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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Sep 19, 2014 - 08:12am PT
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09/19/2014
0730 CA-ENF King Fire: 76,376 acres, 10% contained. Evening winds became down slope and down canyon, bring the fire down into the canyons. This may cause significant runs back up the canyons today when the winds shift to upcanyon/upslope.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 19, 2014 - 08:32am PT
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klk.....thanks for the info. I just looked it up on Wikipedia. I went through the San Luis visitor center last year and don't recall the pumped storage thing. I'm very interested P-S so I must've been in a hurry at the visitor center (I was taking a quick break from a HOT motorcycle ride. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it).
Meanwhile the LA Times has an excellent set of photos of King Fire
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-north-wildfires-20140919-story.html
And people are now returning to their homes in Angel Valley (Weed). Now 90% contained.
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John M
climber
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Sep 19, 2014 - 08:43am PT
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At the San Luis Res they make electricity during the day by releasing it from the res into the O'Neill Forebay. Then at night, when power is cheap, they pump it back up into the res.
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John M
climber
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Sep 19, 2014 - 08:50am PT
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got that right.. my pops was one of them.. hahaha.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 19, 2014 - 09:01am PT
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has no natural water source Coming over San Luis dam two weeks ago I was indeed wondering where all the water comes from.
D'oh!
I really MUST have been sleep walking through the visitor center.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 19, 2014 - 09:18am PT
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CalFire budget being discussed on KQED Forum right now.
Cal budget year starts July 1.
Annual firefighting budget is almost empty, will probably be zero by next week.
$209 million budget, $190 million spent. Estimated total cost of King Fire alone is $10million.
Budget is based upon preceding 5 year average.
Which is insufficient due to the drought.
Gov Brown's contingency funds will be available so we don't need to worry too much......yet.....
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 19, 2014 - 09:26am PT
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Good news
Courtney fire (Oakhurst/Bass Lake) now 90% contained, all evacuations lifted.
Bad news
30 residences, 19 outbuildings, 13 vehicles and 4 recreational vehicles destroyed
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Sep 19, 2014 - 10:12am PT
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Great news about the Courtney fire. Hopefully they get that one mopped up by the time we get to shuteye. They just issued a volountary evacuation for Kyberz. On the modis it looks like the fire's coming up the Hwy 50 corridor a bit.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 19, 2014 - 10:31am PT
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King Fire
This is the "official" info page from the Public Information Officer
Among other things, it corrects stuff that's been put out by unofficial sources.
https://www.facebook.com/KINGFIREPIO
US 50 is open but 1 lane Westbound from Riverton to Pollock Pines.
Big Mike
you're getting a Big California Adventure!
Shuteye area was never threatened. I doubt even the access roads were closed. The smoke should not be too bad now.
However It Ain't Over Till It's Over.
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John M
climber
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Sep 19, 2014 - 11:01am PT
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Khanom.. I'm betting that the smoke is from the KIng fire. Winds have been out of the north.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Sep 19, 2014 - 01:09pm PT
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The damage is being assessed. This is a remote area that would have been tough to get into as the fire passed. Tim says several of his neighbors lost their homes too.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 19, 2014 - 01:22pm PT
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Sorry to hear your friend Tim and some of his neighbors have lost their houses. I hope he didn't lose any animals
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Sep 19, 2014 - 01:44pm PT
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They got themselves and their dogs out safely, maybe it was not so lucky for the local wildlife population.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 19, 2014 - 03:12pm PT
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From space Reid Wiseman Tahoe king Fire
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 19, 2014 - 06:42pm PT
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hey there say, mtnmun... was very sorry to hear this... :(
prayers for their help, in whatever ways possible... :(
thank you for sharing... let's hope that something really good
will show up to help them, after all this awful thing...
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Sep 19, 2014 - 07:22pm PT
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09/19/2014
1830 CA-ENF King Fire: 76,376 acres, 10% contained. The north portion of the fire was under an east wind influence with 18-20 mph winds, and gusts to 38 mph, which pushed the fire to the west. A spot fire 2 miles ahead of the main fire front caused resources to withdraw from the area. Down canyon winds, with an easterly wind influence, is expected to bring more than normal active fire behavior throughout the night.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Sep 19, 2014 - 07:29pm PT
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Ya we are HT! Adding a little spice to the old vacay! Lol
Smoke got real bad here this afternoon too..
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Sep 19, 2014 - 09:05pm PT
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These big burns happen from time to time. Usually it's just natures way of cleaning things up, but when some idiot comes along...
They should tie him to a tree in front of the fire and really let nature take it's course.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Sep 19, 2014 - 09:58pm PT
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Knee jerk reaction on my part. They paint a very different picture down here on the media. Like all of us, he deserves the same rights.
Point taken.
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