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slowp said:
Took this from up the street a bit. I saw it smoldering earlier. I'm thinking it erupted after smoldering for weeks. That earlier fire got into an old spot where the old mill used to dump sawdust. You'd see a bit of smoke off and on all summer. This morning, what with 50mph gusts of wind, this is what has happened.
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It blocks the view of the column from the Cold Springs Fire, which started not too far away, has burned south and has jumped the Columbia River.

We're OK as long as no fires break out upwind. I did fill up the gas tank this morning and have the trailer semi-ready, but we are buffered by orchards and irrigated land. Most of the houses on my street, including mine, have metal roofs. Winds are supposed to die down tonight.
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Well, here's to hoping your house doesn't burn down either.
 
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Blue Oaks said:
Dang. I hope it skirts your house, and doesn't burn it down.
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The dozers punched line about a line in to the east and running north down into the river canyon. Right now they are using all five ponds in our area for helicopter dip sites and tankers painting that dozer line.
 
TheBrushSlasher said:
The dozers punched line about a line in to the east and running north down into the river canyon. Right now they are using all five ponds in our area for helicopter dip sites and tankers painting that dozer line.
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Awesome! Having helicopters there GREATLY increases your odds of not having to look for a new house.
 
This is our family cabin that my grandpa built in 1955, lots of memories up there. From what I hear there's firefighters setting up structure protection there. Luckily they've had time to get in.
 
The whole west is a **** show. My kid just got pulled from Kalifornia, to go back to Idaho, because there are no resources. He is headed to Cambridge, Idaho. Oregon, Kalifornia and Washington are all on fire. At least one small town in eastern Washington, has been 80 percent burned down.
If you are going to live in the forest, CUT A DAMNED FIRE BREAK!
 
2dogs said:
It has been a rough few weeks here in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties. You probably know the big picture, dry lightning and strong winds descended on us August 16th. The CZU (Santa Cruz/San Mateo) complex is over 86,000 acres, roughly 20% of our county. The SCU (Santa Clara, etc) is over 396,000 acres.

The real damage was done in the north of Santa Cruz county, the north coast, Bonny Doon, China Grade Rd, around Hwy 236, and other locations. Over 900 residences were lost! NINE HUNDRED! Several of my friends lost everything. I've spoken of my friend Andy here before, there is nothing left of his house. He managed to get both of his trucks out along with most of his work saws and the power head for the Lucas mill. He lost all the framing and rails. His favorite Stihl 064 and an 090 were in the garage when he left. Paul who I have worked with many times (and Nef, another friend) rented on the north coast. They got their dogs and surfboards out. Period. Forest who was born in Last Chance and lived there lost his home. Tad lost his life.

Over the last few years it has been very difficult for the residents to get fire insurance, I don't know how many properties were uninsured. Good luck getting insurance in the future. 900!

Cody and I along with a water tender helped our friend in Bonny Doon save his and his sister's house August 22nd. We were both in greens and yellows so Cal Fire left us alone but they kicked the water tender (who lived just down the road) off the fire. The Strike Team Leader, Type 3, came down to where we were working and said there is ONE type 3 for this road, no water tenders, one dozer down the hill somewhere, no air, you are on your own. Play it safe and leave if you feel threatened. We were in the middle of 200 acres of burning poison oak, why would we feel threatened?

The camp where I have been working these last couple years (on Hwy 9) was sorta threatened but for safety sake Hwy 9 was closed. I had a tracked skid steer I could not get to until last week. The rental company (A Tool Shed) is great to work with so that entire time cost $3k which they will write of as an in kind donation. However our contractor had a rental D4 there also at $3K per DAY! They have already said NO! to any deal. The price will be $75K!

Today September 5 is a hot one. CZU is around 60% contained but several spot fires inside and outside the containment line have popped up. I have worked quite a few disasters here starting in 1974. People can hold their tempers about or sometimes 3 weeks. Now people are angry! There are hundreds of people threatening to sue Cal Fire for various reasons, mostly due to the lack of air craft. A heavy marine layer kept the smoke in and the aircraft on the ground. Many suggestions have been made online on how to proceed in the future from IFR to radar to creating special aircraft that will drop moist topsoil (with redwood seeds in it) to create a berm around the entire fire. Really.

I only have a few pics but I will post the later.
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Paul and Nef are my neighbors. They were staying with me and my father in law helping to restore infrastructure. They both have gofundme set up. I posted a thread stating Paul’s. I can post them here if nobody minds. I’ve noticed (at least around me) the only people whose houses are still standing are the ones who stayed to defend them. Not encouraging people to do this at all. Just stating facts that I’ve seen. I have plenty of pictures as well if anyone is interested. It was really quite an experience to go through and I feel lucky for what I have but I feel for the people who lost their homes. It really is a tragedy
 
Tin-knocker said:
Paul and Nef are my neighbors. They were staying with me and my father in law helping to restore infrastructure. They both have gofundme set up. I posted a thread stating Paul’s. I can post them here if nobody minds. I’ve noticed (at least around me) the only people whose houses are still standing are the ones who stayed to defend them. Not encouraging people to do this at all. Just stating facts that I’ve seen. I have plenty of pictures as well if anyone is interested. It was really quite an experience to go through and I feel lucky for what I have but I feel for the people who lost their homes. It really is a tragedy
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Yes please post pics.
Today I was working with a friend from Boulder Creek. A month ago there were 600 residences on their water system. Today there are only 30. Fortunately his house did not burn.

Thanks, Bill
 
sbhooper said:
The whole west is a **** show. My kid just got pulled from Kalifornia, to go back to Idaho, because there are no resources. He is headed to Cambridge, Idaho. Oregon, Kalifornia and Washington are all on fire. At least one small town in eastern Washington, has been 80 percent burned down.
If you are going to live in the forest, CUT A DAMNED FIRE BREAK!
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100' fire break wont help much with the winds and dry conditions we have right now, wind gusts from the north are the worst possible combination coupled with high temps and low humidity. this isn't a rake the forest type of event.
 
Oregon has their hands full right now. Some pretty major evacuations in Marion county.
Looks like high winds and low humidity are making things interesting.
 
Mill City is reported to have burned, video on youtube, certainly lots of the town burned.
Detroit is reported to have burned, I can't find video or pictures of that.
Reports of casualties because people were trapped by downed trees and couldn't drive out in time.

I used to work in the whole Santiam Canyon area, it is very heavy fuel, tall trees, thick brush, small narrow roads. All the side roads off the highway are steep and winding.

I have friends and family out working in this. Say a prayer for everyone there, they're gonna need it.
 
bonney lake/ sumner wa on fire this would be the suburbs south of Seattle, but west side Washington, lots of evacuations lots of structure fire.

went from mild fire danger around here to extreme in just a couple days... couple that with all the idiots still lighting "recreational fires" we in for some **** around here.
 

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