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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsamazing pic of the Rim Fire
(is it just me being tired, or does this pic look a bit like a dog's (poodle) face and paws?)
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amazing pic of the Rim Fire (Original Post)
niyad
Aug 2013
OP
over 3,500 firefighters battling this monster blaze. may they all make it home safely.
niyad
Aug 2013
#4
Skittles
(153,111 posts)1. I see the poodle, niyad
omg I hope the firefighters are OK
niyad
(113,029 posts)4. over 3,500 firefighters battling this monster blaze. may they all make it home safely.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)9. That's terrible Niyad
may they all make it home safely. Just awful.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)2. The lower part of the face (face turned >>>>> looks like teeth.
B..R..A....I....NNNNNSSSSS
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)3. I'm only a little tired, but I see ELEVEN people faces in that cloud. n/t
Aerows
(39,961 posts)7. And sadly, you know there will be more
Awful
niyad
(113,029 posts)8. wow, there are at least eleven in there.
icymist
(15,888 posts)5. The whole thing looks like somebody twerking over top of an aliens' head.
But, that's just me. I do hope all who fight this fire are alright and nobody gets hurt in this.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)6. Good lord
that looks horrible, Niyad. How are they doing on suppressing it? That looks very ugly.
niyad
(113,029 posts)10. 23% contained, over 187,000 acres burned, over 3,500 firefighters onscene.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)11. May the fire fighters be safe, and the fire die down quickly
Awful, awful situation. Stay safe!
ananda
(28,831 posts)13. You can thank last century's logging industry for this.
They forced the state to put out all the smaller fires that came along,
leading to a buildup of undergrowth, also called fuel loading... and
now this.
niyad
(113,029 posts)15. there was also an unusual amount of rain in june, which led to a lot more vegetation to dry out
in july and the first part of august.
niyad
(113,029 posts)14. update on rim fire- full containment expected by 10 Sept
By Robert J. Lopez and Julie Cart
August 29, 2013, 2:00 a.m.
The rate of spread of the massive Rim fire near Yosemite National Park has slowed in recent days and firefighters expect to have it fully contained by Sept. 10, officials said.
"That's given us a greater opportunity to get in there and strengthen our containment lines," he told The Times. He said fire commanders expect full containment of the blaze in the next two weeks.
Last week, the fire burned 30,000 acres in a 24-hour span and 50,000 acres in another 24-hour span, Berlant said. But in the last two days, the rate of fire spread has slowed to 10,000 acres one day and 5,000 on another.
The Rim fire has ravaged more than 187,000 acres of brush and timber and was 23% contained. The fire had charred more than 40,000 acres in Yosemite National Park.
At least 111 structures have been destroyed by the fire, which has been burning since Aug.
17. Fire crews in Yosemite were hoping to slow advancing flames by conducting large-scale backfire operations from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir south to Tioga Road.
The dangerous tactic involves setting fires inside containment lines to burn vegetation in the path of advancing flames and stop the spread of the blaze.
They are also using an unmanned drone aircraft that provides real-time imagery to give fire commanders a birds-eye view of the 300-square-mile blaze.
Incident Cmdr. Mike Wilkins requested the MQ-1 aircraft belonging to the California Air National Guard. The remotely piloted plane began flying Wednesday morning. It continued on a 20-hour mission throughout the day, alerting crews to a spot fire and providing a more comprehensive fire map.
The drone, about the size of a small Cessna plane, takes off from the Victorville Airport and is operated from March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, said Lt. Col. Tom Keegan of the National Guard.
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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-containment-20130828,0,2975657.story