Hello, folks. I am smokey, the forestfighting bear, with a mighty Important Message for you. It is very rare in history you have one kind of originating moment. In a way, it is a creation story for explaining who we are. In the spring of 1910, the earth passed through the tale of haleys comet. The appearance seemed to foreshadow the deadly fire that would engulf the Northern Rockies. No amount of money, equipment, or firefighters could stop the hurricane of fire that raged out of control on august 20 and 21st, 1910. The big blowup would be the catalyst of Fire Suppression for the next 100 years. On august 20, a terrific hurricane broke over the mountains. It picked up the fires and carried them for miles. The wind was so strong that it almost lifted men out of their saddles and the canyon seemed to act as chimneys through which the wind and fires swept like the roar of a thousand freight trains. Ranger ed pulaski. Narrator in the years before the big blowup, president Theodore Roosevel
For joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 oclock this afternoon. Im justine waltman unseasonably hot temperatures mix with dry and windy conditions fuel this fire. Now this fire burned very way too close to homes and a lot of people are still evacuated now here are the evacuation orders for South San Francisco. The mandatory evacuations include current million road. Sonia road Mountain Road Ridge View Court view mont harris thats where the mandatory evacuations are in place. Now there is an Evacuation Center that has been opened. It is set up at the municipal social hall at 33 arroyo drive in South San Francisco that is a temporary Evacuation Center. Again we have just learned that the fire while it was under control has just flared up in the past 15 minutes or kron fours Maureen Kelly is live there for us shes gathering more details and shell join us later on this hour to bring us the very latest information. Now lets turn now to our Weather Forecast because we have been under a red fla
Out twitter in big tech because they say conservative voices are being muted but before it even got underway. The organizer Philip Anderson was attacked in the rally was subsequently canceled. Sfpd had been working to keep protesters and counterprotesters apart. But violence broke out anyway. A San Francisco rally and protest put on by right wing group Team Save America is met with opposition members of the group wearing red make America Great again hats and carrying pro police flags were overwhelmed by the amount of counter protesters despite Police Standing by to control the crowds organizer Philip Anderson was seen being punched in the face and sfpd officer was also pictured being knocked to the ground. Police say several glass and plastic bottles, cannes and eggs were thrown by counterprotesters anderson as well as another trump supporter had to be taken away by ambulance. Once the event fell apart a crowd was seen taking to Market Street to march toward twitter headquarters counte
High if that wave continues to build and coronavirus hits that is going to be the worst of all worlds combined with that recession. Against the white house to the incumbent democrats will pick up a witch. Well Something Like i think a million and a half people have already voted in california. So whats behind that tsunami david of early voting or the eager to vote for somebody eager to vote against somebody whats fueling this you see turnout turnout turnout thats what democrats want thats what the Biden Campaign wants so we have more democrats requesting ballots than republicans republicans are telling us over and over again that they want to wait until election day they want to go to the polls and that kind of late breaking want to see what happens even though democrats have been voting early and often what all of this sets up. Is the president ial election is coming down to a battle for florida. We see the challenger opening up a double digit lead in substantial lead sizable lead in
Until tomorrow morning. Yeah, our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow standing by with the very latest details. Yeah, yeah, i see the winds look like theyre just hanging around a little bit not as ferocious as was last night so this red flag warning has changed a little bit this is mainly over the mountain tops above a 1000 feet in the east bay and the north bay hills you see right here as we take you for a closer look. The Oakland Hills above a 1000 feet certainly could see those winds blowing again 2030 Miles Per Hour weve seen some 18 almost 20 mile an hour winds already that will likely pick up a little bit tonight, whats dangerous now as the air mass is just so dry up above from those northerly winds were talking 1015 relative humidity so fires Getting Started will move rapidly in those kind of conditions as well things get moving along with should a fire gets started also in the north or him the gun napa Sonoma County looking at those gusty winds there again 2030 mile an hour gus