Mod NOTE: I moved most, not all, of the Ranch Fire Pyrocumulus cloud photos here: Ranch Fire Pyro Cloud Photos
They provide tremendous insight into the fire behavior on the ground, Situational Awareness, and how widespread this fire is visible. It is my hope that people will continue to provide this level of documentation and update. Additionally, just as the fire complexity is expanding, so too is the complexity of keeping the threads aligned with the spirit and intent of original thread.
Along those same lines, I also deleted a number of posts that were bordering on bickering. This site is dedicated to the integrity and value of each member, their input, and insight. Bickering takes away all of those things and detracts from the mission of this site. Let’s all take a moment and breathe, it’s been a very hectic day with a ton of new as well as continuing incidents and a lot of information about each and every one.