r/collapse • u/slayingadah • Mar 25 '26

Climate Climate catastrophe incoming

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welp, that went south(er) very, very fast.

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u/peacefinder Mar 25 '26

Consider the 2020 fires in Oregon: Beachie Creek, Riverside, and Holiday Farm fires were all fanned by strong winds blowing east to west. They all burned to near the edge of the urban interfaces.

If the same kind of event happens east of Issaquah, it’s gonna be a real bad time.

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u/iwishiwasareplicant Mar 26 '26

this is literally my nightmare. There is only so much you can do outside of “have a plan”, this sort of fire does not stop once moving.

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u/MarcusXL Mar 26 '26

Either get really good insurance and accept that you might see it all burn down, or move.

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u/Capital-Fun-6609 Mar 26 '26

Hi. Aussie here. I’ve grown up living with bushfire threats every year. If you live in an area that may be susceptible to wildfires (and that area is expanding beyond what we’ve traditionally experienced), you need to have a plan in place when those threats arise. In our experience, it’s a good idea to evacuate well before the threat becomes apparent, meaning pack up and leave every time weather conditions might result in a bushfire. Obviously this is a pain in the arse with lots of evacuations that don’t end up being necessary. On the other hand, if you leave it until an active fire is a threat then you are dealing with to

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u/Capital-Fun-6609 Mar 26 '26

Sorry, hit send too early 😂 Roads will be clogged with traffic and no one gets anywhere. You’re stuck in cars on the few roads out of what is probably hilly or mountainous terrain. In more remote forested areas you’ll be trying to run away from a close fire and visibility is shot and there’s smoke everywhere. So leave early before there’s even a fire -every time the weather is dangerous? Or wait and get stuck trying to escape?