Green Energy
Update on the one you're not hearing about:
The Funny River Fire in Alaska is now just under 124,000 acres, more than FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN ISLAND.
There is only 20 % containment of the fire. No rain expected until MAYBE Tuesday.
Evacuation readiness advisories for residents of Kasilof and Funny River Road (means get ready when we say run RUN!).
This is the largest Alaskan fire since 1947 and the second largest in their history.
As most of it is on Federal land they were initially told by the Feds to let it burn. Some local fire boss saw it approaching homes and a road and said (paraphrasing) Screw the Feds get on it. Unfortunately it may have been too late (this per what my kid has told me). It was only as of Friday that the Feds allowed bulldozers and Fire retardant to be used on the fire within Federal land. And although the fire management bosses are putting on a confidant face to this, firefighters that my daughter & son in law have talked to are of the opinion that it is not a matter of IF it jumps Sterling Highway, but WHEN. (which is not official of course).
The suppressed worry and not so suppressed anger in my daughter's voice is palpable.
She also tells me the fire is producing an odd phenomenon for her area -- lightning. The fire is creating it's own lightning in the pyrocumulus clouds. She grew up in Pennsylvania so lightning is nothing new to her (it is, in fact, one of the things she misses about home. Right up there with lightning bugs). But to her kids who have never experienced it before...
This ain't Sedona...
***UPDATE***UPDATE***UPDATE***
Per KSRM/Radio Kenai Facebook page evacuations have now been ordered for residents of Funny River Road from Mile 7 to the end of the road (north part of the fire)
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Crews are going to try a back burn to stop the fire there.
It is believed the two "prongs" of the fire on the east/right have now closed and the fire is 140,000 acres but there is no official word on that.
lots of muscle and machine, no small amount of luck and a huge dose of Divine intervention are needed here.
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Green Energy
Update on the one you're not hearing about:
The Funny River Fire in Alaska is now just under 124,000 acres, more than FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN ISLAND.
There is only 20 % containment of the fire. No rain expected until MAYBE Tuesday.
Evacuation readiness advisories for residents of Kasilof and Funny River Road (means get ready when we say run RUN!).
This is the largest Alaskan fire since 1947 and the second largest in their history.
As most of it is on Federal land they were initially told by the Feds to let it burn. Some local fire boss saw it approaching homes and a road and said (paraphrasing) Screw the Feds get on it. Unfortunately it may have been too late (this per what my kid has told me). It was only as of Friday that the Feds allowed bulldozers and Fire retardant to be used on the fire within Federal land. And although the fire management bosses are putting on a confidant face to this, firefighters that my daughter & son in law have talked to are of the opinion that it is not a matter of IF it jumps Sterling Highway, but WHEN. (which is not official of course).
The suppressed worry and not so suppressed anger in my daughter's voice is palpable.
She also tells me the fire is producing an odd phenomenon for her area -- lightning. The fire is creating it's own lightning in the pyrocumulus clouds. She grew up in Pennsylvania so lightning is nothing new to her (it is, in fact, one of the things she misses about home. Right up there with lightning bugs). But to her kids who have never experienced it before...
This ain't Sedona...
***UPDATE***UPDATE***UPDATE***
Per KSRM/Radio Kenai Facebook page evacuations have now been ordered for residents of Funny River Road from Mile 7 to the end of the road (north part of the fire)
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EVACUATION UPDATE #3: Homeowners living on both sides of Funny River from Mile 7 to Fisherman's Road are asked to evacuate now. Please check in at the Soldotna Sports Center.
OEM Hotline for current fire-related information, please call 907-714-2495.
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Crews are going to try a back burn to stop the fire there.
It is believed the two "prongs" of the fire on the east/right have now closed and the fire is 140,000 acres but there is no official word on that.
lots of muscle and machine, no small amount of luck and a huge dose of Divine intervention are needed here.
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Yesterday, we got this story: Police searching for one man who exchanged gun fire with Millis officer MILLIS - Police are searching for one white male between the ages of 25 and 40 who they believe fired at an officer at about 2:26 p.m. on Forest Road,...
- Two Major Fires Blocks From Each Other In Los Angeles, Hundreds Of Firefighters Battle The Blazes, Shut Freeways
I hope everyone has Injustice and Revolution insurance because #LosAngeles is on fire #LAfire pic.twitter.com/d0Nc0QYXvo — JAGO (@AirJago) December 8, 2014 From the USA Today: A massive fire at a Los Angeles construction site the size of a city block...
- Funny River Wildfire
The situation has improved for homeowners, but fire crews still face a major challenge with the 182,000-acre blaze -- now the nation’s No. 1 priority wildfire -- at more than 180,000 acres. All evacuations have been lifted -- people and families evacuated...
-
These are the things that keep fathers of adult children awake at night and our hair turning white. Our daughter and grandsons visited with us for ten days. They went home to Alaska last week. This morning they woke to this. While all the news is...
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UPDATE: The fire is contained now. Hopefully, no one is hurt. This is not really news which I would typically post on Infidel Bloggers Alliance, but it seems there might be something strange going on here. Drudge has a post up (which is not accessible...