Traffic nightmare as Caldor Fire forces evacuation of South Lake Tahoe

By artappraiser on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 7:12pm |

Traffic is gridlocked throughout most of South Lake Tahoe as the city rushes to evacuate ahead of the raging Caldor Fire.https://t.co/8X9z2YGC35
— SFGATE (@SFGate) August 30, 2021

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https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/traffic-highway-50-lake-tahoe-evacuation-roads-16423258.php

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The story they did 10 days ago warning of this: Thousands of people. Six roads out. That's Tahoe's evacuation nightmare, by Julie Brown, SFGATE Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 10:53 a.m.

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 7:16pm

For information on #caldorfire, press conference at 5:30 at South Lake Tahoe airport and on Facebook Live. Thank you to the fire fighters for knocking on every door to help with this evacuation! pic.twitter.com/eNromP1JnO
— Deborah Cullinan (@deborahcullinan) August 30, 2021

tweeted 20 hrs.ago:

ALERTWildfire thermal cameras show Caldor Fire spotting into Tahoe Basin. RENO, Nev. – One of the two thermal cameras in place for the Caldor Fire shows active flames heading into the Lake Tahoe Basin with a dozen or more spot fires already e https://t.co/YBE2SR7wns pic.twitter.com/7OqozrykAV
— YubaNet (@YubaNet) August 30, 2021

and a few minutes ago:

#CaldorFire Multiple Spot fires down hill this is showing on the Heavenly infrared cam, Air Tankers might be grounded soon due to Conditions getting worse at the Moment, there it’s Currently 4 Air Tankers fighting the fire, along with Copters. pic.twitter.com/9mw339Q9on
— DanielFireCopter (@DanielFireTruck) August 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 7:25pm

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by artappraiser on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 7:23pm

ALL National Forests in California closed to visitors:

Closing all of the national forests?

If things are THIS dire, now is the time for California to beg for forgiveness and help from the people who fought wildfires while in prison, but have been banned from it since their release. #CAwildfires #CaldorFire https://t.co/NF9wzI5aBt
— Erika D. Smith (@Erika_D_Smith) August 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 7:27pm

#caldorfire plume is at least 45,000 feet high. I took this today. The enormity of these fires and what the brave #firefighters face is incredible. Thank you ⁦@CAL_FIRE⁩ ⁦@CALFIREAEU⁩ If #southlaketahoe survives it will be a miracle delivered by these brave FF’s. pic.twitter.com/BqPbMEUs6P
— Maureen Richardson (@MoLineFav) August 30, 2021

Maps show how close Caldor Fire is burning to Lake Tahoe https://t.co/YGNQa9kr9d via @SFGate
— Rich Lieberman (@rich415Media) August 30, 2021

EVACUATION GRIDLOCK
A man evacuating from the #SouthLakeTahoe area took to his violin while in bumper to bumper traffic on Highway 50. Roadways are clogged as hundreds of residents evacuate their homes in the Tahoe Basin, to escape the raging #CaldorFire https://t.co/Kr2omfD5Aw pic.twitter.com/fhxEu1R7A4
— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) August 30, 2021

NYTimes' coverage:

Evacuations Ordered Near Lake Tahoe as the Caldor Fire Intensifies https://t.co/6O8ESL1usQ
— Frank Talmon l'Armée (@f_talmon) August 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 7:32pm

and LATimes with news related to the "Dixie" fire:

California is once again facing apocalyptic fires because of poor forest management and PG&E causing *another* fucking fire, but hey, 'climate change'. https://t.co/JgP6ZbnHeE
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) August 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 9:58pm

UPDATE: 16% contained (full containment not expected until Sept 13th), more wind forecasted today, #CaldorFire has reached #LakeTahoe basin. (h/t @JoshEdelson) @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/RtXpnV2Io0
— Raj Mathai (@rajmathai) August 31, 2021

Researchers have already seen drops in Lake Tahoe’s clarity during the fires, although it may be temporary.

The Caldor Fire could damage Lake Tahoe’s iconic blue waters https://t.co/4tDLH7M2KU
— CalMatters (@CalMatters) August 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 1:10pm

Traffic nightmare as Caldor Fire forces evacuation of South Lake Tahoe

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