Drought for the west

[Gr8bawana]

Ward mountain fir still going strong. Now at 8,782 acres and 27% containment. The bad thing is it's right on the southern edge of Ely and really close to Comins reservoir.
Sons' crew got sent there a couple of days ago.

 

[Southern Elk]

What in the hell is wrong with people?

 

[SAJ-99]

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The crazies exist. This guy is a special kind of evil. But also of concern are people who spread the rumor that the fire was started by the tech companies so they could buy land cheap and build more data centers.

 

[grizzly63]

I think arson is one of those mental things like pedophilia that you just cannot get out of their system. Only one solution for that.

 

[mtmuley]

I think arson is one of those mental things like pedophilia that you just cannot get out of their system. Only one solution for that.

Years ago there was a guy in my area that was arrested for setting several fires. He was on the local volunteer fire department. mtmuley

 

[brymoore]

I think arson is one of those mental things like pedophilia that you just cannot get out of their system. Only one solution for that.

We had an Idaho kid who started several fires. He was on the local volunteer fire department and wanted to fight fires with his Dad. He spent some time in prison.

 

[hank4elk]

Investigating a series of arson fires in our parks, the county guy discovered it was set by a arson investigator. Traveling the state doing speaks for depts. he would set fires on trips.
Dozens of fires set.

Should be burned on a stake.

 

[sapperJ24]

Investigating a series of arson fires in our parks, the county guy discovered it was set by a arson investigator. Traveling the state doing speaks for depts. he would set fires on trips.
Dozens of fires set.

Should be burned on a stake.

Thinking of this guy? Wild story. Listened to an interesting podcast on it a few years back.

John Leonard Orr - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[hank4elk]

Thinking of this guy? Wild story. Listened to an interesting podcast on it a few years back.

John Leonard Orr - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That is him.

 

[kwyeewyk]

I'm down wind of the Little Giant fire, we had a few hours of less smoke yesterday with some wind, but now it's snowing ash from the upper Entiat that torched up last night. Parked my truck about 5pm yesterday, woke up to this. Happy Apocalaugust!

 

[Irrelevant]

I'm down wind of the Little Giant fire, we had a few hours of less smoke yesterday with some wind, but now it's snowing ash from the upper Entiat that torched up last night. Parked my truck about 5pm yesterday, woke up to this. Happy Apocalaugust!

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Gosh glad we're south of that. Looks like it was pretty scary last night up the entiat

 

[El Jason]

Gosh glad we're south of that. Looks like it was pretty scary last night up the entiat

Wow

 

[kwyeewyk]

Gosh glad we're south of that. Looks like it was pretty scary last night up the entiat

Yeah don't know for certain but I imagine some houses burned yesterday, south shore of lake Chelan not looking good either. After touring Chelan Hills fire with the flood assessment team and hearing stories from locals of it burning McNeil canyon bottom to top in 15 minutes and seeing the hundreds of destroyed homes, cars, conex containers completely melted, and the roadside memorial made of melted metal from the truck that crashed and burned over, feeling pretty sketchy about the long months still to come here. Best wishes to all with exposure this summer, stay safe, and sane.