Mostly true but don't paint with too broad a brush. Lodgepole pine, for instance, is a big fan of full stand replacement.

^^^ holy smokes. any notions that the un-wooded crests of mountain ranges are a sufficient fire break have been dispelled this fire season.

lay off your seasonals who are on your district's budget if they arent on a P-code
give your own department your 2 week salary's worth of budget space by going on a fire detail

win-win, locally,...

Not a bummer for the GS-9s who get to leave the office and work for a GS-4 Squad Boss and GS-5 Crew Boss and make 120 hours of overtime for the tour.

^^^^ know youre worried about the velocity but as long as the direction stays E-ish.... shubbe gud

you got this KQ hope it just saves you some fall chores and nothing worse

less info and more CYA. The Public Information and Recreation folk in the USFS I've asked about this have said that they are explicitly not allowed to do anything with their statements and...

Thankfully a few of the Incident Management Teams understand how terrible the framework is and take these extra steps. Unfortunately they are essentially going rogue--- most incidents don't feature...

grrr. so sad that it's still so hard to get fire information. inciweb's interface is worse than two years ago and if you have some kind of incident managed by somebody like Calfire it is on their...

while I somehow didn't burn down the river bottom the first time I decided to throw fireworks into the bushes, and didn't die the first time i got into icy steep terrain i didnt know like i...

the difference that I see isn't anything regarding the dynamics of the tornado but, rather...... in the places these things have formed, haven't people already been told to get the fuck out? next...

This is a great time to ask Meadow Skipper: whats the longest distance confirmed spot fire youve observed or that was observed on an incident you worked?

I would assume a real tornado would be...

^^^ the difference, with this one, is that NWS observed-- by radar --rotation in the column. I am not sure if their radar is good enough to detect firewhirls (or dust devils, for that matter). Of...

That is some crazy shit.