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Posted on 06/21/2007 6:00:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Do stay inside..and duck!(((Hugs)))
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Let us know! I know it is dry and you need rain..Good forest fire or grassfire conditions.
Jeez, Allegra...stay safe!! Hope they win, but I wish they’d learn they don’t need to be shooting into the air.
The Big Su fire rages early Thursday morning, as seen from Mile 84 of the Parks Highway. Photo courtesy of Christian Hartley
Flames from the Caribou Hills fire burn beneath a Homer Electric Association transmission line Thursday, June 21, 2007, east of Ninilchik, Alaska. The company has removed power from the line until damage can be assessed. Photo by M. Scott Moon / The Associated Press
Fires spreading in Southcentral
THREE SITES: Multiple blazes stretch firefighting capacity.
By BRANDON LOOMIS
bloomis@adn.com
Published: June 22, 2007 Last Modified: June 22, 2007 at 09:23 AM
Wildfires ravaged thousands of acres in Southcentral Alaska while numerous lightning strikes threatened to open new fronts Thursday, and state fire managers issued a national call for help.
The Big Su fire near Trapper Lake grew to more than 5,500 acres west of the Susitna River and destroyed at least one structure among the remote area's cabins and homes, officials said. Two other homes were in imminent danger at 10 p.m. and another 40 were at risk.
Meanwhile on the Kenai Peninsula, the Caribou Hills fire exploded to 20,000 acres Thursday night, and firefighters asked people to evacuate homes and recreational cabins in two areas, including about 300 structures in the Ninilchik 40 subdivision, an area more than 10 miles inland from the village itself.
The Caribou Hills fire, which almost doubled in size between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., was still about 14 miles inland from Ninilchik itself, a spokeswoman said.
A third fire, at the confluence of the Yentna River and Lake Creek, diverted some firefighters but was holding at 50 acres, state Division of Forestry spokesman Matt Weaver said.
At Trapper Lake, dozens of structures were threatened by the Big Su blaze and firefighters had to shuttle into the roadless area by helicopter. The Copper River and Yukon crews converged on the fire with about 40 firefighters. About 125 firefighters were toiling in the Caribou Hills.
The Red Cross opened a shelter at Willow Community Center on Thursday afternoon and one at the Ninilchik Senior Center Thursday night.
*SNIP*
He used his homemade dune buggy -- sheet metal on a Chevy Blazer chassis with a Cadillac V-6 engine and fat tires -- to help ferry firefighters and their supplies in and out of the fire lines.
He said the crews were now equipped with tents, after many of them spent the first night along a dirt road in trucks.
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager Robin West said ecologically it wouldn't necessarily be bad if the Caribou Hills fire burned northeast into the refuge. The area is dominated by mature black spruce and may be overdue in its natural burn cycle, he said. A fire would sprout birch and aspens, potentially helping moose and other animals.
"The ecosystem is used to it, expects it, needs it," West said.
(Personal note: the envirowacko's will never get it.)
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The Caribou Hills fire burns through forest Thursday, June 21, 2007, east of Ninilchik, Alaska. Firefighters continued efforts to protect nearby cabins and an electrical transmission line. Photo by M. Scott Moon / The Associated Press
Caribou Hills fire: Flying over Anchorage at about 11:20 a.m. June 20, 2007. Photo courtesy of Mike Murphy / ADN reader submission
A DC-6 tanker belonging to the State of Alaska drops a load of fire retardant (red cloud) on the Caribou Hills fire June 20, 2007. RICH WEBSTER / Alaska Division of Forestry
Residents watch as fire continues to consume beetle-kill trees in the Caribou Hills area June 20, 2007, near Homer. A 2,500-acre fire burning on the Kenai Peninsula about 30 miles north of Homer started when sparks from a grinder being used to sharpen a shovel fell into dry grass, Division of Forestry officials said. SEAN PEARSON / Homer Tribune via The Associated Press
And the reason there are so many beetle-kill trees is because the envirowackos stopped the harvesting while the timber was still good. Now it burns!
So that’s where the smoke is coming from.
Hi there...hope you are having a wonderful Friday. Anchorage is covered in smoke. Fires to the north and fires to the south. And our “constantly something is wrong” heating and cooling system has brought some smoke inside.
Just as I feared..but more fires than I guessed.
The Big Su fire picture is beautiful!
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Shredder?
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We have the same problem with beetle infestations in the forests up around Payson AZ.
If they go up, a whole lot of people are going to get burned out...that town is built right smack dab in the middle of the Tonto National Forest.
Okay, to be honest, the town came first. But is surrounded by thousands of acres of tender tinder timber.
I dragged out the old paper shredder..found a cardboard box that fit the shredder. lined the box with a plastic bag. It just sits there unused, hidden in the closet..while my old papers sit in the garage..out of sight..LOL.
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