Wake up call for prepardness! Beachie and Lionshead fires!

Diamondback · Sep 8, 2020

It occurs to me that maybe we should have Stickies for state-specific wildfire alerts... @mods

Diamondback · Sep 8, 2020

Diamondback said:
It occurs to me that maybe we should have Stickies for state-specific wildfire alerts... @mods

@CountryGent or @Ura-Ki , either of you mind running this up the flagpole?

Ura-Ki · Sep 8, 2020

Easy @Joe Link
Bat signal deployed!

The Heretic · Sep 8, 2020

Fire Season - What is your plan?

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bgdawgrr · Sep 8, 2020

Just got cell signal back. Yes, Fire is scary and I'm getting my first real world taste of it. Live in Bonney Lake, WA and the fire line is literally 4 blocks from my house. Evacuating about 3 blocks from me and it's circling the plateau. All the stuff we do to prep can be canceled in a second.
It did put a lot into perspective. Good with power and running different gen sets And fuels. Do want to add a NG port near where I run gen for easy third fuel source. With solar gen on the way, I'm feeling pretty solid.
Cell phones down and fiber optic lines burned, need to continue to upgrade coms with family. We have some baufangs but really not the time to break the rules and transmit with no license. Need to think this one through more.
Feel good about what to grab, especially when most valuables in multiple Fire safes with Fire boxes inside them. With insurance in place and taking a ton of updated pictures, I find it not hard to leave everything if needed. Family over material things. That was very uplifting.
Made me think about what guns to grab. That was interesting. Decided uniformity was best and went with a couple AR platforms. I did decide to load up another 10 mags though and put them in the carry bag instead of taking an Ammo box.

arakboss · Sep 8, 2020

arakboss said:
I was looking at the map below. The fire area outline has been greatly expanded from last night but they haven't provided info updates other than expanded evacuation notices.

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Finally some updated acreage info on Beachie Creek Fire. It went from 500 acres yesterday to over 132,000 acres at 4:30am this morning.

Beachie Creek

Perimeter Acres	132,548.97
Miles of Perimeter	136.73
UnitID	ORWIF
FIRE Number	200299
GACC	NWCC
E-Mail	[email protected]
PolygonDateTime	9/8/2020, 4:30 AM
Comments	DRTI Flown

BlueJacket · Sep 8, 2020

We are ashes in Southern Oregon, Northside of Ashland to Rogue River (exits 1-45)...char.

We are in an Albertsons parking lot for the night, animals, livestock (quail). S. Ashland until morning pray our home is still there.

arakboss · Sep 8, 2020

Talked with my boss this evening and he heard the Lionshead Fire might merge with Beachie Creek Fire. Anybody else heard this?

Edit: Looks likes Beachie Creek and Lionshead Fires have already met each other. I heard the Beachie Creek has been renamed Santiam Fire, not sure if that includes the Lionshead Fire or not. This will be 300k acres before morning if it's not already there. Scary stuff.

Lionshead Fire is on the right, Beachie Creek on the left.