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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 27, 2014 - 12:34am PT
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hey there say, k-man... thanks so much for the link...
prayer for all...
say, k-man, that link just mentioned oakhurst, though "capped out"
what does this mean...
is oakhurst near any fire danger, too, or not?
thanks... worried about property there, of family...
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enjoimx
Trad climber
SLO
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Jul 27, 2014 - 08:26am PT
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Valley right now. Looking up at the falls
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 27, 2014 - 09:49am PT
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The Dark Hole fire has cooled down somewhat and it's extent has remained roughly unchanged
The El Portal fire is limited in extent but still burning hot.
Here is today's Wunderground data for that area:
These are fairly decent numbers as compared to the conditions leading up to Saturday.
The 35% humidity for 11 pm looks real good.
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YosemiteSteve
Trad climber
CA
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Jul 27, 2014 - 09:53am PT
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Some friends lost their home in Foresta yesterday...waiting to hear more today.
"Structures lost in Foresta, damage assessment is ongoing, Foresta remains evacuated. Mandatory evacuation of Old El Portal occurred at 1:00 am on Saturday night. "
http://yubanet.com/CAFires/El_Portal.php
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jul 27, 2014 - 11:14am PT
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Leading edge of Sand Fire smoke plume.
Taken late Saturday afternoon, half way between Foresthill and French Meadows.
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jstan
climber
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Jul 27, 2014 - 11:30am PT
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You have 734 working it! When I saw that puppy go overhead here in SB I knew we had a good chance.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 27, 2014 - 03:50pm PT
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hey there say, yosemitesteve...
hope lynda, and her house in el portal, and place in foresta, are okay...
had emailed them, a bit agao...
thanks for updates, everyone...
khanom, thanks for the oakhurst update...
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jul 27, 2014 - 06:18pm PT
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Sand Fire apparently was started by someone driving over dry grass....
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John M
climber
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Jul 27, 2014 - 06:53pm PT
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So whats the latest on the El Portal fire? Seems like it blew up big and fast and then sort of died. Does anyone know if inciweb has it or cal fire?
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jul 27, 2014 - 07:00pm PT
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I don't have any recent news, John. We were camped in White Wolf, and left early this morning to make sure we could get out to the west. Needless to say, it was a rather long trip back to Fresno.
There was still a lot of smoke this morning, but there seemed to be even more smoke coming from the west of the Park entrance. I'm glad to hear the Dark Hole fire is behaving, because this morning, they were saying in White Wolf that it, too, might be going out of control.
Why was Bridalveil Creek closed? Lack of water, perhaps?
Thanks.
John
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jogasian
Sport climber
San Jose, CA
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Jul 27, 2014 - 10:44pm PT
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Not related to any of the fires currently burning but I took this video near the top of North Dome yesterday. It took the chopper barley 10 minutes to arrive after we called it in. It's amazing how accurate these guys are, it was pretty windy!
http://youtu.be/bpeIL7r_eOs
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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Jul 27, 2014 - 11:01pm PT
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is that the right clip? that is some overdone cables route footage. i love the dramatic music only to reach the top and see dozens of other hikers there eating lunch.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 28, 2014 - 07:29am PT
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The El Portal fire's pall over the SJV was pretty bad.
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YosemiteSteve
Trad climber
CA
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Jul 28, 2014 - 10:20am PT
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Torlano also posted this pic of a burnt Corolla next to the Flying Spur house that he saved in Foresta, with a comment that he was glad the full propane tank didn't blow!
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 28, 2014 - 10:42am PT
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The El Portal fire has grown in extent , especially to the N and NW
The Dark Hole fire is heating up a little on one of its northern flanks.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 28, 2014 - 01:40pm PT
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This is the MODIS profile for the last couple of hours.
Looks like they've gotten the earlier NW flank down for now , but a section north and west of Foresta is heating up. The wind is shifting around a lot more than yesterday's prediction.
At 2 pm it's out of the wsw at 8 mph. Also the temps are much higher than predicted---but then so is the humidity.
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Jul 28, 2014 - 02:40pm PT
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There is a fire burning between rock creek and fish creek campgrounds near North Fork ca. 500+ acres (French fire) . Tankers have been flying over all afternoon and the plume of smoke is visible. It looks like it could rain and I sure hope it does.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jul 28, 2014 - 02:42pm PT
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For the SoYo gang - got a 500 acre and growing fire south of Mammoth Pool Reservoir - Rock Creek and Fish Creek campgrounds are evacuated. Talked to bud of mine on the Bass Lake FD who says Minarets Road will be closed any minute now. But they will be hitting it hard after last years big burn at mammoth Pool itself.
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4013/
Edit - ^^^^beat me to it.
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