Our latest fire.......

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Edited Date/Time 8/24/2015 9:31am
We've got some "unconventional" fire retardant planes working this one.......


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newmann 8/17/2015 3:08pm
8/17/2015 3:08pm
News this morning was reporting over 100 (?)wildfires currently burning. Not good.

Quite the bad ass pic there. Hope you are in the clear.
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APLMAN99 8/17/2015 3:22pm
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I'm about 40 miles south of this one, but have several family members and good friends who have been evacuated and/or lost homes. It's amazing how much into the local towns this year's fires have gotten. Usually there's plenty of defensible space but with how dry the winter was and the winds we've had, even homes surrounded by nothing but green grass have went up. This is definitely the worst two consecutive years I can ever remember for us.

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rosebud441 8/17/2015 3:39pm
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We have cabins at Granite Falls, mile up lake from State park... Apparently the fires have spared them for now, but just 1/4 mile down lake its not a pretty picture.. good thing pops has a metal roof now, we have gotten lucky so far.

Fire burnt right down to the lake melting boats that sat on there lifts.. Flucking scary shit.






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Sandberm 8/18/2015 5:49am
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Thats smoke, not clouds from the various named fires. What a DRY, HOT year we've had. From what I'm reading it sounds like we will have an El Nino winter which means a dry warm winter for the Northwest. Thats not good.

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newmann 8/21/2015 3:43pm
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I seriously hope that is not you in or taking those photos. Where are the fires in relation to you at the moment? Hope all is well and out of harms way!
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71Fish 8/21/2015 4:06pm
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The smoke from the western fires is so thick in Utah, my GPS wasn't working today when I was mtb'ing.
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APLMAN99 8/21/2015 4:22pm
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I'm a little over an hour south of those last two photos. Those are in an area that several small towns were completely destroyed last year so I didn't think there'd be enough fuel to feed such a large fire.
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scooter5002 8/21/2015 6:32pm
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Drove up 97 through Oregon on Tuesday, smoke was brutal, visibility was certainly down from normal. According to the radio, one fire at 144 sq miles, the other at 160, zero containment. Add in the rest of the fires, it's a horrendous year.
Only ever seen a rolling blaze from a distance in Montana years ago, but watching pine trees explode from the fire is something to see. Mother Nature's fury, unabated.
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APLMAN99 8/22/2015 11:25am
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Australia, New Zealand sending firefighters to U.S. to help with western wildfires

POSTED 3:57 PM, AUGUST 20, 2015, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Australia and New Zealand are sending firefighters to help battle wildfires burning in the western United States.

The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise announced Thursday that top fire managers representing various U.S. agencies requested about 70 fire managers and specialists from the two countries.

Details are still being worked out, but the firefighters are expected to arrive in Boise on Sunday. After a one-day orientation to learn about current fire behavior they will be assigned to large fires.

The last time the U.S. asked for help from Australia and New Zealand was in 2008.

Drought and heat have combined to make this one of the most active fire seasons in the United States in recent years. Nearly 29,000 firefighters are battling some 100 large blazes across the West.

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APLMAN99 8/22/2015 11:39am
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scooter5002 wrote:
Drove up 97 through Oregon on Tuesday, smoke was brutal, visibility was certainly down from normal. According to the radio, one fire at 144 sq miles...
Drove up 97 through Oregon on Tuesday, smoke was brutal, visibility was certainly down from normal. According to the radio, one fire at 144 sq miles, the other at 160, zero containment. Add in the rest of the fires, it's a horrendous year.
Only ever seen a rolling blaze from a distance in Montana years ago, but watching pine trees explode from the fire is something to see. Mother Nature's fury, unabated.
The craziest fire I've ever seen was the Tyee fire in 1994. My in-laws nearly lost their home in that one. One night we were out hosing down the roof and deck to make sure no embers caught it on fire and the wind picked up a bit and really got the fire stoked. Ended up being so hot that it actually created those "fire whirls" you hear about where whole trees are picked up and thrown through the air like toothpicks. Just about shit myself when I saw that for the first time.
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Sandberm 8/23/2015 9:53am
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Woke up yesterday morning and it smelled like someone was having the smokiest campfire ever right outside our home. Couldnt believe how much smoke had drifted south down into the Columbia Basin from the fires up North. As thick as Ive EVER seen it. By evening winds had cleared a lot out of the area to leave a brilliant sunset.

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jeffro503 8/23/2015 10:54am
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The entire Portland area was covered in smoke yesterday. I'm in N. Portland and drove from here all the way down to Molalla , down 205 south. The smoke was thick enough to irritate your eyes and taste it in your mouth. Couldn't see more than about 1.5 miles ahead. I've lived my entire life here and have never seen anything like it. Feel really bad for those people who are living closer to that and have lost property and homes. It's been a brutally hot , dry summer.
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APLMAN99 8/24/2015 9:31am
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"According to The Spokesman-Review, 16 large wildfires have consumed more than 590,000 acres and more than 200 homes...700 National Guard members are now assisting after a federally declared emergency - plus, Blackhawk helicopters from 3 other states are coming in."



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