Fire behind Half Dome

shit sh#t shit! my plans up thata ways next weekend are in jeopardy. what can i do to help put it out? i know a good rain dance ...

Are there any plans to close Glacier Point Road?

Descended Tenaya Canyon Sat/Sun. There was a fatality on Sat on the first steep descent, then Sun was spent watching the sky above the canyon fill with smoke. For a while it was like twilight at midday. Made a tough day even more stressful.

A controlled burn/management fire in September of a really bad drought year?
YGBSM! (you gotta be sh**ing me)

Of course I'm an internet speculator... but it would be interesting to know the reasoning behind it.

Mother Nature gets her way again.

Eighty-five hikers and climbers were also evacuated from the summit of Half Dome by helicopters from the California Highway Patrol, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, and CAL FIRE.

it was not me!

PYRO....


Ha.... not this time.

But Werner is a he-man and a smoker and not deterred by such things...

Fire ecology is concerned with the processes linking the natural incidence of fire in an ecosystem and the ecological effects of this fire. Many ecosystems, particularly prairie, savanna, chaparral and coniferous forests, have evolved with fire as a necessary contributor to habitat vitality and renewal. Many plant species in naturally fire-affected environments require fire to germinate, establish, or to reproduce. Wildfire suppression not only eliminates these species, but also the animals that depend upon them. Finally, fire suppression can lead to the build-up of flammable debris and the creation of less frequent but much larger and more destructive wildfires.

Campaigns in the United States have historically molded public opinion to believe that wildfires are always harmful to nature. This view is based on the outdated belief that ecosystems progress toward an equilibrium and that any disturbance, such as fire, disrupts the harmony of nature. More recent ecological research has shown, however, that fire is an integral component in the function and biodiversity of many natural habitats, and that the organisms within these communities have adapted to withstand, and even to exploit, natural wildfire. More generally, fire is now regarded as a 'natural disturbance', similar to flooding, wind-storms, and landslides, that has driven the evolution of species and controls the characteristics of ecosystems.