Adventures in Being Next to a 11500 Acre Fire, 5% Contain
« on: September 16, 2014, 09:17:31 am »
18 square miles.

If it spreads the direction that it is, it's going to get all kinds of huge.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Next to a 8600 Acre Fire, 5% Contain
« on: September 15, 2014, 09:40:16 pm »
12,000 gallons or 45,000 liters.

To be clear, this fire is estimated at 34.8 square kilometers or 13.44 square miles.

If you look closely at the latest images, you'll see a finger creeping towards where I live.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Next to a 8600 Acre Fire, 5% Contain
« on: September 15, 2014, 08:43:15 pm »
Placerville, California.

Oregon isn't that far.  Portland?

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Next to a 3900 Acre Fire
« on: September 15, 2014, 08:18:25 pm »
Placerville, roughly. Near the Red Hawk.

Are you in El Dorado County?

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Next to a 3900 Acre Fire
« on: September 15, 2014, 08:05:54 pm »
There are a dozen fires going on in California.

Basically, assume that things will get much worse. Not enough resources.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Next to a 3900 Acre Fire
« on: September 15, 2014, 07:06:53 pm »
Very Large Air Tanker.

It's expected to be over 10,000 acres. It's going to put the Rim Fire to shame.

Ask again later, please. I have been listening to and providing updates live from the scanner all day.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Next to a 3900 Acre Fire
« on: September 15, 2014, 06:47:52 pm »
And the new resources are being diverted elsewhere.

This is getting really bad. Weed might burn down. The VLAT's are diverting.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Next to a 3900 Acre Fire
« on: September 15, 2014, 06:40:49 pm »
No. Too close to me.

Update : the fire is spreading dramatically. A dozen firefighters were caught in a "wall of flame that a DC-10 couldn't stop."

They had to RUNLIKEFUCK, uphill, for nearly an hour. Minor injuries.

Houses are burning. The retardant lines have been flanked. They are trying desperately to keep 50 open and I highly doubt that they will succeed. Choppers are rotating for fuel.

Basically, it went from bad to worse. Thank God nobody died.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Next to a 3900 Acre Fire
« on: September 15, 2014, 09:36:04 am »
Additional information :

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=df8bcc10430f48878b01c96e907a1fc3


September 15, 2014 at 7:19 AM

500 homes remain threatened

With the sun slowly rising above the hills, the lingering smoke from the King Fire will start to lift. While we can expect this for the next week at least, air quality will be a concern to sensitive groups, including young children, seniors and people with respiratory complications.

September 15, 2014 at 7:10 AM

King fire growth steady overnight. 10% contained. Firefighters made some progress and many additional resources are available today.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Updated
« on: September 15, 2014, 09:26:00 am »
They don't need to be balanced.

Temporary pause due to the local fire. Last morning, twenty acres. This morning, 3900 acres. One of my best friends and his family had mandatory evacuations and their home is threatened. Same with a family friend and quite a few former coworkers.

http://yubanet.com/nevada/King.php


http://www.news10.net/story/news/local/eldorado-hills/2014/09/14/king-fire-updates/15632147/

My family and I are probably safe. We're about twenty miles west, and the current low West wind is expected to shift back northeast.

Still, you can imagine how nerves are going to make me pause a day or two. Sorry!

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Ye Be An OOC Thread - Adventures in Being Updated
« on: September 14, 2014, 02:45:43 pm »
Quote from: Remuthra on September 14, 2014, 01:48:01 pm
I think what's being listed there is the time until we level up, based on how much XP Ross will be giving out.

This.

And yes, megabuffs. I kinda forgot about the Fire Giants with you, actually. Whoops. Still going to be tough.

I think thatthis wo uld account for some, yes.

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