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Awesome Photo Essay: CA Wildfires
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damn you for stirring up memories of overtime foot rot!
Wow...those couple pictures that showed redwoods burning were interesting. The fires kind of hollow them out? Does this make them prone to collapse?
cedars and redwoods are very weak internally, they can actually burn for days on the inside and you wouldnt know it unless by touch or boring with a chainsaw.
in 94 I was cutting a 6 foot wide cedar and only got my saw in 2 inches and the tree started to go. it was a one inch rhine of bark all the way around.
I have cut them from the inside out as well when they were cold and out.
in 94 I was cutting a 6 foot wide cedar and only got my saw in 2 inches and the tree started to go. it was a one inch rhine of bark all the way around.
I have cut them from the inside out as well when they were cold and out.
it is actually a fairly mild season comapred to most
SoCal hasn't really started to burn...yet...
The fires here aren't as massive as the interior west, but CA has people EVERYWHERE.
I suppose I need a press pass to get close enough to shoot pics, don't I?
you need more than a press pass, most media are fire trained just so they can get inside the fire camps. after that they are escorted by fire staff of the incident management team at all times
Damn. I considered working on a fire crew for the summer, too. Sounds like I missed out.
good times for sure, just go with a good agency if you do go and second guess everybody untill you really know there capacity. alot of stupid people in charge of stupid people just looking for a exciting buck.
in 13 years of wildland fire I took some crazy pics
in 13 years of wildland fire I took some crazy pics
this was my type one crew in 2000 on a fire in eastern oregon, 129k acres in one day
I am in the blue hard hat
I am in the blue hard hat
Yeah, I noticed how mild the season was what with the smoke hanging over the Bay Area from hundreds fires many miles away inland.
While they are spectacular photos....(and a chunk of my livelihood depends on the fire season), I find those photos so depressing....
The year's not over.
Normal?
Sorry, but I can't recall in recent memory this much smoke hanging over the bay area for this long. It's been 4 solid weeks of waking up to a muted orange sunrise and aching lungs / headache from bike commuting.
granted it is bad for smoke fallout, but you cant judge a fire season by the smoke forecast.
normally the fires are further south thus is why it isnt so bad in northern cal or they are higher in the sierras.
and you are very correct, it aint over by a long shot, we can typically guarantee so.cal to burn clear into halloween or even thanksgiving depending on the indicies and fuel loading.
but so far, it has been mild
normally the fires are further south thus is why it isnt so bad in northern cal or they are higher in the sierras.
and you are very correct, it aint over by a long shot, we can typically guarantee so.cal to burn clear into halloween or even thanksgiving depending on the indicies and fuel loading.
but so far, it has been mild
its amazing how low those airplanes fly.
I can't believe they're using a freakin dc-10.
evergreen uses a 737
Heh. I just showed that pic to a guy in my office and he said the same thing.
I guess they bust that thing out when the ENTIRE state is literally in flames.
I was wondering how you guys were doing.
Rad pics but put them on any cam forum and they'll complain about the noise.
I can't wait to get on a crew out there one day.
I can't wait to get on a crew out there one day.