| lupinsea |
08-15-2012 02:30 PM |
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Originally Posted by kognito
(Post 349811)
Edit: crazy how that fire up there took off from 300 acres last night to 26,000 acres this mornig!!
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Yes and no.
The wild fire is burning on the north side of I-90. We came down the ridge just south of I-90 on the other side of the valley floor. Assuming the two forests are in similar condition, there were stretches of trail where the trees were packed tight and had a lot of dry, dead branches on the lower parts of the trunks. Plus, I was surprised at how much dried and dead wood has accumulated from all the wind fall over the last several years.
We were basically driving through a giant pile of kindling.
No wonder the Forest Service had banned campfires. Those were some DRY forests up in the mountains. |
