To the extent this refers to something I posted a few days ago - there was no intent to question any strategic decisionmaking or monday morning quarterback - only a little peeve I had about an issue of local geography that was getting communicated with a lack of clarity in the press and public briefings, a few days in a row. Our local news outlets are not staffed to do in-depth reporting, and so some inaccurate info has been propagated at times.
I recognize that the command teams are not locals, and I was too flippant in griping about an issue thatâs really of no consequence to the operational plan, when the person in question is managing a massively complex team which is truly doing incredible work on this fire.
Anyway - no more from me on the topic. Especially since in this morningâs ops update, he got it completely right.
I went out to Windy Cut on Hwy 32 about 1700 last night. It was socked in with smoke, visibility about 4 miles, low 70s for temp and dead calm. The FFs have a great window to take advantage of, and there are a lot of them out there. Looks like there is some well-established fire in really difficult parts of Deer and Mill Creek Canyons, but a lot of good work is getting done right now.
Interesting fire effects in the areas which were fired off upper Hwy 32! A lot of dense younger stands had higher survival than Iâd have expected, and some of the heavily-thinned fuel break areas barely carried ground fire at all.
Sorry Iâ m late but I want to see those Screen Grabs. After 38 years on the ground with crews I can in vision much more through them and donât have the time (or ability, Iâm old) to find them when they do.
some of the heavily-thinned fuel break areas barely carried ground fire at all
The IR perimeters were showing an island of green in there for days after the lighting operation. I kept hoping to wake up and find they had blackened it all overnight - finally seems to have filled in.
Itâs doesnât appear there is any incoming weather that could cause drastic increases in fire growth? There minimal smoke on cameras and it appears to be fairly clear this afternoon. Yesterday was chugging but today seems much different.
Any opinions or thoughts? I imagine itâll continue to creep up Mill Creek but it doesnât seem like itâll really test there containment lines unless Mill Creek really blows up one day? Thoughts?
Tonightâs Lookout Livestream looks at the fire effects of the Park Fire on forested lands. We check out a progression map and satellite imagery of the fireâs burn patterns captured on 8/1/2024. https://youtube.com/live/wX08LKeRPUY
Just spent the evening at Windy Cut. The Deer Creek portion of the fire was pretty quiet. The big smoke production looked like it was all over in Mill Creek, from where we sat.
