Praying for Our Friends in Salmon Idaho

[Blank]

****'s getting real now!!!!!

 

[LIK2HNT]

Hope everyone is safe!!!

 

[JPickett]

Damn it. Lots catching on fire right now too. I was hoping we were going to squeak by without a bad fire season this year

 

[Outdoordan]

That's a tough one. Man that's a big blaze. We were afraid my cousin and her husband were going to lose there cabin in Smiley Creek in the Sawtooths on Monday/Tuesday. Took this picture Sunday night. Fortunately, she got her horses out but it was close.

 

[Blank]

Yeah, my son and his 'Shots are over on that one. Cooler weather in the forecast, but we sure need rain or snow!!!

 

[Homer]

Californians have turned Idaho into California......... thoroughly....

 

[eelgrass]

Californians have turned Idaho into California......... thoroughly....

Speaking of California....they're lighting it on fire again.

 

[runamuk]

That's a tough one. Man that's a big blaze. We were afraid my cousin and her husband were going to lose there cabin in Smiley Creek in the Sawtooths on Monday/Tuesday. Took this picture Sunday night. Fortunately, she got her horses out but it was close.

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Another pic of Smiley Creek.
I heard it jumped the Hwy and is burning up Pole creek.
Girlfriend and I were thinking about heading over to camp out on Basin butte for a few days but got to thinking we don’t really want to deal with the smoke. It’s bad enough here in the valley can only imagine what it’s like over the hill.

 

[Bluehair]

Another pic of Smiley Creek.
I heard it jumped the Hwy and is burning up Pole creek.
Girlfriend and I were thinking about heading over to camp out on Basin butte for a few days but got to thinking we don’t really want to deal with the smoke. It’s bad enough here in the valley can only imagine what it’s like over the hill.
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That’s awful…..but a bad azz pic.

 

[Homer]

That’s awful…..but a bad azz pic.

all it's missing is Biden and a couple marines.....

 

[eelgrass]

all it's missing is Biden and a couple marines.....

I fought forest fires mostly at night and I never saw fires that looked like the photos they post now days. I think they use special filters or editing to get that look.

 

[Outdoordan]

My aunt and uncle owned smiley creek lodge for about 15 years, and I worked there one summer. It would be a bummer to lose the place. Glad the fire has moved on. That is a bad azz pic. It looks like it got close to the campground at Alturas. You can see how close the fire got to Smiley Creek. Basically right up to it (circled in blue).

 

[Outdoordan]

Salmon area map. Red area is EVACUATION NOW. That is scary how close to that town it is.

 

[Outdoordan]

The picture I took with my cell phone from atop a mountain about 4-5 miles from the fire and you can see how high those flames were ripping up. We had a warm westerly wind that just blew it up that ridge in minutes. No way you could have gotten away from that one if you were caught there.

 

[JPickett]

My aunt and uncle owned smiley creek lodge for about 15 years, and I worked there one summer. It would be a bummer to lose the place. Glad the fire has moved on. That is a bad azz pic. It looks like it got close to the campground at Alturas. You can see how close the fire got to Smiley Creek. Basically right up to it (circled in blue).

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Where’d did you get this map? Reading the legend it looks like maybe Ross fork didn’t burn? Can’t really tell.

 

[grizzly]

Speaking of California....they're lighting it on fire again.

It's those dang Jewish space lasers again.

Seriously though, I hope the weather turns and they get the fires out quick.

 

[SS!]

I fought forest fires mostly at night and I never saw fires that looked like the photos they post now days. I think they use special filters or editing to get that look.

They probably didn't have electricity back when you were doing that.

 

[Outdoordan]

Where’d did you get this map? Reading the legend it looks like maybe Ross fork didn’t burn? Can’t really tell.

From inciweb. It probably started on the ridge to the northeast of Ross fork and thus called that.

 

[eelgrass]

They probably didn't have electricity back when you were doing that.

BS! How did we send telegrams without electricity?

 

[JPickett]

From inciweb. It probably started on the ridge to the northeast of Ross fork and thus called that.

couple old cabins up there that im guessing are not there any more. sucks, that whole area is or was super pretty. i suppose it will all come back

 

[BrowningRage]

Idaho really is turning into California...

Seriously though, thoughts and prayers to everyone up that way. ?

 

[2lumpy]

My son in law in Southern California was up on his roof this afternoon making sure everything was secure because they are apparently expecting extremely high winds in the next day or two. Hope those winds don’t make it that far north. Last thing you guys need up your way right now.