Wind Forecast is all over the place.
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They ordered two type 1 helis to kernville airport. They also called it 60 acres.
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I believe there are two separate fires up there. Each camera is on a different one…
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Same fire. Both cams on the Trout.
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There is also a packsaddle fire
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More wind and lightning, pretty much all day and into the night. Could easily be a complex by tomorrow.
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Jump 52 en route from porterville
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Any intel on Packsaddle location?
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All I heard was the name, I would assume that it is near packsaddle cave, if so, very rugged in there.
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There is also a Packsaddle Meadow and Creek adjacent to Slate/Nelson that was inside the Windy burn 2021.
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JPR52 inbound:
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In my aging memory Packsaddle cave is too far east. May have been mentioning Packsaddle Grove which is further west.
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Sounds like 538 is going to put their crew into the packsaddle.
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Jumpers are on the ground. Trying to find a good anchor point
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21 days flying on McNally as ATGS
Was an eye opener with many rotors timing out each day. IHC Crews spiked out there for weeks, supported by rotors.
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FWAC does have two other reported incidents in the area.
Bone Fire. This looks like its pinned to the location where the cameras seemed to be looking at.
Job Corps E-642. Located to the west of where FWAC is pinning Trout Fire.
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Maybe a trick of the eye, but putting the first cam in this thread back 6 hours, after the fire starts, the camera flips a couple frames to smoke on the slope below the camera. Maybe a different fire and why the cameras didn’t line up?
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Wofford Heights is way south near the TUU/KRN line south of Posey. Don’t believe the cams were/are looking there??? The 2 initial cam views are of the same fire. I zoomed in and verified. Both cams have remained on same fire all this time.
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162 acres per Firis
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