Pyramid or the Black Rock…
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You better slow your roll cowboy! Cuz you’re making way too much sense! All that crazy talk about too much fire on the ground is gonna put you in the crosshairs of all the folk that live/bleed to burn burn burn… On a more serious note - history has shown us that there is a good time and a bad time to be putting more fire down in that country/fuel type. Humans just dont seem to want to learn that lesson tho and so the history of lighting & loosing continues… #Truth! P.s. Let me clarify for those assuming my bloviation about putting fire on the Dixie ground is coming from an ignorant position - it is not. It comes from being boots on that exact ground for over 15 yrs of Rx & wildfire experience and a lot of personal blood sweat & tears put down in the lava rocks up there. Also, my comment regarding humans putting fire down when they shouldn’t isnt pointed at any one agency - we’ve all been guilty of it - its not a jab at the red or green or BLM or NPS army. Just an FYI…
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Even If it didn’t spot it wouldn’t have held the head coming from the firing op further west. The spot has run about 7 miles.
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So I’m wondering if some of what I’m seeing here is firing ops (wind has died down). That’s looking NW across lake Davis.
It was a firing op but has gotten out of hand.
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There are no spots across 44.
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Traveling down 395 at Herlong junction. Sure hope the column is from a firing op. Looking pretty intense.
Might explain why mandatory evac notices went out for Milford a few minutes ago.
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Making a significant run, expected to impact Milford within 3 hours. Seven strike teams heading that way.
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That’s why, only seven miles from 395 and running that way.
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Crazy. This morning’s briefing made it sound like the fire was fizzling out in the sage brush north of Lake Davis near Squaw Peak. That seems very off based on what is happening this afternoon and the major push NE towards Lassen county.
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Not fizzling, at least not up around Lake Davis and north of hwy 70. Image below is from Babbitt Peak looking northwest from a position a bit southeast of Loyalton.
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i bet it is hard, psychologically, to do nothing at all. personally it seems like not really a tactics problems, but more that some fires are now completely beyond our control for extended periods of time.
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I agree. I spent 2 weeks on this fire & the 24 years of being in this business, I’ve NEVER seen fire behave the way I saw it at the Dixie. The explosive, rapid growth is almost unheard of. Between the winds, amount of dead & down fuels, & especially the low fuel moisture levels, it was/is primed to do what it has been doing. The Caldor fire is the exact same model; timber, brush, & lots of dead & down.
I give each & every IMT (state & federal) a huge thumbs up for their management. It’s easy for people to comment on the operations, but these professionals know what they are doing.
Lastly, I know that we see the same sayings “SA’s, LCES, head on a swivel, proper PPE, watch out for snags, etc…”, but these are truer now than ever. The FBAN’s & IMET’s work hard to keep us boots safe on the line. We are all tired from either bouncing from fire to fire or backfilling back home. Stay safe, BE SMART, & remember why we wear the badge that we worked out butts off to get.
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conditions at time you are questioning???
I do not believe fire can be put to the ground unless following proper guidelines. You Think???
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I think we all get the point, now back to relevant intel on current conditions.
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