Subdeacon Joe Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 From Space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I could see the plume from home today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 I could see the plume from home today.... Supposedly the smoke plume can be seen from about 100 miles away. On the radio news, someone in Tahoe said the air there was like being in a ring of campfires. I think this fire is a result of the many decades of total fire suppression that used to be the norm. Many of these areas haven't burned for 50 or 60 years, at least. Lots of debris built up in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I live in Reno, NV and we are right in the center of the smoke plume. It's really smokey here and very poor visibility. IKe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Wow. That is... Well, I'm not sure if impressive is the right word or not. I have to admit, though, that when I read the title of the thread, the first thing I thought was "what kind of caliber is a yosemite rimfire?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 About a 165 sq. mile Rim Fire, Doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Definitely a big one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I thought Yosemite Sam shot only a SxS double - didn't know he did rimfire? Or was it Elmer Fudd with the SxS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 3 weeks to the National Championship Air Races in Reno, hope its out by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Sure hope they get it out....in 3 weeks I'll be between Mammoth and Yosemite in the backcountry deer hunting. Smokey will not be good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 UPDATE - Overnight the fire in Yosemite National Park grew 7 square miles asfirefighters gained little ground in slowing the now 207-square-mileblaze, said Daniel Berlant of the California Department of Forestry andFire Protection. More than 12 helicopters and a half-dozen fixed wing tankers aredropping water and retardant from the air and 2,800 firefighters are onthe ground. Read more: http://www.kcra.com/news/yosemite-fire-crews-bracing-for-strong-winds/-/11797728/21641062/-/pple7lz/-/index.html#ixzz2d0NumXHv May the Lord watch over and protect the firefights, keep them safe, and grant them the strength to carry on. Some rain wouldn't be amiss either, Lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 The smoke is so bad here in Reno we had to cancel our long range match this weekend.. You couldn't see the 500 yd. target! Ike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oklahoma Dee Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Wife was just out there a week ago, She sure loves those trees. She said they will survive. She said you could see burn marks on some of them...1000's of years old...Yup. They have been through a few fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 Scroll through the photos, compare the satellite photo with the one I started the thread with. http://livewire.kcra.com/Event/Wildfires_burn_throughout_Northern_California?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=kcra%2B3 Night time, courtesy of NASA: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81930&src=eorss-nh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SELDOM SEEN SLIM, SASS #682 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 seven square miles over night!!! wow ...heard on the news the fire is crowing...jumping from treetop to tree top... my home town (..I..live in so.cal... )sent and engine crew up there ( four lads to join a strike team up there)... Gods speed boys !!!! Seldom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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