More than a bit peeved.
- Thread starter Rob Allen
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We in Washington have been so fortunate thusfar… my heart goes out to our fellows in OR, BC, ID, MT and the rest of Canada…be safe in this season, keep our responders safe. And spare us from these f$&/king a&$holes. In the woods, Mother Nature needs no help.
Rob Allen
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According to my ONX this fire has been burning for a couple weeks but the winds hit it just wrong today..
Everything north of Trout lake is level 3 evacuation.
Also Horesthief state park has had it's second fire in two weeks today.
My suggestion hwy 14 from Washougal to Plymouth .. local traffic only July- September. Not really but damn this is frustrating.
Yard Sale
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Hadn't seen that. It just popped up on Watch Duty yesterday. Was 1K acres 13 hours ago, now at 4,500. Looks like its skirting around the tree line through old burn areas super fast. Go now notice for certain areas of Klickitat County:
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby
Good news is light winds for the rest of the week. Hopefully that happens soon and they can get ahold of it.
Rob Allen
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Everything is saying lightning but there have been lots of small fires up there for weeks..
Then why did you seem to be implying otherwise in your original post?
It seems like with all of the technological advances we have made we should figure out a way to stop the lightning. Imagine if there was no lightning during the summer months. Someone needs to make this happen.
Rob Allen
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Because 80% of fires are human caused and I'm sick of breathing in human error.
Besides they blame lightening every time they cannot figure the actual cause.
Rob Allen
Life of the Party
We don't get lightning here in the northwest. Colorado gets lightning.
Here we get 10-15 bolts in a half hour storm. In Colorado it's 10-15 bolts every 3 seconds for 2 hours.
So? which is it?
You earlier said that it was lightning caused, now you think it's human caused? well? which is it?
Sorry, but I'm more inclined to believe the people who actually have experience assessing these things.
Not me. I go with Rob every time. If he says it's going to start raining ice cream just shut up and go get your spoon.
my backpacking amigo when younger owns a second home in Ft. Bidwell, located in the extreme NE corner of CA, spitting distance to both OR and Nevada...we spent one evening watching the most intense, non-stop lightening storm imaginable over the nearby Warner Mountains that included massive superbolts, a phenom we'd heard about but never seen before. When they hit the ground, the force can be felt miles away.
So even if comparatively rare, they west can light it up as well...
as to fires in the woods, if there hasn't been a lightening storm and a fire breaks out there is likely only one culprit=morons in action.
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Rob Allen
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No one is knowledgeable about how a fire starts unless they saw it start...
Again 80% of wildfires are started by humans.. there were already fires burning in the area. And there has only been very slight lightning in the area.
I personally have seen and watched smoke from that area since early June.
Think what you will. I do not care..
I am not a lawyer.. I don't nit pick others posts when I understand what they are getting at... regardless of how this fire started most such fires are started by people being stupid and my main point remains unchanged...
Again 80% of wildfires are started by humans.. there were already fires burning in the area. And there has only been very slight lightning in the area.
I personally have seen and watched smoke from that area since early June.
Think what you will. I do not care..
I am not a lawyer.. I don't nit pick others posts when I understand what they are getting at... regardless of how this fire started most such fires are started by people being stupid and my main point remains unchanged...
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I knew that.
Great photo....