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labrat
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Auburn, CA
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Jul 28, 2014 - 03:52pm PT
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Thanks for the update people. Good thoughts going out to people that are being pushed around by the fires...
Erik
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Jul 28, 2014 - 05:01pm PT
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Thanks for that post Khanom.
And Jason Torlano way to go old buddy.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Jul 28, 2014 - 05:10pm PT
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Saturday, July 26th when I took my tour to Glacier Point there was a week-old fire update posted on an information board which included a map of the fires currently burning in Yosemite, The fires were ignited by lightning by a series of storms during the week of July 16th. On the map those fires are marked with small red fire symbols; some of the fires’ names are labeled.
When we got out to Glacier Point, I could see that the Dark Hole Fire on upper Yosemite Creek had grown considerably in the previous 48 hours; we could even see flames with binoculars. However, I could not get the flames on a picture.
After leaving Glacier Point, we went down to Yosemite Valley to view the scenic wonders of the Valley. After walking up to the pool beneath Lower Yosemite Fall, we drove down the Valley toward El Capitan where we saw a HUGE smoke plume from somewhere down the canyon. Thus, Ken decided to forego the usual stop near El Capitan Meadow and continue toward El Portal, to decrease the likelihood or being trapped by a possible closure of Hwy 140.
When we arrived at Yosemite View Lodge, where some of our guests were staying, we could see flames above the hillside and helicopters sucking water from the Merced River and flying over the ridge to deliver their water loads onto the fire out of our sight.
Occasionally, the fire would come over the ridge toward Yosemite View Lodge,, but then it would retreat out of our view.
More photos can be seen here: http://www.yosemitecloseup.com/stories/yosemite-news/
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 29, 2014 - 02:42am PT
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hey there, all...
here is our 'chicken skinner' with a quote in this article, that i just saw:
i been worried about extended family, lynda, etc... and was looking for more updates:
here is the quote, and the link so you can go read it:
http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/story/d/story/evacuated-residents-in-el-portal-get-update-on-fir/10061/qLS3dEA100yH-XrbHRDdew
"I've been through four or five of these fires over the last 20 years. It's always a concern, but we've always held up pretty well around here. And the fire crews are pretty amazing around here," said Ken Yaeger who was forced to evacuate.
Yaeger came back to see if he could pick up some items from his home. Even though he has confidence in the skills of fire fighters, the drought, and extremely dry conditions have him worried.
"I'm sure everybody in the foothills is going to be concerned, it's going to be a bad year," Yaeger said.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jul 29, 2014 - 10:13am PT
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What I woke up to yesterday morning:
Yikes! Glad we weren't planning on staying any longer. As we were heading out we met a couple heading in. We told them we saw a fire, hope their trip goes okay.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 29, 2014 - 10:16am PT
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Temps are down and humidity is up for these fires, although winds might be a little gusty today.
Looks like the northern flank of the El Portal fire is presently being driven by S/SW gusts.
The wind is expected to shift around to the NW later today .
The Dark Hole fire has looked much,much better the last 2 days. It's cooling down and hasn't expanded appreciably.
There's even a prediction of 10% rain there tomorrow. Even if it doesn't rain at least its an indication there'll be a lot more moisture in the air. If the wind behaves itself and there are not a whole lot of fire lightning strikes ,then the overall outlook is good . At least for now.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 29, 2014 - 03:49pm PT
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El Portal fire suppression from the air. Probably veteran crews from last year's Rim fire, I'm thinking.Second go-round an hour and twenty minutes later.Get some!
5:10 p.m., yet one more trip into the airport. For a total of at least four RTs this afternoon.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 29, 2014 - 06:24pm PT
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hey there, say, all... thanks for the updates...
thanks DMT for the sand fire info...
and, say, sully... how is the horses/situaiton... ?
hope all is well...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 29, 2014 - 09:23pm PT
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Sleep well.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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Jul 29, 2014 - 09:39pm PT
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nice fire susnset shot mouse.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 29, 2014 - 10:19pm PT
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hey there say, mouse... yes, and that plane, too...
oh my...
very nice work, to share all this ...
thank you!
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jul 30, 2014 - 09:05am PT
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unreal thunder and lightning in sonora last night. like unreal-- like high in the alps-style thunder and lightning.
one small fire and folks watching for others to pop.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jul 30, 2014 - 09:16am PT
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Man I feel bad for you guys, but strangely it has not bee that way up here the last few years. The first Decade I lived here we had massive blazes yearly but not so much the last 10 years. This year we had late snow, cool temps and a fair amount of rain. The forest or what is left of it after fires and beatle kill is now a jungle of bushes, weeds and fallen down trees in many places. Anyway I hope this all dies down soon.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jul 30, 2014 - 09:26am PT
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unreal thunder and lightning in sonora last night. like unreal-- like high in the alps-style thunder and lightning.
I ran up to Grass Valley yesterday, and kept watching the clouds build in my mirrors for most of the drive home. I wondered if they'd amount to anything. They blew up fast and looked pretty angry, so I'm not too surprised that they did.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jul 30, 2014 - 11:30am PT
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Several small recent fires in Santa Cruz mts and east San Jose area in past ten days seem of suspicious origin.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jul 30, 2014 - 12:07pm PT
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Totally dry here on Castle Rock Ridge. Only 0.6" rain since April 6.
Threatened rain on last Fri-Sat-Sun. I watched the distant small curtains of rain evaporate before ever reaching the ground.
At least we didn't get lightning!
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Jul 30, 2014 - 12:12pm PT
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The 4 main fires in this area, Sand, French, El Portal, Dark Hole are all cooling down into the MODIS yellow. At least for now
All Props to the hardworking fire crews in harms way.
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Jul 30, 2014 - 02:27pm PT
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yikes, where did el cap go?
sorry to be so Yosemite-centric, but any guesses as to the opening of 120 into the valley? It doesn't seem likely for the weekend.
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