re >>To let you in on the joke, there's no forests where these drought-driven California fires have started.<<
Elroy, how did you come to that conclusion? Multiple public sources say the disastrous Camp Fire started near the Poe Dam in the Plumas National Forest, and burned southwest toward Paradise. The dam area is heavily timbered forest...
Camp Fire (2018)
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The fire started at sunrise on Thursday, November 8, 2018, and was first reported at 6:33 a.m. PST, near Pulga, California, near Camp Creek Road in Butte County, California. Soon after the ignition of the Camp Fire, initial attack firefighters were dispatched to a report of a brush fire under Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) power lines near Poe Dam on the Feather River.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2107
Project Name: Poe Hydroelectric Project
waterboards.ca.gov
The Poe Hydroelectric Project (Poe Project) is located on the North Fork Feather River (NFFR), just south of the community of Pulga, in Butte County, California. The Poe Project boundary encompasses 313 acres of land, including 157 acres of PG&E-owned land, 144 acres of United States Forest Service lands (Plumas National Forest), and 12 acres of private land.
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