{"id":28780,"date":"2017-12-12T07:57:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28780"},"modified":"2017-12-12T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T12:57:37","slug":"100000-still-stranded-amid-california-fires-giant-thomas-fire-only-20-contained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28780","title":{"rendered":"100,000 Still Stranded Amid California Fires; Giant Thomas Fire Only 20% Contained"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-12\/nearly-100000-still-stranded-fires-subside-thomas-fires-still-only-20-contained\">100,000 Still Stranded Amid California Fires; Giant Thomas Fire Only 20% Contained<\/a><\/h3>\n<section class=\"node node-type-story node-full node-nid-608974\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>In an unexpected run of good fortune, a shift in the powerful winds that have fanned the SoCal wildfires over the past week and a half has pushed the Thomas Fire \u2013 the largest of the six uncontained blazes \u2013 away from nearby communities while also clearing the air of smoke, improving visibility for the beleaguered firefighters working tirelessly to suppress the flames. Meanwhile, further south, firefighters have managed to achieve upwards of 90% containment for the Rye, Lilac and Creek Fires:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\"><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAL_FIRE\/status\/940419616874020864\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 455px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 56.4835%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset\n                    NaturalImage\n\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAL_FIRE\/status\/940419616874020864\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DQ0KoBEUQAAgdPp.jpg:small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"455\" height=\"257\" data-srcset=\"https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDQ0KoBEUQAAgdPp.jpg%3Asmall 455w,https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDQ0KoBEUQAAgdPp.jpg%3Alarge 455w,https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDQ0KoBEUQAAgdPp.jpg 455w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded is-deciderHtmlWhitespace\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAL_FIRE\/status\/940419616874020864\" data-tweet-id=\"940419616874020864\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAL_FIRE\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"CAL FIRE (screen name: CAL_FIRE)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1196622174\/CAL_FIRE_twitter_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1196622174\/CAL_FIRE_twitter_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1196622174\/CAL_FIRE_twitter_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"CAL FIRE\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">CAL FIRE<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAL_FIRE\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"CAL FIRE (screen name: CAL_FIRE)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@CAL_FIRE\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@CAL_FIRE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"u-hiddenVisually js-inViewportScribingTarget\"><a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RyeFire?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">RyeFire<\/span><\/a> [update] off Rye Canyon Loop, west of Valencia (Los Angeles County) remains\u00a06,049 acres and 96% contained per <a class=\"PrettyLink profile customisable h-card\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LACoFDPIO\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"919373695\" data-scribe=\"element:mention\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">LACoFDPIO<\/span><\/a>. <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/current_incidents\/incidentdetails\/Index\/1924\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZMx1UKojdE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/current_incidents\/incidentdetails\/Index\/1924\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">http:\/\/www.<\/span>fire.ca.gov\/current_incide<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">nts\/incidentdetails\/Index\/1924\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: December 12, 2017 03:14:43 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2017-12-12T03:14:43+0000\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAL_FIRE\/status\/940419616874020864\" data-datetime=\"2017-12-12T03:14:43+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">10:14 PM &#8211; Dec 11, 2017<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100,000 Still Stranded Amid California Fires; Giant Thomas Fire Only 20% Contained In an unexpected run of good fortune, a shift in the powerful winds that have fanned the SoCal wildfires over the past week and a half has pushed the Thomas Fire \u2013 the largest of the six uncontained blazes \u2013 away from nearby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[101,14079,4849,4318],"class_list":["post-28780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-california","tag-southern-california","tag-wildfires","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28781,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28780\/revisions\/28781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}