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Wildfires spread rapidly with strong winds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“It was sport to have a gale in such weather as this. Yet it blew like a hurricane. The wind seemed to come with a spite, an edge to it, which threatened to scrape us off the yards. The mere force of the wind was greater than I had ever seen before.”<\/strong>
\n– Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
\nTwo Years Before the Mast<\/em> (1843)<\/p>\n

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In the early days of California cargo shipping, the sailers referred to the wild winds as “south-easterlies”. So strong and unpredictable in fact, that they often had to cut anchor and drift far out to sea – to wait out the wind event.<\/p>\n

offshore winds<\/h2>\n

Various nicknames have been given to the easterly winds in California. They develop from a high or low pressure system that builds in the Great Basin, pushing winds from the desert towards the west, over the Sierra mountains and into California.<\/p>\n

Wind events can last for days, but usually not a full week.<\/strong><\/p>\n