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Title: Wildfire Near California-Nevada Line Destroys 40 Homes
Post by: SkierBob on Feb 08, 15, 05:30:59 AM

Title: Re: Wildfire Near California-Nevada Line Destroys 40 Homes
Post by: SkierBob on Feb 08, 15, 06:56:05 AM

Here's on more before the fire pic.  Swall Meadows in the for ground with Round Valley down below on the right.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10649963_10204587622543397_7860685421513583114_n.jpg?oh=0cfdfd1f5619f4d000ccd0262a23bb44&oe=55672F61&__gda__=1431438388_27f2bf5777e8c53e2b1b5a4dee674fc4)

Title: Re: Wildfire Near California-Nevada Line Destroys 40 Homes
Post by: SkierBob on Feb 08, 15, 10:50:49 AM

http://wildernessexposures.com/round-fire-ravages-eastern-sierra-homes/ (http://wildernessexposures.com/round-fire-ravages-eastern-sierra-homes/)
I can see the homes of a few folks I know  burning in the video.  Yesterday was the worst possible time to have a fire.

Title: Re: Wildfire Near California-Nevada Line Destroys 40 Homes
Post by: Jim Wilkins on Feb 08, 15, 07:29:11 PM

People can forget that fuel moistures are still extraordinarily low in the Eastern Sierra (and right here in Wrightwood).  It only takes a source of ignition and it's off to the races.  Looks almost like the footprint of the Inyo Complex a few years back.  Tragic for the forty homes destroyed.  Ironically, each of those homes has been paying their CalFire "Fire Prevention Fee" each year. 

Title: Re: Wildfire Near California-Nevada Line Destroys 40 Homes
Post by: SkierBob on Feb 09, 15, 09:18:13 AM

My friends who are ski instructors at Mammoth have a brush clearing business to keep them busy in the summer time. 

The homes they did fire prevention work at in Swall survived.  I thought that was cool and speaks volumes for maintaining defensible space. 

Title: Re: Wildfire Near California-Nevada Line Destroys 40 Homes
Post by: SkierBob on Mar 23, 15, 10:12:48 AM

https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/kendra-atleework-why-must-one-house-burn-while-another-is-spared/ (https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/kendra-atleework-why-must-one-house-burn-while-another-is-spared/)

Title: Re: Wildfire Near California-Nevada Line Destroys 40 Homes
Post by: Wrightwood on Mar 23, 15, 10:23:39 AM

Good article hearing the author describe "The aftermath of a wildfire reaches every part of you"

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