Wrightwood on the edge of disaster

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:13 pm

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 · Post by **mattmaxon** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:31 pm

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie ... 6&t=p&z=12

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:36 pm

The fire has slowed for the evening

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie ... 6&t=h&z=12

What happens tomorrow?

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 17.632&e=0

http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/ ... time=LOCAL

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:10 am

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 · Post by **mattmaxon** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:23 pm

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=en&ie ... 0&t=p&z=12

MtnMan · Post by **MtnMan** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:28 pm

fire perimeter overlay on forest map, courtesy wwcalif.

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:14 am

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!

Post by **Taco** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:51 am

That was a close one.

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:21 am

It looks like we and the forest dodged a bullet.

MtnMan · Post by **MtnMan** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:54 pm

Evacuation order lifted for Wrightwood today.

updated map, without fire detail lines from the WWFSC.

Layne Cantrell · Post by **Layne Cantrell** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:59 pm

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

Always interested. Your maps kept me somewhat sane during the peak of the station fire. Not that they were all great news or anything, but just having information helps.

In short, you're the MAN.