Camp Fire

[Jim Eshelman]

Novembet 8, 2018, 6:33 AM, near Pulga, CA at 39N50'51", 121W23'42"

Two major fires in California broke out November 8 and both spread startlingly fast and far. The one in Northern California, called the Camp Fire, is now the deadliest, most destructive fire in California history, after surpassing the prior record of 42 deaths. As of November 25 the fire is not extinguished but is fully contained. The Camp Fire death toll is 85, with 249 people still missing and over 18,000 buildings destroyed, with an estimated cost of $7.5-$10 billion. (It has burned an area the size of Chicago.)

The fire broke out near Camp Creek Road in Butte County, California (near Pulga, CA), probably related to downed power lines. Here is the Wikipedia article describing its development and unfolding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fire_(2018)

Areas burned, structures destroyed, and people killed are enormous. Sun was rising and Mars (newly in Aquarius) on IC at the time it began. Most of the charts below are quite excellent. The one weakness is that there is no Mars at the day level, something one almost never sees for major fires. Neptune, however, steps in and is almost as primary to fires; and there is plenty of Saturn.

Year: Capsolar {+2}
Neptune on Dsc 1°27'
Moon-Mercury conj. 0°03' in mundo
Moon-Saturn conj. 1°35'

Bridge {+2}
t Neptune conj. Capsolar Dsc 0°17'
t Saturn conj. Capsolar Moon 0°57'

Quarter: Libsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Mars conj. 0°35', Moon-Mercury sq. 0°37'.

Quarter: Cansolar {0}
Mercury on Asc 0°05'
Jupiter on IC 0°05'
-- Mercury-Jupiter sq. 0°00' in mundo
Mars on WP 0°40'
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 0°36' in RA

Month: Capsolar {+2}
Moon on Asc 0°17'
Mars on EP 1°06' [sq. NA Jupiter 0°06'; sq. NA Mercury 2°41']
Sun sq. Asc 1°07'
Pluto is more widely foreground
-- Moon-Sun sq. 1°32'
-- Moon-Pluto conj. 3°46' in mundo

Week: Liblunar {+2}
Saturn on Dsc 1°54'
Neptune on M 3°30'
-- Saturn-Neptune sq. 1°36'
Moon-Uranus op. 0°14' in mundo
Moon-Venus conj. 2°23'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+3}
p MC sq. s Saturn 0°31'
p Asc op. s Pluto 1°43', t Pluto 1°54'
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t Neptune conj. s Dsc 0°17'
t Saturn conj. s Moon 0°57'
t Mercury conj. s IC 1°43'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian {0}
p Asc sq. p Mercury 0°00', s Mercury 0°12'


SUMMARY
Year (+2): Neptune. Moon-Mercury Moon-Saturn.
Bridge (+2): Saturn Neptune (Cap).
Quarter (Libsolar): (Dormant.) Moon-Mercury Moon-Mars.
Quarter (Cansolar, 0): Mercury Mars Jupiter. Mercury-Jupiter Mars-Jupiter.
Month (+2): Moon Sun Mars (Pluto). Moon-Sun Moon-Pluto (Mercury-Mars Mars-Jupiter).
Week (+2): Saturn (Neptune). Moon-Venus Moon-Uranus Saturn-Neptune.
Day (Capsolar, +3): Saturn Pluto (CapQ). Mercury Saturn Neptune (transits).
Day (CanQ, 0): Mercury.

[Jim Eshelman]

The fire was fully contained as of yesterday. I've updated the human and property damages in the original post above.