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Here's how the fires are looking from SLT today. I've heard it's nasty down in the valley.
Fortunate for us the winds are still (barely) blowing from the east - usually this basin fills up like a bathtub with any west slope smoke.
Calavares Fire - Off of Hwy 88:
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic28258.jpg
El Dorado County Fire - Closed Hwy 50:
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic28257.jpg
I've been checking them out all day - wishing they were storm clouds rolling over that crest.
wow, you guys have blue sky up there.
the past two days have been eery. It's orange. And there's a thin film of ash on my car.
I'm about a 1/2 hr to 45 min. drive north of the Hwy 50 fire. The sun has barely shown through the smoke all day, and there's no hint of blue sky. There's little bits of ash everywhere. The smoke's thick enough to give me a headache. Sucks in every possible way. :(
The traffic report said Hwy 50 is closed from Kyburz to Meyers
Yup, that El Dorado fire looks nasty from over the hill.
http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/3820278/detail.html
'Fred's Fire' At 3,000 Acres; Hwy 50 Still Closed
KYBURZ, Calif. -- A 20-mile stretch of Highway 50 in the Sierra remained closed Thursday due to a wildfire burning in El Dorado County.
The fire -- known as "Fred's Fire" -- has burned about 3,000 acres and was about 10 percent contained as of noon Thursday. Officials said the fire was burning in a northwesterly direction toward Ice House Reservoir.
Residents of the towns of Kyburz and Silver Fork were asked to evacuate, according to the California Department of Forestry.
A pump house has been lost to the fire, but about 100 homes -- many of which are vacation cabins -- were spared, according to CDF spokeswoman Teri Mizuhara.
The fire broke out Wednesday evening. CDF and US Forest Service officials are investigating the cause.
Highway 50 was shut down between Sly Park and Meyers. Officials said there is no estimate for reopening the highway.
As an alternate route, the California Highway Patrol suggests taking Mormon Immigrant Trail off Highway 50 over to Highway 88 and then to Highway 89.
Yeah, it's pretty crazy looking from up here in Truckee, too. Hope they go out soon and no one gets hurt or loses property.
Yeah, the sky has been red all day. It's like a day long sunset.
Yeah, there are 3 fires going on: One in Martinez (oil refinery), onE near Napa/Lake Berryessa, and the one you guys are talking about. SUX!!! :(
on the bright side, the ski season just got a little more affordable for a few hundred firefighters.
I want to know why it's being called "Fred's Fire".
Also, according to Martin Lipshits, you can ski up Icehouse Road.
This fire season was predicted to be hella bad for California, we're getting off pretty easy.
Fires are typically named after a physical/topographical name near the origin of the fire OR named after the event/smuck that either saw it first or started it.Quote:
Originally Posted by frerad
I've now lost the little respect I had for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greydon Clark
this is a little off topic, but i had someone up here in the PNW try to claim "hella" as a PNW thing. i was happy to put them in their place.
shitty bout those fires. hope they get em under control soon.
and great that refinary fire is sure to allow gas prices to hit two fitty. :mad:
hella love nor-cal!
"Fred's Fire" is named after Fred's Place. Fred's Place
is a bend in the road where there was a bar in the olden days. It is long gone. This location is half way between Eagle Rock Resort, now also long gone and the Wrights Lake road.
worst "cool" word to say, EVERQuote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
Quote:
Originally Posted by Greydon Clark
No, no, no... it was an ironic hella. Like having a mullet or listening to Poison. It's cool if you know it's not cool but you still act like it is cool even though it clearly isn't. Greydon's all over that hipster shit, he lives in the Mission.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
This is getting nasty. Now both 50 and 88 are closed due to Fred's Fire and the Power Fire, respectively.
Sure that's not Mount St. Helens?
I'm guessing the whole basin is gonna be smokey tomorrow. Get to talk to sports ltd. at all this week?Quote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
Quote:
Originally Posted by davey
SLT is smoky as a bastad right now. I was looking out the window at work thinking it ws a little wierd to be seeing fog then I went outside and gave it a sniff. I was talking to a guy this evening who lives in strawberry, he said everything there might be lost. :eek: :(
Stop...making...me...think...about...them... Word from a third is that they haven't gotten their Volkls yet, so I didn't check.Quote:
Originally Posted by davey
Fuck, Strawberry is awfully close to home. Let's hope this thing gets under control.
Fred's Fire last night - 10% contained
Fred's Fire this morning - 0% contained
Hwy Fitty may be down for awhile....
Spoke to soon on that one. Meyers was filled up like a thick bowl of smoke soup last night.Quote:
Fortunate for us the winds are still (barely) blowing from the east - usually this basin fills up like a bathtub with any west slope smoke.
It's like walking around in a an effing ashtray down here today!
Simple answer: They're usually named after a person, place, or thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by frerad
how is it looking in truckee today? smoky? i gots yard work/winter'izing to do all day Sat and Sun...am on my way up this afternoon...
good news is rain/high level snow in the forecast:
Sunday: Mostly cloudy and breezy with a chance of showers. Snow level 8000 feet. Highs 48 to 58. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Gusts to 60 mph over ridges.
Sunday night: Mostly cloudy and breezy with a chance of rain and snow. Lows 26 to 36.
Monday: Brisk with rain and snow likely. Highs 44 to 54.
Monday night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows 13 to 23.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow. Highs 43 to 53.
Very slightly hazy. Otherwise clear as a bell and cool with all the fall colors going off. Should be no problem unless the wind shifts.Quote:
Originally Posted by freshies
Why is it that the first thing that pops in my head when I see "SLT" is "Salt Lake Titty?Quote:
Originally Posted by hardrider
schweet! lego, you going to see yearbook tonight @ squaw?Quote:
Originally Posted by LegoSkier
Nope. Unfortunately I'm gonna be out of town.Quote:
Originally Posted by freshies
Slim,Quote:
Originally Posted by slim
All Mission hipsters worth their tight pants and vintage t-shirt collection know absurdity is the new irony. Obviously choosing “hella” as an adjective to describe the potential for wildfire in California is absurd. Extreme would have been apt, but the jokers who read this forum would get confused and wonder what the hell smear turns and hip-checks had to do with wildfire.
See you at the Vintage Shoe Room, I know you’re dieing to get some new Kangaroos to match your Member’s Only jacket.
Greydon
as a former resident of the noe/mission border, am i out of the loop? members only jackets are now "cool" or "retro"? god help us, what's next, jazz shoes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Greydon Clark
Well, if you were born in 1982 a Members Only jacket is pretty old school and hilarious, thus kids will rock them and vintage shops will sell them, however, I draw the line with wrestling shoes (which some peeps are trying to revive). Wrestling shoes are horrible, as were the people who wore them to the mall, but I’m all for the “Artist Crowd” attempting to popularize the singlet as casual wear.Quote:
Originally Posted by freshies
And god forbid, after that this could be next:Quote:
Originally Posted by freshies
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2003/200308146a.jpg
Jazz hands!
It's clear and warm in Truckee, but Squaw was full of smoke last night. Not sure how it is over there today. Couldn't see the huge smoke clouds from Tahoe-Donner this AM, either....
That works for me. Getting tired of telling people "No, I didn't start the fire"Quote:
Originally Posted by DescenderRob
crap, now I have Billy Joel running through my head... <humming "we didn't start the fire">
I just watched the mountains disapear behind smoke in about 3.5 minutes. :eek:
I guess the wind has changed directions.
So what you're saying is that the Members Only jacket sitting in my closet will collect some serious bling bling?Quote:
Originally Posted by Greydon Clark
F the bling, rock that jacket and go for the ‘tang.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
Heh!
On a less funny note, it's really fucking smokey here right now. Visibility outside is down to around 200 yards. Forget even seeing the mountains. Also you can pretty much stare at the sun. It's just a bright orange disc peeking through the haze right now. The house even smells a little like smoke. Fack!!!
Yeah, I just drive from downtown out to Donner Lake, and there was a white standing wave of smoke coming over Cold Stream ridge from the south. I watched it build up and up an dup and eventually it came crashing down into the Truckee valley like a freaking wave. Now it smells like a chimney in my office and you can barely see across the Martis Valley. Fuck, I hope no one's getting hurt by these fires. I just had to go measure the slope in US40 at the west end of Donner Lake because a cement truck lost it's brakes and slammed into some rocks. The cement drum crushged the cab and killed the driver instantly - not a pretty scene. Bad juju up here in Truckee today....be careful out there..