Wildfire 2022

[Flyoverland Captive]

Jebus. 74,000 acres. Doubling every day.

https://ktvz.com/news/fire-alert/202...eing-restored/

[evdog]

Crazy, I was in Oakridge yesterday. Rode Eula ridge, smoke was pretty bad and getting worse so I bounced east and rode Dread and Terror segment of NUT. Minimal smoke there but it's a ways south. Pretty strong winds both places. Headed down to NorCal coast since everywhere else has bad smoke.

[rideit]

Was oddly quite clear here today, smoke has got to be on the way.

[TBS]

I was working at the Bobby Weir show at Hoodoo (50 miles north of Oakridge) yesterday.
It was lightly snowing ash from Cedar Creek fire until evening.


ETA - at 1100 there was a fine layer of ash over everything at my house. About same distance from Oakridge as ‘Doo

[Meadow Skipper]

Video from the jump on that fire on Brundage Mtn. that we were talking about. Looks like it was burning pretty hot.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiVVe...d=NmNmNjAwNzg=

[neufox47]

In the last week we’ve hit AQI values of 1,500, 1,200, 1,100 and 900. Every day but 1 we went over 500…. Yet I’ll be happy if this thing just keeps going East and doesn’t come west any further.




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[PB]

Jeebus ...... sounds like you would be blindly running into things, if you could even breath.

[TBS]

No shit - it’s 220+ here due to Cedar Creek. If I go outside for more than fifteen minutes, I get a sore throat.

@neufox - where do you live, next to a Chinese tire factory?

[J. Barron DeJong]

Haven’t seen 1500 yet, but Truckee isn’t doing so great either.

[old goat]

Last 2 mornings have been pretty clear of smoke--this AM with some clouds as well. Minimal wind but late AM/afternoon the smoke settles in. I guess the problem is an inversion? Got some sprinkles this afternoon but that didn't clear things at all.

[neufox47]

Auburn CA






Normally you can see the Forresthill bridge from that window. This was from the fire 1 year ago. I think I may up my insurance limits…






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[PB]

I'll never complain about ag dust again.

[bodywhomper]

Sry, neufox.

[neufox47]

Sry, neufox.

Thanks man but we are all good. Western perimeter is looking pretty solid, which selfishly is what I’m most interested in. Worst part is that my 3 year old, who hadn’t needed his inhalers for months, is back on them. That and the dogs going stir crazy because he gets no walks.

[neufox47]

Fuck. Spot fire just broke the line N over the American River and is rapidly threatening Foresthill. And a separate fire started at Dutch Flat that just closed 80…



Air has been great today, but that clear air means more O2 for the fire….


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[TBS]

Growth of Cedar Creek fire in Central OR has declined after tripling from 30k acres to 90k in three days. Evac levels have improved for Oakridge, despite zero containment. Maybe the MTB trails wont be destroyed after all


And maybe today I can go outside to play after three days of 200+ AQI

Was interested to see the constant references in the reports to dry lichens as a major source of spotting. Guess that’s a function of old growth west side stands.

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/8307/71795/

[rideit]

Pouring rain here, which *probably* means that we skated through another summer here without a major incident. But nothing is certain, of course.

[bodywhomper]

Hopefully the Cedar Fire and Mosquito Fire are mostly low/mid severity. Watching the run up to forestville online and with the distant smoke plume was gripping yesterday afternoon. Zeke Lunder had some useful observations about how WX (temp and humidity) were favorable for the success at Forestville.

I made the mistake of watching the news copter vid that powdork posted in the Tahoe thread too late last night. Haunting watching somebody’s burning building while another that was a short distance away catch from the inside… due to radiant heat and/or ember intrusion?

[dan_pdx]

I saw a small fire a little bit northeast of Spada Lake from a Spokane --> Seattle flight today. Couldn't tell if any fireghters were on the ground or anything. The relevant authorities would already know about that fire, right? It's clearly visible from above. I got a photo but no GPS fix because I had my phone security settings turned up to "Buttahflake".

[Meadow Skipper]

Mija put up this view on IG, Shasta Avy Center reported 4 inches of snow at Bunny Flat.

[old goat]

Someone posted a large version of the daily ops map for the Mosquito fire outside Safeway in Truckee. (There's also a link to the map on the Inciweb site for the fire.) To a layman like me this stuff is fascinating and helps understand how complex fighting a big fire is.

[Meadow Skipper]

Someone posted a large version of the daily ops map for the Mosquito fire outside Safeway in Truckee. (There's also a link to the map on the Inciweb site for the fire.) To a layman like me this stuff is fascinating and helps understand how complex fighting a big fire is.

Given your interests, you should check out an IAP (daily Incident Action Plan) from a large fire some time. Usually a multi-page document passed out to incident personnel that outlines the objectives, personnel and crew assignments, logistical information, maps, weather and fire behavior forecasts, commo plans, safety briefings, medical plan, aviation plan, and so forth. I’ll see if I can find one online for you.

The daily shift briefings at large fires would interest you too.

[Meadow Skipper]

Here’s a representative IAP for the Caldor fire. Consider the efforts that go into producing one of these for every shift, and then making it happen.
https://mfpd.us/wp-content/uploads/2...22-to-8-23.pdf

[old goat]

Thanks but no thanks. Just got done trying to absorb a couple of 70+ page california energy documents not intended for the likes of me. Maybe later.
But yeah--seems like it's like D-Day--running up on the beach and getting shot is the easy part, Getting 150,000 troops plus artillery, armor, etc to the point where they can get shot at is the hard part.

[oldnew_guy]

Cool little piece on the McCall jumpers in the latest Patagonia magazine.