I’m in the CCC program and I’m happy to be apart of the crew I’m in and it’s crazy to see how bad the aftermath is . We’re camping there for 8 days to help clean up trails , cut down any necessary trees and help bring back the park back to life 💪🏽
Fire crews were thinned out across the state. They couldn’t get planes over the fires because the smoke was billowing so bad the pilots would have no vision. I don’t think anybody was ready for the freak lightning storm we got. Very good memories in the Santa Cruz area. Sorry for your loses very tragic. Let’s get through 2020 together
Boulder Creek was my home as a kid in the 60's and 70's. I lived on the river two blocks behind the BCFD station. Hate to see the community suffer and have losses like they did. Great memories of the area, playing golf at the golf course, riding my motorcycle all over the mountain trails, HS in Felton - great times. Hate to see the destruction.
So sad what has happened to these families. I pray they all get back on their feet and recover from this. My heart's breaks for them. All their hard work is gone.
If they were woken up by the Camp Fire then not all their hard work is gone since they would have gotten fire insurance. At least then they would have something to start over with. Before you think that i'm cold or an ass you should know that my parents live above the Boulder Creek Golf and Country Club and almost lost their house, their neighborhood was hit form 3 sides. They also lost a house in Paradise and I had friends evacuated from both fires. My heart goes out to the people that lost their houses but i hope that the got the insurance that they needed to.
@@metgath I get where you are coming from. It does suck and yes fire insurance in california would be a smart thing to do. Sorry for your families and friends losses. Hopefully nothing important was lost in the fires. And their safety is obviously the most important thing
Thank you for this video and putting it all into perspective. God bless everyone who did their part no matter how big or small. To those who lost, stay strong we are all thinking of you and wishing you all a safe and swift recovery.
They had 22 fires in the Butano state park area and big basin area. Believe me, they were trying there best to put them out. No out of county resources for the first 4 or 5 days due to the 1000+ other lightning fires in the state. Sorry for any loss that may have occurred but I can tell you they were trying their best with no sleep for 72 hours straight.
@@terryhanks2314 It sure is comforting to see a comment from someone that gets it, these people seem to have zero idea what their future holds. I got rid of my propertys and excess money years ago, we will all lose most everything, it's better to do it on our own timing. Take care!
i moved out of santa cruz this pat January and this breaks my heart to see it like this now. I was fortunate enough to never experiene a fire like this while living there but I want to move back and seeing it burnt like this will kill me... the people... the redwoods.. .the animals... santa cruz is probably the best place on earth an to see it burn like this is tragic
May God bless those firefighters trying their best to put the fire out and the police for directing traffic. I hope all first responders, LEO law enforcement agency, and medical personnel and God bless to you guys for serving the USA during these challenging times. 😀👍🏻
Trees (especially Redwoods, Fir, and others) have thick layers of fire resistant bark layer sometimes up to a foot thick, as well as tannins in this layer. Trees also contain a lot more moisture compared to dry wood buildings, grass, chaparral, etc.
Nobody is talking about this - right there in the middle of all these fires is the Santa Cruz Naval Industrial Ordinance plant. It's a very secretive facility that stores thousands of decommissioned plutonium cores for nuclear warheads - mostly for Trident SLBMs.
What a terrible situation, loss of properties and who knows how many pets☹️. The defensible fire space has always been a problem in this area, it may look all wonderful green and foresty but combined with residential, it was a matter of time for this incident to happen. I pray no lives were lost. Even Big basin is destroyed, very sad.
The Thunder People came dancing, and left the fires in their wake...there have always been fires of this magnitude along the Coastal Mountains of California, just as there has always been droughts. I agree, this should have had planning and better preparation and task forcing. Given the amount of taxes folks pay there, I would have expected such. Those who worked hard to protect are Heroes.
We need to stop with “this fire is so terrible”. This was/is not a terrible fire. It was a grass fire that gave CAL FIRE a license to neuter residents who with a little preparedness could’ve saved their own homes. That’s why this fire was terrible. Notice how no areas beyond sites where homes were are “devastated”? I see green bushes for gods sake. These houses are burning because of flying embers, not because they were overrun with fire.
Right. And our home in Paradise didn't burn by luck. Neighbor too. He has a pool and couldn't use it. Never crossed his mind. I saw zero pools used in Paradise and CZU. One news story shows Bonny Doon residents upset after Cal Fire crew refused to hook up to their 15,000 tank. They drove away, gave them zip. San Lorenzo Water District put a plastic pipe on the ground. Four+ miles melted and dumped 4.5 Million gallons of water on the ground. I watched Cal Fire reignite the Aspen Fire, on the San Joaquin, in 2013 and play for two weeks. In 2005? A Mr Gray appeared on Last Chance Rd. In the summer he tried to light "controlled burns". He was confronted and repulsed twice. His burn permit number was expired. And I have other stories.
"of my gosh, the fires are so bad and we ran out of resources so we need our budget increased oh no!" Exactly like the rest of the govt agencies. This whole thing has been mismanaged from the start
Joshua Kuehn bingo. They inflate the acreage numbers expecting they’ll get more money to fight the fires next year and the year after. The burn scars don’t match the advertised size of these fires.
AndTheTimeGoesOn good luck. the closing down and keeping the state closed makes people leave the city. Hopefully they don’t bring their shitty politics to the rural areas of the state.
There were hardly any fire fighters up in Bonny soon, only our family friends to try and stop the fires, I got lucky but many of my friends weren’t spared, now my 70 year old neighbor has survivors guilt and ptsd because he couldn’t save our friends homes, we tried, and fire cal wouldn’t even let family’s up to resupply, my respect on fire call has gone very down hill since then.
Our old house and about a third of the neighborhood is gone. I dread having to go back to see the devastation, but it probably wont be for at least weeks from what we are tokd
@@tyle6591 Nope, I'm southwest of Colorado Springs. Smoke is carried east. Besides, Denver news tracks the smoke, in which is funneled right into our valley. We've had some rain the last few days reducing the smoke significantly.
I’m in the CCC program and I’m happy to be apart of the crew I’m in and it’s crazy to see how bad the aftermath is . We’re camping there for 8 days to help clean up trails , cut down any necessary trees and help bring back the park back to life 💪🏽
Amazing video. Well put together.
That was a really HOT fire . I see cars melted like candle wax .
Just got back from a 3 week evacuation. Praying for all those who lost their homes. It’s so scary
Fire crews were thinned out across the state. They couldn’t get planes over the fires because the smoke was billowing so bad the pilots would have no vision. I don’t think anybody was ready for the freak lightning storm we got. Very good memories in the Santa Cruz area. Sorry for your loses very tragic. Let’s get through 2020 together
Just a terrible fire, but my gosh you put this video together really well. Great job man. Stay safe out there.
OMG Pray for boulder creek some of the most amazing people in the world 🌎 live there. Hugs to all of you.
Paul I agree 1000% i have several friends there too. I hope they are all ok.....
Boulder Creek was my home as a kid in the 60's and 70's. I lived on the river two blocks behind the BCFD station. Hate to see the community suffer and have losses like they did. Great memories of the area, playing golf at the golf course, riding my motorcycle all over the mountain trails, HS in Felton - great times. Hate to see the destruction.
Muggs, and all the rest of you brave souls, bless you.
Heartbreaking...
So sad what has happened to these families. I pray they all get back on their feet and recover from this. My heart's breaks for them. All their hard work is gone.
If they were woken up by the Camp Fire then not all their hard work is gone since they would have gotten fire insurance. At least then they would have something to start over with. Before you think that i'm cold or an ass you should know that my parents live above the Boulder Creek Golf and Country Club and almost lost their house, their neighborhood was hit form 3 sides. They also lost a house in Paradise and I had friends evacuated from both fires. My heart goes out to the people that lost their houses but i hope that the got the insurance that they needed to.
@@metgath I get where you are coming from. It does suck and yes fire insurance in california would be a smart thing to do. Sorry for your families and friends losses. Hopefully nothing important was lost in the fires. And their safety is obviously the most important thing
@@jaketumath3371 Thatnk you, fortunately nothing was lost in this fire.
Thank you for this video and putting it all into perspective. God bless everyone who did their part no matter how big or small. To those who lost, stay strong we are all thinking of you and wishing you all a safe and swift recovery.
Yup. So true. Nothing was done when it was small for a few days.
They waited until it got big.
Depoulation area boy agenda 21
First, they started it.
They had 22 fires in the Butano state park area and big basin area. Believe me, they were trying there best to put them out. No out of county resources for the first 4 or 5 days due to the 1000+ other lightning fires in the state. Sorry for any loss that may have occurred but I can tell you they were trying their best with no sleep for 72 hours straight.
@@terryhanks2314 It sure is comforting to see a comment from someone that gets it, these people seem to have zero idea what their future holds.
I got rid of my propertys and excess money years ago, we will all lose most everything, it's better to do it on our own timing.
Take care!
@@SomebodysGrandmother God wins in the end brother God bless
I lost my home in the fire. Gotta say, not fun.
Nice footage
Nicely edited video, awful situation though.
They might’ve set a world record ever since Australia.
Just horrible to see such destruction
Nice video, bud!
i moved out of santa cruz this pat January and this breaks my heart to see it like this now. I was fortunate enough to never experiene a fire like this while living there but I want to move back and seeing it burnt like this will kill me... the people... the redwoods.. .the animals... santa cruz is probably the best place on earth an to see it burn like this is tragic
Nice lighting show but wow that is sad to see Cal. Losing from lighting storms to cause fires. 😫😩
May God bless those firefighters trying their best to put the fire out and the police for directing traffic. I hope all first responders, LEO law enforcement agency, and medical personnel and God bless to you guys for serving the USA during these challenging times. 😀👍🏻
@Santa Cruz What do you mean? I clearly see firefighters in this video…
Some very beautiful areas. Big bummer
That's pretty cool! Did the media use your footage?
this is why you make sure there's defensible space around your house, so you don't have to bust your ass off when a wildfire's knocking on the door
Sad to say but it won't ever be the same in my lifetime.
How is it that the houses are destroyed but the trees around them are fine?
Living trees are more fire-resistant than houses. Houses may be ignited by flying embers, even if the flames on the ground aren’t close.
Trees (especially Redwoods, Fir, and others) have thick layers of fire resistant bark layer sometimes up to a foot thick, as well as tannins in this layer. Trees also contain a lot more moisture compared to dry wood buildings, grass, chaparral, etc.
Nobody is talking about this - right there in the middle of all these fires is the Santa Cruz Naval Industrial Ordinance plant. It's a very secretive facility that stores thousands of decommissioned plutonium cores for nuclear warheads - mostly for Trident SLBMs.
They still make the Trident II and upcoming Nuclear Ballistic Missiles there (SLBMs).
I feel bad I want too cry for them 😔😔😔
What a terrible situation, loss of properties and who knows how many pets☹️.
The defensible fire space has always been a problem in this area, it may look all wonderful green and foresty but combined with residential, it was a matter of time for this incident to happen. I pray no lives were lost.
Even Big basin is destroyed, very sad.
Did Mugs Hammer’s home survive?
Yes it did
So many fires at once doesn't help.
And that guy expected the too big government to do anything? Fool. #stopthemoneyprinting #endthefed#nationalizebigbanks
And all they have are a few small hoses? Damn, watching childhood memories go up in flames. I guess "contained" means it bunt out on it's own.
S S more like thru.....
The Thunder People came dancing, and left the fires in their wake...there have always been fires of this magnitude along the Coastal Mountains of California, just as there has always been droughts. I agree, this should have had planning and better preparation and task forcing. Given the amount of taxes folks pay there, I would have expected such. Those who worked hard to protect are Heroes.
Way more than 400 houses
I think it was around 900
We need to stop with “this fire is so terrible”. This was/is not a terrible fire. It was a grass fire that gave CAL FIRE a license to neuter residents who with a little preparedness could’ve saved their own homes. That’s why this fire was terrible. Notice how no areas beyond sites where homes were are “devastated”? I see green bushes for gods sake. These houses are burning because of flying embers, not because they were overrun with fire.
Right. And our home in Paradise didn't burn by luck. Neighbor too. He has a pool and couldn't use it. Never crossed his mind. I saw zero pools used in Paradise and CZU. One news story shows Bonny Doon residents upset after Cal Fire crew refused to hook up to their 15,000 tank. They drove away, gave them zip. San Lorenzo Water District put a plastic pipe on the ground. Four+ miles melted and dumped 4.5 Million gallons of water on the ground. I watched Cal Fire reignite the Aspen Fire, on the San Joaquin, in 2013 and play for two weeks. In 2005? A Mr Gray appeared on Last Chance Rd. In the summer he tried to light "controlled burns". He was confronted and repulsed twice. His burn permit number was expired. And I have other stories.
"of my gosh, the fires are so bad and we ran out of resources so we need our budget increased oh no!" Exactly like the rest of the govt agencies. This whole thing has been mismanaged from the start
Joshua Kuehn bingo. They inflate the acreage numbers expecting they’ll get more money to fight the fires next year and the year after. The burn scars don’t match the advertised size of these fires.
They don't want people in these areas. This is all land management by psychopaths.
AndTheTimeGoesOn good luck. the closing down and keeping the state closed makes people leave the city. Hopefully they don’t bring their shitty politics to the rural areas of the state.
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I had to evacuate too
So very sad!
My neighborhood was covered in ash due to the Big Sur fire in Santa Cruz
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I mean Pacific Grove
OMG ~~~
Some people don't know what goes on to say they should have done this or that need to find out smh
Just stunning.
Our new controlled lighting, keeping the heat off of us. Mimicking a volcano and its global cooling during our hot spells in Cali-Ente.
Dam
There were hardly any fire fighters up in Bonny soon, only our family friends to try and stop the fires, I got lucky but many of my friends weren’t spared, now my 70 year old neighbor has survivors guilt and ptsd because he couldn’t save our friends homes, we tried, and fire cal wouldn’t even let family’s up to resupply, my respect on fire call has gone very down hill since then.
Whoa! Now that was offensive way deadlier than the wildfire that was caused by a train losing control that caused a eruption
sad
3333wooooowooooooooooooox
Our old house and about a third of the neighborhood is gone. I dread having to go back to see the devastation, but it probably wont be for at least weeks from what we are tokd
do you like Stuphen
By then the cost of the damage $9,000 dollars
I have been smelling smoke in Sacramento last week
I've been smelling smoke from these fires in southern Colorado.
@@CrispyOkra it went all the way to Colorado
because last week fire all over california
@@CrispyOkra from colorado you smelling the fire from colorado spring
@@tyle6591
Nope, I'm southwest of Colorado Springs. Smoke is carried east. Besides, Denver news tracks the smoke, in which is funneled right into our valley. We've had some rain the last few days reducing the smoke significantly.
Don't make me vomit