Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Western flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire
- The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern
- “The fuel beds are so dry and they can just erupt from that lightning,” Freeman said. “These thunder cells come with gusty erratic winds that can blow fire in every direction.”
- The blaze exploded in size to more than 80 square miles (207 square km) just two days after erupting in a largely unpopulated area of Siskiyou County
- The cause was under investigation.
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Saturday as the McKinney Fire intensified.
- A second, smaller fire just to the west that was sparked by dry lightning Saturday threatened the tiny town of Seiad
- A third fire, which was on the southwest end of the McKinney blaze, prompted evacuation orders for around 500 homes
- The McKinney fire “remains 0% contained,” the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said
- In northwest Montana, a fire sparked in grasslands near the town of Elmo had grown to about 17 square miles (44 square km) after advancing into forest
- In Idaho, the Moose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest has burned on more than 75 square miles (196 square km) in timbered land near the town of Salmon. It was 21% contained by Sunday morning
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Oak Fire bears down on Yosemite and 2,000 homeowners who are REFUSING to evacuate: Wildfire is ‘0% contained’ despite three-day effort of firefighters who ‘haven’t seen fire behavior like this before’
- Dubbed the Oak Fire, the blaze suddenly surfaced Friday and has since spread rapidly – prompting California fire officials to concede Sunday that the inferno was still ‘0 percent contained’ after burning for a fourth day
- The fire has since burgeoned into the biggest the state has seen all year, with more than 3,800 ordered to flee their homes in remote communities in the usually scenic Sierra Nevada mountains out of fear for their lives
- Firefighters successfully halted it from reaching the nearby communities of Lushmeadows and Mariposa Pines
- Photos and video footage from the stricken region – a rural landscape home to nearly 18,000 – show the destruction left by the fast-moving inferno
- The fire has since spread east at a rapid rate, putting pressure on officials to contain the out-of-control flames
- At least 10 structures have been destroyed thus far, California fire officials said Sunday, and five heavily damaged – with another 2,000 still at risk
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Revelations 18:23:’For the merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.’
Important Takeaways:
- California’s Port of Oakland shuts for a THIRD day in dispute over California’s gig worker law: Supply chain crisis is now set to WORSEN as stranded container ships aren’t able to berth
- Truckers have shut down the Port of Oakland in protest of Assembly Bill 5 (AB5)
- Hundreds picketed gates on Wednesday and blocked drivers from hauling cargo
- As a result, port productivity has diminished and container wait times have risen
- Pot officials warn continued protests will exacerbate supply-chain issues
- Organizers say protests will continue until Gov. Newsom agrees to meet
- AB5 sets tougher standards for classifying workers as independent contractors
- Protesters fear the law will impose hefty costs that will slash their earnings
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- 60% of California in ‘extreme’ drought or worse to start July, federal monitor says
- The first nine months of the 2022 water year are now in the books, and California remains mired in extreme drought conditions.
- More than 97% of the state’s land area is in at least “severe” drought status, 60% in at least “extreme” drought and the driest 12% in “exceptional” drought, according to a weekly update Thursday from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- More than 2 million acres burning across 6 states
- Across the country, more than 6,700 wildland firefighters and support crews are actively working nearly 40 fires across six states, including New Mexico, Arizona, Alabama, California, Kansas and Alaska.
- The National Interagency Fire Center reported five new fires started this week, two in California and one each in Alabama, Arizona and Kansas.
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Important Takeaways:
- Bill that would create legal drug injection sites in California advances in state Legislature
- California moved a step closer Wednesday to creating sites where people could legally use drugs under supervision designed to save them from dying if they overdose, over the objections of opponents who said the state would be enabling dangerous and illegal activity.
- The full Assembly will now consider allowing test programs in Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco, more than a year after the proposal narrowly passed the state Senate.
- Safe injection sites may not be a perfect solution, Jones-Sawyer said, but “we need to go ahead and try something new.”
- California would be “creating an enabling program that enables people to continue to do what is very damaging and destructive, not only to themselves but to the public at large,” said Republican Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto. The goal, he said, should be to “get them off of drugs and get them out of this dependency” instead of allowing it.
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Matt 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Daily reported cases have exceeded the peak of last summer’s delta wave
- Oakland International Airport tweeted that everyone over the age of 2 must once again wear masks in indoor settings there
- Masks will be required in all other children and youth settings, including summer school and youth programs.
- AC Transit also announced that it would restore its mask mandate policy on all buses “until further notice.”
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Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- Shaking was detected at 5:07 a.m. local time, with the epicenter located in the East Bay, near Bay Point.
- California doesn’t yet have an early warning system for seismic activity
- Focus remains on preparedness, with residents urged to make family plan to meet if separated and to stock up on three days’ worth of food, water and other essentials
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Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- Southern California is imposing mandatory water cutbacks as the state tries to cope with the driest conditions it has faced in recorded history.
- Nearly all of California is experiencing severe, extreme or exceptional drought.
- Lower-than-normal water levels in reservoirs mean that California will produce just half the hydroelectric power of a typical year
- This summer is also expected to be hotter than normal, which would create higher demand for air conditioning and strain the power grid further
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Rev 6:5, 6 NCV When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse, and its rider held a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard something that sounded like a voice coming from the middle of the four living creatures. The voice said, “A quart of wheat for a day’s pay, and three quarts of barley for a day’s pay, and do not damage the olive oil and wine!”
Important Takeaways:
- The average price has risen 8.1 cents over the past six days
- The price of a barrel of front month crude on ICE Futures Europe increased $2.04 Monday to settle at $117.60, its highest amount since March 23.
- Crude oil costs account for slightly more than half of the pump price
- The national average price rose three-tenths of a cent to a record $4.622. The national average has set records 19 of the past 22 days.
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