Happy Labor Day

[russau]

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend with your family!

[Jim_Alaska]

Our Labor Day will be a bit out of the ordinary Russ:

http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7ce09c47eaa3f5874ace60f55&id=36f0647b72

[russau]

Jim , I just wonder if the wacoenviromentalists are thinking that the Ca. courts are acting to slow to remove dredgeing out of 'their' forests? ans they decided to speed things up for the Happy Camp members??

[LipCa]

In Jim's case, if he leaves, they won't let him return until evacuation order is lifted...... been there, done that a week and a half ago.

[Jim_Alaska]

I'm monitoring it very carefully, I won't be leaving unless it gets dangerously near my house. I can see it burning on the ridge across the river from me, but it has not advanced toward us in the last two days. I believe that the fire crews containment lines are holding on the southern perimeter.

This has been a constant worry for over a week now, I'm ready for it to be over with.

[russau]

Jim our prayers are with you! Just be safe!

[Jim_Alaska]

Thank you Russ.

[LipCa]

I seriously doubt that they are putting any resources on the south side. I think they will just let it back down to the river......

[Jim_Alaska]

I seriously doubt that they are putting any resources on the south side. I think they will just let it back down to the river......

Well, we know from officials working the fire that they put in containment lines and backfired across the river from us. I heard their chainsaws two days ago working on the ridge across the river. I think these lines contained the southern perimeter of the fire directly across the river from us.

They are letting it back down to the river using backfires and containment. They think this will give the main fire less fuels to burn and hopefully they can control how it gets to the river.

The only thing they are doing on the south side of the highway is preparing houses for protection. They put sprinklers on my roof. They are concerned about spot fires from burning embers.

I did see one place downriver just a bit from Hamburg where they were putting fire crews across the river with rafts, I saw about forty guys being ferried across.

I just came back from looking over the situation upriver from us. Went as far as Scott River. They are using pilot cars to route traffic past where the fire is burning down to the rivers edge between here and Horse Creek, they did that last week also when the fire burned up Horse Creek.

[dickb]

I'm a little late, but Happy Labor Day to all and best wishes for all and their families and friends.

Dickb