The forestry and logging pictures thread

[RI Chevy]

Not liking that post. Sorry.
Santa Anna flowing...

 

[ajschainsaws]

Unfortunately getting the winds now as we speak.

I hope they calm down before they hit the fires

 

[41FanForLife]

Unfortunately getting the winds now as we speak.

Sorry to hear this Mike. Hope you and family stay safe

 

[p61 western]

Sorry to hear this Mike. Hope you and family stay safe

I hope so. A new fire started about 35 miles away. No air help due to wind, and ground access is difficult.

 

[Skeans1]

This was about 8 am in NW Oregon/Sw Washington.

At about 330pm


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[CLEARCUT]

Here is a series of picture from Spring/Summer/Yesterday of the same field on our place. Fairly smokey.

 

[sawfun]

Looking south of 99 from Oregon City is pretty bleak. Several horse trailers and lots of newer RV's from the evacuation. Most folks on well water have had the power cut so thy cannot spray their property down.

 

[sawfun]

The light in Portland turned yellow around 5 and then it got dark early. I suppose tomorrow will be red sky turning to black sky almost like night. Not as bad as when St Helens blew, but still scary nasty with all of the other problems Portland has, massive homeless, massive no police response blatent theft crime, and riots.

 

[jacob j.]

The light in Portland turned yellow around 5 and then it got dark early. I suppose tomorrow will be red sky turning to black sky almost like night. Not as bad as when St Helens blew, but still scary nasty with all of the other problems Portland has, massive homeless, massive no police response blatent theft crime, and riots.

That Riverside fire on Mt. Hood is already cresting 100,000 acres - so it's going to get worse for a bit before it gets better. The weather is supposed to start turning this weekend though to cooler and milder.

 

[sawfun]

That Riverside fire on Mt. Hood is already cresting 100,000 acres - so it's going to get worse for a bit before it gets better. The weather is supposed to start turning this weekend though to cooler and milder.

It's pretty bad all over and as you say, expected to get worse before better. I had heard that Estacada was burning. I dunno how true that is, however they were on a stage 3 evacuation. Plenty of horse trailers and nice, not homeless, motorhomes and trailers were finding places to sit it out. Add one were at the Town Center, whose mall lot has plenty of open room. I am 1 mile from Clackamas Co. So am watching kinda carefully. I'm pretty sure Milwaukie and Portland are safe, but still, these fires have a spread so fast and we are 3 days from any possible weather relief.

 

[USMC615]

Pretty cool shot from Steve Whitby on the "Creek" Fire today -

This pic struck a nerve with me...awesome pic and clarity...it’s just an ol’ fighting Marine thing on my end. If that ain’t a damn firefight, I don’t know what is. You can’t sling lead at the problem in front of you...

Hand salute to these men and women when faced with such a fight!

Talk about earning your damn keep...

 

[USMC615]

@sawfun @jacob j. ...that’s some gut wrenching stuff to hear about and watch while it goes down. We don’t have nothing like that here in mid-Ga, nor ever have had it happen here. I hate like hell to hear people are going to lose their homes... try and gather up their prized possessions, family pictures, guns, etc...while something like this happens. It ain’t like there’s 28-ft Uhauls staged at every residence, so they can get all they can get. It’s a sad deal no matter how you add it or stack it.

 

[jacob j.]

This pic struck a nerve with me...awesome pic and clarity...it’s just an ol’ fighting Marine thing on my end. If that a damn firefight, I don’t know what is. You can’t sling lead at the problem in front of you...

Hand salute to these men and women when faced with such a fight!

Talk about earning your damn keep...

Where they're at is some of the nastiest fire fighting ever. I've been down there several times, mainly with the Hotshot crews. That fuel type is southern interior Chaparral with a Chamise understory. Chamise is dense
scrub wood with a thick, slow-running sap that burns hot. That's one reason the smoke is so black in that picture. Chaparral is a hard woody brush that's usually 6-12' tall and has long, stiff thorns which makes it difficult
to work with.

 

[USMC615]

Where they're at is some of the nastiest fire fighting ever. I've been down there several times, mainly with the Hotshot crews. That fuel type is southern interior Chaparral with a Chamise understory. Chamise is dense
scrub wood with a thick, slow-running sap that burns hot. That's one reason the smoke is so black in that picture. Chaparral is a hard woody brush that's usually 6-12' tall and has long, stiff thorns which makes it difficult
to work with.

I was wondering why the smoke was so black...I don’t know no different on my end. I ain’t never seen nothing like this. I hope these brave, hard-charging men and women can get this under control.

And thank you Brother, for your help in the past and present. Hand salute to you and these fine folks battling this stuff...I’m willing to bet it ain’t no cake walk doing this *s-wordt!

 

[Skeans1]

It's pretty bad all over and as you say, expected to get worse before better. I had heard that Estacada was burning. I dunno how true that is, however they were on a stage 3 evacuation. Plenty of horse trailers and nice, not homeless, motorhomes and trailers were finding places to sit it out. Add one were at the Town Center, whose mall lot has plenty of open room. I am 1 mile from Clackamas Co. So am watching kinda carefully. I'm pretty sure Milwaukie and Portland are safe, but still, these fires have a spread so fast and we are 3 days from any possible weather relief.

We just left my in laws in Happy Valley to pick up some stuff just in case. My wife showed me this it’s of Elk Rock in Milwaukee sure reminds me of a fire bug problem.

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[USMC615]

I wish all you folks the best on the left coast dealing with these wildfires...all I can do and say from mid-Ga.

 

[USMC615]

@jacob j. ...You are a Man amongst Men...make no bones about that! I’d be privileged to shake your hand one day. I know we battled different enemies in our past and lifetime... I’d enjoy a good sit down at a fire pit...just shooting the *s-wordt!

 

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