Red Bank Fire at 6000 Acres Is the Largest of Multiple Fires Peppering Northern California After 19,000 Lightning Strikes

 

Smoke From the Red Bank Fire

Smoke from the Red Bank Fire choked the sky this evening. [Photo from Axis Camera on Alert Wildfire]

A storm that spit a sizzling 19,000 lightning strikes into the summer dried mountains of northern California last night left a number of fires behind.

One which started west of Red Bluff and not far south of Hwy 36, the Red Bank Fire, blew up to over 6000 acres today and is forcing evacuations.

Map of 2019 lightning fires

Map of 2019 lightning fires in the Shasta Trinity National Forest. Click for full sized pdf.

However, there are several other significant fires that were likely caused by the lightning.

To the west of the Red Bank Fire in the Shasta Trinity National Forest is the South Fire which was 200 acres as of 8 p.m.

To the southwest of the South Fire, in Trinity County just north of the Mendocino County line, is the 1-1 Fire [UPDATE: Now called the Henthorne Fire]. It is in the Mendocino Forest. It was 100 acres as of 8 p.m. (The Mendocino Voice has an excellent summary of the known information here.) It isn’t shown on the map above but the smoke plume can be seen below in this satellite image with the fires roughly marked in red. The one to the left is the 1-1, while the red mark to the right shows both the South and the Red Bank Fire which are relatively close together.

Smoke pluming up from several fires

Those are the three biggest fires but there are a number of others–most under an acre. The majority can be found in the Shasta Trinity National Forest. A press release states, “Thunderstorms moving across the Shasta-Trinity National Forest over the past 24 hours…have resulted in at least 19 fires on the South Fork and Trinity River Management Units. Forest Service resources are on scene at many of the fires with crews working their way to more remote fires. Additional resources will…be directed to any newly reported fires.”

Earlier Chapter:Multiple Fires Burning Across Trinity County After Massive Lightning Storm Last Night

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Sam
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Sam
4 years ago

Look into HAARP And the scientist Nikola Tesla who died in 1943 his quote everything is energy ..thanks for the update . If you dive deep enough you’ll find the government has been involved with weather modification for over 70 years

The Real Brian
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The Real Brian
4 years ago
Reply to  Sam

Or, you can do something more productive, like shaving.

I had a 4 day advance notice on the storm. If you pay attention to to NOAA, you may have seen it coming.

Why would secret alien illuminatiosos convert weather secretively while giving a 4 day heads up to NOAA?

Grow up people! Remember. A brain lies in wait, wanting to be used, just turn it on anytime!

Oh yeah, Dane Wigington photoshops too.

Mike
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Mike
4 years ago
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I’m not sure who is worse, the conspiracy theorist, or the guy arguing with them.

The Real Brian
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The Real Brian
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

I know, I dont mean to promote shaving.

I dont mind if people go long.

Sorry.

THoGM
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THoGM
4 years ago
Reply to  The Real Brian

“I don’t often shave, but when I do, I only use Occam’s Razor™”.

yesmeagain
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yesmeagain
4 years ago
Reply to  The Real Brian

THANK you, real Brian! It absolutely infuriates me that these conspiracy theorists just assume that the most far-out explanation has to be the truth. Explain WHY it’s not due to natural causes (or common man-made causes like dragging chains, careless use of fire, bad electric wiring, or arson) FIRST, and be sure you know what you’re talking about. Last year a lot of people were puzzled about how trees remain standing in urban areas while houses burn to the ground, and a local forester, Dave Kahan, wrote a wonderful clear, logical explanation yet a bunch of yo-yos still insisted it was blue rays from high-intensity weapons that the Satanic Government was using to control the population. All this nonsense infuriates me because it insults the folks who have lost loved ones, homes, pets, livelihoods, and joy to fires that could have been prevented.

The Real Brian
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The Real Brian
4 years ago
Reply to  yesmeagain

Your very much welcome.

It infuriates me too.

Sparkelmahn
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Sparkelmahn
4 years ago
Reply to  The Real Brian

Having to shave infuriates me!

The Real Brian
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The Real Brian
4 years ago
Reply to  Sparkelmahn

Lol.

Joe Mota
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Joe Mota
4 years ago
Reply to  Sam

Late summer lightning fires were part of California’s weather at least 10,000 years before government existed.

Central HumCo
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4 years ago
Reply to  Sam

Thank you, Sam.

~unfortunately, the masses with their programmed “education” prefer blinders.

Deadly Hurricane Dorian batters Bahamas as storm impacts US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dvTEqXOMGQ 9 mins. Sept. 4
It’s just Mother Nature.

Hickory Dickory Dock – written by Little Bo Peep

PinkAsso
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PinkAsso
4 years ago

The Government is weak, PEOPLE have been doing weather modification for over 270 years……..

The Real Brian
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The Real Brian
4 years ago
Reply to  PinkAsso

When you pee in the cold you create chem-trails….like that?

Farce
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Farce
4 years ago
Reply to  The Real Brian

Ha Ha Ha!!!

Guest
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Guest
4 years ago
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Yet is not half the news of the day about human caused global climate change? Maybe a little humility before leaping to belittling others might allow some clearer thinking even if not accepted whole.

The Real Brian
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The Real Brian
4 years ago
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Classic

The Real Brian
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The Real Brian
4 years ago

A VLAT just flew over my place in Trinity.

First time this year. It was an everyday occurence for the last 4 years.

Good luck out there FFs.

stryertoby
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stryertoby
4 years ago

Mandatory Evacuations: Pettyjohn Rd. to Forest Service Boundary and R-Wild Horse Ranch. Evacuation Warning: Red Bank Oaks Subdivision.
My neighbor that I care take her ranch and feed her animals when shes gone care takes/works on the R-Wild Horse Ranch. She called early this AM to tell me she’s hooking up he stock trailers and heading down to evac the that ranch.
Hope everybody gets out with their animals safely.

Central HumCo
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4 years ago
Reply to  stryertoby

Prayers up.

~any sign of the 747 Supertanker? The. One, just one?

Rod Gass
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Rod Gass
4 years ago
Reply to  stryertoby

I motored on down 36 to Red Bluff early this morning. Yesterday’s monster is today’s dying embers. It’s smokey and difficult to breathe, but like we say, it’s fire season.

This Red Bank event is nearly the same as the recent Mountain fire was, NE of Redding a couple weeks ago. Strong winds and bombers hitting like meat-bees onna road kill. Captain said cause was lightening strikes.

At the moment here in Old Shasta, the south wind is starting to blow harder. The temp is 95 and the humidity is 14%. This one might not be done yet .

Chuck U
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Chuck U
4 years ago

There is an interesting paper put out by the US Asir Force in 1996 titled “Weather As A Force Multiplier: Owning The Weather In 2025” discussing the several methods the government was interested in all the way back then, it can be found here

https://archive.org/details/WeatherAsAForceMultiplier

Stuff like HAARP (microwaving the ionosphere to move high and low pressure systems around, like you could park a high pressure system off say the coast of CA and cause an extended drought, which actually did mysteriously happen, just using it as an example of what they want to be able to do) was in open development back then. I even tracked the stock of the company that built the specialized emitter dishes. One day they was a news release of a massive new order of these dishes and the stock shot from the $0.70ish range to over $23 and then it was quietly delisted into private hands and all talk of HAARP moved into conspiracy theory, that was around 2004 or so. It remained there until around 2014 when a video of congressional testimony of a military commander stating they no longer needed funding for HAARP because they found other more efficient ways. The gov is very active in controlling the weather as are Chine and Russia who have their own programs. Not to say that the lightning storm was anything but what happens every summer. If anything it has been a very mellow one. Just saying, don’t stick your head in the sand, the CIA created the term “Conspiracy Theory” and promote it with disinfo campaigns for a reason.

Central HumCo
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4 years ago
Reply to  Chuck U

Let the light shine through.

~in gratitude, Chuck U

The Real Brian
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The Real Brian
4 years ago
Reply to  Chuck U

Not to say that the lightning storm was anything but what happens every summer. If anything it has been a very mellow one. 

Yes Chuck. This is my point.

My head is not in the sand – I’m just not disillusioned by outlandish fears, which was the reason to discuss weather modification on a lightning/fire thread in the first place.

Chuck U
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Chuck U
4 years ago
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Bueno.

Ice
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Ice
4 years ago

Kym, there are rumors on FB about 2 firefighters getting seriously hurt on the fire near Canyon creek near Weaverville ( maybe Walker fire?) And getting life delighted out. Any news on that?