17 July 2008

Cold Springs Fire Update: Thursday/Friday

Thursday

Acres:7604
Containment:18%
Firefighters:930
Thursday morning we awoke to the smell of smoke for the first time. The smoke had settled in the Trout Lake valley overnight and was quite thick. As you can see from the photo, there was no mountain in view. The inversion actually proved to be quite helpful for the fire fighters that morning. By evening, the smoke had dispersed.


Thursday, 06:30, View from Home

After spending considerable time online looking for updated information, we managed to find a "live" fire-mapping site and were able to get this snapshot on Thursday:

7-8 miles from our house


Thursday, 21:00, View from Home

Friday
Acres:7933
Containment:30%
Firefighters:1037
The firefighting population is now more than twice the size of the "native" population (as of the 2000 Census).

- Corinne (& Mike)

Posted by Corinne

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:32 PM, August 15, 2008

    bad news and not funny :-(
    but your blog is much more interesting than reading Hood River News. Hi to Max ! (& Mike)

    Peer

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  2. Tom3:16 PM, August 18, 2008

    Holy crap! I hope you get some nice steady rains to help the firefighting efforts. Best wishes from Fishtown, USA.

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