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john hansen
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Aug 19, 2014 - 12:36pm PT
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I have a friend that has land up there in Oakhurst. Does anyone have a link to a map that shows the areas burned? I tried the Cal fire site.
Is the fire only south of 41, or is it also between 41 and 49?
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Aug 19, 2014 - 02:48pm PT
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Since this is all purpose, this post refers to current and past fires in the NW. Climbed Adams last weekend. There was no view of Hood due to the smoke. The views of Rainier and St.Helens were painted with a brown sludge below the smog/smoke line with a little topping of white at the highest elevations.
The weather has been getting better. We expect to start a small demobilization of fire foreces perhaps this week. We had over 8,000 firefighters on the lines.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Aug 19, 2014 - 03:00pm PT
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Thanks, Khanom! Our acquaintances who live in Oakhurst have reported some of the devastation, but since they were in Fresno when they told us, the report was necessarily incomplete. They seemed to think that some homeless drug addicts caused the fire. That may just be convenient scapegoating, but it wouldn't be the first time that sort of thing has happened around here. Very tragic, regardless of the cause.
John
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John M
climber
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Aug 19, 2014 - 03:05pm PT
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sierra news online is saying that El Cids did not burn.
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Aug 19, 2014 - 04:05pm PT
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So, I assume the big propane tanks didn't go up.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 20, 2014 - 07:48pm PT
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hey there say, folks...
my boston friend, just shared this...
has anyone seen news on this, in the 'above bakersfield's area'?
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/55893104#.U_VcFWPDWG0
WOFFORD HEIGHTS AREA:
are any of you all folks affected by this, or not...
hope you all are okay... it says that it is 0% contained,
HERE IS PART QUOTE, FROM LINK:
EVACUATIONS
Kern Valley High School is the recommended evacuation center. If you have large animals, officials recommend you take them with you, along with extra feed.
Advertise
Kern County Fire is advising people living along these roads to evacuate:
Rodgers road, north and south Frontier Trail, south and West Burlando Road, Whitney Road, Grove Park way, Silver Mine Drive, Frontier Road, Bristlecone Drive, Sycamore Drive.
Fire fighters also added Sierra Vista, Needham Drive, Loma Lane, Sargent Lane, Adams Road, and Mar Vista Drive.
All these roads are closed from Highway 155 in Wofford Heights.
hope this helps if you may need to call and
check on folks...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 20, 2014 - 10:39pm PT
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hey there say, khanom... thanks! thank you so much for the info, there...
good to here from you... :)
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Aug 21, 2014 - 06:24am PT
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Hey there, say - glad the El Cid is ok! If I remember correctly, the palmettos planted in front of the El Ced are the first/last palms on the way in/out to Yosemite from the south.
The first/last palms on the way in from Merced are about two minutes west of the base of the hill up to Mariposa on the north side, just before the little county park which is on the south side.
Hmmm, can't remember on the 120. Somewhere around Chinese Camp and the wood yard? I'll be driving past there in less than a month, so I'll be sure to look!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 21, 2014 - 08:07am PT
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Despite the drought and the high number of fires "The West has lost 2.5
million acres to fires this year, the second-lowest total in the last 13 years." - LA Times
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 21, 2014 - 08:23am PT
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Good question. I doubt many of us will. Hopefully the next generation will,
if they ever get off their 'smart' phones.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 21, 2014 - 10:14am PT
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"The first/last palms on the way in from Merced are about two minutes west of the base of the hill up to Mariposa on the north side,
just before the little county park which is on the south side."--PTPP
Bingo!
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WBraun
climber
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Aug 28, 2014 - 07:54am PT
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What's left to burn anyways.
After so many wildfires this and last year there's nothing left to burn.
Rolls eye's and famous last words ........ :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 28, 2014 - 09:40am PT
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1.5 acres? I've seen campfires bigger than that!
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