Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Season changer?

Wow what a night.  The forecast was for a t storm.  Well there wasn't much lightning or thunder. We had gusty winds blowing on the fire. We had moved to division B and we had plans to do a burn operation.  We were going to clean up an area of concern. But before we could get started the weather moved in.
They moved us down to the "safe area", drop point 103. It was a staging area. The road is paid there. We sat and listened to the weather warnings and then the rain. They issued Flash Flood Warnings. It was for up to 1/2" per hour. I don't know if it did that but it has rained steady and hard at times.
Over the radio we heard the division supervisor say "I don't think the owners of the cabins have to worry about the fire anymore". They had minor flooding. They also found a mud slide over the road. It was anywhere from 8" to a foot of mud.
Is this a season changer? I dont know. It may well be. For this fire I believe it is put to bed. As I write this I have no idea if the rest of the region or if other parts of Oregon and Washington were hit as hard. One thing for sure is it seems this fire, "Duncan" has been put to bed.
This morning as the daylight appears from seemingly nowhere it has a look of fall here. We all hope summer isn't over. It seems like our season just started. So until we hear different we will be prepared to work. Or we may be sent home to be reunited with our loved ones. Or if the other fires need help we maybe we will be sent to one of them. Unless they to were put to bed.

1 comment:

  1. Wow. We had almost no rain. About 5 minutes of rain and today it doesn't even look like it's rained. Supposed to get hot again. Don't think summer is over yet. Love, Mom

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