Fire

[madhatte]

Pretty sure they'll be back over there in a week or so. That wasn't much rain at all on the other side of the Cascade crest; seems most of it was on the slopes of the west side. They're reporting about 3" Wednesday total near Kapowsin but only about 1/4" a mere 100 miles east. The mountains wrung the clouds out like a sponge. That will dry out in a hurry.

 

[Gologit]

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1008

 

[Gologit]

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current

 

[slowp]

 

[Gologit]

http://yubanet.com/nevada/Web.php

 

[Metals406]

Is there a fire on the mountain Lassie?

 

[slowp]

There is another fire, and it is right where some friends of mine own a house. They now rent it out and the tenant has evacuated. Strong points are that it has irrigation around it, and a metal roof. The weak point is an old wooden deck. Keep your fingers crossed, it is a cute little log house that they built by themselves. Up on the hill above it are some McMansions that are second homes to wealthy folks. To the west is the Sun Mountain Lodge.

Once again, it is in the Methow Valley and right in the middle of Twisp and Winthrop. Those folks are getting hammered this year.

It is also across the river from the North Cascades Smokejumper Base.

Here is a link.

http://hotlist.wildlandfire.com/threads/42153-WA-NES-512-LOC-Signal-Hill-RD?p=172543#post172543

 

[DavdH]

Updated about every 6 hours,

http://wildlandfire.maps.arcgis.com/apps/PublicInformation/index.html

http://www.geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml

 

[madhatte]

Had an odd one happen yesterday. I was bossing a dozer on a control line on a steep hill. It was an old D-4 so tired it could barely get out of its own way and sort of wallowed its way sidehill and slid in between two trees, such that the tracks on the starboard side were pinned in place. I called for saw & wedges. What I did was cut about 4 ft up, and threw a snipe in there to jump it over the blade. It worked, and then I more-or-less flushed the stump so the tracks would clear it. First time I ever got a dozer un-stuck with a chainsaw!

 

[RandyMac]

Had a change in weather, the smoke moved out, heavy drizzle moved in. From Orick north, the road sides are still green and growing.

 

[RandyMac]

Probably going to be a salvage sale near laytonville.

 

[slowp]

As long as it isn't IN Laytonville.

 

[Gologit]

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1015


I think there are some very unhappy pot growers in that area.

 

[Metals406]

Got dispatched to Graingville today. Should make it there late tonight, early morning. Inspection is at 7a.m.

 

[RandyMac]

I worked on the fire north of Layton, by that old mill just off 101. The landowner and the Fire Boss were cronies, I felled about 30 good sized pines as part of the "mop up".

 

[RandyMac]

http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2014/aug/7/leggett-meeting-lodge-fire/

 

[RandyMac]

Laytonville is kicking their butts

 

[RandyMac]

 

[madhatte]

250 acres right by the fence yesterday. Lots of neighbors looking and worrying. It crossed the creek in 3 places, something I've never seen it do here before.

 

[slowp]

It has been thundering for several hours and now we are having a downpour and cooler temps.