Not firing. It’s doing that on its own. Moving up the S. Fork of the Merced towards the confluence of Iron Creek. All still on the right side.
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Hope they can hold the iron creek drainage… they didn’t sound like it would be good if it got passed the creek
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It’s been spotting a half mile or more up the canyon every day. They’ve been lucky not to have competition for the heavy helicopters. Seems unlikely they’ll hold Iron Creek if a new high-priority fire pops anywhere else and steals their choppers.
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As of right now a new spot on or by the retardant from scanner traffic
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No traffic other than catching AA430 returning to Fresno they were released at 3:10 on the 7th but Ill keep looking.
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Watched the smoke in person all day yesterday driving from Sonora into Mariposa then Oakhurst… She was just churning away… Only a couple pushes up but never really pushed hard or tried to cap out.
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Just some scanner traffic this morning
Scan/ spot down in Iron Creek, and wanting to get type 1 Helos up to keep it in check.
Scan/ Firewatch 51 off FOX en route to fire (for mapping)
Scan/ helco 7KT over fire
Scan/ Helos to div W and U … Div whiskey fire has reached retardant line at Iron Creek. Two spots moving around in the new division Uniform. Also made it to the Merced river.
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During the video brief you posted, Iron Creek is an area of concern, so I hope they can stay on top of the problem.
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Fire activity is picking up again.
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It’s very much on their radar and a big priority
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Seems very likely to me that Iron Creek is a goner. Fire has been spreading 1/2 to almost a mile up-canyon every day, mainly from spotting, and once it crosses, it will have alignment with upcanyon winds and slope to quickly become established onto the east side of the creek.
Red perimeter is 2300 IR from 9/13/2022.
White line is 24h spread. Blue lines 48, 72, 96hrs.
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Yeah getting further in as we speak and chewing through yesterday’s retardant.
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So looking at outstanding resources im assuming feds are shopping these overhead to Maine and back before CFAA for them? There has got to be 6 FOBS available somewhere right?
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They need to fix the title… Lol. I tried to report it but couldn’t find anywhere to let them know.
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