lake county fires

[kxmike]

Cow Mtn and Middlecreek OHV's burning.
Here's a pic (today) from Penny Pines where trail 10 crosses the road...doesn't look good.
I love having multiple riding areas close to my house, but in the last year Cow, Middlecreek, Indian Valley and Knoxville have all burned!

 

[ThumperX]

Really sad and devastating. I see a lot of volunteer work in my future.

 

[anytwowilldo]

Oh shoot! I hope we can get in there a ride soon.

 

[budman]

 

[KTMJACK]

Cow / Middle Creek / Penny Pines / Shasta Chappy all gone.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/multimedia/8578464-181/live-map-of-the-river

 

[Kfxrider90]

Definitely bummed. Just got a bike for the coming season. Now everything is burning, and will probably be closed for a while. There's always Knoxville, but that place is terrible.

 

[EastBayDave]

so sad so many lost their homes...

I have to wonder if the old "Firewatchers" on those hilltop towers were still around, some of this could have been avoided? (gov't cutbacks discontinued them.) :rolleyes

 

[Cabrito]

I was just looking at the Cal Fire Maps yesterday and wondering about these places.

http://www.fire.ca.gov/general/firemaps

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...ie=UTF8&mid=1HacmM5E2ueL-FT2c6QMVzoAmE5M19GAf

This is really sad and a lot of people are loosing everything..

 

[ThumperX]

Resources have been stretched to the max. At one point they were out of fire retardant, only had 2 planes, and 129 personell on the ground fighting the Ranch and River fires.
The big 747 broke down hopefully they get that puppy back in the air soon but it looks like the Mendocino forest is being sacrificed.

I see a whole lot of volunteer work in our future.

 

[kxmike]

Definitely bummed. Just got a bike for the coming season. Now everything is burning, and will probably be closed for a while. There's always Knoxville, but that place is terrible.

Knoxville burned 2 years ago ..and possibly some more in the fire last month...but they never closed it to riding. I went out there a couple times since the last fire and found some nice trails that I never knew about (they were hidden by the overgrown brush). I'm hoping they keep Cow and Middlecreek open too! If not, I'll be driving to Stonyford:thumbup.

 

[ThumperX]

Definitely bummed. Just got a bike for the coming season. Now everything is burning, and will probably be closed for a while. There's always Knoxville, but that place is terrible.

What bike did you get?

 

[kxmike]

so sad so many lost their homes...

I have to wonder if the old "Firewatchers" on those hilltop towers were still around, some of this could have been avoided? (gov't cutbacks discontinued them.) :rolleyes

I don't think they would have done much good anyway. With all the dry overgrown brush and dead trees that haven't been cleared because of stupid policies..these fires grow out of control before resources can get on the ground. It's crazy how fast they move and the intensity is like nothing we've seen before.

 

[Kfxrider90]

What bike did you get?

I bought a very scummy 03 yz125. That was absolutely beat up beyond belief. Ive been working on it slowly since April. I haven't even rode it yet other than up and down the street. Was finally going to go to Penny this weekend. Obviously, that's not going to work out anymore.

 

[Cabrito]

Stonyford the town is under evacuation orders.. The fire is almost to Lets Lake now. It's terrible.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...ie=UTF8&mid=1HacmM5E2ueL-FT2c6QMVzoAmE5M19GAf

 

[ThumperX]

It is absolutely awful :cry
It's just raging on. The river fire is getting corralled.

 

[Moto Beck]

Taken from Skaggs yesterday. Looked like a volcano erupting. Really sad.

 

[KTMJACK]

Now it's burning Stony again :thumbdown

 

[kxmike]

expected to burn till the end of the month...not looking good for stonyford!

 

[KTMJACK]

The fire is at the top of Potato Hill now:mad

 

[Butch]

a week old, but still interesting https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92570/smoke-plumes-tower-over-california?src=eoa-iotd