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John M
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Jul 31, 2014 - 12:46pm PT
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very smokey in Wawona today.
Anyone know of a decent current smoke map? I can't figure out which fire this smoke is coming from. With a west southwest wind, the El Portal fire smoke should be blowing away from us. and the French fire should be too far east.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jul 31, 2014 - 12:48pm PT
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Lodge LCA fire started yesterday on the upper Eel River NW of Laytonville.
Now at 85 acres.
It's 6 miles and 1 ridge W of my son's previous summer camp: Camp Winnarainbow. My wife nurses there every summer. Her shift was a month ago.
We have good friends just south of Laytonville, she's the head nurse at Winnarainbow
Good luck up there Wavy and Johannara, Jundi and the other counsellors, Rose and David and all the campers.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jul 31, 2014 - 12:49pm PT
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decent current smoke map? nope, I suspect smoke's way too variable to map
The fire down by Mammoth Pool is growing today.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Jul 31, 2014 - 12:55pm PT
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There are a lot of airtankers and helicopters working this afternoon in the mountains of Northern California (north of Redding, CA), Medford, OR area and up into the Bend / Prineville region. Fire weather watches posted.
Here's a useful public link:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm
News and Notes 07/31/2014
1230 CA-KNF Whites Fire: 200 acres in timber, 0% contained. 11 miles west of Callahan, CA. Moderate rate of spread. 93 degrees, 16% RH, winds southeast 13 gusting 23.
1230 CA-SHF Coffee Fire: 10 acres in timber, 0% contained. 6 miles northwest of Coffee Creek, CA. Moderate rate of spread. 91 degrees, 21% RH, winds south-southeast 4 gusting 8.
Effective 1200 today North Ops is moving to preparedness level 4.
(On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest fire preparedness level).
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jul 31, 2014 - 02:02pm PT
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In the Santa Cruz mountains, the morning CalFire checkin (includes county fire and volunteer companies) asked all mountain companies to cover their equipment.
That means volunteer companies to their stations and "regulars" to man their stations with all hands.
It's as hot today as yesterday. No forecast for moisture in the next week.
At least forecast cooling off a little on Sat and Sun.
Two local CDCR inmate crews were sent out of area to a fire.
Bloody He**
Lodge fire now to 600 acres, spotting and spreading.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Jul 31, 2014 - 03:43pm PT
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I haven't noticed a whole lot of air activity over the Yosemite area. That is a good sign for fire fighters and residents.
Most of the heavy airtankers and helitankers are active in roughly the Redding / Medford / Bend / Wenatchee, WA mountains. With SEAT activity in the lower country extending all the way into ID and northern MT.
And it is not even August yet. It might be a long month if this weather continues.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jul 31, 2014 - 05:05pm PT
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All I can say is that they better damn well get that friggin French fire under control because the SOB is getting too damn close to my Arnold Meadows house for my liking.
Of course, one neighbor works for the Bass Lake FD and another is a retired CDF Battalion chief so I'm going with the "it's who you know" approach.
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Jul 31, 2014 - 05:36pm PT
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I haven't seen or heard any tankers out toward the french fire since yesterday, I'm hoping they are flying another route becauseI saw alot until yesterday and I know the fire is still raging.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jul 31, 2014 - 07:22pm PT
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khanom: re el portal--
i heard they cut/burned line back from the heliport. i think they've tried to push it up toward old coulter v rd.
in any event, things must be better-- my cal fire neighbor was back home today. i was too busy cleaning gutters to go hit him up.
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Anybody have info about the air quality around Lover's Leap? Toulumne? Courtwright? I'm casting a wide net...
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Some news and notes from areas a little further north of Yosemite:
08/01/2014
0700 CA-KNF Beaver Fire: 400 acres, 11% contained. Moderate rate of spread, with active short runs during the afternoon. Active burning observed on all flanks. NorCal IMT2 Team 2 (Johnson) will inbrief at 1200 hours today.
CA-MEU Lodge Complex: 650 acres, 5% contained. Steep slopes and difficult access are hampering containment efforts. CAL FIRE IMT Team 4 (Derum) assumed command of the incident this morning.
CA-KNF July Complex: Complex comprises the White (1,000 acres, 0% contained), Leef (17 acres, 45% contained) and Log (130 acres, 0% contained) fires. White Fire is making significant upslope runs with single tree torching; Leef fire has forward progress stopped and is smoldering; Log fire is active on all flanks. California IMT Team 1 (McGowan) will inbrief today.
CA-LNF Bald Fire: 3,100 acres, 0% contained. Fire is threatening Pacific Crest Trail, historical structures and power, communication and transportation infrastructures. Fire progressing at a moderate rate of spread, with short range spotting and torching. NorCal IMT2 Team 1 (Minton) is assigned to this fire and will inbrief at 1400 hours today.
CA-LMU Day Fire: 7,000 acres, 5% contained. Fire continues to make significant runs with long range spotting. Continued threat to the community of Day, Lookout Ranchettes, local power infrastructure and commercial timberlands. CAL FIRE IMT Team 3 (Michael) will inbrief today.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Latest El Portal fire MODIS
Moving right up to Crane Flat junction
Lodge fire slowly expanding northwards towards 101 North of Laytonville.
Not moving towards children's summer camp Camp Winnarainbow.
We have several friends on staff there.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Yosemite current road conditions
All main roads within Yosemite National Park, including the Big Oak Flat Road, are open. Crane Flat, Bridalveil Creek, and Yosemite Creek Campgrounds are temporarily closed. The community of Foresta remains closed.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Calfire has 2 airtankers and a Huey on a start just south of Mariposa.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Through work I have access to a program which lets me view all the firefighting aircraft in the country. It's pretty cool and gives me a good idea where the activity is happening (airtankers and heavy helicopters flying typically means something is going on).
I don't see any other aircraft over that Mariposa area, so it was either a false alarm or they caught it small.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Smoky on the eastside. Tolerable in the meadows when i drove in this morning.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Fire on Hwy 1 (the coastal highway) N of Santa Cruz, just S of Waddell Beach.
On the ocean side of the road.
Fire crews were called out about an hour ago. There haven't been any more callouts and I can't see any significant smoke rising over the coastal hills so I'm guessing it's under control.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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It looks to really be heating up in northern Cal. If forecasted lightning and winds pan out, it could be an interesting month:
1615 Update from news and notes:
CA-HUU McClellan Fire: 30 acres, 0% contained, burning brush. Fire is located on Highway 36 at McClellan Mountain Road, Dinsmore. Rapid rate of spread. Structures threatened, evacuations in progress.
CA-LMU Day Fire: 7,000 acres, 10% contained. Mandatory evacuations of the Lookout Ranchettes have been issued.
CA-SHF Coffee Fire: 200 acres, 0% contained, burning in timber. Fire is located in the Trinity Alps Wilderness, 5 miles northwest of Coffee Creek. Moderate to rapid rate of spread.
CA-KNF Little Deer Fire: 350 acres, 0% contained, burning in brush and timber. Fire is located near Highway 97, 11 miles southwest of Macdoel. Moderate rate of spread. Fire is burning towards Highway 97.
1530
OR-ODF Oregon Gulch Fire: 9000 acres, 0% contained. Fire is burning near the community of Copco, south of the Oregon border. Fire was part of the Beaver Complex east of Ashland, Oregon that burned into California overnight. Structure threat to the community of Copco. Fire is being managed by an ODF Type 1 team. 1,000 acres is burning in Siskiyou County, California. Fire is in Unified Command with CAL FIRE.
1530
CA-LNF Eiler Fire: 950 acres, 0% contained, burning in timber. Fire is located in the 1,000 Lakes Wilderness, 12 miles southwest of Burney. Rapid rate of spread.
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