Bootleg Fire and evacuation prepardness reminder

[arakboss]

The Bootleg Fire has exploded down near my cabin property. It was first reported as 100 acres Tuesday afternoon. Last check it was 28,000. My place is still 13 miles or so from one edge of fire but there are numerous heavily forested residential developements that are a lot closer. Some level 1 evacuations have been issued already and more will follow.

Keep up that defensible space and polish up your plans on how to protect your stuff if you have to evacuate.

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[WillametteWill]

I was just down in this area over the weekend. With the size over 400,000 acres I pray you and your property are okay.

 

[Ura-Ki]

It's crazy YUGE now, watching it since it started, it's growth is way bigger then what Oregon normally sees!

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[arakboss]

I was down in the area as well this weekend, Slightly southwest of the fire. It was pretty smokey on an off. They had an incident command center set up at a ranch near the intersection of HWY140 and Sprague River Rd. They had a few different Helos parked there.

One of my neighbors stopped by and said he found the tomato thief culprit:



He thought it was a rattle snake so he sent it to snake heaven with a shovel. Upon closer inspection, no rattle. I am thinking it was a gopher snake? He said it was about three feet long.

 

[Dozer99]

Northern pacific/Great Basin Rattle snake (they interbred out here).


Easy mistake to make. Notice how the rattle snake has bands the go all the way around his tale. The picture you posted looks like a Great Basin Gopher snake, no strips around his tale.

 

[arakboss]

What's the difference between a hamster and a ground squirrel? Not much.

 

[American123]

What's the difference between a hamster and a ground squirrel? Not much.

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What's the difference? - I've never shot a hamster.

 

[arakboss]

What's the difference? - I've never shot a hamster.

I won't share that with my wife, lol.

 

[DirectDrive]

The fool killed a Bull Snake. (sometimes called Gopher Snake)
They kill rattlesnakes It's the King Snake that kills rattlesnakes.
The Bull Snake kills and eats rodents.

Both are non-venomous and are constrictors.