Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
|
|
|
Jul 28, 2018 - 04:02pm PT
|
Please be careful Andy and everyone else out there. Things, even homes, can be replaced. People are what make our lives full and worth living. My heart breaks for all that is happening to so many.
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
|
Jul 28, 2018 - 04:15pm PT
|
Timid, how many mains would they have needed to turn off? They don’t have a plan for that?
|
|
climbski2
Mountain climber
The Ocean
|
|
|
Jul 29, 2018 - 06:53pm PT
|
How's it going Tad?
|
|
rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
|
|
|
Jul 29, 2018 - 09:19pm PT
|
I'm in AK but there is a 26,000 acre fire raging in the Pah Rah range. Last I heard it was in my canyon with all the neighbors evacuated. The fire crew was staging from my property so there is some hope. My friend Brendan went up and took out a list of irreplaceable's last night.
|
|
john hansen
climber
|
|
|
Jul 29, 2018 - 09:51pm PT
|
I think a lot of customers in Redding rely on propane delivery and tanks instead of lines.
Those flames could be the individual tanks bleeding off.
I doubt if Redding has an underground gas system.
http://shastagaspropane.com
I can not imagine fighting fires in 100 degree heat.
Over 570 homes lost so far.
Edit: I stand corrected as per Hocking below.
|
|
i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
|
|
|
Jul 30, 2018 - 02:07am PT
|
^why? they're a city of 90,000 along I-5. I would be stunned if they didn't
|
|
climbski2
Mountain climber
The Ocean
|
|
|
Jul 30, 2018 - 03:32pm PT
|
Wow Rick. Seems like the nevada obscure gang is facing fire issues this year. I think it's hard for lower 48 years to realize the size and scale of Alaska wildfires. Generally they don't affect a whole lot of people but massive. Good luck to you Rick
|
|
wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
|
|
|
Jul 30, 2018 - 04:15pm PT
|
I hope it rains over there.
|
|
rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
|
|
|
Jul 30, 2018 - 07:22pm PT
|
Yeah Derek, truly massive fires up in AK, sometimes in excess of a million acres. But the fire I'm referring to is in NV. The Perry fire, now 48,000 acres. Saw an incident map overlayed on a satellite I mb age 2 hours ago. My place in Paiute Canyon was surrounded on 3 sides by fire burnt acreage. Thank God for the 30 man crew staged on my property protecting the structures in the canyon.
|
|
i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
|
|
|
Jul 31, 2018 - 12:09am PT
|
so what's different about the alaska fires?
was there a time when they were extinguished there?
how are they burning? are they sterilizing the landscape as fires do here in areas of previous suppression or is it just part of the natural cycle?
It seems like we are just seeing how a natural ecosystem in those latitudes behaves?
|
|
rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
|
|
|
Jul 31, 2018 - 12:29am PT
|
In most of the state of AK there is little to no population nor consequent suppression Gumby. The fires in these areas are allowed to burn naturally and since there is no active suppression cleanse the landscape before a buildup up of fuel can cause a catastrophic burn.
|
|
rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
|
|
|
Jul 31, 2018 - 06:56pm PT
|
2 lightening fires near clark canyon right now...been going since 3 o'clock...
|
|
rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
|
|
|
Jul 31, 2018 - 09:29pm PT
|
Well, my NV house survived thanks to the fire crew staging off the property. But, my once beautiful creekside deck didn't fare so well. Including damage to my roof, pool, deck, irrigation system, and miscellaneous scorch mark's I estimate 50-60 k in repair costs. Not to fear, I am after all a general contractor, but unfortunately my entire 130 acres trees, brush. grass is all cinders.
|
|
rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
|
|
|
Jul 31, 2018 - 09:42pm PT
|
bummer rick....
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
Good article, Jody. Can’t wait to see the ad hominem attacks because you posted it.
|
|
phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
|
|
I’m sorry for all you have lost, Rick Summer, but I am glad your home was saved.
Take care, Phyl
|
|
rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
|
|
That's pretty much right on DMT.
Take my area in NV. A high desert/mountain canyon. Hadn't burned in probably 200 years, full to the brim with fire fuel. I told my wife many times; enjoy it while you can because we're going to lose it to fire or flood if we keep it long enough. Well, we got lucky this time with the fire crew staging right on the property ( 2 closest neighbors not so lucky, homes burnt to the ground). Now, being in a major drainage with many square miles of freshly denuded mountain slopes feeding it I'll pray to the mountain gods for a light precip winter. In the meantime I'm going to heavily terraform my section of the canyon with a D-9.
If you live in harm's way, as so in many in our burgeoning population, you should expect nature to bite back.
|
|
Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
|
|
Hoo, yeah, what DMT said. Really bummed about your loss, Rick. That sucks. Didn't the natives used to burn out areas intentionally back in the day? I've always understood that California is a "fire ecology" region. I seem to recall the canyons in So Cal were often burned by the natives. Now they are packed with multi-million dollar homes! Oh, well. Fire is gonna come. Have an escape plan.
BAd
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!