Six Rivers National Forest A continued chance of showers, thunderstorms and lightning remains in the area today. Thunderstorms developed east of the fire area yesterday with little impact to the complex. The Burney Fire has received rain from previous thunderstorms. Crews continued to work to maintain new fires, as well as the 3 new fires…
Mad River Current for Thursday, July 27: Racism acknowledged, lighthouse to be moved
McKMAC to discuss racism Weirdness abounds. The McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee wasn’t scheduled to discuss racism last night. Rather, it was scheduled to discuss whether to discuss racism at a future meeting. Committee Chair Ben Shepherd didn’t think that the topic of racism fell under the county advisory committee’s purview, but the public disagreed and…
Today’s Mad River Current: Lightning warning in the hills! McKinleyville coho nursery moves forward
The National Weather Service has issued a “Hazardous Weather Outlook,” warning of “dangerous cloud to ground lightning, gusty winds, and small hail” up in the mountains this afternoon primarily between Willow Creek and Gasquet. The possibility of lightning continues from this afternoon through at least Wednesday. The concern, obviosly, is that the lightning could spark…
Weather service warns to lightning, hail, gusty winds
Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – From now through 8 p.m., areas of showers and isolated thunderstorms will increase in coverage along the coast, possibly resulting in lightning, small hail and wind gusts up to 40 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS office in Eureka issued a hazardous weather update, which was updated…