Eagle Creek Oregon Fire

The Heretic · Sep 5, 2017

Diamondback said:
"Oops Wrong Thread" there, @Certaindeaf ?

Hard to tell with him.

Hop Sing · Sep 5, 2017

Diamondback said:
Not me, but not far off one of my posts. Seems the retards don't understand the concept of "multi-thousand-acre firestorms require more than 3000-gallon (which for reference is ONE tip-tank on an old tall-tail B-52!) capacity" and won't authorize anything above that line...

Beyond that, your guess is as good as mine. Maybe the operator made enemies, or didn't grease the right Clinton Crime Family Crony palms.

Thanks! I'll see if I can find something.

Hop Sing · Sep 5, 2017

Check out the photos here. Frightening and astounding both.

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Certaindeaf · Sep 5, 2017

Diamondback said:
"Oops Wrong Thread" there, @Certaindeaf ?

Erm no. Just a little attempted humor about the limited visibility.

GRUNDEL · Sep 5, 2017

Hop Sing said:
Check out the photos here. Frightening and astounding both.

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This was from my neighborhood yesterday. We have already moved one load and the cars are loaded and ready to bugout if needed. Haven't slept in a couple days.

GRUNDEL · Sep 5, 2017

SKrueger said:
Its going to get worse before it gets better. Never thought I would say this because I like nice weather but

WE REALLY NEED RAIN!

Yes we do. Flip side to that will be those 2-3" rain days and the mud slides on I-84.

aflineman · Sep 5, 2017

GRUNDEL said:
This was from my neighborhood yesterday. We have already moved one load and the cars are loaded and ready to bugout if needed. Haven't slept in a couple days. View attachment 389180

Been looking at the same view since I vame up last night for work (which was canx). Thought about draging the trailer home, but will probably just wait it out. Got the car loaded with the few important things I have up here. Ready to go if I must. Sad thing, smoke here is better than it was all weekend down at the house.

GRUNDEL · Sep 5, 2017

aflineman said:
Been looking at the same view since I vame up last night for work (which was canx). Thought about draging the trailer home, but will probably just wait it out. Got the car loaded with the few important things I have up here. Ready to go if I must. Sad thing, smoke here is better than it was all weekend down at the house.

The wind is helping.
I went up to the in-laws in Stevenson this morning and actually saw white clouds and a little blue sky. Way better than down here in NB.

slimmer13 · Sep 5, 2017

The smoke up this way is pretty gnarly. This is in Spokane. I think alot of the smoke is from the Jolly Mtn fire in the Cascades (20k+ acres).

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Air quality has been hovering in the very unhealthy range but did dip into hazardous for a bit.

GRUNDEL · Sep 5, 2017

Here is day one and day two of the Eagle Creek fire from my front porch. Guarantee the smoke get worse before it gets better. Things look like they will stagnate again early next week and we have a whole lot more burning before this thing is over.

Flymph · Sep 5, 2017

slimer13 said:
The smoke up this way is pretty gnarly. This is in Spokane. I think alot of the smoke is from the Jolly Mtn fire in the Cascades (20k+ acres).

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Air quality has been hovering in the very unhealthy range but did dip into hazardous for a bit.

Constantly having to check on my grandmother, who is allergic to smoke. Both grandparents are staying indoors. Actually they lived in deer park for 20 years, she was the principal/counselor late 80's and early 90's. It's really changed since then.

I'm upset that this fire has spread so much, so fast. I am starting to get headaches from all the smoke and I'm not even in the worst areas. Seems like the entire gorge just went up in smoke...

Hop Sing · Sep 5, 2017

Best of luck to all in harm's way!

Flymph · Sep 5, 2017

GRUNDEL said:
Here is day one and day two of the Eagle Creek fire from my front porch. Guarantee the smoke get worse before it gets better. Things look like they will stagnate again early next week and we have a whole lot more burning before this thing is over.
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Just wondering why every available unit was not thrown at this immediately... it's upsetting.

GRUNDEL · Sep 5, 2017

Flymph said:
Constantly having to check on my grandmother, who is allergic to smoke. Both grandparents are staying indoors. Actually they lived in deer park for 20 years, she was the principal/counselor late 80's and early 90's. It's really changed since then.

I'm upset that this fire has spread so much, so fast. I am starting to get headaches from all the smoke and I'm not even in the worst areas. Seems like the entire gorge just went up in smoke...

We have had the Indian creek fire about 6 miles south for 2 month and now this one. The whole family has had the smoke headache for weeks off and on. All our cloths stink and out house has been buttoned up tight.

EPS · Sep 5, 2017

Flymph said:
Just wondering why every available unit was not thrown at this immediately... it's upsetting.

Not enough to go around probley if you look at the fire map for the western half of the united states there are fire's everywhere OR .WA.CA.ID.MT

GRUNDEL · Sep 5, 2017

Flymph said:
Just wondering why every available unit was not thrown at this immediately... it's upsetting.

Being a firfighter here in the gorge since 2000 and kitsap county prior to that. Lots of reasons. Primarily it being the terrain & wind. Most fires here in the gorge are fought with aircraft and with the wind and slope things blew up fast. There have been planes and choppers dropping water for months on Indian creek and on eagle creek for days before it blew up. The scale is just beyond anything man has to stop it once it grows that big. It literally jumped 4 ridges in about 15 minutes yesterday covering 6-7 miles in that time. Not even the super duper 747 is going to knock a dent in that.

GRUNDEL · Sep 5, 2017

EPS said:
Not enough to go around probley if you look at the fire map for the western half of the united states there are fire's everywhere OR .WA.CA.ID.MT

Bingo. We also had just lost the 4 amphibious tankers from Canada that had been working the Indian creek fire the day before eagle creek blew up.

Flymph · Sep 5, 2017

It's just too bad it had to come to this... I thought the air was bad when the wasco fire happened a few years ago, but this is crazy.

Yeah, the whole PNW is on fire, so you'd think we would have more support from the Feds. I get that they're busy with Texas as well, but I'm sure there are some untapped resources someplace. Has the whitehouse even acknowledged us up here?