Posted on 06/27/2007 6:07:59 AM PDT by I'll be your Huckleberry
The winds are calm, both in Carson City and up at the lake.
The smoke is light here in the Valley, forecast is for high winds and heat.
Red flag warnings are out.
Everyone is holding their breath.
Please help yourselves and the fire fighters with defensible spaces.
Beetle killed trees should all be removed; brush on the ground should be removed...before fire season.
Can’t we send in Madeline Albright to negotiate with the fire?
I heard one report say that the radical enviro-nazis prevented salvage logging and brush clearing in the area which lead to the ferocity of the fire. True?
Since nothing on Tahoe sells for less than a million, what percentage of California’s assessed valuation is going up in smoke?
Yesterday afternoon the winds came up and spread a back burn to over 400 acres - the keys are under voluntary evacuation.
High winds will hit in mid day and the direction of the fire will be in the direction of the lake and town.
Lots of houses in the way.
By this afternoon there will be gusts around 30-40 mph.
It is going to get dicey.
I heard the same that the Sierra Club ....
” I heard one report say that the radical enviro-nazis prevented salvage logging and brush clearing in the area which lead to the ferocity of the fire. True?”
Yes.
200 more homes may be gone in a few days ( X ) $ 5 million average each is...one Billion $$.
Not counting the ones already lost.
The costs are staggering.
The home that are in the path today are closer to the lake and very valuable.
500 home are about 1 mile from the fire line.
Lines have been set up to defend this morning, but if the flame gets into the crowns it will run hard and fast.
Two evacuation centers are up - one here in Carson.
Donation centers are overflowing with water and blankets.
Many of our neighbors have lost everything but their pets.
There was a dude on Fox last night whose house was spared because he cleared a 75 ft area from his house. He said it was illegal (you’re only allowed 10 ft.), but did it anyway. I’m sure they’ll be coming after him.
We are in for three or four days of high winds.
It is impossible to overstate how dry and explosive the lake area is.
After years of being forbidden to remove trees and brush, we are reaping the rewards of stupidity.
From the mood of this community - it is the environuts who better be looking over their shoulder.
Do these home owners not realize that all this fuel has been building up for decades ?
If not now, a fire would go thru here next year .
We see many areas of America that is only a spark away from another massive fire.
The Sierra Club has made the public lands a disaster and a fuel box; private people should wake up to protest for a ‘healthy forest’ and to create personal ‘defensible spaces’ around their homes.
Until then, massive fires will be us.
We saw that guy on Fox too.
Smart of him to create a defensible space. That is why he has a home and his neighbors do not.
A lesson for anyone lurking. Do it today !
The eco-police will likely try to fine him.
Support the logging industry; denounce environmentalism.
Environmentalism kills!
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
RADM Grace Murray Hopper
With a good draft from a firestorm a 2" chunk of burning manzanita can travel over a mile.
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