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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Aug 30, 2013 - 12:19am PT
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if you line up all those honey buckets you can get choppers to suck the grease and urine right out and dump it near pilot hill, retards and fertilizes at the same time, and cheaper than the agent orange,
possible Hep C breakout next spring, but heh, jus sayin,
whats worse, a swollen liver or losin your swiss family robinson play house?
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Aug 30, 2013 - 12:31am PT
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7 PM inciweb update
199, 237 acres!!
You can bet it will be over 200K by morning
37% contained
Looking much better for the 108 people!
and by extension for knanom as well.
The advisory evacuation notice for Tuolumne City, Soulsbyville and Willow Springs has been lifted. Firefighters began burning operations south of Hetch Hetchy and along Old Yosemite Road. Crews continue with line construction near Clavey Meadows near the 3N01 Road. Crews began removing fuels along the Tioga Road and Highway 120 near the Yosemite National Park entrance in preparation for the planned burnout. This work is to reduce the intensity of the burnout. The burnout has begun near Pilot Peak. Night crews will continue with burning operations as long as weather conditions allow, and will construct and improve firelines and provide structure defense.
Crews began removing fuels along the Tioga Road and Highway 120 near the Yosemite National Park entrance in preparation for the planned burnout. This work is to reduce the intensity of the burnout.
egads
I'm betting this will be burning in spots until the first big snow of winter.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Aug 30, 2013 - 12:38am PT
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Latest MODIS on Google Earth
2115 PDT
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Aug 30, 2013 - 09:50am PT
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Holy fuk is the smoke bad this morning in Greeley.
I feel bad saying this, but for the first time since the fire started we've got a morning over here that is almost smoke free.
The wind patterns must have shifted?
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Aug 30, 2013 - 12:05pm PT
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Funny, my burnouts are never planned. but if you're lucky you can see them coming.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Aug 30, 2013 - 01:38pm PT
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This thread has been a great way to monitor what's going on. Thanks, much appreciated. A little info regarding the language would be helpful, what's the definition of a "burn out" in the fire fighting world?
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Aug 30, 2013 - 01:49pm PT
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Burning out is burning small pockets of green between fire line and the active edge of the fire. Small scale clean-up type of stuff. For example, if you were building line around a "u" shaped area you would simply go across the top of the "u" (rather than down, across, and back up) and then burn out the small area of the inside of the "u".
Back firing involves lighting a fire along a fire line with the goal of burning everything between the fire and the line. Sort of the same as burning out but on a much larger scale.
A control fire has nothing to do with wild fire suppression and is an intentionally set fire for stand improvement, etc.
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Aug 30, 2013 - 03:14pm PT
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Higher temps and lower humidity for the weekend.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 30, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
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hey there say, was just checking on all the folks, khanom...
:)
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Aug 30, 2013 - 10:38pm PT
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abrams, rad image, tx for posting that
and yeah, that actually is a whole frickin lot better.
but upper clavey is under that smoke plume.
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John M
climber
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Aug 30, 2013 - 11:42pm PT
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Am I stupid for thinking the smoke plume should be getting smaller?
Looks thicker then ever.
Some of that is because they are doing burnouts. They establish lines in front of the fire, and then burn in towards the fire.
Fire Update as of August 30, 2013, 6am
Burnout operations continued overnight in the southeastern area of the fire. Fire crews continued construction of fire line along 3N01 Road to stop fire spread to the north. Structure defense continues in Pinecrest, Mi-Wuk Vilalge, Confidence, Cold Springs, and Hodgdon Meadow, and Big Oak Flat in Yosemite National Park. Today's plans are to continue the burnout in the Yosemite National Park south of Hetch Hetchy. If conditions allow, the Duckwall Mountain north of Fahey Meadow burnout will start. Air operations will support all firefighting efforts as needed.
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dave729
Trad climber
Western America
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Aug 30, 2013 - 11:46pm PT
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Every new fire line they make could be an epic mountain bike trail
once this is all over!
That's tax money doubly well spent!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Aug 31, 2013 - 11:42am PT
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DM88T, am I reading the map correctly, looks like it's actively burning around Crane Flat and both Sequoia groves???
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Aug 31, 2013 - 11:46am PT
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I noticed those hotspots also. I was hoping those were some type deliberately set fires to protect the area. Are they?
How much damage would this fire do to the grove? Aren't sequoias fairly resistant to fire.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 31, 2013 - 02:53pm PT
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hey there say, khanom... thanks for the update...
oh my, i am learning so much about where all these roads are and lead to, and these lovely areas... sadly, i am learning, through a bad fire, though...
you all are not forgotten, nor the firefighters... in your corner and praying...
god blesss...
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
who gave up and just goes sailing now!
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Aug 31, 2013 - 03:53pm PT
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Tuolumne is completely smoked out!!!
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abrams
Sport climber
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Aug 31, 2013 - 04:09pm PT
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Wind shifting the smoke and fire.
Picture from Crane Flat lookout said its under control there.
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