[pct-l] Stehekin closed...........

[Wayne Kraft]

Brett, there are plenty of fires burning right now that are labeled  
Wildland Use Fires and these fires are being allowed to burn.  I  
think that's wrong, but the point will be debated.  I don't think the  
Flicker Fire that threatens (or has already consumed?) Stehekin is in  
that class.  The terrain on which the fire was burning was simply too  
steep to establish a fire line. Dumping stuff on a fire is helpful,  
but it won't hold a monster fire like this one.  It may very well be  
that Stehekin was doomed from the beginning.  Now that the fire's  
intensity and direction are clear, yes, you are right, there are few  
resources to throw at it because they are all in use elsewhere on the  
remaining 5 million or so acres we're torching this season.  It may  
also be that the fire would have done what it is doing regardless of  
the resources thrown at it.  The question that needs answering is,  
why are we experiencing record fire years one year after another?   
What caused these conditions to develop?  Could/Should something have  
been done differently in the management of this resource?  I don't  
know this area or that subject matter well enough to know the answer,  
but I am interested in hearing the answers and I think these  
questions should be asked until there are some.

Wayne Kraft


On Sep 9, 2006, at 3:06 PM, Brett wrote:

> Unbelievable. The "unarmed" community as well as area fire
> fighting resources have had fair warning on this fire for
> more than a month. One would have expected a different
> outcome by this point. Either it was permitted to grow into
> a monster, or it's been stoppable all along but for
> insufficient resources.
>
> - bf
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andrea dinsmore" <buggy_boo69 at hughes.net>
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 4:08 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Stehikin closed...........
>
>
>> Saturday noon...........Word has come from Stehikin that
>> evacuation in now in process. Hikers that are there are
>> being bussed back to the trail. The post office is trying
>> to figure out what to do with the hiker mail. The fire is
>> 300 yards from town and unstoppable. I will keep everyone
>> as updated as possible. Take care,
>>
>> Andrea Dinsmore
>> Skykomish
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