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[Rhodie Ranch]

 

[AMKuska]

Ash from these fires made the moon look like this last night. Unbelievable.

 

[Collector]

I work in the smoke it is terrible never saw the sun today. We are going to work everyday of it, I hope it leaves soon. The Feds need to give the lands to the states they have no desire to put them out unless homes are threatened.

 

[digitS']

Ash from these fires made the moon look like this last night. Unbelievable.

We have that view of the moon, this morning.

Steve

 

[bobm]

My DD in VAncouver WA is stopping by Lowes or HD tonite on the way home to get a filter for their floor fans. They do not have AC, and the rental townhouse has ash in it and its stuck to the screen door on their slider too.

Thank you for the information. Hardly anyone has AC here, so I installed ceiling fans in every room in our house. Works great to keep the house cooler by 10- 15 degrees cooler for the 15 days per year that AC would be nice to have. This year it would be nice to have it for about a month.

 

[bobm]

This fire is called Eagle Creek Fire and last night it merged with the much smaller Indian Creek Fire and it is now listed at 20,000+ acres and growing. They expect it to continue to burn untill the end of the month. This is due to the Feds' policy instituted by obama and his progressive environmentalist henchmen to let forest fires burn unless structures are threatened. This morning the news person reported that the fire was started by one of several about `15 year old boys throwing smoke bombs over the gully edge from a trail. When confronted by a woman hiker, she said that he threw a lit smoke bomb firework over into a gully and said what can I do about it now. Another boy in the group vidioed this on his cell phone. So far NO charges has been filed. IDIOTS ONE AND ALL !!! This morning the winds shifted to blow from the ocean to inland but the wind is barely blowing and now it seams to have started to clear the quality of the air by a little bit. Forecast calls for thunderstorms for tomorrow which should help if enough rain falls and if the lightning doesn't start more fires.

 

[seedcorn]

Need to take those kids to join in the fire fighting effort. Little smoke, heat, hard work will educate them. If it doesn't, need to be made into eunuchs so they can't pass on stupid gene.

 

[catjac1975]

Besides the loss of houses and possibly lives, the thought of all that beautiful forest in the northwest going up in flames just makes me ill.
It's hard to believe someone actually thought fireworks was a good idea in that drought.
What are people with respiratory problems doing?

There's not going to be enough of the US left for NK to bomb, if these natural disasters continue.

A tiny bit of positive from your sadness at the loss of the forest. Science has discovered that the forest regrows almost immediately and some tree seed need a fire to germinate.It will regrow and be lush. Stay safe.

 

[bobm]

A tiny bit of positive from your sadness at the loss of the forest. Science has discovered that the forest regrows almost immediately and some tree seed need a fire to germinate.It will regrow and be lush. Stay safe.

Yes, the forest will regrow ...first the forest edge species, shrubs, forbs, and grasses... BUT it will take decades to a century or more to replace the burned pine, spruce, ceder, and oak trees of the National Forests. Think of all of the income lost by loggers, lumber, ., your increased costs for 2 x 4s, plywood, etc.. Not to mention the income dollars from a MAJOR tourist attraction at the Columbia River Gorge that attracts over a million people per year. Then the environmental loss due to stream dammage where several species of Salmon and Trout that migrate in from the Pacific ocean to reproduce. The native indians depend on these fish that they catch at their permanent fish viers to feed their families and entire tribes. just how many deer, elk, moose, antelope, and several species of game birds , eagles, the endangered spotted owls and other forest dwelling owls , song bireds, butterflies, etc. are still being lost directly by the fire as well as their food and shelter and will die later. Those that remain will have difficulty to reproduce. Etc., etc.. This fire today at noon has destroyed 33,000 acres and it is still burning. Since the wind has shifted from E to W last night at 2-6 mph, the fire has slowed it's spread to the West but the wind is forcast to reach into the teens together with thunderstorm activity, so the fire will race East. At todays noon news on TV, they showed a branch as large as a football wide receivers entire leg that flew over the Oregon side of the Columbia River ( about a mile wide )) like a flaming arrow onto the wooded shores on the Washington side and started a fire there which a fire crew was able to put out. How many more fire bombs will come and how many lightning strikes will start new fires tonight ?

 

[seedcorn]

It's too bad they cant go in with huge crew and clear cut a fire break. Keep the wood and stop the fire. Sounds easy but obviously not practical.