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Allen – Fire Resources have been and are currently all over this fire. The hills/mtn are steep, the landscape is extremely dry, temps have been high, winds shift and lightening strikes have hard hit the Sierras with fires. There's no conspiracy between Mother Nature and Government Agencies to extend fires and cause humongous expenditures which may result in additional taxation. I'm pretty confident that the citizens of Pine Mtn and Groveland are extremely appreciate of the efforts made to control this disastrous fire.
The Rim fire doubled again in size over night, is up to 100,000 acres now. The smoke here lifts late afternoon but then settles down again during the night, having to sleep with windows closed most of the night. Smoke is worse this morning than it was yesterday morning.
Is it just me or does it seem like they didn't jump on this Rim Fire very quickly? I heard a little "blip" about it the day it started and it sounded like they weren't very concerned about it. Just before I heard about the Rim Fire we also had a fire near Vallicito. They quickly put the Valliceto fire out. Seems to me like they didn't throw very many resources at the Rim Fire until it was too late.
Friday AM. 6:30 AM
Smoke is very heavy, looks like we are in a Fog Cloud
Quote:We're trying to decide whether or not to come up this weekend. I am hearing the smoke is pretty thick. Is it bad enough that outdoors activities are out / windows need to be closed / etc?It varies a lot. This morning it was so thick it looked like fog and ash was falling. This afternoon the air is pretty clear. Who knows what tomorrow may bring. Keep an Eye on the Rim Fire Status (upper left of the page). They've brought in a bunch of additional resources so maybe they'll get it under control soon.
We're trying to decide whether or not to come up this weekend. I am hearing the smoke is pretty thick. Is it bad enough that outdoors activities are out / windows need to be closed / etc?
Smoke is pretty heavy this morning. The Rim fire has increased to 54,000 acres from 15,000 acres yesterday. It is expected to continue to grow north and east with no containment in sight. So I would expect the smoke to continue to increase for us also.
Summer in the Sierras is grand except for the dreaded fire season. Our youngest son has been fighting wild land fires, one-after-the-other across Northern California. So every morning, along with reading emails, newspapers etc, I check the status of the fire he's battling. (www.inciweb.org)
I found a link that provides valuable information should we ever have a fire threatening our home with tips that I would never have thought of.
Windshied had alot of ash on it this am.
Very heavy today, Wednesday.
I would check maybe on FridayWe are thinking of coming up this weekend and are wondering how bad the smoke is at this point.
800 acre fire outside Groveland.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3660/I have no info – but first smelled it at 1AM sleeping in the loft of the cabin. Or not sleeping, too smoky to be comfortable!
does anyone have information on the source of smoke currently in the air? Thanks,
– Dave
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