# 2024 California Wildfire Season has begun **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410 "2024-06-02T05:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410/21 "2024-07-29T23:50:17Z")
Deleted as unconfirmed. See @Seanette 's post. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410/22 "2024-07-29T23:58:14Z")
CalFire isn’t reporting anywhere near that much fire activity in the state. Is whatever app that person is using collecting from multiple sources? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410/23 "2024-07-30T00:00:06Z")
I don’t know. I just checked the official webpage for the Montana Natural Resources, also its Twitter page, and didn’t find it, so I’m going to delete the post. ETA: The fires are bad enough without posting dubious stuff. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410/24 "2024-07-30T00:08:37Z")
It could be accurate, I was just curious as to the source of the info. Nothing personal. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410/25 "2024-07-30T00:10:12Z")
Not taken personally at all, in fact I appreciate you making me take a closer look; that’s how the Dope works, or at least should. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410/26 "2024-09-10T01:51:35Z")
And now [fires are raging in both California and Nevada,](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/08/weather/line-fire-california-and-nevada-wildfires-heat/index.html) threatening homes and prompting evacuations, with forecasts for record heat in the offing. > _Raging wildfires in California and Nevada have led to mandatory evacuations of thousands of homes, as forecasters warn of record heat in the West for the next few days._ _There are 14 active wildfires currently burning across California – with one so intense, it’s_ [_created its own weather pattern_](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/07/us/san-bernardino-california-wildfire/index.html). That’s the article’s opening paragraph, with much more detail to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410/27 "2024-12-12T21:12:10Z")
Dick Van Dyke rescued from his Malibu home ahead of [4000 acre Franklin Fire.](https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/12/9/franklin-fire) > **[Dick Van Dyke, 98, exhausted himself evacuating from Malibu fires. How his...](https://www.today.com/news/dick-van-dyke-home-mailbu-fire-rcna183932)** > > “I was trying to crawl to the car," Van Dyke said. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410/28 "2024-12-12T21:28:47Z")
He’s a friend of a friend. I saw on facebook earlier today that he and his wife are back home safe with all of their pets. They weren’t able to escape with one of their cats but it survived and is home with them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-california-wildfire-season-has-begun/1002410.md?page=1)