San Gabriel Mountains Discussion Forum

mattmaxon · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject: Wrightwood on the edge of disater

Seems to me they'll fight to keep the fire out of Wrightwood

This is very bad... very very bad

Hope the fuel treatment that was done, was enough

mattmaxon · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl....203083,0.443916&t=p&z=12

mattmaxon · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject:

The fire has slowed for the evening

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl....203083,0.443916&t=h&z=12

What happens tomorrow?

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapCl...8&textField2=-117.632&e=0

http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/...n=BPNC1&unit=0&time=LOCAL

mattmaxon · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:10 am Post subject:

Cautious optimism is the word of the day for now

No active burning detected, I hope they've learned their lesson and are all over this as I am typing

some news reports I've heard is they worked through the night

-Sheep Fire 05:25 PDT 10/05-

mattmaxon · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:23 pm Post subject:

An official perimeter was released and no new fire detections have been made in the last 24 hours

On the southern end the perimeter shows there was no fire detections...Probably due to the fast moving nature of this blaze. The satellites didn't have time to detect it before it had come and gone

From the reports I've heard the southern end of the ridge and PCT burned

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl...5373aa770a11f050&t=p&z=12

MtnMan · Joined: 08 May 2009 Posts: 44

fire perimeter overlay on forest map, courtesy wwcalif.

mattmaxon · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:14 am Post subject:

MtnMan
Thanks for the map!

I know they make these, but no one ever gets to see them

For anyone who is interested there was no new detections overnight and all the previous detections have faded to black.

This is another area that will require careful monitoring until we get rain

Please rain come! but be gentle...Our mountains have really taken it on the chin and in the gut!

TacoDelRio · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:51 am Post subject:

That was a close one. Confused

RichardK · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 160

It looks like we and the forest dodged a bullet.
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MtnMan · Joined: 08 May 2009 Posts: 44

Evacuation order lifted for Wrightwood today.

updated map, without fire detail lines from the WWFSC.

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