Property not looking good to avoid wildfire

[Sir Henry]

Best of luck and I pray nothing happens to yours.

[BigAl52]

Another best of luck Hatch. I hope you are spared

[Hatchdog]

Good news for now. In the last 24 hours the fire grew from 11,475 acres to 12,365. The growth was primarily on the southern and western sides of the fire. Our place is on the eastern side about halfway from north to south. The new fire lines near our place didn’t change. The wind was blowing in a positive (for us but not others) direction and continues to do so today. Fingers still crossed.

Thank you all for the positive thoughts.

[The Wiz]

On the subject of thanking the firemen/women, I had a college roommate who was a smoke jumper in the summer between school years. He made over 40 jumps. Paid for his college. Was 5 ft /8,145 lbs. Tough SOB but could not play poker worth a damn.
After he graduated, was drafted and wanted to get his wings with out going through jump school. No dice. He told me later he had more jumps than any of the Black Hats except the senior Instructor. Got to love the Army.

Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread. I hope the wind you get is a good wind

[GFK]

Sorry about that. May God be with you.

[fortyshooter]

Hope for the best Hatch and looks like you may have been spared any damage!

[Hatchdog]

I watched a recording of last night’s update meeting held in a town near the fire. I’m amazed how much information and how awesome the crews are. It’s pretty amazing the process used to fight the fire. One 20 person hand crew and two fire engines got trapped behind the fire line two days ago when it was moving so fast towards our place. They gathered in a meadow which was a pre-planned location should this happen. All are fine with no damage or injuries.

Thankfully the fire didn’t get any closer to our place the last two days. It did gain ground in the southwest area which is away from us. So far eight homes have been lost with no count on other outbuildings lost. This is a very remote area with homes that are off the grid but occupied full time. I’m guessing the homes lost will fit into this category. Homes along the road have much better access for fire engines.

There are three fires burning in the area with over 800 personal and over 100 pieces of equipment working on them.

[Hatchdog]

On the subject of thanking the firemen/women, I had a college roommate who was a smoke jumper in the summer between school years. He made over 40 jumps. Paid for his college. Was 5 ft /8,145 lbs. Tough SOB but could not play poker worth a damn.
After he graduated, was drafted and wanted to get his wings with out going through jump school. No dice. He told me later he had more jumps than any of the Black Hats except the senior Instructor. Got to love the Army.

Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread. I hope the wind you get is a good wind

Hijack away, I enjoyed your story and a tip of the cap to your former roommate.

[Hatchdog]

No update this morning yet but as of last night there was no movement in the fire behind our place. Here’s a couple of pics taken by the guy across the road. This is looking from his place to ours with the flames behind our place. This was earlier in the week when the fire was moving fast towards us and him.

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[cooperhawk]

Yikes! That would scare me.