Any updates on the fire activity today? Is this thing slowing down with the weather coming in?
Perhaps it would be useful to create a new thread named aviation asset movement. All of the flight radar comments kind of get in the way of what is going on on the ground. I appreciate intel on where retardant lines are being placed, but I continually have to scroll past minute details on fixed wing asset movement.
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The visual assault of the psychedelic death cams returns!
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Dude, those things can be trauma inducing & addictive as H-E-Double Hockey Sticks!
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Am wondering if we are stating to get some influence from the moisture to the south of us. Temp has dropped 4* in the past hour and we are starting to get some light, 0-5 MPM, winds from the SE. This is a change from earlier in the afternoon when we had a SW breeze. This is along the Highway 50 corridor in the Camino area, Watching the radar, some light showers have made it just north of Highway 88, east of Jackson. They are moving SE to NW. Just an observation.
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The east side of the fire looks to be cooking pretty good on the Bald Mtn camera in past hour.
Camera cross puts it on Nevada Point Ridge(?) Across Rubicon canyon from Stumpy Meadows Res. ALERT Wildfire
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Whatâs the date?
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Looks to be no bueno
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Disregard date query.
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Any idea why they have mandatory evacuations established out so far?
Could be the only road out off the ridge comes close to fire edge. Communities up the ridge might be fine, but would be cut off. Not many options to cross the rivers/forks until you get lower.
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The fire ran 5 miles in a day on Thursday, and livestock owners, for instance, need a lot of advance time. Limited egress options up there, too. Better for FFs if people are out of the way with their goats and horses well before the fireâs at the back of their property.
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Hoping those in Div GG and CC can advise. Does anyone have any info on the holding features along Wentworth Springs and the viability with this time wedge at hand? If they donât hold it there there arenât many holding opportunities before it reaches the populated areas of Eldorado County (Pollock Pines/Fresh Pond), only the South Fork American drainage, which is steep and inaccessible. This assuming it continues to the S/SW along the Rubicon drainage and South.
Also which direction are they expecting the most spread with the winds that are predicted?
Anyone have a good IAP link? The one above doesnât have updated info
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The king fire burnt so hot itâs pretty barren between stumpy and Pollock
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What also helps in the King scar is the area south of Stumpy, over to about the northwest side of Union Vly Res (Hunter Valley(?)), is private timberland (SPI). They did a great job of salvage logging, then replanting (with brush control). The fuel loading is much less on the SPI land. It is also flatter, so better dozer and air attack country
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You are correct for the tractor ground. Except for cured grasses and shrubs that were herbicided, very light fuel load will make for easy control.
In the steep canyons such as the Rubicon where salvage wasnât done, there is very thick brush with heavy loading of large dead trees Best case scenario is it burns in these canyons with these cool humid conditions and reduces the fuel load. Worst case scenario is strong westerly winds hit the area while fire is established in the canyons.
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