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More crews arriving as flames keep spreading, (Forest Fires in Oregon)
The Oregon ^ | 7/18/2002 | John Enders

Posted on 07/18/2002 8:39:19 AM PDT by Grampa Dave

More crews arriving as flames keep spreading

By JOHN ENDERS, The Associated Press, 7/18/02 4:08 AM

SISTERS, Ore. (AP) -- Firefighters from several states are on their way to Oregon.

And just in time: there are plenty of fires here for them to fight.

Ten Oregon crews that were fighting fires in other Western states will be returning home by the weekend. Joining them will be firefighters from Alaska, California, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee, fire officials said late Wednesday.

And, on July 29, a battalion from an Army base in Kansas will be arriving in Oregon.

Crews already on the ground continue to struggle against gusty winds and rugged terrain as they seek to control wildfires burning on more than 120,000 acres of brush and timber in vast stretches of Oregon.

New wildfires are flaring before others are contained.

The Geneva 2 fire, 10 miles northeast of this tourist town on the eastern flank of the Cascades, grew from 400 to 1,000 acres.

"The fire is very volatile and unpredictable. We're concerned about Sisters and residences along Highway 6," said fire spokesman Dan Wood.

As the fire burned up steep, rocky gullies and along ridgetops, with bitterbrush and juniper trees exploding into flames after being ignited by wind-driven embers, three helicopters dumped water onto the lines and the nearby spot fires.

Seven bulldozers, including one huge D-9 with a blade more than 12 feet wide, dug a fire lines into the rock and dirt.

"Even with those big dozers, the going is pretty slow," said Mike Carlson, a district supervisor on the Geneva 2 fire.

It might be slow, but it's also effective. By late Wednesday, the Geneva 2 fire was actually a bright spot, fire officials said.

In southern Oregon, the evacuation of 200 homes outside the town of Ruch was recommended as the Squire Peak fire neared, driven by freak winds. About a third of the residents chose to leave.

The fire burned an outbuilding and a garage but no homes. Residents were allowed to return when the winds calmed. But they remained on alert.

Three other towns in southern and eastern Oregon could become threatened by wildfires nearly at their doorsteps: Unity, Prairie City and Paisley.

Fire commanders say Oregon's wildfires could worsen because of higher temperatures that are expected over the next couple of days.

"It looks like the weather is going to turn on us," said David Widmark, spokesman for the Northwest Interagency Fire Center in Portland.

Fire commanders on Wednesday drew up a new priority list as they juggled their resources.

First priority was given to the Winter complex, burning on about 25,000 acres outside Paisley. Roughly 30 homeowners have been advised to evacuate, officials said.

Next in priority was the Squire Peak fire, followed by the Toolbox complex, which is burning on nearly 30,000 acres north of the Winter complex.

So far, the only homes that have been destroyed are 18 residences that were consumed by the Eyerly fire last weekend. Firefighters have been making progress against that fire, which on Wednesday was 65 percent contained.

Other wildfires included:

--Monument fire, 18,700 acres, nine miles southwest of Unity, 5 percent contained.

--Grizzly complex, 4,105 acres, 15 miles west of Lakeview, 2 percent contained.

--Mahogany complex, 24,500 acres, 15 miles northwest of Jordan Valley, 30 percent contained.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: aclintoonlegacy; burningofamerica; christines; druidforestfires; ecoterrorism; ecowhackolegacy; enviralanarchy; enviralarson; enviralterrorists; forestfires; landgrab; oregonwildfires; wildfires
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Since Blubber Clinton is scheduled to visit Portland, Oregon this Friday, maybe his fat clymer could be dragged off to Sisters, Oregon to fight that fire. Thanks to his stopping of removal of dead trees and brush, most of our forests are tinder boxes. Put a pair boots on him, take away his Monicas on this trip, and give him a canteen and hoe dag and drop him off about 1/4 mile from the biggest blaze in the Sisters Area. Let him see first hand what he has brought to Western Americans. Just another page of his legacy is burning.

Too bad. the Enviral Terrorists left Oregon on their nationwide terrorism trip. They could be dropped into the fire zones to hug their trees to prevent them from burning.

More to add to the legacy of the eco terrorist poster boy governor of Oregon. This should really help kill that state's dying economy.

1 posted on 07/18/2002 8:39:20 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: AuntB; dixiechick2000; blackie; EBUCK
Stay safe ladies and gentlemen.

Just more of the legacy of Kaztenslobber and Blubber Clinton for you people to put up with.
2 posted on 07/18/2002 8:41:49 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: madfly; farmfriend
FYI and please ping and bump this.
3 posted on 07/18/2002 8:43:13 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Carry_Okie; BOBTHENAILER; CedarDave; AAABEST
FYI re wildfires out of control (what a surprise in spotted owl haven Oregon)!
4 posted on 07/18/2002 8:44:41 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
Please ping me concerning any updates you have. I know people in SE Oregon.
5 posted on 07/18/2002 8:44:53 AM PDT by Democratic_Machiavelli
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To: Grampa Dave
Just think! We owe it all to the "no roads" crowd of Environmentalist Wackos!! Thanks so much for "protecting" the forests!!! Please don't do Mother Nature any more favors.
6 posted on 07/18/2002 8:46:04 AM PDT by The Scorpion King
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To: Grampa Dave
My brother is working about 15 miles outside of Medford right now. Last I heard, they've got the one near there under control. Stay safe and remember to keep your butts in your ashtrays!

EBUCK

7 posted on 07/18/2002 8:48:36 AM PDT by EBUCK
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To: Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Stand Watch Listen; freefly; expose; ...
ping!!
8 posted on 07/18/2002 8:50:41 AM PDT by madfly
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To: ME4W
BTTT
9 posted on 07/18/2002 8:51:32 AM PDT by madfly
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To: Democratic_Machiavelli
The problem appears to be that the green mediots in Oregon are not really updating these fires. I will come back with a site to tract fires without the green maggot mediots in another reply.

The Green Maggot Mediots are probably low keying these fires due to Blubber Clinton's visit tomorrow and the arson talk of the enviral whackos in Ashland yesterday.
10 posted on 07/18/2002 8:52:56 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
That's part of what makes me mad about this. I knew it when I saw where the fires were occuring. All that furor against logging rights to protect an owl and what happens? A tinderbox that burns to death the very animals they were hoping to protect, not to mention the damage humans are taking in all this.

I know exactly how they'll counter this, too. "This is Nature's way of cleansing itself."

Morons.

11 posted on 07/18/2002 8:54:04 AM PDT by Democratic_Machiavelli
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To: The Scorpion King
Don't forget Blubber Clinton who turned over our forests to the Druids and the enviral whackos. That enabled them to make most forests into tinder boxes.
12 posted on 07/18/2002 8:54:27 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Democratic_Machiavelli
A good question today would be:

How many of these fires were/are caused by arson?

If they were caused by arson, were the arsonists the radical greens who threatened to set fire to the United States, yesterday in Ashland?

If so they should be arrested on their road trips and brought back in chains to fight these fires before their trials.
13 posted on 07/18/2002 8:56:53 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
Arson? Didn't know about that.
14 posted on 07/18/2002 8:57:31 AM PDT by Democratic_Machiavelli
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To: Grampa Dave
Thank God we really cut back on logging in Oregon, putting companies out of business and loggers on the relief rolls, so we can enjoy the excitement of summer fires....

Nice going, environmentalists!

15 posted on 07/18/2002 8:58:29 AM PDT by sailor4321
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To: Democratic_Machiavelli
I don't know if arson is involved in these fires.

However, with the arson associated fires in NM, Arizona and Colorado this past 6 weeks, nothing would surprise me. The enviral whackos were threatening to set America on fire this week in Eugene.

Whenever you have this many fires, arson has to be a possibility until ruled out.
16 posted on 07/18/2002 9:00:23 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: All
The enabler of these enviral whackos plans to visit Portland, Oregon tomorrow! (Enviral Arson Enabler, Bubba Clinton to visit Portland, tomorrow)"
17 posted on 07/18/2002 9:03:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
Do you have a link to the statement from the envirowackos? I haven't read anything about this yet.
18 posted on 07/18/2002 9:04:32 AM PDT by Democratic_Machiavelli
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To: sailor4321
Sailor posted, Thank God we really cut back on logging in Oregon, putting companies out of business and loggers on the relief rolls, so we can enjoy the excitement of summer fires....

Nice going, environmentalists!

Yep, these job destroying eco terrorists will not even allow the harvesting of the dead trees from last years tremendous fires in Oregon due to their tinder box forestry agendas.

Then. these fires just hammer the tourist trade in Oregon. I was thinking about a trip to the Deschutes River next month, now I will probably wait until the fall rains start if I even go. We like to stay in the Sisters's area so my wife can shop while I fish the Deschutes in the Warm Springs area.

19 posted on 07/18/2002 9:09:26 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
Are the forest workers on lockdown?



20 posted on 07/18/2002 9:09:49 AM PDT by Sabertooth
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