Are you dealing with a natural disaster? If so, then how are you coping with it and handling things? Are you okay?
Fire season started late in california. There have been bigger fires a few times in our state, but they were far away from my home. This year they are only a town away. My colleges classes are canceled for this week. There is an advisory out to only go outside if you need to, and wear face masks if you do go outside due to the poor air quality outside. At one point ash was raining on our house. I'm okay, but all of this is a little stressful. How about everyone else?
Forums General Chit-Chat Are you dealing with a natural disaster?
Oh my, I'm dealing with smoke storm in my city T.T It's giving me horrible allergy. A lot of fire on the mountains and stuff, and since I'm kinda in the valley, I get all the after effect of it. I hope people are ok D:
Do you have a store nearby that sells dust masks? They are typically sold in building supply stores. Even if you didn't have allergies you would still be advised to have a facemask on on sorts. The air quality is down a lot, which hurts and affects your lungs when going outside.
@Totalanimefan - Are you near the parts of the bay area that are on fire? If you are not sure you, then could check the fire map. Does this website allow off site linking? I could put a link to the government's fire location map on the first post.
I'm in petaluma, so I'm safe, but only a town away from a lot of fire. Looking at my town on the fire map makes me think it's in a ring of fire, even if it's only half of a ring^^;;;
Oh jeez, that's really close. I'm in the South Bay. Smoke was horrible yesterday, and my neighborhood's full of elderly people, so I hope they'll be alright...
I deal with them all the time. :D We get lots of typhoons! Yaaay...
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@Totalanimefan: Are you wearing a dust mask? If you aren't, your lungs will be in serious trouble of getting damaged, or even worse! Caked with ash inside.
@Mica: How does a house survive a typhoon? o-o
@Mica: How does a house survive a typhoon? o-o
@SnakeWeaver: They're basically called a typhoon because of their location! So, just about the same as hurricanes! XD Luckily our area doesn't flood often or at all, but when it does that means the other places are gonna be hit really bad. :(
And we get the occasional tremors... the Philippines is in a pretty precarious spot to live on. :vanora_sweat:
And we get the occasional tremors... the Philippines is in a pretty precarious spot to live on. :vanora_sweat:
@Mica: Oh my o-o Well, I'm glad you're in an okay area at least?
@totalanimefan: You would be surprised, there are a lot of people here not wearing dust masks.
@totalanimefan: You would be surprised, there are a lot of people here not wearing dust masks.
@SnakeWeaver: Yeah, I am. I have never experienced fire though, I live in such a humid country. o.o;; Definitely not wild fires at least. It's so scary sounding. :( My friends were recently evacuated from their home in CA, but luckily everything is OK and they were allowed back in. >___<
@mica: Ahh, well different areas of different countries have different issues, ne? For some reason in the united states, california has it's own 'fire season'. It's less naturally caused though and more like... we have a lot of forested areas, but a lot of our water goes to people and farmers don't have a proper limitation put on the amount of water they can use. As a result, our forests get drier. California is supposed to be generally foggy in the morning, the evidence in this is through the amount of kinds of redwoods we have. A redwood is a kind of tree that gets most of its water from... fog and mist. Also, a lot of our weeds and grasses have trouble due to non native worms. The non native worms don't work the soil the way it needs to be since they are not from the native region, this causes it to create soil conditions for non native plants. This could normally be okay, but a lot of california gets long streaks of no rain, so our native plants are built to handle that. Non native plants and weeds are not built to handle that, making it easier for them to get drier, meaning more flammable. The worm issue is caused by people who enjoy fishing. Many buy bait, use a lot of it, but than release the remaining bait after. A lot of worm bait sold isn't native to their areas, and people usually think -any worm is good for any area-, but that's not how it works at all. Sorry, I talked a bit too long on the topic of how california became a matchstick^^;;;
@SnakeWeaver: Holy crap, that's really insightful though, I had no idea about the worms. It makes sense that the non native worms and plants are kind of struggling. :( I didn't know it came from fishing, either! Man that really sucks, it sounds like it could have been at least prevented? D:
How did the plants get there, though?
How did the plants get there, though?
@Mica: the current fire state of california could have totally been prevented, but the issue is on how. How do we stop fishers from releasing non native worms? How do we boost native worm species? A lot of people don't use the internet, some don't even use televisions.
Thankfully, no. Sometimes wildfires or flash floods can threaten the area wherein we live, but thankfully it's not very common; and this year particularly, the monsoon season felt pretty tame and short. There was one day where some roads were closed, and there were a few days when some roads further towards town were closed, but it only really happened once, it seems.
My heart goes out to everyone having to deal with the wildfires and tropical storms that are absolutely pummeling the US from each side. Poor Puerto Rico has been more or less wiped off the map. :C
My heart goes out to everyone having to deal with the wildfires and tropical storms that are absolutely pummeling the US from each side. Poor Puerto Rico has been more or less wiped off the map. :C
@SnakeWeaver: Feels like a lot of bad stuff is like that.
Hrmm, well there could be some way to handle that though, like adding a higher tax on worms(LOL is there even a tax, I'm sorry I am so ignorant of other countries!) and giving incentive to the more native species... I don't know, putting any sort of ban or probation on such a peaceful pastime sounds like a lot of angry people... and if they aren't using any social networking, there's a lot of legwork to work on! Q__Q
Hrmm, well there could be some way to handle that though, like adding a higher tax on worms(LOL is there even a tax, I'm sorry I am so ignorant of other countries!) and giving incentive to the more native species... I don't know, putting any sort of ban or probation on such a peaceful pastime sounds like a lot of angry people... and if they aren't using any social networking, there's a lot of legwork to work on! Q__Q
@Mica: I don't think a higher tax on non native worms would help, maybe signs on bait shops? Give incentives to return unused bait instead of freeing the worms into the wild. People wont stop wanting the bigger worms, but maybe they could be convinced to not free those worms.
@Vii: I'm glad your area is relatively safe from natural disasters^^
@Vii: I'm glad your area is relatively safe from natural disasters^^
@SnakeWeaver: Indeed, I'm quite thankful as well! It can be deadly hot in the summer but you've just got to be smart to cope. I grew up in an area where tornadoes were fairly common and was always very scared of them but thankfully never experienced one.
We are pretty close to the largest Air Force Base in the USA, though, so if someone were to decide to drop a bomb, we'd be screwed. xD
We are pretty close to the largest Air Force Base in the USA, though, so if someone were to decide to drop a bomb, we'd be screwed. xD
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@SnakeWeaver: Definitely signs! Yeah there isn't really a problem if they get used up since the fish will nom it anyways. How come you're so knowledgeable about this? O.O
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