{"id":26605,"date":"2018-08-03T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=26605"},"modified":"2018-08-03T18:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T22:01:32","slug":"geoengineers-create-record-setting-fire-tornados-in-n-california-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=26605","title":{"rendered":"Geoengineers Create Record-setting Fire Tornadoes in N. California (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>143 MPH Fire Tornado Ripped Through Redding During Carr Fire<\/h2>\n<p>KPIX CBS SF Bay Area<\/p>\n<p>REDDING (CBS SF) \u2014 It\u2019s the kind of finding one would suspect from National Weather Service investigators along Tornado Alley in the wake of a deadly storm front.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t. It was the measurement of the wind generated during the height of the firestorm\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cbssf.com\/tag\/carr-fire\">that ripped through Redding last week<\/a>, killing six people and damaging hundreds of homes.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, NWS researcher combed through the wreckage left behind and determined a fire whirl \u2014 commonly known as a fire tornado \u2014 roared through the area between 7:30 p.m and 8 p.m. on July 26th.<\/p>\n<p>It was packing 143 mph winds, turning heavy-duty high tension power line towers into twisted pieces of metal, uprooting trees and ripping the bark off other trees.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NWS &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAL_FIRE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CAL_FIRE<\/a> Serious Accident Review Team (SART) are conducting a storm damage survey regarding the large fire whirl that occurred Thursday evening in Redding. Preliminary indicators placed max wind speeds achieved by the fire whirl in excess of 143 mph. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cawx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CarrFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CarrFire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3iRX90lhLJ\">pic.twitter.com\/3iRX90lhLJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSSacramento\/status\/1025125984465498112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During his assessment of the battle against the Carr Fire, Gov. Jerry Brown cited the ferocity of the rarely seen phenomena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese winds events, wind storms and tornado type behavior \u2014 some of this is unprecedented,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean said the fiery vortexes ranging in size up to 150 feet presented firefighters with a difficult challenge on the night of July 26th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a heck of a fight,\u201d he said. \u201cThey (the firefighters) are doing what they can do and they get pushed out in a lot of cases. We\u2019re fighting the fight right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the fire behavior was so erratic there were tornados within the fire \u201ctossing around equipment, blowing out windows of Cal Fire pickups.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CarrFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CarrFire<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Redding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Redding<\/a>) &#8211; Fire moving into the River Ridge area after jumping the Sacramento River, FF&#39;s are being pulled out from that area, major fire activity &#8211; from the feed: &quot;it&#39;s just a fire tornado in there.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CA Fire Scanner (@CAFireScanner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAFireScanner\/status\/1022677357008773120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The fire whirls may occur when intense rising heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air. These eddies can contract into a tornado-like vortex that sucks in burning debris and combustible gases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis giant rotating cylinder on top of the fire, composed of smoke, pulls burning embers and smoldering debris thousands of feet into the atmosphere,\u201d Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California at Los Angeles, told the San Jose Mercury News. \u201c\u201cIt allows fire to jump over barriers..It causes it (the fire) to do crazy, very unpredictable things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Craig Clements, Director of the Fire Weather Research Lab at San Jose State University, told KPIX 5 that a fire as intense as the Carr Fire will create its own weather patterns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a fire is intense enough it can create its own winds,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are winds that occur just around the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among those winds are fire whirls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a rotating column of combustion gases so its kind of like a tornado,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a vortex that can form at the fire front. It can take the fire to unburned fuel really rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2018\/08\/02\/fire-tornado-redding-carr-fire\/\">http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2018\/08\/02\/fire-tornado-redding-carr-fire\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}